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Ohio Car-Bus Crash Hospitalizes More Than Two Dozen

Police report that 26 people, including children and an infant, where hurt when a car and bus crashed on Interstate 75 south of Bowling Green.

News • May 23rd, 2013

More Than 50 Hurt in Indiana School Bus Crash

A chain-reaction crash involving four school buses injured about 50 middle and high school students in North Webster. The driver of one of the buses was seriously injured.

News • May 23rd, 2013

Calif. Crews Aid Man With Arm Mangled in Conveyor Belt

A man in his 30s suffered major trauma to his arm after it became stuck in a conveyor belt at a Salvation Army warehouse in Pasadena.

News • May 23rd, 2013

Cause of Blaze That Hurt Pa. Firefighters Probed

Several Bellevue firefighters were hurt in an apartment building fire which remains under investigation.

News • May 23rd, 2013

N.M. Homes Threatened in Wildfire Set by Grinder Sparks

The first significant fire for Grant County of 2013 was apparently started by sparks from a man grinding material in his shop. More than 160 acres burned.

News • May 23rd, 2013

Ohio Official Says It's Time to Stop Attacking Fire Dept.

The vice mayor of Middletown says its time for the discussions about cuts to the fire department to end as there have been no feasible cost-saving measures developed.

News • May 23rd, 2013

Massive Fuel-Depot Fire Breaks Out in Brazil

Fire crews were assembling to battle a massive fuel depot fire in Rio de Janeiro that broke out on Thursday morning.

News • May 23rd, 2013

Large Ariz. Wildland Fire Is 90 Percent Contained

After scorching about 3,200 acres, the Island Lake Fire is about 90 percent contained, according to fire officials.

News • May 23rd, 2013

Mass. Fire Dept. Make Pitch For $25.5 Million Station

As call volumes increase, and available space for growth decreases, fire officials in Hyannis are making a pitch for a new 51,493 foot fire station.

News • May 23rd, 2013

Three Greenhouses in Calif. Strawberry Field Burn

A fire in a pile of pallets ignited a blaze that consumed three greenhouses in a strawberry field near Oxnard.

News • May 23rd, 2013

Ga. Firefighters Hope to Form Rescue Dive Team

Albany firefighters have cleared one hurdle in their quest to create a rescue dive team with the City Commission giving preliminary approval to the request.

News • May 23rd, 2013

One Child Dead, One Missing in Sand in Minn. Park

Police and firefighters dug frantically with shovels and their hands to get to the children after the gravel gave way.

News • May 22nd, 2013

Ohio Firefighter Ordered to Pay Restitution for Fire

The Defiance firefighter was accused of starting a fire in his garage.

News • May 22nd, 2013

Fallen Tacoma Firefighter Lived Life Filled with Exploration

Tacoma Firefighter Albert Nejmeh climbed mountains in Nepal, bicycled across Cuba, played at least five instruments, sang in Carnegie Hall with Pete Seeger and wrote an unpublished book.

News • May 22nd, 2013

Video: Charleston 9: The Ultimate Sacrifice

"Charleston 9: The Ultimate Sacrifice"looks at the dramatic changes made in the operations of South Carolina's Charleston Fire Department following the deaths of nine firefighters on June 18, 2007. The documentary by the NFFF is dedicated to the brave...

Video • May 22nd, 2013

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