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• NYC Confirms Dispatch Error During Deadly Queens Fire by AP - Newsday

  
  Lost in the Ozone... — Authority: 480
  Read original... Authorities say an emergency dispatcher’s keystroke error sent fire trucks toward the wrong address during a blaze that killed three people in Queens. Authorities say an emergency dispatcher’s keystroke error sent fire ...
  2 hours ago

• Appreciating Veterans at a Bed and Breakfast

  
  Bed & Breakfast Blog. B&B Industry News, Special Events, Packages and Inn Listings for Innkeepers and B&B Travelers. — Authority: 106
  Honor Code - Did you know that a shoe store owner helped turn Veteran’s Day into what it is today?   In the early 1950’s, Al King started a campaign to change Armistice Day, (a day of remembrance to honor those who served in World War I) into a holiday for all war veterans.   Eventually, Congress signed a ...
  4 hours ago

• FF’s Give 8-yr.-old Cancer Victim His Dream Back

  
  Firegeezer.com — Authority: 517
  Erick, who lives in Riverside, was able to suit up in full firefighting gear and go on a ridealong with a Redlands Fire Department[...]
  7 hours ago

• Thematic Photographic 74: "Red" v.6.0 Big Red Truck

  
  Why? What Have You Heard? — Authority: 146
  "Standing Ready" Raleigh, NC - May 2009 (Click to embiggen)  Hosted by Written Inc. There are times, I think, when we might forget about these guys when we think of the term "heroic". We keep our military in mind, and (most of us) group the police in there with them. We then jump to star athletes who ...
  9 hours ago

• Firefighters Cite Error in Dispatch of Fatal Fire

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 915
  A dispatcher sent firefighters to the wrong address in response to a fire in Queens that killed three people on Saturday.
  14 hours ago

• In Resilient Neighborhood, Morale Tumbles After Fire

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 915
  “This is just a pity,” said Pat, a longtime resident who gave only her first name.
  14 hours ago

• Police want more help over fire death

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  • Remains of firework found behind front door • Tributes paid to woman who died after saving son Police in Cornwall have appealed for more information after calling on the people involved in a firework-related house fire that killed a woman to "do the decent thing and come forward". Mary Fox, 59, died after ...
  20 hours ago

• YouTube video sinks Turnbull minder

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 432
  A media minder for Federal Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull has reportedly quit his job after being linked to an online bout of Liberal factional warfare. The video parodies Liberal MP Alex Hawke by portraying him as an enraged Adolf Hitler, echoing a YouTube trend of dubbing Hitler biopic Downfall with fake ...
  1 day ago

• 3 Are Killed in House Fire in Queens

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 915
  According to Fire Department officials, the blaze started in the basement of an illegally subdivided home, and neighbors said the dead men were all from Bangladesh.
  1 day ago

• Woman dies saving son from house fire

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  A woman who died in a house fire after pushing her teenage son to safety through an upstairs window may have been killed by a firework put through their letterbox, fire investigators said yesterday. Mary Fox, 59, managed to save her 17-year-old son, Raum, after the two became trapped in a bedroom on Thursday, but she ...
  2 days ago

• Chinese women sets car on fire to warm engine!

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  New Delhi, Nov 6 (ANI): A woman from Tianjin municipality in China hit upon a new method to warm up the engine of her car after it failed to start - she made a fire under the vehicle. The fire made of wood and newspapers soon engulfed the car, reports China Daily. Although, firefighters soon [...]
  3 days ago

• An abandoned dog in an abandoned building

  
  ohmidog! — Authority: 529
  A dog stranded for days on the second floor of an abandoned North St. Louis building was rescued by firefighters. The yellow-Lab mix was spotted on the ledge of a second floor window of a home that had been empty since a fire years ago, Fox 2 in St. Louis reported. “The dog was in the front window, teetering on ...
  3 days ago

• 2 firefighters in Pr. Georges charged with arson

  
  The Washington Post — Authority: 965
  Two recent volunteer firefighters in Prince Georges County were charged with arson Thursday amid accusations that while on duty, they slipped into a vacant house, set fire to a sofa using a signal flare and returned minutes later to help extinguish the blaze.
  3 days ago

• State investigating improper removal of asbestos-covered boiler in Auburn, New York

  
  Mesothelioma News — Authority: 140
  Firefighters were called to a building in Auburn, New York on September 28 after carbon monoxide detectors indicated high levels of carbon monoxide. Workers in the apartment and commercial building had been dismantling an old asbestos-covered boiler using a gasoline-powered demolition saw. The fumes from the gasoline ...
  4 days ago

• Edward Kelly in hot soup

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  Boston, Nov 5 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Firefighter’s union President Edward Kelly is now facing a lot of flak, over his unsuccessful effort to unseat the Boston Mayor Thomas Menino.“There is a hunger for new leadership,” said a 52-year-old firefighter who asked his name to be withheld. “We have waited long enough for ...
  4 days ago

• 2 taken to hospital after west suburban fire

  
  Chicago Breaking News — Authority: 164
  Two people were taken to a hospital following an early morning fire at a west suburban townhome that apparently was caused by food left cooking on a stove. The fire started about 5:30 a.m. at the residence at 7354 Winthrop Way in an unincorporated part of DuPage County near Downers Grove. Firefighters attacked the ...
  5 days ago

• The reason for the season....

  
  This Is Smyrna, TN — Authority: 421
  It is that time of the year, the time to think of others who might not be having a great holiday and what you can do to help. One great way is assisting the Smyrna Fire Department in their annual food drive. Smyrna Fire Department’s 8th Annual Food Drive Fire Fighters for Food Each year the Smyrna Fire Department ...
  5 days ago

• Brush Fires Threatening Homes in California [Diamond Bar]

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 162
  DIAMOND BAR, Calif. — A cluster of brush fires erupted along the fringes of suburban neighborhoods in eastern Los Angeles County on Tuesday. Helicopters and SuperScooper airplanes roared low over homes to drop loads of water on the flames in hilly terrain just outside back yards. Lines of widely separated flame moved ...
  5 days ago

• Diamond Bar Fire | No Home Damage Reported

  
  Personal Money Store — Authority: 614
  Diamond Bar fire well contained Image from TC Project. Southern California s hot, dry climate is a perfect support system for fires, so it is understandable that the state spares no expense when it comes to fighting them. Today when it was reported that several small brush fires were started along a highway in ...
  5 days ago

• firefighter saved

  
  Pundit Kitchen: Lol News and Lol Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, John McCain, Joe Biden and more — Authority: 614
  firefighter saved 9 lives this morning (A Fireman and a lolcat) You’ve made someone very happy. (Via I Has A Hotdog) Picture by: ziscool Caption by: ziscool via Our LOL Builder » Recaption This! » View All Captions
  1 week ago

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