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  • New Orleans Responders Prepared for Mardi Gras

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    Firehouse.com News
    Posted: February 8th, 2012

    New Orleans Responders Prepared for Mardi Gras

    The New Orleans Carnival season is set to kick off on Friday and the city's primary EMS provider is prepared for a heavy load of calls leading up to Fat Tuesday.

  • Louisiana Firefighter Dies After Battling Blaze

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    Posted: December 4th, 2011

    Louisiana Firefighter Dies After Battling Blaze

    A Livingston Parish firefighter died Saturday morning after experiencing a medical emergency shortly after battling a house fire.Firefighter Scott Osenenko, 45, with Fire Protection District No. 4 responded to 9673 Florida Boulevard around 4 a.m. on the...

  • Three-Alarmer Tears Through La. Frat House

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    Posted: October 9th, 2011

    A three-alarm fire burned at a fraternity house near Tulane University Sunday morning, sending 21 New Orleans Fire Department units to the scene.The fire broke out at the Zeta Psi house at 716 Broadway before sunrise. Arriving firefighters reported flames...

  • Louisiana Firefighter Briefly Trapped in Rollover

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    Posted: September 27th, 2011

    A DeSoto firefighter was briefly trapped after his fire truck rolled over early Tuesday morning, according to The Shreveport Times.The unidentified firefighter was responding to a blaze on Lake Road when the crash occurred at Starks and Woodland Drive...

  • New Orleans Fire Union Pushes for EMS Runs

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    Posted: September 27th, 2011

    NEW ORLEANS -- The New Orleans Fire Fighters Association wants the city to change how it responds to medical emergencies, but Mayor Mitch Landrieu said he will make his decision when he lays out his budget next month. With...

  • Two Children Die in Louisiana House Fire

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    Posted: September 12th, 2011

    CROWLEY, La. -- State Fire Marshal Butch Browning said a wood-frame home caught on fire in Crowley that claimed the lives of two children while they were sleeping early Sunday morning. At 3:43 a.m., the Crowley Fire...

  • Crash Claims La. Firefighter on Medical Call

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    Posted: September 4th, 2011

    A Jackson Parish volunteer firefighter died Saturday afternoon while responding to a call for medical assistance, reports KNOE.com.The responder was identified as 22 year-old Christopher Peterson from Jonesboro.Peterson was driving a 1998 Dodge utility...

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