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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

Embattled Pa. Deputy Fire Chief Resigns

Charged with child endangerment and obstructing the administration of law, the deputy chief of the East Prospect Fire Department has resigned.

News • June 17th, 2013

Fate of Seattle's Historic Fireboat Remains Uncertain

Seattle's vintage 1927 fireboat has failed to attract any viable offers after an 10-day on-line auction and fire officials aren't sure what will happen to the vessel.

News • June 17th, 2013

Massive Apt. Complex Fire Is Biggest of Year For Vegas

Two minor injuries were reported and 50 people were forced to evacuate when fire hit an apartment complex in Las Vegas on Sunday.

News • June 17th, 2013

Oregon Man Arrested After Fatal Fire at His Home

A Coos County man has been arrested and charged with aggravated murder and first-degree assault after fire broke out at his home.

News • June 17th, 2013

A Look at The Fight Behind Hurt N.Y. Firefighter's Miracle

The injury and death of a Buffalo firefighter in 2006 is the subject of an unusual lawsuit filed by his wife against the doctors at the nursing home where he spent nearly a decade after his on-duty injury.

News • June 17th, 2013

Minn. Fire Department Delays Decision on 911 Service

Ritchfield city officials have delayed making a decision on whether to contract for 911 service from the county to get more info about services offered by two neighbors.

News • June 17th, 2013

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