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Storage Tank Fires: Is Your Department Prepared? - Fire ...
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... Response: Ours is an industrial fire department with two career firefighters per shift and eight to 10 interior qualified firefighters from other jobs in a ...

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BRIEF: Firefighter injured while battling smoky Allentown blaze (Nov 18, 2009)
Nov. 18--A firefighter was injured and two homes were severely damaged in a smoky blaze that broke out in two row homes at the corner of N. Penn and Greenleaf streets in Allentown around 8:30 this morning.

Firefighters battle Ortega Highway wildfire (Nov 17, 2009)
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO - Firefighters plan to fight fire with fire today, setting backfires to destroy the brush that has been fueling the 250- acre blaze in Verdugo Canyon, an Orange County Fire Authority captain said.

Two-alarm fire damages Ipswich home (Nov 16, 2009)
Nov. 16--IPSWICH -- The cause of a fire at a Pleasant Street home on Saturday is under investigation.

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