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  • Wash. Worker Crushed to Death by Piece of Steel

    An employee of Thompson Metal Fab was killed in an industrial accident Friday, according to the Vancouver Fire Department.

    News • March 16th, 2013

  • Fla. Firefighters Rescue Ducklings From Storm Drain

    Boca Raton firefighters responded to a resident's request to help baby ducks stuck in a storm drain and saved all 12, and reunited them with their frantic mother.

    News • March 15th, 2013

  • Two Men Rescued From Iowa Grain Bin

    Two men were performing maintenance at a Waverly grain mill when they became trapped in a bin filled with up to 10 feet of grain. Firefighters cut the bin to extricate the men.

    News • March 15th, 2013

  • Mass. Responders Help Distraught Man off Bridge

    North Andover and Lawrence Firefighters used ladders to corral the man so his only choice to get off the bridge was to climb down one of them rather than jump the 70 feet to the river below.

    News • March 12th, 2013

  • Train Pulling 15 Full Oil tankers Derails in Maine

    A train pulling 15 full 33,000-gallon crude oil tankers has derailed in Winn, but only three gallons of oil has leaked so far.

    News • March 7th, 2013

  • Ark. Child Falls Two Stories Through Hole in Attic

    A toddler fell through a vent hole in an attic and Fort Smith firefighters were summoned to rescue her from her two-story fall.

    News • March 5th, 2013

  • Firefighters Rescue Mass. Man From Waste Water Tank

    A worker was inside a 25-foot tall tank replacing parts when a piece fell on him. Firefighters used a Stokes basket, straps and ropes to remove the patient who suffered many broken bones.

    News • March 1st, 2013

  • Fla. Firefighters Rescue Raccoon Stuck in Soup Can

    Someone dropped off a raccoon with a soup can stuck on its head at the Coral Spring Fire Rescue station. Once free, the raccoon, named Rocky, ran into the bushes.

    News • March 1st, 2013

  • No One Hurt After Power Lines Fall on N.C. School Bus

    The driver of an occupied school bus in Durham was trying to turn the vehicle around when it snagged a wire causing the a utility pole and wires to fall on it.

    News • February 27th, 2013

  • Ore. Firefighters Rescue Couple From Rising Water
    Ore. Firefighters Rescue Couple From Rising Water

    Portland (Ore.) Fire & Rescue pulled a man and a woman off an island and to safety on Tuesday after rising waters stranded them in Johnson Creek with no way to get back to shore.

    News • January 30th, 2013

  • Texas Firefighters Rescue Man Fallen Off Cliff
    Texas Firefighters Rescue Man Fallen Off Cliff

    Fort Worth (Texas) Fire Department rescued a man who had fallen off a cliff while walking a dog in a wooded area off Heron Drive on Sunday. The patient used his own cell phone to call 911 for help.

    News • January 21st, 2013

  • Oregon Responders Rescue Two From Apt. Fire
    Oregon Responders Rescue Two From Apt. Fire

    Albany (Ore.) responders rescued two people from an apartment fire on Saturday night. The two occupants were transported to a local hospital for treatment of their injuries.

    News • January 15th, 2013

  • Two Die in Suspicious Maryland Apt. Complex Fire

    An investigation is underway into a fire that claimed two lives Sunday night in New Carrollton, Md. One victim was found in the burned unit and the second died following a jump from the third-floor balcony.

    News • January 14th, 2013

  • Man Fights With Responders at NYC Apt. Fire
    Man Fights With Responders at NYC Apt. Fire

    A man allegedly set a deadly blaze at a SoHo apartment building after attacking his wife in a domestic dispute, then fought with responders trying to save people from the five-alarm fire.

    News • January 11th, 2013

  • Three Kids Killed in South Dakota House Fire
    Three Kids Killed in South Dakota House Fire

    A fire tore through a Sioux Falls (S.D.) home killing three children and sending two adults to the hospital for treatment of injuries received in the fire that broke out Saturday morning.

    News • December 23rd, 2012

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