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Posted: February 17th, 2010

An Idaho assistant chief died Feb. 8 while working on the department’s new station.John Coyle, 63, suffered an apparent heart attack, according to the USFA.Coyle was a volunteer with West Pend Oreille Fire District in Priest River, Idaho.Donations in...

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Posted: October 30th, 2009

A Boise Tiller truck leaving the station collided with a pickup truck after leaving the rear the rear driver behind, according to KIVI-TV. The ladder truck had just left Fire Station 5 to respond to a call when the tail end of the truck swung and hit the...

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Posted: August 4th, 2008

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Posted: January 15th, 2007

Volunteer Winston Goering was found to be driving under the influence at twice the legal limit.

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Posted: July 19th, 2006

As the county's housing prices rise and wages remain steady, community leaders warned that the pool of emergency responders would decrease.

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Posted: September 26th, 2005

Normally this time of year, Martin Esparza and his team of 35 wildland firefighters from up and down the California coast would be on a blaze somewhere in the West.

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Posted: September 14th, 2005

Idaho has contracted for seven single-engine air tankers to fight wildfires this season, more than any other state and one of the reasons fire managers believe they've been able to keep a lid on big blazes this year.

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Posted: August 25th, 2005

Firefighters have contained a 6,400-acre wildfire that raced past a handful of homes and a natural gas plant south of here, the Bureau of Land Management said Wednesday.

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Posted: August 22nd, 2005

The mine shaft that made Ed Pulaski a firefighting legend 95 years ago can now be reached on a renovated hiking trail, a project led by a high school guidance counselor and financed with money from Congress and private donors.

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Posted: August 19th, 2005

An evacuation order for homes near the Blackerby fire in northcentral Idaho has been lifted after crews got the upper hand on the 4,950-acre blaze that once threatened 80 residences.