Posted on Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:12:32 +0000

<fieldset class="fieldgroup group-authors"><legend>Authors and source</legend><div class="field field-type-text field-field-author-external"> <div class="field-label">External author:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>&nbsp;Firehouse.com News</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p>TARRYTOWN, N.Y. -- A firefighter and a public works employee were killed Monday evening after falling into a manhole.</p> <p>WABC reported the 7 p.m. incident occurred in front of the Con Edison building.</p> <p>It was not known if the firefighter was on duty at the time of the incident.</p> <p>More information will be posted on Firehouse.com when it becomes available.</p> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-web-exclusive"> <div class="field-label">Web exclusive:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 0Web exlusive </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-memberzone-only"> <div class="field-label">Memberzone only:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 0 </div> </div> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fh_rss/news/~4/0WbnB3ZkS1M" height="1" width="1"/>

Posted on Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:08:30 +0000

<fieldset class="fieldgroup group-authors"><legend>Authors and source</legend><div class="field field-type-text field-field-author-external"> <div class="field-label">External author:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>By DAN ELLIOTT</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Associated Press Writer</p> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p>DENVER --</p> <p>A wind-driven wildfire broke out in the rugged Colorado foothills and quickly spread across 4 square miles Monday, destroying some homes and triggering evacuations of as many as 400 others.</p> <p>No injuries were reported. Authorities could not say how many structures burned down, but they said at least some of them were houses.</p> <p>The fire started in Four Mile Canyon northwest of Boulder, and erratic winds gusting to 45 mph spread the flames both to the west and northeast.</p> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-web-exclusive"> <div class="field-label">Web exclusive:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 0Web exlusive </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-memberzone-only"> <div class="field-label">Memberzone only:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 0 </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-feedname"> <div class="field-label">Feedname:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> AP </div> </div> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fh_rss/news/~4/ZFMijoqvPT0" height="1" width="1"/>

Posted on Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:10:45 +0000

<fieldset class="fieldgroup group-authors"><legend>Authors and source</legend><div class="field field-type-text field-field-author-external"> <div class="field-label">External author:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Story by wpxi.com</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p>PITTSBURGH --</p> <p>Residents were forced from an elderly high rise Sunday night in Pittsburgh's Allentown neighborhood.</p> <p>The fire started on the 10th floor, with smoke spreading to the 11th floor, firefighters said.</p> <p>The people in the apartment were able to get out unharmed, and firefighters were able to put the fire out quickly. One person was treated for smoke inhalation. The victim's name and condition has not been released.</p> <p>Tenant Stacy Griffin talked about what she saw.</p> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-web-exclusive"> <div class="field-label">Web exclusive:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 0Web exlusive </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-memberzone-only"> <div class="field-label">Memberzone only:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 0 </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-feedname"> <div class="field-label">Feedname:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> IBSRSS </div> </div> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fh_rss/news/~4/82t7Ynzl5_k" height="1" width="1"/>

Posted on Sun, 05 Sep 2010 04:30:50 +0000

<fieldset class="fieldgroup group-authors"><legend>Authors and source</legend><div class="field field-type-text field-field-author-external"> <div class="field-label">External author:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Nomaan Merchant and John Valenti.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Newsday, Melville, N.Y.</p> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p lang="en-US">Sept. 04--An East Farmingdale firefighter was hospitalized Saturday after the roof of a burning building in Lindenhurst collapsed, burying the firefighter underneath, the department's fire chief said.</p> <p>Eight fire departments responded to the fire at about 2 a.m. inside a commercial building on Gear Avenue, off Wellwood Avenue, in Lindenhurst, East Farmingdale fire chief James Yearsley said. As firefighters tried to enter the building, the roof and front wall of the building collapsed, he said.</p> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-web-exclusive"> <div class="field-label">Web exclusive:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 0Web exlusive </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-memberzone-only"> <div class="field-label">Memberzone only:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 0 </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-feedname"> <div class="field-label">Feedname:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> TRIBUNE </div> </div> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fh_rss/news/~4/jzLJGsMKoq0" height="1" width="1"/>

Posted on Sun, 05 Sep 2010 04:24:20 +0000

<fieldset class="fieldgroup group-authors"><legend>Authors and source</legend><div class="field field-type-text field-field-author-external"> <div class="field-label">External author:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Richard Weir</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Boston Herald</p> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p></p><p lang="en-US"> Sept. 04--Five firefighters for two tiny Hampden County towns are in hot water after being arraigned yesterday on charges that they torched several abandoned homes to help pad their wallets with extra duty pay, authorities said yesterday.</p> <p> "It's very disheartening," said Brimfield Board of Selectmen chairman Thomas Marino. "You put your trust in them to be firefighters, the people who come to put your fires out, not be causing them. It's the worst kind of violation of your trust."</p> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-feedname"> <div class="field-label">Feedname:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> TRIBUNE </div> </div> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fh_rss/news/~4/uhcGEpNjMB8" height="1" width="1"/>

Posted on Sun, 05 Sep 2010 04:18:23 +0000

<div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-label">Subtitle:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> He suffered second- and third-degree burns to his hands and a possible ankle injury. </div> </div> </div> <fieldset class="fieldgroup group-authors"><legend>Authors and source</legend><div class="field field-type-text field-field-author-external"> <div class="field-label">External author:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>BY STEVE TELLIER</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Story by wlky.com</p> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p>He suffered second- and third-degree burns to his hands and a possible ankle injury.</p> <p></p><div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-web-exclusive"> <div class="field-label">Web exclusive:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 0Web exlusive </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-memberzone-only"> <div class="field-label">Memberzone only:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 0 </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-feedname"> <div class="field-label">Feedname:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> IBSRSS </div> </div> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fh_rss/news/~4/saNFBw8G5aA" height="1" width="1"/>

Posted on Sun, 05 Sep 2010 04:15:52 +0000

<fieldset class="fieldgroup group-authors"><legend>Authors and source</legend><div class="field field-type-text field-field-author-external"> <div class="field-label">External author:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Ryan Budnick, 7NEWS Assignment Producer</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p>MILLIKEN, Colo. --</p> <p>Investigators said a fire that burnt down a historic school house early Saturday morning was intentionally set.</p> <p>The Milliken School House, which was nearly 100 years old, was burnt to the ground after it was spotted engulfed in flames at about 4:11 a.m.</p> <p>"As soon as they left the station, they could see the size of the fire and called for more resources," Milliken Fire Chief Ron Bateman said. Fire crews who first arrived at the scene had to immediately go into a defensive attack.</p> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-web-exclusive"> <div class="field-label">Web exclusive:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 0Web exlusive </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-memberzone-only"> <div class="field-label">Memberzone only:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 0 </div> </div> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fh_rss/news/~4/IdwYfQp6Qdc" height="1" width="1"/>

Posted on Sat, 04 Sep 2010 13:49:58 +0000

<div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-label">Subtitle:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Authorities said a teen ran out into traffic and was seriously injured by the fire engine. </div> </div> </div> <fieldset class="fieldgroup group-authors"><legend>Authors and source</legend><div class="field field-type-text field-field-author-external"> <div class="field-label">External author:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>BY LIAM FORD</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Chicago Tribune</p> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p lang="en-US">Authorities said a teen ran out into traffic and was struck and seriously injured by a fire engine answering a call.</p> <p lang="en-US"> </p><div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-web-exclusive"> <div class="field-label">Web exclusive:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 0Web exlusive </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-memberzone-only"> <div class="field-label">Memberzone only:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 0 </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-feedname"> <div class="field-label">Feedname:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> TRIBUNE </div> </div> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fh_rss/news/~4/8gSqaxjbhSA" height="1" width="1"/>

Posted on Sat, 04 Sep 2010 04:47:05 +0000

<fieldset class="fieldgroup group-authors"><legend>Authors and source</legend><div class="field field-type-text field-field-author-external"> <div class="field-label">External author:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Story by <a target="_new" href="http://www.wsoctv.com" />wsoctv.com</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p> SALISBURY, N.C.</p> <p> -- </p> <p></p><p> A large fire broke out at the Webb Road Flea Market, near Interstate 85, on Friday morning.</p> <p> The fire was reported at about 7:40 a.m. A caretaker who lives on-site said he went outside to begin opening for the day, saw smoke and called 911. Several other witnesses reported hearing several explosions before seeing the flames. </p> <p> Firefighters said the flames spread quickly, engulfing several buildings. </p> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-feedname"> <div class="field-label">Feedname:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> IBSRSS </div> </div> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fh_rss/news/~4/LlVpOKnf2GA" height="1" width="1"/>

Posted on Sat, 04 Sep 2010 04:44:37 +0000

<fieldset class="fieldgroup group-authors"><legend>Authors and source</legend><div class="field field-type-text field-field-author-external"> <div class="field-label">External author:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Michele Mihalovich</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>The Wenatchee World, Wash.</p> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p lang="en-US">Sept. 03--BRIDGEPORT -- Fire districts were not at fault when a firefighter "unnecessarily and improperly" started a backfire that destroyed a couple's property, the state court of appeals ruled Tuesday.</p> <p>After hearing about the court's decision, landowner Terry Pope said Thursday, "It's ridiculous that a guy can walk around and start a backfire in 35 mph winds and not be found at fault. This guy caused that fire. Damn right I'm going to fight it."</p> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-web-exclusive"> <div class="field-label">Web exclusive:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 0Web exlusive </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-memberzone-only"> <div class="field-label">Memberzone only:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 0 </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-feedname"> <div class="field-label">Feedname:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> TRIBUNE </div> </div> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fh_rss/news/~4/R7xMiLLLlb4" height="1" width="1"/>