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Mayor Defends Firefighter Cuts

Tue, 01/06/2009 - 1:05pm
A drop in fire-related deaths in Milwaukee should assuage critics of cuts implemented in recent years at the Milwaukee Fire Department, Mayor Tom...

Union Takes Its Protest To Web

Tue, 01/06/2009 - 1:04pm
The firefighters union is using the Internet to protest proposed layoffs. Officials from the Firemen's Mutual Benevolent Association Local 21 posted...

Detroit Woman Pulled From Burning Home

Tue, 01/06/2009 - 1:03pm
A Detroit woman is in critical condition after firefighters rescued her unconscious from her burning east side home this morning. When firefighters...

Construction Official Charged In WTC Tower Work

Tue, 01/06/2009 - 1:02pm
Manhattan prosecutors say a construction official overbilled the government more than $1 million for work on a condemned skyscraper across from...

Fire In Ringling Kills 3 People

Tue, 01/06/2009 - 1:02pm
A house fire claimed the lives of two girls and their older cousin, hours before the girls were to being their first day back at school after...

Fire Strikes Manufacturing Plant

Tue, 01/06/2009 - 1:00pm
Firefighters took about two hours Monday morning to bring a fire under control at a fabrication plant in this Greene County community. Chief John...

4-Alarm Boston Blaze Causes Heavy Damage

Tue, 01/06/2009 - 11:33am
Boston firefighters said a 4-alarm fire early Tuesday caused about $5 million damage to a commercial block near Fenway Park. Around 100 firefighters...

Clues Sought In Deadly Texas Shelter Blaze

Tue, 01/06/2009 - 4:00am
A table piled with donated clothes is being eyed as the potential origin of a fire that killed five people at a Texas homeless shelter, forcing some...

Firefighter Faces Internal DUI Investigation

Tue, 01/06/2009 - 3:58am
A Columbus firefighter is being investigated internally to determine whether he was driving an ambulance with alcohol in his system. The...

City Fire Department Shutdowns Begin

Tue, 01/06/2009 - 3:57am
Seven city fire companies ceased operations yesterday as part of Mayor Nutter's budget-cutting plan, but not without rancor, as the head of the...

Fire Union Drops Suit Against City

Tue, 01/06/2009 - 3:57am
The Omaha Firefighters Union has dropped its lawsuit against the city over its use of retired firefighters as part-time fire investigators. The union...

Fire Deaths Confirmed At Texas Homeless Shelter

Mon, 01/05/2009 - 5:18pm
Fire reportedly killed five men at a homeless shelter in Paris, Texas, according to reports. The blaze was reported at 2:49 a.m. on Clarksville...

EMS Gets Muscle Cars To Reach Emergencies Faster

Mon, 01/05/2009 - 4:05pm
Wake's Emergency Medical Services Department launched a new program today to bolster its fleet of ambulances with 14 specially trained paramedics...

Mississippi Firefighter Laid To Rest In Booneville

Mon, 01/05/2009 - 1:03pm
Firefighter Richard Lee Montgomery of Hobo - Big V Volunteer Fire Department was at the scene of a working residential structure fire on December...

Explosions Rock Trucking Company

Mon, 01/05/2009 - 7:34am
Explosions rocked the city's southern edge Saturday evening after five semi tractors caught fire at Hite Trucking, Inc. The trucking company is at...

NY Firefighters Battle Structure Fire In Watermill

Mon, 01/05/2009 - 5:59am
The Southampton Fire Department was dispatched to the report of a structure fire on Rose Hill Rd in Watermill on January 1, 2009 at 10:04 am. The...

8 Dead, 1 Hurt After Chopper Crashes In La. Marsh

Mon, 01/05/2009 - 4:50am
Federal officials were expected to arrive Monday to find out why a helicopter bound for an offshore oil platform crashed in Louisiana's marshlands,...

Upstate NY House Fire Kills 8

Mon, 01/05/2009 - 3:47am
Authorities say an early morning house fire in upstate New York killed eight people, including children. Oswego County Sheriff Reuel Todd says one...

Wall Collapses On Ohio Firefighter

Mon, 01/05/2009 - 3:45am
The Conneaut firefighter injured in a fire on Sandusky Street Saturday is doing well after a burning wall collapsed on his foot. Firefighter Terry...

SC Firefighters Battle Structure And Woods Blaze

Sun, 01/04/2009 - 8:22am
Colleton County Fire-Rescue responded to a structure and woods fire in the 200 block of Juttner Lane at 1332 Friday 02-January. Medic 9 was returning...