Posts Categorized: Donna
Bye-Bye Donna !
ONE LESS HOUSE SIREN IN SELIGMAN, ARIZONA, this week. Frederick Cross, aka: Donna Clark, the self-appointed fire chief of the one-weirdo Bridge Canyon Volunteer Fire Department, has packed his trunks and left town. Uncle Charlie quit his janitor's job at…
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Morning Lineup – May 27
Well, I went and did it. I said that I was going to wait until the prices dropped, but in a way they did.
I'm talking about the new machines coming out that will duplicate vinyl records and audio cassettes directly onto CD's. We've been talking a li…
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The Weekly Donna – 1/12
The continuing saga of Donna and his magic fire truck. All previous posts are archived in the “Donna” category.
THE HOLIDAY HIATUS IS OVER and our Donna reports resume. Today we will look at the fantasy fire department's firehouse.
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"What Are YOU Doing Here?"
A POLISH MAN GOT THE SHOCK of his life when he visited a brothel and spotted his wife among the establishment's employees.
Polish tabloid Super Express said the woman had been making some extra money on the side while telling her husband she worked a…
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Railroad Stowaway Sets Self On Fire
A COMMUTER RAILROAD TRAIN IN NEW YORK CITY came to a sudden halt yesterday when the power from the overhead electric wire failed. When the crew went up top to investigate they found Ricardo Chavez laying on the roof of the railcar with his clothes afla…
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Arrest Made In Accidental Fire In Ontario
CHARGES HAVE BEEN PLACED AGAINST A BRAMPTON, ONTARIO, MAN WHO accidentally started an outside fire that destroyed an entire apartment building.
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Toronto Star photo
Thursday afternoon the unidentified man wa…
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5 Dead At Ohio House Fire
Update: Father charged with murders. Scroll down.
WHEN THE MASON, OHIO, FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED ON THE SCENE of a house fire last night, they found a man in the front yard suffering from stab wounds with smoke and fire showing on the 2nd floor.
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The Weekly Donna – 12/21
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The continuing saga of Donna and his magic fire truck. All previous posts are archived in the “Donna” category.
THE YAVAPAI COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY has just released the disposition of Frederi…
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Friday Shopping Tip
WHEN YOU MIX UP SOME CHOCOLATE MILK, do you always end up with some undissolved swirls of chocolate sauce that just refuse to blend in?
Well, your problem will be over when you get your own....
Push Button Chocolate Milk Mixer
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Impatient Motorist Moves Ambulance
IN CONWY, WALES, AN AMBULANCE CREW was in the back of the ambulance working on a heart-attack victim. A motorist whose car was blocked into a parking space asked them to move the ambulance.
When the medics told him they were busy treating their patien…
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Furniture Factory Ablaze In Cicero
CICERO, ILLINOIS, FIREFIGHTERS, ALONG with several mutual aid companies, are still dousing the remains of a family-owned furniture factory.
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Channel 2 image
The fire was discovered shortly before 4 am by a pa…
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Overnight Fire Links
Some notable incidents from around the world:
Livingston, Texas: Three toddlers die in mobile home fire.
Kent, England: Mother and daughter perish in house fire.
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BBC News
Eagan, Minnesota: Dog'…
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Morning Lineup – December 21
After reading some of the articles about that event in San Antonio, where the medics left a woman in a wrecked car, I am just in wonder at how the laws and customary procedures vary in different parts of the country.
Briefly, after a head-on crash, thre…
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If The Taxpayers Only Knew …..
......HOW THEIR MONEY IS BEING SPENT.
When I was a lad we used to take them to parades.
Thanks to Grant Mishoe of SConFire.com for sending along this video from his last vacation....FG
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Around The Fire Web
* VAFireNews has a cluster of incidents from Roanoke and some other new postings HERE.
* FireRescue1 has a story on the disconnect of trust between the Colorado Springs field personnel and the administration HERE.
* STATter911 has the stories on …
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Sprinklers Shunned In New Hospital
BRITAIN'S NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE (NHS) is building a new hospital in Forth Valley, central Scotland.
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Architect's drawing of new
Forth Valley hospital
When it was discovered that they were not going …
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The Daily Donna, 12/8
The continuing saga of Donna and his magic fire truck. All previous posts are archived in the "Donna" category.
When Frederick was first arrested in February for driving his fire truck without insurance or registration and disrupting the peace, he was…
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CompUSA To Shut Down
RETAIL CHAIN AND FORMER INDUSTRY LEADER CompUSA announced yesterday that they are starting immediately to liquidate their assets and close all remaining stores shortly after the first of the year.
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The company be…
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Ambulance Crashes With Burn Victim On Board
THINGS WEREN'T GOING RIGHT FOR A GLASS shop employee in Aiken, South Carolina, yesterday.
First a small paint can exploded setting his pants on fire. The burns were significant enough to call for an emergency ambulance. TV station WRDW finishes the …
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Popcorn Popper Pops Off
A LANDMARK TREAT SHOP IN CHICAGO had customers running away instead of running to it last night. An always-popular popcorn stand suddenly had a popping machine explode and filled the shop with smoke.
The Chicago Sun-Times reports:
About 5:50 p.m., fir…
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Mystery Body In New Zealand Fire
WHAT FIRST APPEARED TO BE A MINOR apartment fire in Christchurch, New Zealand, early this morning, yielded a badly burned body in the flat after the smoke had cleared out.
The fire itself was contained and small enough that most of the people in the blo…
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Morning Lineup – December 8
The first station I was assigned to after completing my recruit school was in a fairly stable suburban neighborhood. But we still had our characters in the area that would provide amusements of all sorts. One of them was a neighborhood oaf who freely…
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Around The Fire Web
* It was 61 years ago today that the deadliest hotel fire in American history happened. The "fireproof" Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta burned and 119 people, including several firefighters, died. Dave Statter at STATter911 has a terrific recap of the fi…
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The Daily Donna, 12/7
The continuing saga of Donna and his magic fire truck. All previous articles are archived in the Donna category.
Fred was in a spot now. For the first time, the deputies and the community found out his true identity. On top of that, he couldn't dr…
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American LaFrance Extends Furloughs