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EMS/Rescue
Ventura County, CA
Ventura crisis response improves
Wantagh, NY
Wantagh fire truck accident injures 2
Australia
NSW ambulance board sacked
Georgetown County, SC
Combining of rescue squads agreed upon
Roanoke County, VA
Roanoke County rescue plan criticized as just a Band-Aid
McDowell County, WV
911 calls privacy bill may pass in Senate
UK
Boxing: Page plight shows up medical failings
El Paso, TX
Army searches Silva for medical personnel
Dublin, PA
Outlook bleak for ambulance company
Nashville, TN
Acting fire chief defends ambulance proposals
Finney County, KS
County stalls ambulance purchase
San Pedro Valley, AZ
King in; ambulance subsidy nixed
Amarillo, TX
Lifestar report released
Price County, WI
Price County man killed in industrial accident
Edison, NJ
Edison hospital tells doctors: Clear beds sooner or clear out
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Wednesday, March 14, 2001
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Decatur, AL
Allegations are lies, says acting fire chief
Huntsville Times: Acting Fire Chief Charles Chaney Monday accused two female firefighters of making up ''sensational lies'' about a physical exam to keep him from being appointed chief.
Washington, DC
Cell phones drowning out police radios
USA Today: "Car 54, where are you?"
Loveland, CO
Fire chief candidates in hot seat
Daily Reporter-Herald: Four men plan to come to Loveland Thursday in hopes of jumping right into the fire — the lead position of the Loveland Fire and Rescue Department, that is.
Dallas, TX
Northwest Dallas home damaged by fire
The Dallas Morning News: A three-alarm fire early today heavily damaged a 10,000-square-foot home under construction in northwest Dallas.
Beaumont, TX
Suspicious burn
The Enterprise: University officials and state fire marshals are investigating a fire that destroyed portions of a new dormitory under construction at Lamar University Tuesday morning.
New Zealand
Firefighters helpless as station burns to ground
NZherald: Bethells Beach fire chief Mark Allen raced to his station thinking he and his volunteers had been called out to a road crash.
Thurston County, WA
Chimney damage so far stacks up to half-million dollars
The Olympian: The Federal Emergency Management Agency has handed out nearly half a million dollars to 264 South Sound homeowners with earthquake-damaged chimneys.
Altoona, WI
City committee recommends discipline over offensive Web site
Star Tribune: A city committee has recommended disciplining a firefighter who created an Internet Web site that likened city officials to Nazis and listed " kill ' em all" as one voting option against city government.
Ahwahnee, CA
Woman found dead in car as home burns
Sierra Star: A woman was found dead in her parked car Friday morning by firefighters responding to a structure fire at her residence
Chicopee, MA
Improper spa setup caused Chicopee fire
Masslive.com: City and state fire investigators yesterday pinpointed the probable cause of an early morning fire that heavily damaged a condominium in Doverbrook Estates as accidental and electrical in nature.
Kent, WA
Kitchen fire burns Kent home
SCJ: A pan of cooking oil boiled over yesterday and started a fire which caused an estimated $35,000 damage to a home at 11655 S.E. 196th St.
Miami, FL
School fire safety
MSNBC.com: Fire officials may soon have more power when it comes to kids’ safety at schools.
Montgomery County, KS
County health department working to prevent fire injuries
The Coffeyville Journal: The Montgomery County Health Department has joined forces with city fire departments in Montgomery County in helping to prevent injuries due to fires
Warren, MA
New law gives fire chiefs benefits of job protection
Masslive: Warren's fire chief wants a raise. Palmer's chief wants stability. Other fire chiefs in the area are just hoping to get better benefits.
Saint Leo, FL
Saint Leo opts for Dade City fire service
St. Petersburg Times: Town commissioners Monday took a different path to fire protection than neighboring San Antonio, replacing the defunct San Antonio Volunteer Fire Department with fire service from Dade City instead of Pasco County.
Tamworth, NH
Cause undetermined in Tamworth fire
The Citizen Online: An investigator with the state Fire Marshal’s office spent much of the day combing through the rear corner of a local convenience store searching for the cause of Sunday’s two-alarm fire
St. Paul, MN
Fire in vacant St. Paul building injures 7 homeless people
Pioneer Planet: fire that broke out early Tuesday in the long-vacant Straus Knitting Mill in St. Paul's Lowertown injured seven homeless people and prompted questions about the safety of people illegally dwelling in empty buildings.
Guymon, OK
Electrical short might be cause of house fire
Amarillo Globe News: A house fire Monday night in Guymon may have been started by an electrical short, according to Guymon Fire Department reports
Central Oregon
Fire season could be explosive
Bend Bulletin.com: Fire authorities in Central Oregon are preparing for what could be one of the worst wildfire seasons in decades.
Chalfont, PA
Spoiled turkeys halt fire company dinner
Phillyburbs: Spoiled turkeys forced Chalfont Fire Co. to stop serving meals at its traditional turkey dinner Sunday, sending hundreds of patrons home hungry and severely cutting into the $6,000 the company expected to make from the fund-raiser.
Kissimmee, FL
Fire burns on Disney Wilderness Preserve
Miami Herald: A 1,200-acre fire burned on the Disney Wilderness Preserve Tuesday, although no homes were immediately threatened.
Bellefontaine, OH
Bellefontaine man killed in house fire
The Columbus Dispatch: Fire investigators think that a man killed in a house fire Saturday night fell asleep while his dinner was cooking, then couldn't escape when the blaze spread from the kitchen.
Windsor Heights, IA
911 glitch delayed fire crew
DesMoines Register: Inaccurate computer information read by a 911 dispatcher led to a brief delay in sending firefighters to the Subway sandwich shop in the Apple Valley Shopping Center Monday.
Owensboro, KY
Reaction mixed to fire, park plan
Messenger-Inquirer: Two Daviess County commissioners say the door is still open for city-county cooperation on fire protection
Endicott, NY
Tenant charged with arson in apartment fire
Syracuse Online: A tenant first credited with rousing others in a six-unit apartment house during a fire early Tuesday was later charged with arson, police said.
Olympia, WA
Fire Inspections Bill Wins OK
Columbian.com: Sen. Don Carlson hit pay dirt Monday after he struck a compromise between fire officials' safety concerns and the privacy rights of renters and owners
Holyoke, MA
Woman critical after morning fire
Masslive: An 87-year-old Pleasant Street woman was listed in critical condition at a local hospital last night suffering from smoke inhalation after a fire at her home yesterday morning.
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