Friday, May 09, 2008
North Carolina -
Authorities began combing through the wreckage Friday caused by a twister that killed one person and injured three others in central North Carolina - part of a storm system that swept throug...
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NYC Ambulance Would Preserve Bodies
New York - New York is considering equipping a new ambulance to preserve bodies until families can be contacted about possible organ donation. U... May 9, 2008 | Topix - Rescue | Written By United Press International |
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Pilots Prepare To Fly Into Battle Against Fire
California - With another potentially brutal fire season at hand, the California Air National Guard showed off its aerial firefighting capabilitie... May 9, 2008 | Topix - Wildland | Written By Ventura County Star |
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Firefighters Suffer Chemical Burns
Pennsylvania - Three volunteer firefighters were treated in Reading Hospital for chemical burns Thursday after a container of industrial-grade hydro... May 9, 2008 | Topix - Fire | Written By Reading Eagle |
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Abandoned Buildings Attract Arsonists In Niagara Falls
New York - The smell of smoke still hung in the air, and water had puddled into 24th Street on Thursday as the city fire chief interrupted a sch... May 9, 2008 | Topix - Fire | Written By The Buffalo News |
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Teen Dies After Bedroom Fire
Florida - A 16-year-old girl died Thursday after a fire started in her bedroom in the Country Place subdivision in Carrollwood. Fire rescuers f... May 9, 2008 | Topix - Fire | Written By Tampa Tribune |
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Tracking Deaths From Sept. 11 Rubble
New York - Scores of people who worked in the rubble of the World Trade Center in New York have died of cancer, officials say. The World Trade C... May 9, 2008 | Topix - Sept. 11, 2001 | Written By United Press International |
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Ex-Fire Treasurer In Court Records Show Deal Has Been Reached
Indiana - Members of the German Township Fire Department packed a federal courtroom Monday as their former treasurer made an initial appearance... May 9, 2008 | Topix - Legal Issues | Written By Kate Braser |
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Mt. Lebanon Firefighter Treated For Heat Exhaustion
Pennsylvania - A Mt. Lebanon firefighter was taken to the hospital for heat exhaustion while battling a two-alarm fire that caused heavy damage to a... May 9, 2008 | Topix - Fire | Written By Pittsburgh Tribune-Review |
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Mayor To Unveil Allen Findings
Georgia - Mayor Jim Wetherington has called a news conference for 11 a.m. today to discuss a nearly five-month investigation into the city's ha... May 9, 2008 | Topix - Fire | Written By Columbus Ledger-Enquirer |
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Aerial Ladders May Put FireFighters At Risk
Pennsylvania - NIOSH recommends that all fire departments utilizing aerial ladder trucks with locking (pin-anchored, lever actuated, clamped) waterw... May 9, 2008 | Topix - NIOSH | Written By NIOSH |
