Posted on Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST
Most big cities use a firefighter staffing standard that Kansas City would violate if it adopts proposed fire department cuts, Fire Chief Smokey Dyer said Wednesday. Dyer told the city council's Public Safety …
Posted on Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST
A three-alarm fire severely damaged a warehouse at B St. and Indiana Ave. overnight in the city's Kensington section. Fire crews were dispatched shortly after 1 a.m. today for what was then an already heavy fire, …
Posted on Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST
Fort Wayne firefighters are learning a new tactic for battling blazes. Vent-Enter-Search (VES) is typically used when firefighters enter through a second-story window. The most appropriate time to use the tactic …
Posted on Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST
Two firefighters and a resident were injured in a house fire Tuesday in Mantua Township, the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office said. Mantua Township Fire Commissioner Jay Hauss said the injured firemen are …
Posted on Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST
Palouse Fire Chief Mike Baggott said the weekend rescue of an unconscious woman from a burning two-story home in Palouse was surreal. We had no inclination at all she was in there until I happened to find her, …
Posted on Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST
Firefighters from Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue have been busy today battling three fires that broke out between 4:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. No one was injured and two of the three fires are under investigation. …
Posted on Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST
Most families returned to a military housing complex outside a remote U.S. Marine training base in Northern California on Sunday, two days after a propane gas explosion that killed a Marine's wife and critically …
Posted on Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST
Desiree King woke up coughing about 4 a.m. Sunday, went to the kitchen of her first-floor apartment on Baldwin Street in Bridgeville and saw flames coming through the ceiling and a wall. I froze for a second, …
Posted on Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST
Josh Powell's note was simple and short, a farewell to the world after two years of being scrutinized in the media, hammered by police and questioned by judges, prosecutors and social workers, living his life …
Posted on Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST
About 50 firefighters fought a four-alarm fire in an abandoned Mare Island warehouse for more than two hours Sunday morning before bringing the massive blaze under control. Vallejo Fire Chief Paige Meyer said the …
Posted on Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST
Two elderly people died Saturday from injuries they suffered in a house fire in the 4500 block of Moorview Avenue in southeast Fort Worth. The Fire Department was called to the scene at 7:57 p.m., according to …
Posted on Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST
Joe Rogalski paced, then pressed his hand to his forehead as he watched the flames engulf his Henry Street home Saturday afternoon. I spent 20 years building this house, the 55-year-old Rogalski said, adding he …
Posted on Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST
Police officers and firefighters rescued several people, including a critically injured 3-year-old girl and a man using a wheelchair, from a North Side apartment building Friday, officials said. Four adults, …
Posted on Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST
An official says a fire at a candy factory in southwestern Pennsylvania destroyed nearly 20,000 pounds of chocolate. The blaze broke out early Friday morning at a second-floor packaging area at Sarris Candies in …
Posted on Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST
United States President Barack Obama greets firefighters and police after mining his remarks on the economy at Fire Station No. 5 in Arlington, Virginia on Friday, February 3, 2012. It was announced today that …
Posted on Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST
State police continued their investigation Friday into a two-vehicle crash that killed the fire chief of Franklin Township on Thursday night. David M. Flint, 49, of Edinboro, was killed when police said the 2003 …
Posted on Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST
Here's something to think about on Sunday when you're watching the Super Bowl on a giant-screen TV, holding a kielbasa in one hand and a huge tortilla chip smothered in bean dip and hot cheese in the other. On …
Posted on Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST
A Pittsburg man in his 40s was in critical condition Thursday night after being rescued from a burning residence, and authorities said it was a miracle he survived at all. Contra Costa Fire Protection District …
Posted on Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST
Ariel Terry said she had just returned from walking to the store when she heard a loud noise. There was a boom and then it smelled like something was on fire, she said on the scene at Underwood Lodge Apartments …
Posted on Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST
One firefighter was injured Thursday morning in a three-alarm fire at an old textile mill building in Rowan County. The fire was reported about 4:30 a.m. at the old Parkdale Mills plant, on Meriah Street in …
