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UK Firefighters Use Pig to Help With Herding Lessons

Faced with increasing calls involving large animals, firefighters in Somerset, England, decided to employ a 200-pound pig to help learn the lessons of animal herding.

News • March 7th, 2013

Hybrid Car Explodes in Calif. Garage, Starts Fire

A Corte Madera home was damaged after a 2004 Toyota Prius exploded and caught the garage on fire.

News • March 7th, 2013

Construction Work Touches Off Fire in Calif. School

School officials in Hesperia evacuated an elementary school after construction sparked a fire in a classroom on Tuesday.

News • March 7th, 2013

$1M Grant Will Fund Study of NYC Responders’ Cancer

The FDNY has received a boost for research on hematological cancers that strike responders who helped at the World Trade Center on Sept. 11.

News • March 6th, 2013

Firefighter Killed, Five Hurt at Illinois Crash Scene

A Hudson Community Fire Protection District firefighter was killed and five others were injured when a semi truck apparently lost control and slammed into a crash scene were the firefighters were working.

News • March 6th, 2013

Three Firefighters Burned in West Baltimore Fire

The firefighters were each received either first or second degree burns in the one-alarm row house blaze.

News • March 6th, 2013

Stolen Miss. Firefighting Equipment Recovered in Ala.

While executing a search warrant in Alabama, authorities found firefighting equipment stolen in Lauderdale County, Miss., and returned it.

News • March 6th, 2013

N.Y. Fire Department Tests New Alert System

Lowville Volunteer Fire Department has been trying out a new system that uses a mass text message sent to its members with the important call info they need to respond appropriately.

News • March 6th, 2013

Drought Forces Okla. Firefighters to Prepare For Worse

With drying-up water resources, responders are forced to plan how to conserve the most valuable weapon against fire in their arsenal.

News • March 6th, 2013

Ohio Firefighter Awarded $1.7M in Discrimination Suit

An Orange Township firefighter who was fired after complaining of sexual harassment won a $1.7 million award by a jury who said she was fired in 2007 because of her gender.

News • March 6th, 2013

Man And Daughter Die in Hawaii House Fire

An elderly man and his daughter were killed when their Honolulu home caught fire and burned Tuesday morning.

News • March 6th, 2013

Letters to Ohio Firefighter Allege Criminal Conduct

Letters from Portsmouth officials indicate there may have been criminal acts committed by a firefighter in the alleged embezzlement of funds from the local firefighters' union.

News • March 6th, 2013

Injured D.C. Officer Transported by Md. Ambulance

The police union head is blaming Fire Chief Kenneth Ellerbe saying he has pushed the department to a place where they can't provide basic services.

News • March 6th, 2013

Feds Rely on Local Help Fighting Fires on BLM Land

Drought conditions, dry weather and federal spending cuts have federal firefighters on high alert and more dependent on local municipal fire departments to battle wildland fires.

News • March 6th, 2013

Fla. Mail Carrier Becomes Firefighter to Save The Day

A mail carrier in Marianna spotted a grass fire on the side of the road along his route and quickly extinguished it before it got into the nearby woods.

News • March 6th, 2013

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