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    Documents reveal firefighters' records
    Documents show an unknown amount of firefighters with criminal backgrounds are working for the D.C. Fire Department. FOX 5 obtained exclusive internal affairs documents from the department that show many have records, but are issued little more than a written reprimand by Chief Dennis Rubin.
    Statter Reports: 4 stations closed in PG 
    On Thursday, the second day of the budget cutting plan, the rotating removal of county firefighters left four of seven targeted stations empty.
    Firefighters rescue boaters
    A sailing expedition could have ended in tragedy if it weren’t for the heroics of a group of firefighters.
    One dead, two hurt in scaffold collapse
    One man died and two others were injured when scaffolding collapsed at a Dublin construction site.
    Barriers to optimal termination of resuscitation in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest identified
    Experts have shed light on why local practices for ending unsuccessful resuscitation efforts after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest differ widely throughout the US, a study reports.
    Wreck injures 6, engulfs car in flames
    A Thursday morning injury crash on the eastbound Artesia (91) Freeway at Paramount Boulevard involved five cars, one of which was engulfed in flames after its driver escaped the wreckage, firefighters said.
    Deadly crash in Alabama
    Two people were killed Wednesday in a fiery head-on collision.
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    Lightning blamed for fire at Baltimore church
    Baltimore fire officials are blaming lightning for a two-alarm fire that damaged a city church.
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    Firefighters receive state-of-the-art training to battle raging infernos, dangerous building collapses and even terrifying terrorist attacks. But sometimes it's just as rewarding to rescue a 2-year-old Brooklyn boy who got his head wedged in a metal park fence.
    Hazmat team cleaning spill in WA
    A Seattle Fire Department hazardous-materials team is cleaning up muriatic acid that leaks from a tank at Pacific Science Center.
    Economically strapped cities lay off firefighters, risk lives
    There’s no dispute that economically strapped cities are facing large and difficult budget shortfalls. But when municipalities try to close the budget gap by shuttering firehouses and laying off firefighters, they are “playing Russian roulette,” says Fire Fighters (IAFF) President Harold Schaitberger.
    Fire truck rolls over into ditch
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    Four firefighters were transported to hospital as a precaution but no one was seriously injured in the accident. They have all since been released.
    Two jump to safety in Hazleton PA
    Two people jumped from a second-floor window while firefighters rescued two others from a fire in Hazleton.
    Marathon effort for firefighters at collapse
    “They’ve been working all night,” said Atlanta Battalion Chief Steven Woodworth.
    Decision in on New Haven  case
    They sued in 2004, a year after New Haven invalidated a promotional examination because only white candidates for the positions of fire lieutenants. Read the decision
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