Posts Tagged: News
LAFD chief halts public information flow about incidents, citing HIPAA. Mayor overrules chief, for now.
Press office this week stopped releasing locations of incidents handled by LAFD.
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Fire Burns Festiva Welcome Center
HORRY COUNTY - Traffic will continue to be slow moving Friday afternoon after a two alarm blaze at a Myrtle Beach Welcome Center shut down the beach bound lanes of Highway 501.
Leslie Yancey, spokeswoman for Horry County Fire Rescue, said firefighte…
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Autopsies Indicate Smoke Inhalation
LORIS - Preliminary autopsy results show that an Horry County man and his two grandsons died from smoke inhalation in a house fire, Horry County Deputy Coroner Tony Hendrick said. Hugh Elliott, 85, a World War II veteran, and his grandsons, Austin D…
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Grandfather, 2 Brothers Killed in Fire
LORIS - The names of the victims in Wednesday morning's fatal mobile home fire in Loris have been released. 85-year-old Grandfather Hugh Elliott, and Brothers Austin Daniel Elliott - 9, and Conner Lynn Elliott - 7 were killed in the tragic blaze at&n…
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Deadly Fire Kills Grandfather and Two Children
LORIS - Horry County Deputy Coroner Tony Hendrick has released the identities of the three people killed in a house fire just after midnight Wednesday.
Hendrick says Hugh Elliot, 85, died in the fire along with brothers Austin Daniel Elliott, 9, and…
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The politics of transporting a patient in a fire engine
Image credit: WJLA-TV News 7
The EMS blogosphere, Facebook fan pages, and internet forums are buzzing with discussion (and criticism) of the firefighters who transported a pediatric asthma patient in a fire engine rather than wait for the ambulance.
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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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Toledo building fire: Firefighters let it burn, or did they?
Deciphering news reports from Toledo.
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Video: Pilot and 3 others Dead in Plane Crash at Reno, Nevada Air Races with Mass Casualties
The Galloping Ghost, a P51 plane piloted by Jimmy Leeward, crashed at the Reno air races at Stead airport in Reno, Nevada. The pilot and 3 others have died. 21 others were transported to the hospital.
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EMS official grabs WNBC-TV camera. Apparently they don’t read U.S. Court of Appeals decisions in Suffolk County, New York.
Was Long Island exempted from the Constitution?
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September 11, 2001
A reporter's view from the Pentagon.
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Rhetorical Lesson No.5: Maybe T-Shirts and Patches Make a Difference?
If the customers and the politicians read, and they do, does what they see match the story?
Does it matter?
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Fired FF Alejandro Garza Accuses Austin Fire Department Of Disparity In Justice
After a long, hard fought battle, former Austin Firefighter Alejandro Garza lost his battle to keep his job after being accused of posing nude in AFD gear on a dating website. The accusations came forth from the husband of the woman with whom Alejandro h…
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New video from Fairfax County two-alarm fire shows flashover that injured three firefighters.
Video taken by neighbor as firefighters made initial attack.
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Dramatic Video Of Apartment Fire Before Firefighters Arrive, People Feared Trapped
[fblike]Dramatic video provided to KOCO-TV News of a large apartment complex fire at the Quail Ridge apartments in northwest Oklahoma City back on Jan. 11, 2011. No fire department units are on the scene. Several items to note: At 0:02 you will see the a…
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Thanksgiving Day Giveaway. Win a Complete Set of Emergency Services Monopoly.
A complete set of 3 games. This includes one game each of Firefighter Monopoly, EMS Monopoly, and Law Enforcement Monopoly. The games are the prize. No cash value. The giveaway ends at 8pm on November 25, 2010.
This page will be updated throughout the day with entries.
How do we participate in the giveaway?
Simply send a picture of you or your crew working/volunteering on Thanksgiving (this year). The picture can be your crew eating, your crew on a call, posing in front of the station, posing in front of the truck, etc.
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Alpine Township, MI Firefighter Uses Emergency Lights in Accused Case of Road Rage. Driver thought the Firefighter was impersonating a Cop
An Alpine Township (Michigan) volunteer firefighter is suspended after using his lights while tailgating another vehicle. The incident is being considered a case of road rage. The driver thought he was impersonating a police officer.
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Roll Call for October 9 – October 22
SAFE Firefighter is going to give an overview of how WE did as a fire service from Saturday to Friday of every week. Please feel free to leave comments or add comments with links to additional information. Thanks and Be SAFE!
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Early Video from JB’s General Store Fire in Brewster, Ohio
Here is some early video of the JB's General Store fire.
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Collapse Danger of Exterior Walls While Operating Exterior…or Interior
I just got finished reading the chapter on Michael Goff in "Last Alarm" by Jerry Laughlin. The book was published in 1986 and features 5 true stories about firefighters who died in the line of duty. Michael Goff, a Petersburg (VA) Sergeant was killed when a wall collapsed on him following an explosion at an apartment complex. The explosion also injured many firefighters, EMT's, and civilians (some who had just been rescued).
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The Disincentive for Responsible Reporting (Tax and Spend Socialists)
When I decide to offend, I think I'm an equal opportunity offender, because like I stated, I'm not a proponent of either camp. I think for myself.
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Roll Call for September 26 to October 2
SAFE Firefighter is going to give an overview of how WE did as a fire service from Sunday to Saturday of every week.
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Family of Fire Victims Speaks Out
NORTH CHARLESTON - A day after a mother and her twin sons died in a fire at their West Ashley home, the rest of their family is in mourning. Randy Brown is having a hard time thinking about the fact his sister and nephews are gone. (more...)
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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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“Not Gonna Do It”