Firefighter Headline News
Residency rule fight rages on | Barrett argues issue hasn't been part of bargaining in recent years
05/18/2013
With time running out, Mayor Tom Barrett and city lobbyists continue to work to convince state legislators to leave the city's 75-year-old res...
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Apartment building catches fire
05/18/2013
Firefighters battled a blaze Friday night at an apartment building in Palatine, authorities said.Fire personnel were dispatched to a building ...
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Training for the worst
05/18/2013
SVFD made sweeping changes to its mass casualty triage system By Nina Culverninac@spokesman.com, (509) 927-2158 The radio crackled to life wi...
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Sen. Angus King tours downtown Lewiston fire damage
05/18/2013
LEWISTON -- U.S. Sen. Angus King on Friday walked past piles of rubble on Horton Street, charred buildings on Pierce and Bartlett, and watched...
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Man faces arson charges for wildfires
05/18/2013
A man who helped fight suspicious fires in the Helena area, even though he was not a member of the responding fire departments, was charged Th...
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Ongoing coverage; Firefighters were ready after lethal shootout;
05/18/2013
The shock of seeing a police shootout end in a fire-station parking lot on Wednesday morning was quickly replaced by professionalism and train...
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Course reversed on firefighter hiring
05/18/2013
Five months ago, Lombard trustees wouldn't hire one firefighter.Thursday night, they voted unanimously to hire four new firefighters and promo...
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Fire officials find body in Monroe home rubble
05/18/2013
MONROE -- Maine fire officials say a body has been recovered after a house fire in the Waldo County town of Monroe.The fire marshal's office s...
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Schumer, Gillibrand Secure Nearly $40,000 Federal Grant for Town of Clermont Fire District
05/18/2013
The office of Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., issued the following news release:Today, U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten E. Gillib...
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Los Padres Firefighters Battle Grand Fire Near Frazier Park
05/18/2013
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's U.S. Forest Service unit - Los Padres National Forest - issued the following news release: |
‘Bored' firefighters charged with arson
05/18/2013
Two volunteer firefighters in Fayette County are accused of torching two vacant houses because they were bored and wanted something to do.
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$248,000 in FEMA Grants to Assist First Responders in Orleans, Sudbury and Winthrop
05/18/2013
The office of Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., issued the following news release:Senators Elizabeth Warren and William "Mo" Cowan and Congressm...
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Fire that damaged room at inn in Bar Harbor under investigation
05/18/2013
BAR HARBOR, Maine -- A fire Wednesday at a local waterfront inn that damaged a guest bathroom has been referred to law enforcement officials f...
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SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE OVER $100K FOR HAMMOND FIRE AND RESCUE DEPARTMENT; FUNDING MEANS VITAL EQUIPMENT FOR FIRST RESPONDERS
05/18/2013
The following information was released by New York Senator Charles Schumer:U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand announced t...
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Housekeeper charged in inn fire on MDI
05/18/2013
BAR HARBOR, Maine -- A man working as a housekeeper at a local inn has been charged with two misdemeanor crimes, but not arson, for starting a...
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