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California Fire Grows to 25,000 Acres

The evacuation orders affect about 2,800 people and 1,000 more residents may also be forced to leave their homes.

News • June 2nd, 2013

Colo. Fire Damages Three Mobile Homes, Threatens Others

total of five adults and one child from different families were displaced due to the blaze in Walsenburg.

News • June 2nd, 2013

Helicopter Transports Woman After Fall from Md. Zipline

A 30-year-old woman was airlifted Saturday evening after falling 35 feet from a zip line on a property in Street.

News • June 2nd, 2013

One Dead, 11 Displaced at Florida Apartment Fire

When Polk County Fire Rescue got to the scene, the front of the eight-unit building was fully engulfed.

News • June 2nd, 2013

Texas Crews Use Defensive Attack at Duplex Fire

Firefighters fought the blaze defensively from outside the structure and at one point called for more manpower.

News • June 2nd, 2013

Virginia Departments Remember Their Fallen

The event officially kicked off Virginia's first Fire and EMS Memorial Week from June 2 to 8.

News • June 2nd, 2013

Ohio Airport Opens New Aircraft Fire Rescue Station

The $8.9 million building houses airport operations, field maintenance, and firefighting departments and is a part of Akron-Canton Airport's 10-year capital improvement plan.

News • June 2nd, 2013

Texas Lawmaker Pushes for Locals on USAR Team

Texas Task Force One's criteria require all first responders to be in College Station within six hours, but the Valley's agencies could never meet the threshold.

News • June 2nd, 2013

Calif. City to Hire 15 Firefighters

Glendale fire officials plan to start accepting applications in August in an effort to hire 15 new firefighters who meet department qualifications.

News • June 2nd, 2013

Firefighter Injured by Collapse at Mo. Building Fire

Fire crews from Carthage, Joplin, Webb City and Carterville battled the blaze and contained it to the single building in Carthage Square.

News • June 2nd, 2013

N.M. Responders Train for Active Shooter Scenarios

"We decided it was time that we started to look at the potential of an active shooter or a mass shooter event here," Rio Rancho Deputy Fire Chief Paul Bearce said.

News • June 2nd, 2013

Ex-Fire Marshal Accused of Inappropriate Photos in N.C. Station

Timothy Scott Swaim is accused of taking nude pictures of a 15-year-old girl at the Kernersville Fire Department in and on one of the fire trucks.

News • June 1st, 2013

Calif. Residents Asked to Help Prevent Wildfires

Leaders from Cal Fire advised rural residents of Santa Cruz County to create 100 feet of defensible space around their homes.

News • June 1st, 2013

Ind. Crews Pull Residents from Floodwaters

Firefighters were going door to door on in Fort Wayne, early Saturday morning as water overtook yards and at least two vehicles.

News • June 1st, 2013

Injured Bryan, Texas Firefighters Welcomed Home

Ricky Mantey Jr. and Mitch Moran returned home Friday, three months after they responded to the deadly Knights of Columbus Hall.

News • June 1st, 2013

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