Hear "Mayday" Call That Saves Minnesota Firefighter   
The fire happened last month on St. Albans Street and firefighters had no idea what they were about to encounter. Flames burned a whole through the first floor and immediately collapsed when firefighters made their way through the front door. One firefighter fell through the floor but managed to spread his arms across the hole which kept him from falling into the basement below which was fully engulfed in flames. But, as he dangled just a few feet above the flames he received third degree burns on his legs and back.
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Calif. Firefighter Finds His Stolen Merchandise During Emergency Call   
What are the odds of a Vacaville firefighter on a medical call, almost literally, stumbling onto property stolen from his garage a week before? "It was really hard to believe," 20-year veteran firefighter Louis Jones said. Jones was answering a routine medical call at a mobile home park on Sunset Drive when he noticed an unusual yellow plastic block that was among the things taken from his garage
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Maryland Firefighter Taken To Hospital After Electrical Shock   
Fire spokesperson Mark Brady says that a Prince George's County Firefighter is hospitalized in "good" condition after receiving an electrical shock at a Fire/EMS Station on Wednesday. According to Brady, the firefighter was unplugging a shoreline, a heavy-duty electrical cord connected from an outlet to a fire engine, at the Beltsville Fire/EMS Station 831. The shoreline is used when a unit is off but needs a continuous electric charge to maintain the heavy-duty battery system and for electrical components on-board, explained Brady.
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Louisiana fire official arrested amidst allegations of misusing taxpayers funds   
Out of town trips with family members, lavish dinners, and expensive bar tabs, all on the taxpayer dime. A series of 4 Investigates reports revealed top officials in the Harvey Volunteer Fire Department #2 were making questionable purchases with public funds. Now one of those officials has been arrested.Eyewitness News has confirmed President and Deputy Chief Mike Reason was booked Wednesday morning on two counts of filing false public records and one count of felony theft. He has been released on $10,000 bond.
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Calif. Firefighters Dance for Kitchen Remodel   
The Redondo Beach Fire Department wants your vote—and the normally camera-shy group of firefighters have even put together a video to prove it. On Thursday afternoon, the firefighters posted their music video, "We Cook Our Food in a Hopeless Place," sung to Rihanna's "We Found Love," on YouTube in hopes that it would go viral.
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Missouri firefighter dies of apparent natural causes at firehouse  
Funeral services are pending for a St. Charles firefighter who was found dead in his bed this morning at a firehouse. Douglas "Doug" Haase, 60, of Troy, Mo., apparently died of natural causes.Haase went to bed late last night after running a call, and his shift was supposed to end at 7:30 this morning, said fire department spokesman Dan Casey. His fellow firefighters found him slumped in his bed shortly before 7 a.m.
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Nebraska fire chief’s death hits hard  
Kyle Ienn was remembered Tuesday by friends and colleagues as a dedicated firefighter, a national expert on fireworks safety and the fire chief who brought growth and national recognition to the Ralston Volunteer Fire Department. "Kyle sees the big picture, way beyond Ralston," said Mike Bolte, a retired firefighter who served with Ienn. "From his work with the National Fallen Firefighters to what he's done with fireworks safety, he saw things in a way bigger world.
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Colleges on Alert After Rash of Campus-Related Fires  
As students return for the start of the spring semester across the country, some colleges and universities have been put on alert following a spate of six significant campus-related fires that took place in mid- to late-January. Ed Comeau, publisher of Campus Firewatch and a former chief fire investigator for the NFPA, said that while the number of fires has raised some alarm, it's not uncommon for them to occur as a new semester approaches.
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Off-duty Florida firefighter helped interstate pileup victims  
As a firefighter with the Orange County Fire Rescue, Lucas Sloan is trained to jump into action during an emergency. That's exactly what he did on Sunday morning when he just happened to be driving in to work on Interstate 75 from his home in Gainesville when he came upon the massive pileup. "Upon stopping my car, I heard accidents happening around me, I heard cars screeching and crashes occurring, it wasn't until we started walking that we were able to see the actual accident, cause besides that there was no visibility," Sloan said.
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New Mexico Fire Union President Suspended  
The high-profile head of Albuquerque's firefighters union has been suspended without pay for violating the city's personnel rules. The city suspended union president Diego Arencon for falsifying time-keeping records, being involved in politics while on duty and improperly using city email.
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