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INVISTA acquires US-based flame resistant apparel company

TECGEN® brands bring new category expertise to INVISTA

Press Release • March 26th, 2013

Globe, DuPont, and NVFC to Give Away 52 Sets of Gear in 2013

Eligible departments can apply at www.nvfc.org

Press Release • March 26th, 2013

Missouri Fire Chief Seriously Hurt in Tanker Rollover

Potosi's fire chief was partially ejected from the tanker truck he was driving when it overturned as he was responding to a mutual aid fire call Monday.

News • March 26th, 2013

N.M. Public Safety May Split Police And Fire Services

Alamogordo Public Safety has personnel that serve as both police officers and firefighters, but that could change tonight as city commissioners vote on splitting the agency.

News • March 26th, 2013

Two Kan. Firefighters Hurt in Fall Through Floor at Fire

A Kansas City firefighter hurt his neck and back and a second suffered a knee injury when the two fell through a floor battling a vacant house fire.

News • March 26th, 2013

Pa. Firefighter Battles Back From Burns With Support

The Lancaster firefighter who suffered burns over 45 percent of his body in February trying to save two people from a fire is making a painful recovery and is grateful for community support.

News • March 26th, 2013

D.C. Firefighters Vote No Confidence in Their Chief

Citing mismanagement of the department's fleet, staffing, safety failures and a pattern of retaliatory actions, D.C. firefighters voted no confidence in their chief by an overwhelming margin.

News • March 26th, 2013

Heater Sparked Fire That Killed Mo. Mom, Two Kids

A space heater in a living room sparked a fire in a Union mobile home that killed a 24-year-old woman and her two children, investigators have determined.

News • March 26th, 2013

S.C. Authorities Investigate Delay in Fire Response

Horry County officials are trying to determine why it took three minutes to dispatch a call for a massive brush fire that claimed dozens of homes and displace nearly 200 residents.

News • March 26th, 2013

Lightning Strike Sparks Ky. Gas Line Blaze

A Cardinal Heights home caught fire after a lightning strike ignited an underground gas line blaze. Firefighters found flames shooting from a hole in the ground when they arrived on the scene.

News • March 26th, 2013

Ore. Firefighter Hurt in House Fire Ceiling Collapse

A Molalla firefighter was injured when part of a ceiling collapse on him while he was battling a house fire. He was hospitalized, treated and later released.

News • March 26th, 2013

Four-Vehicle Pa. Crash Had Responders Scrambling

A four-vehicle crash, including a tractor-trailer truck, trapped two drivers in Elysburg and had responders astonished that no one was killed in the wreckage.

News • March 26th, 2013

Conn. Responders Save Paralyzed Man From Fire

A Derby firefighter, who wasn't wearing breathing apparatus, saved a paralyzed man from a second floor apartment as the building burned. Other firefighters and a police officer joined in the effort.

News • March 26th, 2013

Pittsburgh Firefighters Rescue Dozens From Building Fire

Firefighters took ladders window-to-window of the three-story building on North Negley Avenue to help people escape.

News • March 25th, 2013

Suspicious Fires in Va. Leaves Residents Homeless

Fires in vacant apartments in Newport News spread to occupied apartments, leaving six people displaced.

News • March 25th, 2013

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