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Two firefighters in Mississippi had to be rescued after their fire truck flipped yesterday (Nov. 19) while responding to a call, according to WLOX-TV.

The two Forest County volunteer firefighters were on en route to a car fire at approximately 1 p.m. when the incident occurred.

Fire Coordinator Chip Brown told the news station that the fire truck's driver was rushing to the call when he lost control, causing the vehicle to roll over.

Both firefighters were transported to the hospital with unknown injuries.

WEST CHESTER, Pa.
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A former assistant fire chief accused of setting two small fires in an arson-plagued steel town near Philadelphia has worked out a plea bargain freeing him from jail.

A Chester County judge says the deal for Robert Tracey Jr. is surprising. The 37-year-old Coatesville man got a sentence of the 242 days he has already served to 23 months in prison.

SACRAMENTO, Calif.

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A goose got stuck Thursday when its leg became entangled in chicken wire on an island in the middle of Sacramento's Land Park duck pond.

Animal control officers called the fire department for help when they realized they needed a raft to get over to the goose.

Once it was freed, firefighters and animal control officers paddled back to shore with their injured feathered friend.

By STEFANIE SCOTT

Consultants will be keeping an eye on Wauwatosa Fire Department's operations over the next several months.

The Common Council on Tuesday approved spending $65,000 on a review by International City/County Management Association, a professional organization for city managers, to see if any personnel or service changes could result in efficiencies within the department.

By Alec O'Meara

Union Leader Correspondent

LONDONDERRY -- With the widening of Interstate 93 poised to become a major construction project in town over the next several years, Londonderry firefighters are spending the week preparing for trench cave-in rescues, one of the more dangerous and labor-intensive emergencies related to construction.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. --

Six firefighters suffered non-life threatening injuries on Thursday morning while battling a fire on Dinah Court near Ravenwood Country Club in Donelson.

Emergency officials said the floor of the home fell through, trapping three firefighters at about 7:30 a.m. Firefighters on the scene rescued their co-workers and they were transported to Vanderbilt Medical Center.

One other firefighter was later transported. Two additional firefighters were treated and released from Summit Medical Center.

CLEVELAND

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Police are looking for an arsonist they said set fire to a home two times early Thursday.

The fire was set at a home on Portage Avenue near Adolpha Avenue.

Firefighters said when they arrived around midnight the fire was fully involved with flames shooting out of the roof.

Although the home was vacant, firefighters worked hard to prevent the flames from spreading. However, the home next door suffered minor damage during the blaze.

FDNY firefighters are again raising concerns about the city's new 9/11 dispatch system after a father and his two sons were killed in a blaze in Brooklyn yesterday (Nov. 18), according to NY1.

Firefighters called to the blaze were sent to the wrong address, leading the Uniformed Firefighters Association to blast the new system.

ALLENTOWN, Pa. --A three-alarm fire damaged two row homes and a firefighter suffered minor injures while battling the blaze yesterday morning (Nov. 18), according to The Morning Call.

The firefighter sprained an ankle while inside fighting from inside the structure and is shown being carried out at approximately 7:48 into the video shown on the left.

All of the residents escaped safely.

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Nov. 18--An 18-year-old employee of the Valley View PetSmart was arrested Tuesday and charged with starting the weekend fire that caused an estimated $2 million in damage to the store.

Corey Brian Hite of Ivanhoe in Wythe County was charged with arson, Roanoke Fire-EMS spokeswoman Tiffany Bradbury said. Roanoke police and the U.S.

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Nov. 17--The Solon Springs Fire Commission took additional steps Thursday in closed session against former Solon Springs Fire Chief Mike Brostowitz.

"The committee decided the best thing to do was remove him from the department," said Gene Risler, secretary and treasurer for the commission, which represents both the village and town of Solon Springs.

Nov. 17--Every 22 seconds a fire department responds to a fire. Every 61 seconds a structure fire is reported.

Every 82 seconds a home structure fire is reported. Every two hours and 38 minutes a person dies as a result of a fire.

A local fire department official said safety is priority when dealing with fire.

Nov. 18--Kokomo police officers Jeff Kirk and Greg Davis have launched a federal civil lawsuit against Kokomo Mayor Greg Goodnight and other city officials, seeking $2.2 million in damages.

Kirk and Davis, both suspended and demoted by the Kokomo Board of Public Works & Safety, are now seeking vindication in both state and federal courts.

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Personnel from the Maine Department of Environmental Protection and a hazardous materials contractor began on Tuesday to remove soil along the highway contaminated by chemicals after a lost and allegedly drunken Tennessee truck driver spilled his load late Sunday.

"What we're doing is some excavation up there to remove anything we can see," Barbara Par

AUSTIN, Minn. --

A tour bus returning from an Iowa casino ran off a southern Minnesota interstate and rolled over in a ditch Wednesday, killing two people and injuring 21, authorities said.

The bus, operated by Strain Bus Line Motorcoach Tours in Rochester, was eastbound on Interstate 90 just west of Austin about 3:20 p.m.

ETNA TWP, Ohio-- Four firefighters from the West Licking Joint Fire District were injured this morning (Nov. 18) when a ceiling collapsed on them while battling a blaze at a business, according toThe Newark Advocate.

Crews responded to a fire at SJ Professional Painting after the company's box truck caught fire and spread to the nearby building, climbing up the side and into the attic.

INDIANAPOLIS

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The proposed merger of the Lawrence Township and Indianapolis Fire departments took a step forward Tuesday night.

Lawrence Township Trustee Russell Brown introduced a resolution to start the process, 6News' Derrik Thomas reported.

Lawrence Township firefighters voted to take a 10 percent pay cut this year so no jobs would be cut. But those kinds of savings aren't sustainable without a merger, officials said.

BOTHELL, Wash.

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A man was rescued from his truck in Bothell after it plunged 100 feet down a ravine late Tuesday, reported KIRO 7 Eyewitness News.

The truck careened straight over the road's edge, taking out a chain-link fence on the way down.

The truck ended up beneath the intersection of 205th Street and 123rd Avenue Northeast, where it remains Wednesday morning.

LOCKE MILLS, MAINE -- A volunteer firefighter with the Greenwood Fire Department has been charged with two counts of arson in connection with a fire that destroyed two vacant houses early yesterday morning (Nov. 17), according to WCSH-TV.

Firefighter Jeffrey A. Tyler allegedly set fire to one of the buildings in Locke Mills, which then spread to a neighboring house. Crews arrived at the scene at approximately 3 a.m. and found the two houses and a barn burning.

TORRANCE, CA – November 17, 2009 – Fresh off integrating Hardigg Industries under its corporate umbrella, Pelican™ Products, a global leader in the design and manufacture of advanced lighting systems and virtually indestructible cases has promoted Scott Nicholson as Senior Director of Worldwide Quality.

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FDNY Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta announced yesterday (Nov.

A 26-year-old man died Sunday night in a head-on crash with a fire truck on Centralia Road.