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EMS/Rescue
Houston, TX
Family Alleges Neglect By The Houston Fire Department
San Francisco, CA
Emergency Room Care in Critical
Toronto, Canada
Four Toronto paramedics taken off active duty as province joins baby death probe
King County, WA
Fire districts try to keep Medic One alive - Plans afoot to seek more county aid
Auckland, New Zealand
Ambulance driver guilty on one count
Bayfield County, OH
Snowmobile accidents send 4 to area hospitals
Chicago, IL
Hospitals short on medicine
Denver, CO
Hospitals wince over pain ratings
El Paso, TX
Northeast van rollover sends 2 to hospital
UK
Hospital 'starves' woman aged 98
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Tuesday, February 20, 2001
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Shasta County, CA
Fire crews fear library fine
Record Searchlight: Volunteer firefighters are worried about losing needed money as a result of a proposed joint effort by Shasta County and the city of Redding to build a new public library in Redding.
Toronto, Canada
City's fire deaths cut in half last year
The Star: Toronto cut the number of fire deaths in 2000 to less than half of the 1999 toll, the city's fire chief says.
Mishawaka, IN
Fire damages offices at plant
South Bend Tribune: By the time Mishawaka police responded to a burglar alarm at Premier Bandag, 2356 N. Home St., the building was in flames.
West Palm Beach, FL
Mother grabs two children, crashes through patio door to escape fire
The Palm Beach Post: Minnie Patterson didn't even have time to put her clothes on Monday morning.
Palo Alto, CA
East Palo Alto School Finally Gets Fire Alarm
SFgate News: Four years after a fire destroyed the library and a wing of classrooms at East Palo Alto's Green Oaks Family Academy, the school expects to finally get a working fire-alarm system this week.
Cocoa, FL
Officials seek fire's cause
Florida Today: State arson investigators dug through rubble and dirt where the Parole and Probation office stood, hoping to find what started the fire that destroyed the building Sunday night.
Union City, CA
Four-alarm fire destroys Union City furniture factory
Daily Review: A four-alarm fire ripped through a furniture factory Monday afternoon, jolting neighbors and drivers and sending dozens of fire trucks to battle the blaze.
Lehigh Acres, FL
Fires burn across Lee
News-Press: Heavy winds almost proved too much for firefighters Monday afternoon, but as night fell, a fire that seared about 450 acres and destroyed at least two structures finally was stopped.
Laurel Run, PA
Laurel Run trailer home gutted in fire
Citizens' Voice: A quick-moving fire gutted a trailer home in Laurel Run Borough early Monday afternoon, killing two family pets and displacing a family of four.
Gallipolis, OH
2 fire deaths possibly homicide
Daytona Daily News: The deaths of two people found in a house fire near this southeast Ohio town are being investigated as a possible homicide, the sheriff's office said.
Dayton, OH
Fire leaves family homeless
Dayton Daily News: A Dayton firefighter was hospitalized after responding to a Forest Avenue blaze Monday at about 11:30 a.m. that displaced four generations of one Dayton family.
Jefferson Township, OH
Fire takes extensive toll on luxury home
Dispatch: An electrical short circuit in a wall might have caused a fire that heavily damaged a luxury home east of Gahanna yesterday.
New Paltz, NY
Stray ember may be cause of New Paltz garage fire
Poughkeepsie Journal: A stray ember may have been the cause of a fire that destroyed a garage in New Paltz Sunday.
Fairview, NY
Fairview fire program trains youths
Poughkeepsie Journal: Working the bolt off a fire hydrant with heavy gloves, they look just like their professional counterparts, wearing the same yellow helmets and black fireproof jackets.
Highland Park, MI
Fire Destroys Local Party Store
Wdiv.com: -- A raging fire Tuesday morning destroyed a Highland Park party store. The Monterey Party Store, across from City Hall, was located at Woodward and Monterey.
St. Albans, ME
St. Albans fire victim identified
Kennebec Journal: Kasey Jean Lander, a 12-year-old who attended Newport Junior High School, was identified Monday as the girl killed in a Sunday-morning fire that destroyed a Dexter Road farmhouse.
West Barnstable, RI
Brush fire destroys power boat in driveway
Cape Cod Times: A 27-foot power boat on a trailer in a driveway was destroyed yesterday afternoon when a small brush fire set it ablaze.
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