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Fair Haven, MI
Four reportedly drown during warm weekend
Newport Beach, CA
Man is burned on his sailboat
Edmonton, Canada
Stranded adventurers rescued from Arctic ice
Big Rapids, MI
Woman, 48, killed in head-on collision
Delhi Township, KY
'Community effort' saves a life
Florence, KY
Comparing emergency services
Fort Worth, TX
Everman High School girl, 17, dies in crash with parked ambulance
Dallas County, TX
15-year-old trampled to death during party
Tampa, FL
3 children die after van flips on Interstate 4
Newport, KY
Providers can find it hard to collect
Taipei, Tawain
Two killed as quake rocks central Taiwan
Wellington, New Zealand
Multi-vehicle crash kills one, injures nine
Bow, NH
Boy’s body recovered from Merrimack river
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General Emergency Services News
- Washington, DC
'Prescribed Fires' Had Increased
Associated Press: Until last month, the National Park Service had been sharply increasing the number of fires set to clear brush and rehabilitate landscapes, tripling the area burned in just four years.
- Bangkok, Thailand
A ferry taking more than 150 foreign tourists from a southern resort island to an outlying island in the Andaman Sea caught fire and sank Monday, but all aboard were rescued safely.
SFgate.com: A ferry taking more than 150 foreign tourists from a southern resort island to an outlying island in the Andaman Sea caught fire and sank Monday, but all aboard were rescued safely.
- Los Angeles, CA
San Fernando homes threatened by brush fire
Postnet.com: A wildfire roaring through hilly brush threatened homes on the edge of the San Fernando Valley on Sunday.
- Bay City, MI
Hazardous waste drop-off set
The Bay City Times: An old can of insecticide can kill more than bugs.
- Worcester, MA
Woman suspected in Worcester fire resigned to loss of child
Boston Herald: The homeless woman charged with starting the December fire that killed six Worcester firefighters is resigned to the fact that the state will send the infant she gave birth to earlier this week to a foster home, a friend says.
- Bell Canyon, CA
Fire Burns 800 Acres Near Bell Canyon Homes
LA Times: Public safety: Houses are briefly threatened but escape damage, and no one is hurt. The blaze, which started on Ahmanson Ranch site, is expected to be contained by this morning.
- Chicago, IL
125 firefighters battle blaze
Daily Southtown: An extra-alarm fire broke out about 6:45 p.m. Sunday in a vacant factory near Midway Airport.
- Denver, CO
Fire guts Rock Creek home
Denver Post: Rodger and Becky Stewart rescued their most important possessions while their house burned Saturday night.
- Toronto, Canada
Environmental disasters in waiting
The Ottawa Citizen: Environmentalists are warning that the Walkerton water tragedy may be just the first in a series of ecological disasters to befall Ontarians as five years of government cuts hit home.
- Woonsocket, MA
Federal investigators search for clues in Woonsocket fire
MSNBC: Federal agents are joining the investigation of a fire that gutted parts of a mill complex in downtown Woonsocket.
- Seattle, WA
Fire closes area on Capitol Hill
Seattle-Post Intelligenter: Worried that an underground fire could ignite nearby chlorine tanks, Seattle firefighters yesterday evacuated a six-block area near Seattle Central Community College in Capitol Hill.
- Colorado Springs, CO
FEMA forum to discuss emergency technology
Rocky Mountain News: If electricity fizzles in a storm, engineer John Thornton wants emergency crews and the people they help to be prepared.
- Seattle WA
Where's the beef? On city's streets
Seattle Times: Bellevue residents are so fed up with traffic that transportation now rivals the most basic of city services - police and fire protection - as the priority city leaders should address in the next two-year budget, according to a new survey.
- Fremont, CA
Window on world of the firefighter
San Jose Mercury: IT IS NOT UNCOMMON for one of Dennis Satariano's children to hear radio traffic on the fire channels, rush out to the garden where their dad is relaxing with his hands deep in the dirt and announce:
- Fort Worth, TX
Capt. Dennis Cozby, 73, 32-year veteran Fort Worth firefighter
Star-Telegram: Capt. Dennis Cozby retired from the Fort Worth Fire Department 14 years ago, but his influence will be felt long after his death Friday from cancer at age 73.
- Grand Prairie, TX
Neighbor tells police he set fire to historic house in Grand Prairie
Star-Telegram: A 31- year-old man who has confessed to police that he set a fire at the historic Jordan-Bowles House had once been paid by a former fire chief for reporting criminal mischief at the house, an arson investigator said.
- Lincoln National Forest, NM
Ruidoso, Cloudcroft forest areas reopen
El Paso Times: Rainfall in southeastern New Mexico has allowed the U.S. Forest Service to open the Ruidoso and Cloudcroft areas of the Lincoln National Forest beginning Tuesday.
- Phoenix, AZ
Police arrest suspected arsonist
The Arizona Republic: Police and arson investigators picked the right night to stake out Papago Park in their search for an arsonist.
- Hazelwood, PA
Hazelwood fire kills 77-year-old woman
Post-Gazette: Alex Biro said his aunt was a strong-willed woman who smoked despite warnings that she should not, and he said he believes that led to the fire that took her life yesterday.
- Sand Lake, NY
Fireworks display spins out of control
Times Union: No one hurt when dazzling finale to wedding goes awry, launching fireworks at onlookers
- New London, CT
Storms rip trees, power lines in area
TheDay.com: Strong thunderstorms swept across the region Sunday afternoon knocking down trees and utility lines, closing roads and leaving several thousand people without power.
- Bethlehem, PA
Task force to try giving first aid to ailing emergency response unit
The Morning Call: Bethlehem Mayor Don Cunningham is forming a task force to evaluate the city's emergency medical response in a move that may lead to an overhaul of the way the city provides emergency services.
- Missoula, MT
Bomb scare blocks traffic
The Missoulian: A bomb scare at the Mount Avenue fire station near Rose Park forced Missoula City police to evacuate residents in a two-block area and block traffic for more than three hours Saturday afternoon.
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