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Rocky Mount NC Fire Fighters Battle Large Dwelling Fire 23 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
Shortly before 4:30 p.m. on August 19, 2013 Rocky Mount NC Fire Department responded to a dwelling fire on the 1100 block of Royal Ridge Drive. Engine Co. 3 was first in and reported a working fire in...
L.A. Plating Shops Blaze 21 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
LAFD Major Emergency Blaze Panorama City It took 162 Los Angeles Firefighters over two hours to control a spectacular blaze that tore through two metal plating shops on the 14600 block of Arminta Stre...
At Least 12 Homes Destroyed In Utah Wildfire 14 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
A lightning-sparked wildfire has destroyed at least a dozen homes and threatens hundreds of others near a Utah resort town. The blaze near Park City was among several in the West, where fires have dev...
UPS Jet Crashes, Pilots Pronounced Dead 14 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
A UPS cargo plane crashed Wednesday morning as it approached an Alabama airport, killing two crew members on board and scattering boxes and charred debris across the grassy field where it made impact,...
Houston Firefighters Find Baby While Eating Breakfast 14 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
A baby's cries broke through breakfast at a northeast Houston fire station on Monday, leading firefighters to a stroller with an abandoned little boy. The child was discovered just after 10 a.m. at Ho...
Safe Kids Pursues Child Safety Seat Awareness 14 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
Several dozen area parents received help from Edmond Fire Department personnel ensuring their child safety seats were installed correctly. Fire Maj. Gary Dill said the Tuesday morning event at Fire St...
Moore County 911 Goes Down During House Fire 14 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
A power outage that took down Moore County's 911 operation during a house fire Sunday morning was caused by a backup system that was supposed to protect against such circumstances, County Manager Wayn...
Firefighters Battle Smokey Tobacco Barn Fire 14 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
Shortly before 8 pm on Aug 11, 2013 Nash County NC 911 Center was receiving calls for a Tobacco Barn fire on Taylors Store Road in Nashville section of Nash County. Fire companies from Nashville, Red ...
Resort Villa Partially Collapses Due To Sinkhole 12 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
As glass broke, the ground shook and lights went out, vacationers evacuated a central Florida resort building before a sinkhole caused a section of the villa to partially collapse early Monday. About ...
FIREFIGHTER FATALITIES IN THE UNITED STATES, 2012 12 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
Last year, fire ground and structure fires both had the fewest number of firefighter deaths ever recorded. IN 2012,64 ON-DUTY FIREFIGHTER DEATHS occurred in the United States. For the past four years,...
