6 hours ago by Adam Nori

The Herald News in Chicago is reporting an unusual story today of ghosts and firefighters. “Firefighters aren’t the sort to be easily alarmed, but they admit there have been many unexplainable effects, events, even comings and goings. Some are more amused than alarmed, but most now are believers tha ...

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10 hours ago by Mykel

On Monday, February 9, 2009, at 2:49 p.m., units of the San Jose Fire Department responded to reports of smoke issuing from an approximately 40,000 square foot abandoned commercial structure on San Jose’s east side. The first units on scene reported heavy smoke and fire conditions prompting an immed ...

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10 hours ago by Mykel

Firefighters on Monday had to rescue two dangling workers, who were doing maintenance on a scaffold along the side of a medical building near Fashion Island, when the swing stage that propped them up malfunctioned. “It’s great to be able to tell the story,” said Mark Dunn, 44, one of the workers who ...

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10 hours ago by Mykel

A fire damaged an apartment today in South Los Angeles, but no one was hurt, authorities said. Firefighters sent to the 200 block of West 47th Street at 5:45 a.m. doused the flames in the two-story building in 19 minutes, said Erik Scott of the Los Angeles Fire Department. The cause of the fire was ...

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10 hours ago by Mykel

The Vallejo Fire Department responded early Monday to a series of small fires in Indian Alley downtown and had to evacuate some 20 residents, Assistant Fire Chief Doug Robertson said. “At about 1:45 a.m. we had five fires — one in a Dumpster, one on a mattress and a couple in garbage cans,” Robertso ...

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10 hours ago by Helena Sung

Filed under: Dogs, Pets News Spikey, the dog who captured national headlines when he was airlifted from a Los Angeles river in a daring helicopter rescue is finally home. The 4-year-old German-shepherd mix was in quarantine for several days before being released and reunited with his owners, the Los ...

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12 hours ago by FireMom

Today my husband celebrates five years with the fire department. I celebrate with him, of course, because the past five years have been amazing. Busy. Kind of crazy. Sometimes very difficult. Maybe a bit tiresome and exhausting at times. But amazing. He hasn’t changed much. I mean, look at him. He’s ...

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13 hours ago by Scott Blanchard

Sometime today or tomorrow you might hear about a travel ban because of the snow. In 2008, the state's emergency management agency laid out, among other things, who is authorized to travel when such a ban is in effect. If the governor closes all or most highways in an area, the emergency management ...

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17 hours ago by Douglas Cline

Are you truly engaged within the fire service? This question may have you scratching your head, however it is an extremely important one. In doing some research over the past year focusing on identifying gaps in the fire service, it has come to light that most of the fire service truly isn't engaged ...

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21 hours ago by rigoberhwordpress

I wrote a story about Mr. Di Pilla, which you can find here. Michael Di Pilla is an Italian Immigrant who came to the Mission in the 60s. Firefighters respond to a call about a hawk trapped inside a vacant building on Mission Street. Man Rides the 14 Mission bus on a recent Sunday afternoon, Cart ve ...

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