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| | | Fire raged through a huge abandoned mill building along the river in Chelsea, Massachusetts, overnight. Numerous area fire departments worked to get the situation under control amid towering flames coming from the structure. “I saw huge fire here and I was just like ‘Oh my god!’” said Johnny Reyes, who lives near the fire. “It was on our radar. We … |
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| | | PHOTO: A new piece of equipment is helping Salinas firefighters train and test their life-saving gear while saving tens of thousands of water per training day. On Thursday, fire personnel gathered with local and state leaders at Fire Station 3 on Abbott Place to demonstrate the newly purchased DRAFTS unit, achieved in partnership with CalWater. The DRAFTS unit (Direct Recirculating … |
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| | | With the city Fire Department battling brush fires at a historic pace, the FDNY announced Sunday the creation of the FDNY’s first Brush Fire Task Force. Fire Commissioner Robert S. Tucker announced the initiative will include fire marshals, fire inspectors, and tactical drone units in response to the record-breaking increase in brush fires occurring throughout the five boroughs. The task … |
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| | | VIDEO: A Valley firefighter is defying all the odds, returning to the job after getting badly injured while fighting a fire last year that led to him having one of his legs amputated. Though he isn’t responding to daily calls on a fire truck anymore, fire captain Matt Rush has found his purpose differently. Rush has spent the last 30 … |
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| | | PHOTOS: In its earliest iteration, the Wauwatosa Fire Department consisted of a hand-pumped wagon with a 50-foot long hose stored on Harwood Avenue. One can’t help but wonder what the volunteer firefighters who hauled that thing around to barn fires would think of the current Tosa FD headquarters, still located in the Village, at 1601 Underwood Ave. The “new” place … |
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