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NYC Agrees to Settement in WTC Health Cases
Firefighter Safety - Thu, 03/11/2010 - 10:28pm
Subtitle: If approved, the deal would pay up to $657 million toward sickened responders. Authors and source External author:
By DAVID B. CARUSO
Associated Press Writer
NEW YORK
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A settlement that could pay up to $657.5 million to more than 10,000 ground zero rescue and recovery workers sickened by dust from the destroyed World Trade Center goes before a judge Friday, and he has said he favored a settlement but planned to analyze it carefully to make sure it was fair.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg called the proposal "fair and reasonable," a sentiment echoed by one of the negotiators of the deal that was announced Thursday night after years of fighting in court.
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Brush Fires Keep Georgia FFs Busy
Firefighter Safety - Thu, 03/11/2010 - 10:04pm
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Louie Brogdon
The Brunswick News, Ga.
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Mar. 11--Be careful when burning yard debris. The season for brush fires is already upon Brunswick and the Golden Isles.
State and county firefighters have been busy knocking down brush fires, including one Wednesday at New Hope Plantation on U.S. 17 that nearly prompted Glynn County public safety officials to evacuate residents. That proved to be unnecessary.
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Tenn. Petroleum Tank Fire Out
Firefighter Safety - Thu, 03/11/2010 - 10:02pm
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The Knoxville News-Sentinel, Tenn.
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Mar. 11--KNOXVILLE -- The Knoxville Fire Department today extinguished a fire in a large petroleum tank in the 5200 block of Middlebrook Pike.
Westbound traffic in the immediate vicinity was temporarily rerouted following the 10:10 a.m. call. The fire was under control by about 11:15, KFD Capt. D.J. Corcoran said. Traffic is now back to normal.
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N.Y. Cops Pull Man From Burning Car
Rescue Ops - Thu, 03/11/2010 - 9:55pm
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John Valenti
Newsday, Melville, N.Y.
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Mar. 11--A Farmingville man was pulled from a burning car after a crash Wednesday morning on Route 25 in Coram, police said.
The crash occurred at 11:20 a.m. near Winfield Davis Drive, police said. A 1995 Toyota Camry driven by Cassandra Lehman, 21, of Farmingville, struck a small school bus that had no students on board, then crashed into a telephone pole, police said.
Lehman escaped with her daughter, 1, but Steven Scuderi, 19, who suffered a broken femur, was trapped, police said.
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Is it worth the Weight?
Firefighter Safety - Thu, 03/11/2010 - 10:39am
After returning from the Firehouse expo 09 I started talking about some of the HOT topics at the expo. By far, it was the vast about of Bail out System's being sold and displayed at the expo. They had everything from a simple belt and rope to a full on body harness integrated into turnout gear? So the great debate started. Do you use a harness with a bailout system? If so, which kind do you use and how often do you train with your system, if at all? Is a bailout system "Worth the Weight" that it adds to your PPE?
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Two FDNY FFs Seriously Injured in Blaze
Firefighter Safety - Thu, 03/11/2010 - 9:01am
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Courtesy of NY1
Fire officials are investigating the cause of an early-morning fire in Brooklyn that injured five firefighters, two of them seriously – hours after another fire in the borough claimed the life of a man.
Flames broke out around 4:30 this morning on the first floor of a single-family home on 192 Concord Street in Downtown, Brooklyn.
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Vehicle Gadgets a Growing Danger
Firefighter Safety - Thu, 03/11/2010 - 8:07am
Subtitle: While gadgets are seen as distractions, first responders are required to use them. Authors and source External author:
BY MATT RICHTEL
The International Herald Tribune
Theirs are the most wired vehicles on the road, with dashboard computers, sophisticated radios, navigation systems and cellphones.
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California Recycling Facility Burns
Rescue Ops - Thu, 03/11/2010 - 12:45am
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Story by ktvu.com
SANTA CLARA --
Firefighters battled a three-alarm fire at a recycling facility in Santa Clara Wednesday -- a blaze that sent billowing clouds of smoke across a warehouse district near the San Jose Airport and triggered a shelter-in-place warning, officials said.
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Massive Conn. Fire Displaces Dozens
Firefighter Safety - Thu, 03/11/2010 - 12:08am
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A massive fire at an apartment building in New London forced dozens of people to find places to stay for the night.
The blaze broke out around 9:45 p.m. Tuesday on Willets Avenue and sent three people to area hospitals. Two of those hospitalized were being treated for smoke inhalation.
More than 80 firefighters were called to fight the blaze and rescue victims. Fire officials said rescuers helped six to eight people escape the flames.
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Two Calif. Auto Salvage Yards Burn
Firefighter Safety - Thu, 03/11/2010 - 12:06am
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Story by kcra.com
RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif. --
Investigators are working to find out what started a three-alarm fire that resulted in major damage Wednesday morning at two Rancho Cordova auto dismantling businesses.
The blaze, which was reported at about 3:40 a.m., occurred at Happy Auto Parts and V and O Auto Dismantler, which share a building in the 3400 block of Sunrise Boulevard.
The fire was raging when firefighters arrived, forcing crews to take a defensive stance.
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N.Y. Firefighters Save Historic Home
Firefighter Safety - Wed, 03/10/2010 - 6:37am
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Dennis Yusko
Albany Times Union, N.Y.
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Mar. 9--SARATOGA SPRINGS -- A fire that ripped into a historic three-story building in Franklin Square and injured a city firefighter was likely started by an electrical malfunction in a second-floor laundry room, fire officials said Monday.
The smoky blaze in the late 19th-century Victorian mansion started minutes before midnight Friday, and was reported by a resident.
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Calif. Capt. Passes Out Behind Wheel
Firefighter Safety - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 7:44am
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A Nevada County captain passed out behind the wheel of a fire engine on March 7, according to The Union of Grass Valley.
Nevada County Consolidated Fire Chief Tim Fike told the newspaper that Capt. Bruce Niederberger was en route to the hospital to pickup his partner at approximately 10:30 a.m. when he "started to get tunnel vision."
"He passed out" after turning on the siren and jamming his foot on the brake, Fike said.
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Pa. Church Fire is Suspicious
Firefighter Safety - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 1:45am
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Tom Yerace
The Valley News-Dispatch, Tarentum, Pa.
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Mar. 8--Robert Rowe was pained to see a Sunday newspaper photo of his former church engulfed in flames.
Rowe had been a lifelong member of St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church in the 1300 block of Constitution Ave. in New Kensington. Fire destroyed the vacant building late Saturday. It was the last site of the church before the congregation merged with the Bethel AME Church in Tarentum.
"St James was the first black church in New Kensington, and other churches branched off St. James," Rowe said.
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Meth Lab Fire Damages Tulsa Hotel
Firefighter Safety - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 1:21am
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Matt Barnard
Tulsa World, Okla.
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Mar. 8--A meth lab led to a fire that caused significant damage at a Tulsa hotel and sent guests scrambling Sunday night, according to authorities.
The flames destroyed 11 units at the America's Value Inn, where investigators later discovered meth-related items, Fire Department spokesman Bill French said.
Firefighters arrived at the motel in the 10100 block of East 11th Street about 9:10 p.m. to find flames billowing from the first and second floors.
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Expired Drugs on Ga. Rescue Rigs
Training Features - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 12:59am
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By Jennifer Mayerle, CBS Atlanta Reporter
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. --
CBS Atlanta News has tough questions for DeKalb County after expired drugs used to save lives were found on emergency vehicles.
CBS Atlanta News has discovered DeKalb County rescue trucks carried expired drugs on board. Documents obtained by CBS Atlanta show they were common drugs paramedics use to treat life-threatening allergies like an EpiPin and nitro spray or calcium chloride to jump-start a heart.
"What these drugs will do, buy you time before you get into the hospital," said Dr.
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Explosions Rip Through Ga. Manholes
Firefighter Safety - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 12:48am
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Story by wsbtv.com
TUCKER, Ga. --
Firefighters blamed a buildup of methane gas for a series of explosions that blew at least three manhole covers into the air Sunday night along Lawrenceville Highway in Tucker.
Southbound lanes of Lawrenceville Highway near Jimmy Carter Boulevard were still closed on Monday morning.
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Boston Ladder Truck Report Released
Firefighter Safety - Tue, 03/09/2010 - 12:46am
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BOSTON
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More than a year after Lt. Kevin Kelley was killed when Boston Fire Ladder 26 slammed into a building, an internal investigation into the crash has been completed.
The
report released by the
Boston Fire Department's Board of Inquiry, made up of union firefighters and civilian staffers, agreed with many of the findings of the district attorney, including that the cause of the crash was brake failure.
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Apparatus Architects: Apparatus Backing Concerns and Response Policies
Firefighter Safety - Mon, 03/08/2010 - 9:20pm
The Apparatus Architects look at a number of topics this month and their guest, a Los Angeles Fire Department Captain, talks about the LAFD's operations and apparatus assignments.
- Hero's Farewell for Fallen Los Angeles Rookie
- NIOSH Report: Career Fire Fighter Dies After Falling From Tailboard and Being Backed Over by Engine - California (PDF)
- Reverse Control, Inc.
64:34 minutes (37.01 MB)
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Floor Collapses Inside Florida Hotel
Firefighter Safety - Mon, 03/08/2010 - 12:18am
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Story by justnews.com
SUNNY ISLES BEACH, Fla. --
Two people were injured after a portion of floor collapsed at a Sunny Isles Beach hotel Sunday afternoon.
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue said a 15-foot-by-15-foot portion of the lower lobby at the Marco Polo Beach Resort on 192 Street and Collins Avenue caved in around 5 p.m. Two women walking in the lobby at the time reportedly fell 7 feet and were trapped by debris.
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Floor Collapses Inside Florida Hotel
Rescue Ops - Mon, 03/08/2010 - 12:18am
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Story by justnews.com
SUNNY ISLES BEACH, Fla. --
Two people were injured after a portion of floor collapsed at a Sunny Isles Beach hotel Sunday afternoon.
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue said a 15-foot-by-15-foot portion of the lower lobby at the Marco Polo Beach Resort on 192 Street and Collins Avenue caved in around 5 p.m. Two women walking in the lobby at the time reportedly fell 7 feet and were trapped by debris.
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