Firefighters News
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Wildfires put communities in danger and interrupts daily activities. A single fire can destroy homes leaving many homeless. And owners sometimes will die in a tragic and futile effort to save their homes.
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Crimea's firefighters proudly switched allegiance on Tuesday, becoming the disputed peninsula's first department under Russia's full control after a hastily arranged ceremony reminiscent of the Soviet era."Lutsevich!
In the Media
by Maria ANTONOVA (AFP)
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The Scots toss the caber, and apparently Alpine farmers have a traditional stone toss event, and now some firemen in the canton of Aargau have come up with their own version. The first-ever national "toss the fire hydrant event."
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Groveland -
Firefighters continue to battle the flames in California's Sierra mountains, but the fire continues to grow. Still more than 5,500 structures threatened.
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700 people have been evacuated from the town of Estellencs in the west of Mallorca as a fierce forest fire rages out of control. 300 firefighters from all over the island are fighting the blaze.
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Las Vegas -
The wildfire raging west of the Las Vegas Valley was started by a lightning strike on July 1 and since then it has consumed more than 25,000 acres. The costs of fighting it are nearing $6 million and counting.
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Prescott -
Nineteen firefighters lost their lives while fighting a wildfire in Arizona, the hightest amount of firefighters to lose their life in the line of duty since the 343 firefighters died on 9/11.
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Prescott -
The Yarnell Hill fire in Arizona has claimed the lives of firefighters. The official pronouncement came just before 8:00 p.m. PST tonight.
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A baby boy just a few days old, dumped in a toilet, was rescued by firefighters who took him to hospital still stuck inside the connecting sewage pipe.
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Detroit -
In the 1950s Detroit was thriving. Times have changed. The population is down to 750,000 from 1.8 million with a third of the people unemployed. For the Detroit Fire Department it's a powder keg that ignites every night of the year.
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At least five firefighters have been taken hostage in northwest Georgia, with the hostage taker barricading himself alongside the firefighters.
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Toronto -
A young party-goer who decided to act out a alcohol-infused dare had to rely on the Toronto Fire department to free him after being trapped inside a safe.
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As heartbreaking evictions continue in Spain due to the financial crisis, firefighters have now joined the protest against removing people from their homes by refusing to assist the bailiffs.
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Fuengirola -
It seems that Tuesday is turning into a day for protest by local police and firefighters in Fuengirola, as for the second week in a row, whistles and noise filled the town centre.
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In America, taking any kind of public office meant taking an oath where you put your hand on a Bible. Atlantic City firefighters had to do a bit of a twist on the tradition by using an iPad Bible app instead.
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Fuengirola -
The local police and firefighters in Fuengirola have had enough of all the cuts to their salaries and benefits. They protested, with much noise, in front of the Town Hall on Tuesday.
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Webster -
William Spengler, the shooter in the Christmas Eve neighborhood blaze in Webster, NY, and the deaths of two people, left a note. The note said he wanted to do what he liked best: killing people.
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Newtown -
Daniel Barden, a student at Sandy Hook Elementary School, idolized his father's cousins who are firefighters with the Fire Department of New York (FDNY).
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Newtown -
Two days after Anonymous revealed Westboro Baptist Church's (WBC) plan to protest the funerals of the Sandy Hook school shooting victims, members of the law enforcement and firefighting community decided to step in.
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Harderwijk -
The video of a dog in the Netherlands who decided to become a volunteer fireman has gone viral, receiving nearly 1.1 million views in the last 10 days.
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He probably just wanted to peep through the hole, but he got more than he bargained for and rescuers were called to release him.
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Temuco -
One of the latest aww-worthy photos to go viral online focus on a German Shepherd reportedly saving her puppies from a house fire in Chile. The photos show Amanda gripping her pups in her jaws and placing them on a fire truck.
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Firefighters and soldiers battling fires raging for a second day in Greece are hindered by gale-force winds. Greek authorities have asked for help from Italy, France and Croatia, as more firefighting planes are needed.
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Halifax -
Halifax Harbour may be surrounded by a plentitude of water, but it is on fire. Local firefighters are doing nothing to stop it.
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Temuco -
Six firefighters were killed and two were seriously burned while fighting a forest fire in the Araucania region in Chile; another worker is still missing. Authorities believe arson is involved.
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Los Angeles -
A fire started in a three-story building located inside the Universal Studios Hollywood backlot. There have been no reports of any injuries.
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Los Angeles -
A massive fire that started inside a business located in Exposition Park took a team of over 120 firefighters to put out the flames.
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Lubbock -
A Texas man, who had accidentally locked himself out of his home, became stuck inside his chimney after attempting to slide down the shaft. Firefighters had to be called to make the rescue.
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Hustonville -
The small town has just seen a mass exodus of half of its firefighters after the local mayor accused the staff of misusing their firehouse.
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New York -
This is another BBC Television documentary about the day the world changed, about those who survived, and those who didn’t.
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Firefighters hooking up a pump truck to a nearby fire hydrant to continue to battle the flames.
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A dog helps firefighters remove a damaged tree.
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Firefighters and police officers form a wall between Westboro Baptist Church protesters and those attending the funeral of a Sandy Hook Elementary School victim.
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New York City firefighters examine the rubble after a building explosion in Harlem
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President Obama places a wreath at the site of the 9/11 Memorial at Ground Zero.
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Police officers and firefighters attend the funeral of a Sandy Hook school shooting victim.
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Local police and firefighters protesting at the Town Hall in Fuengirola about 25% cuts to their salaries, February 12, 2013. Police officer lighting a paint bomb.
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This Department of Forestry firefighter isn't running from the flames. He is hurrying to see how steep the embankment is near a bridge. These firefighters bulldoze paths deep into the wildfire to allow the firemen to get their trucks and other equipment in.
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Firefighters from the FDNY and other departments stand at attention during the funeral procession for Daniel Barden.
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irefighters stand at the funeral for Daniel Barden, 7, a victim of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, Wednesday, December 19, 2012, at St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church in Newtown, Conn.
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Hundreds honouring firefighters with a big Canadian flag hanging in the background.
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After fighting a 5-acre brush fire, two firefighters initiate a rookie by hosing him down. Such activities help relieve the stress that fighting such fires that places them in danger of injury or death.
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Local police & firefighters protest in front of the Town Hall in Fuengirola on 19 February 2013.
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This homeowner tries to fight back a fully engulfed forest in his backyard using a garden hose to fight the fire. The hose is no match for the roaring fire, and he was picked up by firemen before his house caught on fire.
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Protesting firefighters spray police officers with water and foam in Brussels, Belgium.
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A wildfire closes in on the backyard of a home. All the fire needs is a breeze in the direction of the house to send flames and hot embers to set the house on fire.
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Firefighters from the FDNY and other departments attend the funeral of Daniel Barden.
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