http://www.FireFightingNews.com International FireFighting News en-us Copyright 2005 e-Firefighter, LLC Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:57:43 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/Images/logo_22.jpg http://www.firefightingnews.com Copyright 2005 e-Firefighter, LLCnoInternational FireFighting News A Stockton fire captain suffered second degree burns when a large firework exploded in a burning home as firefighters rushed inside. Battalion Chief Mike Lilienthal said that around 10:30 a.m. Saturday … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-24-hourFireAndRescueNews/~3/e-C_8NCKbeU/article.cfm United States FireFightingNews.com (The Record) Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=72791 On Friday, November 13, 2009 shortly after 11:00 pm, units of the San Jose Fire Department responded to reports of fire in a two-story, multi-unit residential occupancy at 5506 Makati Circle on the city's south … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-24-hourFireAndRescueNews/~3/70Az_UJtbSw/article.cfm United States FireFightingNews.com (Craig Allyn Rose) Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=72782 A federal court jury on Friday awarded nearly $2.5 million to a woman who was forced out of the Fresno Fire Department's training academy in 2005, finding she was the victim of gender discrimination. Michelle … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-24-hourFireAndRescueNews/~3/9B-ZwipVBns/article.cfm United States FireFightingNews.com (The Fresno Bee) Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=72781 Investigators said the pilot of a medical helicopter issued a mayday moments before the aircraft crashed into a hilly area north of Reno near the Nevada-California state line early Saturday. All three crew … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-24-hourFireAndRescueNews/~3/LQZ0TzsQqD4/article.cfm United States FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=72773 Police and fire officials said they suspect an arsonist may have started the fire that destroyed a school in Gothenburg, Sweden, early Saturday. The Local said despite the involvement of nearly 50 firefighters, … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-24-hourFireAndRescueNews/~3/w3aI3eTy3WA/article.cfm World FireFightingNews.com (United Press International) Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=72771 A truck fire caused traffic delays at a busy intersection at Sunnybank on Friday 13th November. Multiple fire and rescue officers were dispatched to the call for man power. Breathing apparatus was used on many … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-24-hourFireAndRescueNews/~3/q7Eg36WIr5U/article.cfm Australia FireFightingNews.com (Grant Spicer) Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=72764 Fire destroyed a dozen units Friday night at a Clear Lake-area apartment complex, fire officials said. The fire erupted at about 7 p.m. at the complex at Bay Area Boulevard at University Green in southeast … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-24-hourFireAndRescueNews/~3/6cYrsFz4Jvs/article.cfm United States FireFightingNews.com (Houston Chronicle) Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=72763 South Korea - A fire tore though an indoor shooting range in southern South Korea on Saturday, killing 10 people, including at least two Japanese tourists, and injuring six, police said. Some people were on fire … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-24-hourFireAndRescueNews/~3/hl2JQcWlONE/article.cfm World FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=72762 A heater being used to dry pecans caught a trailer full of them on fire, damaging the trailer, early Friday morning. A firefighter was injured fighting the flames. Volunteer firefighters from the Funston, … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-24-hourFireAndRescueNews/~3/1jumaSvPCiA/article.cfm United States FireFightingNews.com (The Moultrie Observer) Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=72760 One of the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office's combat crosses given out Friday went to an unlikely candidate: a firefighter. It was the first combat cross the agency has given to someone who isn't a law … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-24-hourFireAndRescueNews/~3/1KWuZFpMPF0/article.cfm United States FireFightingNews.com (South Florida Sun-Sentinel) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=72747 A 14-year-old girl is in a hospital oxygen chamber fighting for her life today after two courageous firefighters got under the smoke on their hands and knees and pulled her from a blazing Dorchester home … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-24-hourFireAndRescueNews/~3/ko8BNtbHnuQ/article.cfm United States FireFightingNews.com (Boston Herald) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=72744 An abandoned Shoreline warehouse was engulfed by fire early Friday and is being investigated. No injuries were reported. Firefighters were called out just past midnight to investigate smoke coming from behind the … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-24-hourFireAndRescueNews/~3/yl6gcy6UNJA/article.cfm United States FireFightingNews.com (The Seattle Times) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=72732 Huge explosions and fire ripped through a Russian military arsenal for hours Friday, killing two firefighters and prompting the evacuation of thousands of civilians nearby, officials said. Dozens of people feared … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-24-hourFireAndRescueNews/~3/2t_CxUmLVLc/article.cfm World FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=72731 Eight firefighters who have been off the job for more than three months are headed back to work Sunday. Mayor Michael Sullivan and Fire Chief Peter Takvorian officially accepted $537,000 in federal stimulus money … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-24-hourFireAndRescueNews/~3/kFyRL0uxCKY/article.cfm United States FireFightingNews.com (The Eagle-Tribune) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=72730 City Councilor David Hall said morale among the city's firefighters was already poor, but the installation of GPS devices in firetrucks has made the situation worse. He is calling on Mayor James Fiorentini to … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-24-hourFireAndRescueNews/~3/PuIxox1OWhk/article.cfm United States FireFightingNews.com (The Eagle-Tribune) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=72726 A parked ambulance caught fire Thursday in Twin Falls, an incident that put both paramedics and firefighters to work. Firefighters responded at about 5 p.m. to the ambulance parked in the lot behind St. Luke's … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-24-hourFireAndRescueNews/~3/fRqYxAGcWuw/article.cfm United States FireFightingNews.com (The Times-News) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=72725 Five months after a divided U.S. Supreme Court decision, a discrimination lawsuit by 20 white city firefighters is back in the local court where it began. But even as lawyers discuss the framework for … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-24-hourFireAndRescueNews/~3/Ed1E3c1Ji2M/article.cfm United States FireFightingNews.com (New Haven Register) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=72724 Firefighters have contained a two-alarm fire at a lumber yard this evening. The fire was reported at 7:20 p.m. at The Lumber Baron, in the 500 block of Clevelend Avenue; just off Interstate 80 and near Point … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-24-hourFireAndRescueNews/~3/wNeYJHMVSOQ/article.cfm United States FireFightingNews.com (Contra Costa Times) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=72722 Fire scorched a large section of the city of Conneaut's compost site on East Main Road Thursday afternoon, firefighters said. Personnel and equipment from four fire departments, plus earthmoving equipment, were … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-24-hourFireAndRescueNews/~3/rc8WQJhwLyE/article.cfm United States FireFightingNews.com (Star Beacon) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=72718 Bridgeport officials say a fire at a public housing complex has killed a mother and her three children. Firefighters say they responded to the P.T. Barnum complex at about 1 a.m. Friday and pulled the four … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-24-hourFireAndRescueNews/~3/LjpcmJgay3Y/article.cfm United States FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=72715 A building once used as a slaughterhouse and icehouse nearly burned to the ground Wednesday night in downtown Wellborn. The building located beside the vacant Jiffy Food Store, was engulfed in flames when a … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-24-hourFireAndRescueNews/~3/2fQiVPHRYi8/article.cfm United States FireFightingNews.com (Suwannee Democrat) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=72714 The vacant Trinity Church Furniture manufacturing warehouse, across from Twin Oaks Nursing Home, was completely destroyed in a Wednesday morning fire. Jacksonville Fire Department was alerted at 10:05 a.m., and … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-24-hourFireAndRescueNews/~3/XJgA-FqaEek/article.cfm United States FireFightingNews.com (Jacksonville Daily Progress) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=72708 Insurance will cover the key farm equipment lost in a $1 million fire early Wednesday morning, the farm's owners said. The fire destroyed a wooden tobacco shed in Albion Township and farm equipment inside and … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-24-hourFireAndRescueNews/~3/30Boo_GKfzU/article.cfm United States FireFightingNews.com (The Janesville Gazette) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=72703 Suffolk prosecutors and Boston Fire Department brass yesterday strongly refuted findings in a federal report, saying they never blocked requests from safety investigators to hand over toxicology reports involving … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-24-hourFireAndRescueNews/~3/uDOWMPPGx74/article.cfm United States FireFightingNews.com (Boston Herald) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=72702 Relentless rain drenched much of the Atlantic seaboard Thursday, pelting communities from North Carolina northward with gusty winds and heavy rains, inundating streets, stranding drivers and causing three deaths … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-24-hourFireAndRescueNews/~3/dSyRWfQoO2M/article.cfm United States FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=72700 A three-alarm fire destroyed an apartment building and damaged an adjacent home in Susquehanna County, a fire official said. About 60 firefighters from at least eight companies worked for two hours before … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-24-hourFireAndRescueNews/~3/wF_avwhF4Jg/article.cfm United States FireFightingNews.com (The Times-Tribune) Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=72697 On Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 21:58, three engine companies of Bullhead City Firefighters and one rescue ambulance, under the command of Battalion Chief Greg Raymond responded to a reported structure fire. … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-24-hourFireAndRescueNews/~3/Pjy6-Z9KXHg/article.cfm United States FireFightingNews.com (Bullhead City Fire Department) Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=72694 Nobody was injured in a fire that destroyed a gas station and convenience store on Tuesday night in Oakes, N.D. A police officer saw flames coming out of the back of Highway 1 Fuel and Service in the southeastern … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-24-hourFireAndRescueNews/~3/FEyD2-YOlgk/article.cfm United States FireFightingNews.com (American News) Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=72692 An early-morning fire destroyed at least five businesses and damaged two others Thursday in Vancouver, British Columbia, firefighters said. The first emergency call was made at 4 a.m., and it took fire crews four … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-24-hourFireAndRescueNews/~3/L-JL94rCzBc/article.cfm Canada FireFightingNews.com (United Press International) Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=72690 A police officer was reprimanded for an incident in which he handcuffed a firefighter at a medical call in Fair Haven, the police chief said. The fire chief said he planned no discipline. I suspect if they both … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-24-hourFireAndRescueNews/~3/K7MNFpC3iGE/article.cfm United States FireFightingNews.com (New Haven Register) Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=72689 nonadult