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EMS/Rescue
Arlington, TX
Trailer strikes woman on I-20
Parkland, WA
Deck collapse kills PLU student
New Zealand
Ambulance charge spurs action
Hudson Valley, NY
Accidents dot slippery roads
Isla Vista, CA
4 Die as Car Plows Into Pedestrians
Modjeska Canyon, CA
Hiker, 55, Survives Overnight Ordeal in Santa Anas
Atlanta, GA
Chemical Spill At Local Hospital
Cape Fear, NC
Nurse shortage puts hospitals in a jam
Wayne County, NY
Soup: Just what the doctor is ordering
Blount County, TN
Accident victims remain hospitalized
UK
Fires burn but disease spreads
Canada
Canadian Infant Rescued from Sub-Zero Temperatures
Broward County, FL
Man tries to rescue daughter, then gets caught in ocean himself
Sydney, Australia
Ambulances planning $30m fix for radio problems
Toronto, Canada
Paramedic Association of Canada says Paramedics Provide Front Line Health Care Competently
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Monday, February 26, 2001
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Manila, Philippines
PICC blaze partly caused by firemen’s ‘negligence’
The Manila Times: Commision on Appointments chair Sen. Aquilino Pimentel Jr. yesterday hinted that negligence on the part of firemen contributed to the blaze that damaged a portion of the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) last week.
Grand Junction, CO
Managed fires to rise in Colorado
Rocky Mountain News.com: The amount of land in Colorado's forests and fields to undergo controlled burns this spring will be more than twice the acreage of last year -- about 89,000 acres compared with 35,000 in 2000.
North Pole, Alaska
Man kills himself after standoff; home burns
Fair Banks News-Miner: A North Pole man shot himself and his home was destroyed by fire after a three-hour standoff with Alaska State Troopers Sunday.
Lincoln, NH
Lincoln fire guts condo, damages two others
Union Leader: The fifth fire in seven months in this mountain resort community struck Saturday night, gutting one condominium unit and causing heavy damage to two others.
Allegheny County, PA
S. Side blaze kills one
Post-Gazette: A South Side fire yesterday morning killed a 23-year-old man who 11 months earlier was implicated in a bizarre homicide involving a skinhead friend and a local neo-Nazi leader.
Lakewood, NY
Business Destroyed
The Post Journal: Investigators hope to know today the cause of a fire that destroyed a Lakewood business located in the former Post Office building Saturday afternoon.
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Firefighters find body in burning home
LA Times: Firefighters responding to a fire in the 6800 block of Cameo Street in the Alta Loma area found the body of a man in a house's bedroom.
Willowick, OH
Dead Man May Have Tried To Fight Fire
NewNet5: A Sunday night fire in Willowick has claimed the life of a senior citizen.
Madison Twp., OH
Fire that killed teen probed
The Cincinnati Enquirer: A 17-year-old senior at Carlisle High School was killed in a fire that destroyed his home here in Butler County early Saturday.
Binghamton, NY
Student dies in house fire
Syracuse.com: A 23-year-old Binghamton University student is dead after his home was consumed by smoke and flames.
Pleasantville, NJ
Fire guts basement of Pleasantville house
Pressplus.com: Officials still are investigating a house fire that destroyed a basement on the 200 block of First Street on Sunday.
Shelby, NC
Trust fund set up to help fire victim's children
The Star Online: Vivian Ross Knox was not a seamstress, but she fashioned a plan for the lives of her three young daughters out of strong fabric.
Polk County, FL
Polk fire beaten, but I-4 still shut
The Tampa Tribune: Frazzled commuters must endure detours for one more day around a 10-mile stretch of Interstate 4 as plans to reopen the fire-ravaged highway were pushed back to Tuesday morning.
Concow, CA
Fire-breathing dragon
RockyMountainNews: -- Over the roar of the fire, Engineer Tony Brownell is shouting into his radio: "Task Force 2, emergency traffic! We're being burned over!"
Harris County, TX
Houston man dies after house fire
Houston Chronicle: A 36-year-old man died late Saturday at Memorial Hermann Hospital from burns suffered early that morning in a house fire in the 17000 block of Theisswood in northwest Harris County.
Phoenix, AZ
Keeping home fires burning
The Arizona Republic: He definitely held our interest. For awhile, Phoenix couldn't stop talking about the mysterious serial arsonist burning down luxury homes near mountain preserves.
Las Cruces, TX
Mom who lost boy in Las Cruces fire dies
Borderland News: The mother of one of the two boys who died Saturday in a fire in Las Cruces died of severe burns Sunday morning, officials said.
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