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  • Scared And Squealing Litter of Puppies Saved in Tenn.

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    The Knoxville News-Sentinel, Tenn.
    Posted: March 19th, 2013

    A litter of seven puppies was found hidden beneath a cabin in Pigeon Forge as a wildland fire ripped through the area. The mix-breed pups, thought to be feral, were taken to an animal shelter.

  • Tenn. Firefighters Battle Brush Fire at Dollywood

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    The Knoxville News-Sentinel, Tenn.
    Posted: March 17th, 2013

    Firefighters from 13 departments battled a blaze at the Dollywood theme park in Sevier County. No structures were threatened by fire.

  • Two Tenn. Firefighters Hospitalized After House Fire

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    The Knoxville News-Sentinel, Tenn.
    Posted: March 14th, 2013

    One Townsend firefighter suffered chest pains and a second battled heat exhaustion during a five-hour house fire battle. Both were treated a a local hospital and later released.

  • Tenn. Fire Truck Overturns at Fatal Trooper Crash Scene

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    Posted: January 25th, 2013

    A fire truck responding to report of a Tennessee state trooper off the road and unresponsive, slid on the same icy road near Corryton, overturned and struck the cruiser with the trooper still inside.

  • Hazmat Studies:Tennessee Propane Blast: A Turning Point for Hazmat

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    Posted: January 11th, 2013

    Hazmat Studies:Tennessee Propane Blast: A Turning Point for Hazmat

    The deadly train derailment and ultimate propane explosion that occurred in Waverly, TN, 35 years ago this month was a watershed event in hazardous materials incidents in the U.S. Sixteen people, including four active emergency responders, died from the...

  • Fire Law: 2012 Cases And Controversies

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    Posted: January 3rd, 2013

    Fire Law: 2012 Cases And Controversies

    When I began to work on this review of fire service cases for 2012, my sense was that it had been a slow year compared with 2010 and 2011. In 2010, we had the landmark reverse-discrimination case of Ricci v. DeStefano, 129 S. Ct. 2658, 2671, 174 L. Ed. 2d...

  • Scuttlebutt 1-13

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    Posted: January 1st, 2013

    Scuttlebutt 1-13

    Lending a Hand (and a Truck) to Kosovo When Jakup Jahiri came to Mason, MI, to visit his son, he returned home to Viti, Kosovo, with much more than memories of a fun trip. While in Mason, the then Mayor of Viti, noticed how much fire equipment this...

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