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Airbag Safety Video
THERE IS A GOOD REASON WHY you are instructed to always use your seatbelt, even though you have airbags installed in the car.
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Illegal Renovation Kills FDNY Lieutenant and Probie, 2006
"Save my probie," he urged. "He's underneath me."
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Life Safety Wins Over Home Builders in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania judge upholds new home sprinkler law.
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Chicago!!
You all know by now that we have indeed landed in the Windy City and all I can say is WOW! There is so much to take in, I just may stay another week. Well there is so much to take in and the fact that I'm a little scared of the flight back to Lynchburg. …
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Another Use for Shutter Timers
WHEN JOHN AND KATHARINE MYERS, AND THEIR two young children, traveled from New Jersey to Madison, Wisconsin, last week they had no inkling of what was about to happen to them.
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M3: angel of death
I have been on days for six shifts. 72 hours. And I have had two fatal traumas, 3 workable arresrts, and 1 critical peds trauma.
That equals the 6 MONTHS of nights prior.....
May god have mercy.....
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FF Convicted of Growing “Pot Farm”
PATRICK MURRAY, AN FDNY FIREFIGHTER, WAS CONVICTED Wednesday of operating a hydroponic marijuana farm in the basement of a fellow firefighter's house in Queens.
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Cincinnati Sets The Example – 1853
Second of a short series on the establishment of the Metropolitan Fire Department in NYC.
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Something's Cooking
Somethin's cooking here at RP. Stay tuned!
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Venting Propane Feeds Apartment Fire
A FIRE THAT STARTED OUTSIDE BURNED OUT at least ten apartments Wednesday night in Carmichael, California.
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A Little Kodak Workhorse
I do a lot of photography work for my Department and wish I had the budget to purchase a really good SLR digital like the Canon EOS 50D. Unfortunately two things are in my way. First is the price. At over $1,000 I would have to baby the camera at a scene which would not allow me to get the aggressive pictures I want. Secondly, with the dynamics of the fireground an “injury” to the camera must always be considered.
Last month we had a barn fire. It was muddy and smoky on the fireground. My poor Canon Powershot S90 got hammered with smoke and a shower of debris and water from a deuce and a half. I mourned this LODD because this camera had done me great service for more than a year.
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Unusual Fire Rescue in Trenton
A HOUSE FIRE EARLY THURSDAY MORNING in Trenton, New Jersey, killed one child but firefighters were able to save three others, including one discovered 2 hours after they arrived.
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Just Say No
Did Nancy learn it was easier said than done?
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Morning Lineup – August 26
I hope you noticed the photo showing the use of the hanging litters.
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Junction City, Oregon firehouse burns. Rig destroyed.
Firefighters were able to drive some apparatus to safety.
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Chief says driver who turned over tanker made a mistake. Police investigate
Rig overturns during response to a reported house fire.
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Yep, What She Said.
Jennifer sums up my opinion of celebrities and their political advocacy very nicely:
You make your living pretending to be someone else. Playing dress up like a retard*. You live in a make believe world in front of a camera. And often when you a…
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believe it or not…
I don't know how but we actually made it to Chicago. We flew out of "lynchburg" on a one prop piece of rivot loosing, metal flapping, don't know how she didn't come apart piece of ..yea to land in Charlotte. From there, we took a real plane to Chicago. I…
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I’m willing to beg…
For a good cause.
On June 5th, 2010 an F-4 tornado ripped through an area not very far from my home. It destroyed the EMS quarters where a few very good friends of mine work. It leveled the Police Department tossing their patrol cars like they …
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Voters Turn Out To Support Firefighters Despite Misdeeds
In these difficult economic times, the average taxpayer does not appear to be inclined to tolerate too much in the way of misconduct from public employees. So firefighters in Key Peninsula, Washington were bracing for the worst last week when the fate o…
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Children Left Alone; Mother Comes Home To Fire
CHARLESTON - The woman who perished Tuesday night in a fire that also claimed the lives of her twin 3-year-old sons had left food cooking on the stove and her sons alone without supervision while she went to pick up a friend, authorities said Wednesday. …
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Waiting
One of the most difficult parts of EMS is waiting. Some people wait for a call-any call. Some folks can't wait for the shift to end, others can't wait for it to start. Most of us can't wait for it to start, then, hours later can't wait for it to end.
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Woman Charged with Arson
PICKENS COUNTY -- A woman is charged with second-degree arson after a house fire in Pickens County earlier this month.
Doni Faith Hale Miles is in custody this morning at the Pickens County Detention Center in lieu of a $7,500 surety bond, according t…
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Firefighter Training Event
SPARTANBURG -- Firefighters from across Spartanburg County began a three-day training event Tuesday at the Montgomery Building downtown. The City of Spartanburg fire department invited firefighters throughout the county to attend the exercise, which inc…
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