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Christmas “Miracle” in New Zealand
A NEW ZEALAND HELICOPTER PILOT will be going to church for sure this Sunday.
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Tanker Carrying Acid Overturns in Spartanburg
SPARTANBURG - A tractor trailer tank truck has overturned at Union Street and Cedar Branch Road. The tanker was carrying a sodium hydroxide solution at the time of the accident.
Spartanburg Firefighters report that only fuel from the saddle tanks is l…
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Happy Birthday, KatyBeth!
Nine years ago on this day, on a night filled with fear and uncertainty, God saw fit to bless me with a perfectly imperfect little girl who would show me what not what kind of father I was, but what father I could be.
I am forever grateful.
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Morning Lineup – November 23
The meat of the article is how to avoid using easily-hacked passwords for your various online accounts and entry permissions.
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From SellFireTrucks.com: 1997 E-One 1500/500 Pumper, 1980 Duplex 100ft LTI Platform, 1990 International 1250/1000 Pumper
See what SellFireTrucks.com has to offer
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Boston Mayday Training Sample
Video highlights communications during fire attack and mayday.
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Fire Chief Roy Hill Laid to Rest
SOCIETY HILL - Longtime Society Hill Rural Fire Chief Leslie Leroy “Roy” Hill was ferried to rest Monday in the town’s restored 1956 Ford F-600 fire truck. Hill’s funeral was at historic Welsh Neck Baptist Church. He was interred …
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Fire Claims New Hidden Hill Baptist Church
SPARTANBURG - The Rev. Antonio Lee preached a sermon on Sunday morning he called, “Preserve me till the day comes. Lord keep us safe.” On Sunday night, he watched in shock with other New Hidden Hill Baptist Church members as their church wa…
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Arrival video: House fire in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Neighbor calls 911, breaks windows, shoots fire.
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Mass Firefighter’s Work Email Use Escapes Election Law Citation
Fire department email accounts pose a number of hidden traps for firefighters. The most common email related cases involve violations of public records laws (discussed below) – but a recent Massachusetts case raises an unusual issue: the use of a publi…
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Georgetown Buildings Remain Closed Because of Sinkhole
GEORGETOWN - The sinkhole problems continue in Georgetown. More than three days after the collapse of the Parrish Place retail building, more structural problems are showing up in other buildings nearby. Employees at Coastal Staffing Services on Dozier…
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Firefighters, Civic Leaders Propose 9/11 Memorial to Oconee School Board
WALHALLA - A group of Oconee County firefighters and civic leaders want to make sure the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on America are not forgotten. The group asked the School District of Oconee County Board of Trustees at a meeting this week for permission…
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Have You Been “Departmentally Institutionalized”?
Oh man. Not feelin' it today for some reason. I definitely need a cup of regulah to get me going. Grab yerself some too and have a seat here with me.
Teaching gives someone a unique opportunity that not everyone else in a given field has. …
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Let’s Set the Record Straight…I am a Firefighter. Dave Statter Wishes he was Me!
What is also very amusing is that all of these firefighters believe Dave Statter. Dave was never a firefighter. He claims he was, but I assure you he was not. He might have been a member of a department for a couple of hours, but then decided just to report on it. Dave is a reporter...hell, that isn't even true anymore. They fired him. It is unfortunate, and Dave doesn't like to talk about it.
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Helmet-cam: San Bernardino County house fire with partial collapse.
Early morning fire on N. Arrowhead.
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Patient Pummels Paramedic in Chicago
A PATIENT WHO WAS BEING TRANSPORTED by a Chicago Fire Department ambulance Monday morning suddenly went nuts and physically attacked the paramedic who was with him in the back.
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Sprinkler Use Decisioning Web tool
Below you will find some excellant information sent to me by Mike Love.
Hi Folks:
I have been digging around at the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) looking for
reports and work they have completed that may be o…
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HP-EMS Profile: Jersey City Medical Center EMS
The High Performance EMS we examine this month is Jersey City Medical Center EMS located just across the Hudson River from Lower Manhattan. It is a triply accredited service, receiving the CAAS, NAED's ACE, and CoAEMSP accreditations all in the sam…
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Raw video: Students jump to flee fire at all-girls school in Saudi Arabia.
Parents demanding improved safety standards for schools in Saudi Arabia.
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Upstate Firefighters Mutual Aid with Polk County, NC on Mutli-Alarm Blaze
POLK COUNTY, NC - Firefighters from Polk County and Spartanburg County, South Carolina battled a fire in the club house of the Red Fox Country Club Monday morning.
Heavy fire conditions were seen throughout the one-story brick building. The structure wa…
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More “Imported From Detroit”
See It Through - another Chrysler advertisement that sells Detroit as much as the car.
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Fiery 13-Vehicle Crash Leaves 2 Dead
On The Autobahn Again
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Fire on Rolling Passenger Train Kills 7, Injures 12
FIRE BROKE OUT ON AN INDIAN RAILWAYS TRAIN early Tuesday morning and spread through two passenger cars, killing 7 people
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IAFF Cancer Study Newsletter,
Issue 1
First word out on work done so far investigating firefighter cancer.
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Former Furniture Factory Destroyed in Virginia Blaze
About 130 firefighters from more than a dozen FD's battled the blaze for 16 hours until it was mostly extinguished.
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