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EMS/Rescue
Inverness, FL
Talks delay medevac copter
New Zealand
Driver conviction prompts ambulance rethink
Sydney, Australia
Mystery car plunge kills driver
Port Everglades, FL
2 killed as truck hits shuttle bus head-on at Port Everglades
Houston, TX
Lanier's SUV ride called 'illegal'
Huntsville, TX
Two injured in collision
San Antonio, TX
Collision kills mom, hurts kids
New York City, NY
Emergency Room Doctors Protest New Limits on Ambulance Crews
Joliet, IL
College will offer paramedic degree
Lecanto, FL
City may get 2nd ambulance at night
Oxford, MD
Ambulance, truck collide; 5 hurt
Tallahassee, FL
Ambulance battle gets early hearing in Tallahassee
Santa Barbara County, CA
Paramedic guilty of felony sexual battery
Charlotte, NC
Drilling for the next trench rescue
Portland, OR
Three rescued after boat capsizes on Columbia River
Lawrence Township, OH
Hospitals stop giving free supplies to EMS
Owensboro, KY
Man hospitalized after U.S. 41-North accident
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Decatur, AL
Women say fire chief candidate made them expose themselves
Alabama Live: Two female Decatur firefighters said Tuesday that they told city officials that Assistant Fire Chief Charles L. Chaney forced both to expose themselves during physical examinations last year.
Buffalo, NY
Overtime costs up in Fire Department
Buffalonews.com: Buffalo faces $3.1 million in additional overtime costs in its Fire Department next fiscal year, a situation that is triggering renewed debate over whether the city should consider closing one or more fire companies.
Forbes, MN
EVTAC fire won't halt production
Mesabi Daily News: A fire that destroyed a fine crusher and screen machinery at the EVTAC plant in Forbes Wednesday evening was contained to those two devices and won't halt the taconite plant's production, company and fire officials said.
Hamilton County, OH
Fire Traps Firefighter In Basement
channelcincinnati.com: A firefighter is in critical condition after a fire engulfed a western Hamilton County house.
Deer Park, TX
Hazardous chemical leaks at plant; no injuries reported
Houston Chronicle: Potentially deadly hydrogen cyanide leaked from a unit at Dow Chemical Co.'s plant at Deer Park on Wednesday, but company officials said no one was injured and neighbors were not threatened.
Austin, TX
Firefighters take staffing concerns to legislators
Houston Chronicle: Unsatisfied with Houston Mayor Lee Brown's unwillingness to increase staffing levels on firetrucks, firefighters took their case to Texas legislators Wednesday, saying the city's safety was at stake.
Douglas County, CO
Smoke killed man in home fire
Denver Rocky Mountain News: An 80-year-old man found last month in his burning Sedalia home died from smoke inhalation and possible carbon monoxide poisoning, the Douglas County Sheriff's Office said Tuesday.
Oley, PA
Investigators: $500,000 blaze traced to firetruck
The Mercury: A mechanical problem in the engine compartment of a fire truck is being blamed for the fire late Monday night at the Oley Fire Co., according to state police at Reading.
Winston-Salem, NC
2 children, mom badly burned in fire
Winston-Salem Journal: Tina Williams woke up shortly after 3 a.m. yesterday to her youngest child screaming, "Mommy, Mommy."
South Brazos County, TX
Bush's proposed budget slates volunteer fire department grants for the chopping block
The Eagle: Only a short time ago, Chief Emily Staples heard that she could apply for a federal grant to help her sparsely funded South Brazos County Volunteer Fire Department.
Melbourne, FL
Family loses everything in 'suspicious' house fire
Florida Today: Police and fire officials are investigating a Wednesday morning fire that cost a family their home and possessions.
Casper, WY
Fire breaks out at tear gas plant
Tribune: Four employees of a tear gas manufacturing company suffered from tear gas inhalation when a fire broke out at the plant Tuesday morning, authorities said.
Youngstown, OH
Fire destroys ballroom
The Dominion Post: Fire destroyed the Idora Park Ballroom Monday morning, a city landmark that operated from 1910 to 1984.
Utah
West prepares for uncertain fire season
Standard-Examiner: Experts say there is no way to predict the severity of this summer's fire season.
St. Johnsbury, VT
Fire Station Yes; School Budget No
The Caledonian-Record: Barnet voters turned thumbs down to its proposed school budget and thumbs up to support a bond to build a new fire station.
Ridgeland, SC
Jasper County buys new fire trucks
The Beaufort Gazette: Several Jasper County fire departments will soon get new fire trucks.
Guthrie, OK
Talks continue on how to fund new fire station: Potential site located
The Guthrie News Leader: The Guthrie Finance Committee continues to struggle with ways to pay for the possible construction of a new fire station, something that has been discussed for more than a decade.
Cambridge, OH
At least 2 dead in fire near Cambridge
Daytona Daily News: Firefighters have recovered two bodies and are searching for a third in rubble of a house that burned Wednesday near this eastern Ohio town.
Nassau, NY
Patient Blamed For Fire In ICU
Newsday.com: A pneumonia patient on oxygen in the intensive care unit of Nassau University Medical Center may have been lighting a cigarette when she sparked an early morning fire yesterday that forced the evacuation of 27 critically ill patients, hospital officials said.
Cadillac, MI
Man suffers second, third-degree burns in house fire
Cadillac News: A Cadillac man received second- and third-degree burns in a house fire late Wednesday.
Schereville, IN
Pine Island fire forces residents from homes
The Times Online: Some residents of Pine Island Apartments were left with out a place to stay Wednesday night after excessive smoke from a fire forced them from their homes.
Cape Town, UK
Arson suspected in Table Mountain fires
Southern Cross: Fire authorities are investigating the possibility of arson in the third fire in five days on the slopes of Table Mountain.
Nigeria
Fire at Locked School Hostel Kills 30
Sky.com: At least 30 schoolgirls have been killed after a fire swept through a hostel they were locked into to stop them mixing with boys.
Darnestown, MD
Fire consumes Darnestown home
The Journal: All that's left of the McCarthys' home is two stone chimneys that shoot 75 feet into the sky
Kent Island, MD
Four companies repond to Kent Island house blaze
The Star Democrat: No one was injured in a fire that damaged a single-family home at 222 Beach Side Drive early Wednesday afternoon.
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