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San Ramon, CA
Strangers' CPR skills save stricken jogger
Orange County, CA
O.C. man dies rock climbing in canyon
Oslo, Norway
Norwegian oil rig adrift with more than 70 people aboard
Greenfield, IN
One killed, 46 injured when SUV crosses median, hits bus in Indiana
Springfield, MA
Proposed ambulance network sale casts uncertainty in Massachusetts
Alpine, NJ
7-year-old hero to get award for saving sitter
Gary, IN
A birth to remember as policeman, dispatcher deliver baby
Chicago, IL
Man dies in SUV crash
Columbia, NH
Elderly driver killed in Columbia
Milton, NY
Officials say 2 poisonings could have been prevented
Meadville, PA
Meadville man killed in traffic accident
Arlington, TX
Arlington man, 69, killed in crash; driver of stolen car is at large after police chase that caused fatal wreck
Cleburne, TX
Cleburne man who fell from moving pickup dies of injuries
Chandler, TX
Turnpike crash kills Texas man
Fresno, TX
Accident leaves 3 dead, 2 injured
Fort Worth, TX
Fort Worth bicyclist flips under 18-wheeler
Dallas, TX
Party overcrowded before girl fatally trampled, police say
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General Emergency Services News
- Chicago, IL
Chicago fire commander puts children first
Daily Southtown: On Sunday you won't find Mount Greenwood resident John Brogan enjoying Father's Day by snoozing in a backyard hammock.
- Modesto, CA
Fire season opens in Tuolumne-Calaveras
The Modesto Bee: Despite last week's rare June storm, the weather is getting hotter and the vegetation fed by winter storms is drying out, making for extremely hazardous fire conditions, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection warns.
- Dover, NH
Plaque in George Grenier’s name to be sent to national firefighters’ memorial
Foster's Daily Democrat: Fire Capt. George R. Grenier died almost 30 years ago while fighting a house fire on Silver Street.
- Ventura County, CA
Firefighters Contain 800-Acre Wildfire
Los Angeles Times: Firefighters hosed down burned hills covered in ashes Monday, trying to prevent the wildfire that burned about 800 acres near West Hills on Sunday from sparking again, officials said.
- Davie, FL
Penalty advised for Davie fire chief, aide in harassment cases
Sun-Sentinal: Town Administrator Robert Middaugh on Monday recommended a demotion in rank for Deputy Fire Chief Len DePaola and a written reprimand for DePaola's supervisor Michael Donati as a result of an investigation into claims of sexual and racial harassment by DePaola and inaction by Donati.
- Myrtle Beach, SC
Cause of condo fire remains unknown
The Sun News: More than a month after a blaze sent residents fleeing a condominium, the fire's cause remains a mystery, officials said.
- Tenafly, NJ
Fire forces cops to move
The Record: A fire damaged two storage rooms at the Police Department early Monday, shutting down phone lines and forcing cops to relocate to a trailer in front of the building.
- Chicago, IL
Fire at vacant building presented challenge
The Daily Southtown: Chicago firefighters handled an extra-alarm fire in Chicago's West Elsdon community differently because they knew the building engulfed in flames had a truss roof, said Will Knight, a spokesman for the Chicago Fire Department.
- Colorado
Two Wildfires Continue To Burn
CBS.com: Two wildfires rage in Colorado, one to the north, one to the south, both leaving hundreds of people wondering if they will have a home in the morning.
- Portsmouth, NH
Portsmouth police seek witnesses to crash involving city fire vehicle
Foster's Daily Democrat: Fire Chief Rick Plummer and a 17-year-old local teen were injured Saturday night when the girl’s car collided with the Fire Department vehicle Plummer was driving.
- Brockton, MA
Family of four slain in Lakeville: Sources say tragedy was murder-suicide
Boston Herald: A vacationing Brockton fire lieutenant, who was expected back to work today, allegedly shot his wife and two young children to death in the family's tony Lakeville home before turning the gun on himself in an apparent murder-suicide, sources said.
- Worcester, MA
Hoover backs money for fire gear
Telegram & Gazette: City Manager Thomas R. Hoover has recommended adjusting the Fire Department's fiscal 2001 capital budget so that more portable radios and self-contained breathing equipment can be purchased for firefighters.
- Troy, NY
Firefighters go head-to-head with City Hall
The Record: More than 100 people came to City Hall Monday night armed with pictures, stories and emotion to denounce a recent reorganization that would pull the rescue squad and one ambulance off line, but give each engine company three men rather than two.
- Arlington, TX
Arlington man, 69, killed in crash; driver of stolen car is at large after police chase that caused fatal wreck
Star-Telegram: A General Motors retiree was killed in a wreck yesterday morning in which his minivan was struck by a stolen vehicle driven by a man fleeing a police officer.
- Norco, LA
Explosion closes half of Orion Refining
The Times-Picayune: Diesel fuel heated to 600 degrees escaped from a pipe Monday at Orion Refining Co. in Norco, causing an explosion and a fire that took 2 1/2 hours to put out, officials said.
- Fort Worth, TX
Chlorine sickens children at YMCA camp pool in Fort Worth
The Star-Telegram: A sudden burst of chlorine into the Camp Carter YMCA swimming pool sickened a dozen elementary school-age campers, including eight who were taken to Cook Children's Medical Center yesterday afternoon.
- Boise, ID
Southern drought spreads northward, increases fire danger in Montana, Idaho
Associated Press: As the southern United States copes with one of its worst fire seasons in a decade or more, wildfire forecasters have been charting the northward progress of drought conditions into the West's Great Basin and Montana.
- Oklahoma City, OK
Fire danger in state dampened
The Oklahoman: Weekend rainfalls and high humidities have eased the threat of wildfires for much of Oklahoma.
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