http://www.FireFightingNews.com International FireFighting News en-us Copyright 2005 e-Firefighter, LLC Sat, 18 Jul 2009 22:31:34 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/Images/logo_22.jpg http://www.firefightingnews.com Copyright 2005 e-Firefighter, LLCnoInternational FireFighting News The Bethel fire station is so rotted with water damage that firefighters are banned from staying the night under the fragile roof, city officials said Friday. A construction company that's inspecting the … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-24-hourFireAndRescueNews/~3/549aAZT7jjY/article.cfm United States FireFightingNews.com (Anchorage Daily News) Sat, 18 Jul 2009 19:23:25 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=68235 Several factors led to the deaths of two Kilgore fire fighters killed in a training accident earlier this year, according to a report by a federal government investigation unit. Ronnie Moore, city public safety … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-24-hourFireAndRescueNews/~3/eOTdy_M5yUI/article.cfm United States FireFightingNews.com (Kilgore News Herald) Sat, 18 Jul 2009 19:21:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=68239 Dallas Fire-Rescue is fighting a six-alarm blaze at a condominium complex in Far Northeast Dallas the third major apartment fire this week in Dallas. The fire started about noon at Hearthwood Condos in the 12300 … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-24-hourFireAndRescueNews/~3/tyEaiXoueEE/article.cfm United States FireFightingNews.com (Dallas Morning News) Sat, 18 Jul 2009 19:18:31 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=68241 One southern Wisconsin homeowner is probably not in love with the Oscar Mayer wiener. The famed hot dog's Wienermobile crashed Friday into the deck and garage of a home in Mount Pleasant, about 35 miles south of … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-24-hourFireAndRescueNews/~3/-SyYHtsFk34/article.cfm United States FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Sat, 18 Jul 2009 07:18:37 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=68227 Firefighters have dragged an unconscious man and a woman to safety from a fire in a flat in Melbourne's inner north. Fire crews were called to the second storey flat in Passfield Street, West Brunswick, about … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-24-hourFireAndRescueNews/~3/JnwVhX8aWIw/article.cfm Australia FireFightingNews.com (AAP) Sat, 18 Jul 2009 05:20:03 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=68226 Orlando could be on the hook for as much as $1 million in legal fees after losing an eight-year legal battle that the opposing attorney said could have been settled relatively cheaply without ever going to court. … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-24-hourFireAndRescueNews/~3/OcXFBnxtGLc/article.cfm United States FireFightingNews.com (The Orlando Sentinel) Sat, 18 Jul 2009 04:36:59 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=68220 Two people have been injured in an explosion at a factory in Chicago that sent bricks and debris flying hundreds of feet in the air. Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford says the 9 a.m. explosion seriously … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-24-hourFireAndRescueNews/~3/MoFrI3YcqkQ/article.cfm United States FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:50:58 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=68208 A North Las Vegas Fire Department captain accused of arson and insurance fraud pleaded not guilty Thursday. Gary Stover, 37, pleaded not guilty to charges of arson with intent to defraud an insurer, third-degree … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-24-hourFireAndRescueNews/~3/v6Cm6V58yaM/article.cfm United States FireFightingNews.com (Las Vegas Review-Journal) Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:46:57 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=68206 An estimated $3 million worth of peanuts were destroyed Thursday when two warehouses at E.J. Cox Co. went up in flames, the Bladen County fire marshal said today. Investigators will try to get into the smoldering … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-24-hourFireAndRescueNews/~3/5vz_CFgnntY/article.cfm United States FireFightingNews.com (The Fayetteville Observer) Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:46:19 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=68207 A woman taken into custody as a five-alarm fire raged through a Far East Dallas apartment complex Thursday evening remained in Dallas County jail this morning. Authorities and shouting residents chased down … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-24-hourFireAndRescueNews/~3/q6oI62i1Oqs/article.cfm United States FireFightingNews.com (Dallas Morning News) Fri, 17 Jul 2009 10:46:48 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=68195 A volunteer firefighter has been charged with driving a firetruck while drunk after stealing gasoline from Upper Macungie Township's municipal gas supply, according to court records. Michael Mantle Gorr, 46, of … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-24-hourFireAndRescueNews/~3/SZ8D98Mh07U/article.cfm United States FireFightingNews.com (The Morning Call) Fri, 17 Jul 2009 07:27:02 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=68191 Firefighters battled a blaze Friday morning at an abandoned mansion in Miami Beach once owned by the Windjammer Barefoot Cruises family. Dispatch received a call at 8:09 a.m. about the fire at 4462 N. Bay Rd., … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-24-hourFireAndRescueNews/~3/TaVbSUwi9R0/article.cfm United States FireFightingNews.com (The Miami Herald) Fri, 17 Jul 2009 07:19:43 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=68205 Bureaucratic in-fighting and government stubbornness is putting fire protection for rural Victoria at risk, according to the firefighters' union. United Firefighters Union state secretary Peter Marshall has asked … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-24-hourFireAndRescueNews/~3/3W_ObAv8170/article.cfm Australia FireFightingNews.com (AAP) Fri, 17 Jul 2009 06:59:19 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=68185 A former volunteer firefighter charged with setting a series of fires, including torching an unoccupied house here, was sentenced this week to nine months in prison. Edward Jones, 21, of Westfield Avenue, … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-24-hourFireAndRescueNews/~3/r9n5MPKQIRA/article.cfm United States FireFightingNews.com (New Haven Register) Fri, 17 Jul 2009 06:58:05 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=68188 Milwaukee Fire Department paramedics treating a child after an auto crash on Wednesday also had to referee a fight among four adults who had entered their medical unit. The group argued and started throwing … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-24-hourFireAndRescueNews/~3/jUvxwwbMJ20/article.cfm United States FireFightingNews.com (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) Fri, 17 Jul 2009 06:57:25 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=68189 He spoke, this 35-year-old firefighter, to frustrations that still ripple in an undercurrent across the nation. Frank Ricci, who is white, sat before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday and spoke in a … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-24-hourFireAndRescueNews/~3/wj2aRLHToWc/article.cfm United States FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:52:33 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=68172 Disgraced Columbus firefighter David Santuomo, who executed his family pets and lied about it to investigators, was fired today by Safety Director Mitchell Brown. The Dispatch and WBNS-TV (Channel 10) have … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-24-hourFireAndRescueNews/~3/gOTG5o9pbzo/article.cfm United States FireFightingNews.com (The Columbus Dispatch) Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:50:26 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=68167 A small plane crashed between buildings at a suburban Los Angeles airport Wednesday, killing three people on board, authorities said. The single-engine Beechcraft Bonanza G36 went down around 4:30 p.m. and … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-24-hourFireAndRescueNews/~3/V8nB1ErOaf0/article.cfm United States FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Thu, 16 Jul 2009 08:52:08 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=68154 Flames shot hundreds of feet in the air after a gasoline tanker exploded Wednesday night underneath a highway overpass near Detroit. Part of the overpass collapsed onto the interstate below and spilled fuel … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-24-hourFireAndRescueNews/~3/I_7F4weHa5o/article.cfm United States FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Thu, 16 Jul 2009 07:58:30 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=68152 Hundreds of firefighters are to form a silent guard of honour for their fallen friend Ewan Williamson. Colleagues will line the route of 35-year-old blaze hero Ewan's funeral cortege next Wednesday. Lothian and … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-24-hourFireAndRescueNews/~3/_-12T7HGarQ/article.cfm United Kingdom FireFightingNews.com (Shaun Milne) Thu, 16 Jul 2009 07:54:46 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=68153 Volunteer firefighters in Amherst don't get paid an hourly wage, but as in other municipalities, they do get a kind of pension for their years of service. The difference in Amherst is that many of its … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-24-hourFireAndRescueNews/~3/XAlMYHEycEQ/article.cfm United States FireFightingNews.com (The Buffalo News) Thu, 16 Jul 2009 06:02:06 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=68148 New Haven Firefighter Frank Ricci sat close to the action Wednesday in a U.S. Senate hearing room as lawmakers continued to zero in on Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor's role in his discrimination case. The … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-24-hourFireAndRescueNews/~3/KU6BVMrcaGM/article.cfm United States FireFightingNews.com (New Haven Register) Thu, 16 Jul 2009 06:00:51 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=68150 Emotions and tempers ran high Wednesday during a special meeting called by the Frankton fire chief to explain the desperate financial condition of the local fire department. Frankton Fire Chief Rob Amick told a … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-24-hourFireAndRescueNews/~3/hvhGtVw5iC4/article.cfm United States FireFightingNews.com (The Herald Bulletin) Thu, 16 Jul 2009 05:59:37 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=68151 A two-alarm wild fire late Wednesday morning toppled a 250-feet radio tower along the American River Parkway, damaged a second one and threatened a third, fire officials said. The fire, near Commerce Circle and … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-24-hourFireAndRescueNews/~3/cDr0qZPJ_vU/article.cfm United States FireFightingNews.com (The Sacramento Bee) Thu, 16 Jul 2009 05:33:44 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=68146 Chattanooga firefighters had to use their special high angle rescue team to get a sick construction worker to the hospital. The worker was atop a 105-foot tower crane at the Chickamauga Lock construction site … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-24-hourFireAndRescueNews/~3/xG-vUJ-hmbE/article.cfm United States FireFightingNews.com (Bruce Garner) Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:33:04 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=68137 Smoke billowed from the roof of a high-rise apartment building for seniors in the 2600 block of Fort Worth Avenue in southwest Dallas Wednesday afternoon, according to a WFAA-TV report. At least two persons … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-24-hourFireAndRescueNews/~3/xW0Rrs_D53g/article.cfm United States FireFightingNews.com (Fort Worth Star Telegram) Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:37:05 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=68124 Federal agents converged on the Seven Points Volunteer Fire Department office at City Hall last Friday afternoon after receiving a call about missing financial records. The FBI had issued two subpoenas -- one to … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-24-hourFireAndRescueNews/~3/G00aQfyfzdI/article.cfm United States FireFightingNews.com (Athens Daily Review) Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:34:28 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=68130 Two weeks after the South Fire Station shut its doors, selectmen last night endorsed $100,000 in firefighter concessions that will help limit the station's closing to two months. But Douglas Sears was the only … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-24-hourFireAndRescueNews/~3/KKkDAZTNrgw/article.cfm United States FireFightingNews.com (The Sun) Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:37:18 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=68122 A Russian-made Iranian passenger plane carrying 168 people crashed shortly after takeoff Wednesday, smashing into a field northwest of the capital and shattering into flaming pieces. All on board were killed in … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-24-hourFireAndRescueNews/~3/8JVQ4r_49Oo/article.cfm World FireFightingNews.com (Associated Press) Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:57:07 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=68106 They smoked him out. A former Long Island fire chief was arrested yesterday for exaggerating his workload in computer records last year in a bid to boost his retirement pension, officials said. Former Village of … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-24-hourFireAndRescueNews/~3/bSmiHrP7ENA/article.cfm United States FireFightingNews.com (The New York Post) Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:41:41 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=68108 nonadult