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Jaws of life used on School bus
Submitted by SouthPierceFireCadet | Published about 3 hours ago | -
224TH and 84th
At 10:10pm All station 93s units including batalion 91 and ladder 91 for a T-Bone accident at 84th and 224th , which was A.L.S., but became B.L.S. quickly because only one of the 3 people involved were minorly hurt,but the firefighters did smell gas by the car that was in the ditch,so they were going to quickly investigate it.Submitted by SouthPierceFireCadet | Published about 3 hours ago | -
Fire Truck Turns Bentley into Tin Can
TX - One of the state’s most prominent personal injury attorneys was in critical condition Friday after being hurt when a fire engine struck his Bentley in Oak Lawn. Brian Loncar, whose Loncar Associates has offices across Texas, was injured shortly before 7 p.m. Thursday at the intersection of Lemmon Avenue and Lomo Alto Driver. Police say a fire truck with ...Published about 8 hours ago | -
"Jaws of Life" Used in School Bus Collision
MIAMI, FL - A crash involving a school bus and three cars temporarily closed a portion of the Palmetto Expressway early Friday morning near Northwest 17th Avenue. The crash happened at 5 a.m. when a car rear-ended another vehicle. The bus driver, trying to avoid the crash, swerved and went through the guard rail, down an embankment and crashed into the ...Published about 11 hours ago | -
Stolen Canoe Capsizes, Rescue Divers Search for Body
ORLANDO, FL - The Orange County Sheriff's dive team has found the body of a 22-year-old Orlando man who drowned in Lake Waunatta. Christopher Mayo body was found just after 1 p.m., nearly 12 hours after crews began searching the lake. Mayo and two other men were riding in a stolen canoe on the lake when the boat began to capsize, ...Published about 11 hours ago | -
Memorial Today for Alabama Captain
FORESTDALE, AL - Captain Mixon was on duty the morning of Monday, May 12th, when he took ill and left for home at approximately 1230hrs. Mixon went to the doctor with upper respiratory type symptoms and after being examined returned to his residence. Captain Mixon suffered a CVA at approximately 0030hrs on Tuesday morning the 13th and was transported to the ...Published about 14 hours ago | -
Two firefighters hurt in Paterson blaze
PATERSON -- Seven adults and eight children were chased from a Paterson Avenue house Thursday afternoon after a two-alarm fire tore through the second and third floors of their home. While the building's occupants escaped unscathed, two city firefightSubmitted by smokediverhk | Published about 19 hours ago | -
Arson arest
There was an arrest made in Cocoa, Fl. of an elderly lady who tried to start a fbrush fire near the apartment building because she was bored. Neighbors saw her trying to start the fires & notified authorites. Her reason for starting the fire was because she was bored & got the idea from watching the news coverage of the brush ...Submitted by layinline | Published about 19 hours ago | -
Paterno taken to hospital
Submitted by stanley0566 | Published about 21 hours ago | -
Survivors from Apartment Building Recount Quake
DUJIANGYAN, China (AP) — Tang Xiaomin had just left her fourth-floor apartment to buy groceries when the building started crumbling around her. An upstairs neighbor was thrown against the kitchen table and grabbed her purse before rushing out. Another resident, who was expecting a baby, was resting and became trapped. The three occupants of the six-story apartment building at 315 Happiness ...Published 1 day ago | -
Coast Guard, Beach Firefighters Help Woman on Cruise Ship
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA - A 53-year-old woman having trouble breathing was rescued from a cruise ship 30 miles offshore Thursday and transported to a Beach hospital, officials said. Three city firefighters and three emergency medical technicians helped with the rescue, said Ron Darling, a captain with the Virginia Beach Fire Department. The Beach personnel were taken aboard the 87-foot-long cutter Albacore, ...Published 1 day ago | -
Poor Training Cited in Deaths of Nine S.C. Firefighters
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Inadequate training, outdated tactics and aging equipment helped lead to the deaths of nine Charleston firefighters fighting a furniture store blaze last year, according to a long-awaited analysis by fire experts released Thursday. The report said firefighters did not follow standard safety practices and had obsolete equipment when battling the Sofa Super Store blaze. Earlier reports also have ...Published 1 day ago |






