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June Firehouse iPad, Android App Available

The new edition of the Firehouse for the tablet includes thermal imaging camera drills, truck company skills, a trench rescue quiz and more.

News • June 18th, 2013

Calif. Grand Jury Bashes Fire District For Wasting Money

A grand jury report says Newcastle Fire Protection District board members neglected repairs at a damaged fire station, resulting in unnecessary temporary housing expenses.

News • June 18th, 2013

Robotic Cats For Rescue Work? The Swiss Think So.

Swiss engineers believe the cat-like design can help create rescue robots that can navigate treacherous terrain -- say, stairs in a house fire, or the rubble of an earthquake-struck building.

News • June 18th, 2013

S.C. Fire Marshal Closes Part of Myrtle Beach Hotel

Citing unsafe conditions, a Myrtle Beach fire official closed portions of Calypso Inn forcing several international students who were staying there to look for new housing.

News • June 18th, 2013

Utah Firefighter to Be Tried for Fatal Ambulance Wreck

The ambulance driver police say caused a fatal multicar crash last summer has been ordered advanced to trial on a charge of negligent homicide.

News • June 18th, 2013

Carbon Monoxide in Group Home in Md. Injures Eight

Staff and residents of a group home in Parkville were hospitalized after a possible chemical exposure in the home early Monday morning.

News • June 18th, 2013

Md. Dept. Hopes $10M Station Will Improve Response Times

A new 33,000 square foot station in Savage will operate with two engines, a rescue engine, two paramedic ambulances and a brush truck.

News • June 17th, 2013

California Limo Fires Spur Safety Bills

Lawmakers have sponsored bills requiring two doors and two emergency window exits in all limousines made after Jan. 1, 2015. Another requires limos to carry extinguishers.

News • June 17th, 2013

Sheriff's Patrol Cars Catch Fire After Calif. Pursuit

Two Contra Costa sheriff's deputies patrol cars caught fire after going off the road, along with the Lexus they were chasing. The Lexus got away.

News • June 17th, 2013

Wash. Authorities Investigate Beaver Lodge Fire

Orondo fire officials believe humans caused a fire that destroyed a beaver lodge on the banks of the Columbia River. The beavers were thought to have survived.

News • June 17th, 2013

Alabama Firefighters Clear Smoke at High School

Heavy smoke was report inside Saks High School on Sunday morning. Employees had largely extinguished the fire before firefighters arrived.

News • June 17th, 2013

Investigators 'Zeroing In' on Colo. Fire Point of Origin

Investigators say they are getting closer to pinpointing where the state's most destructive fire started.

News • June 17th, 2013

Ohio Fire Supervisors Race to Scenes at Over 100 MPH

Columbus fire officials didn't violate any rules, but eyebrows have been raised when GPS systems have clocked them traveling up to 113 MPH on calls.

News • June 17th, 2013

Fire Hits New York Fire Hall Storage Building

Fire broke out at the former Pamelia fire hall, damaging holiday decoration, promotional supplies and other items before firefighters could control the blaze.

News • June 17th, 2013

Reviewing Lessons Learned From Tenn. Mulch Fire

A little more than a year after the smoke has cleared from a massive mulch fire in Knoxville, city officials and firefighters are looking at lessons learned.

News • June 17th, 2013

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