Posted on Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EST
Following the deaths of two city firefighters in July, the city's Civil Service Commission is working on changing its hiring process for patrol officers and firefighters to grant extra points to children of city …
Posted on Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EST
A four-wheeler crash Wednesday night in Geneva County killed a Hartford man and injured another. Mason Joel Walding, 24, of Hartford and Nathaniel Brock Rainey, 27, of Hartford were traveling on a 2007 Honda …
Posted on Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EST
The Upper Bronx has been getting a rash of multiple alarm fires lately, and in the early morning hours of September 2nd, a blaze that reached a sixth alarm kept the trend going by consuming a taxpayer with almost …
Posted on Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EST
Fire swept through a processing center and shop at a turkey farm Wednesday morning, causing about $470,000 in damage, a fire company official said. The Frederick County Fire Marshal's Office is investigating the …
Posted on Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EST
A series of explosions at a welding supply company in suburban Philadelphia sent thick black smoke billowing over the area and forced evacuations Wednesday. The explosions at Scully Welding Supply in Collingdale …
Posted on Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EST
The Frederick County Fire Marshal's Office is investigating the causes behind a fire that started in the smoke house of Hillside Turkey Farms this morning, according to Guardian Hose Co. Chief Chris Kinnaird. …
Posted on Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EST
Around 12:45 p.m., St. Louis firefighters were called to the 4100 block of Neosho St. for a report of a house on fire. Upon arrival of Pumper 32, they reported heavy smoke showing from a 1-Story brick residence …
Posted on Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EST
Would you rather dash into a burning building and try to carry people to safety, or venture into a dark alley and confront some drug-addled maniac wielding a gun/ In other words, firefighter or cop. Neither …
Posted on Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EST
Two volunteer firefighters were recovering Monday from problems suffered during a five-alarm fire that destroyed an Athens home. Piney Chapel Fire Chief Lance Pitts and Oak Grove-Thach Fire Chief Harold King said …
Posted on Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EST
Houston firefighters followed the textbook approach in fighting a blaze at a high-rise building Monday night, officials said, sending dozens of firetrucks and deploying nearly 200 crew members. No one was …
Posted on Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EST
City, state and federal officials are touting a federal stimulus project as a smart new way to save water in Raleigh by reviving an ancient bit of technology. With primary funding from the American Recovery and …
Posted on Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EST
A fire sparked by a welder destroyed an auto body shop Monday afternoon. According to Capt. Terry Grindle of the Bucksport Fire Department, an employee at Newcomb's Auto Body was welding a vehicle in the shop …
Posted on Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EST
A retired Lake County firefighter died Sunday morning after he re-entered his burning home. It's unclear why Eugene Throop, 83, went back inside the house but his son believes it likely he was searching for his …
Posted on Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EST
Five firefighters were taken to hospitals Monday after battling a two-alarm fire on Milwaukee's northwest side, a Fire Department spokeswoman said. Three of the firefighters had minor burns and one had a minor …
Posted on Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EST
Three alarms were needed to extinguish a fast moving fire that consumed seven businesses in Brooklyn on August 29th. At 01:01, Brooklyn dispatch sent three engines, two trucks, and Battalion 33 to 1969 Flatbush …
Posted on Sun, 29 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EST
At Approx. 1100 this morning Portland Firefighters responded to reports of fire from a four unit apartment building. On arrival firefighters found gray smoke showing from an apartment. Fire crews made entry and …
Posted on Sun, 29 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EST
A two-alarm fire ripped through an Atlantic City rooming house late Saturday night, displacing 37 people. The fire started near midnight on the second floor of the building, located in the 1400 block of Memorial …
Posted on Sun, 29 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EST
Fire roared through four floors of two vacant buildings at the former Remington Arms plant Saturday morning, creating fear that sections of the damaged structure could collapse endangering firefighters battling …
Posted on Sat, 28 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EST
A fire on two floors of a four-story apartment building in the South Side's Gresham neighborhood this morning displaced more than a dozen people, a Fire Department spokesman said. Firefighters were called to the …
Posted on Sat, 28 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EST
A five-alarm fire destroyed a barn, a house and a workshop at the Country Club of Detroit in Grosse Pointe Farms this afternoon. The cause of the blaze, reported about 2:15 p.m., is under investigation. It took …
