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Nearly two dozen firefighter crews gathered in Paynes Creek, California, this week for the annual Ishi Conservation Camp Preparedness Exercise. The three-day training event is hosted ...
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First responders responded to an industrial fire that threatened a Perdue Farms facility in Virginia over the past weekend, according to a local fire department. “Chesapeake ...
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CAMBRIDGE, Neb.—Wind-driven wildfires sweeping through parts of Nebraska killed a retired fire chief and injured at least 15 firefighters, authorities said Sunday. The man who died ...
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RUIDOSO, N.M.—Authorities have lifted some evacuation orders for a mountain community in southern New Mexico as firefighters worked Saturday to contain a wind-driven blaze that killed ...
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LOS ANGELES—The owner of a downtown Los Angeles building where an explosion injured 12 firefighters has been allowed to enter a judicial diversion program that allows ...
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WASHINGTON—A man suspected of stalking and shooting homeless people asleep on the streets of New York City and Washington was arrested early Tuesday. Police said at ...
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INDIANAPOLIS—A teenager who scaled a tree at an Indianapolis park to rescue a cat he spotted high up in the branches ended up stuck himself and ...
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Firefighters on the ground and in the air battled a smoky wildfire on Wednesday in Southern California’s Cleveland National Forest. The fire was reported around 11:20 ...
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A memorial was held Wednesday in Baltimore in honor of three firefighters who died battling a blaze that started when a vacant row-home partially collapsed last week.
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Three firefighters were seriously injured battling a fire in a vacant home in Baltimore early Monday and crews were working to rescue a fourth firefighter trapped ...
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The virus has infected hundreds of Los Angeles firefighters and police officers. Right now, the state of California is dealing with a surge in infections like ...
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President Joe Biden joins members of Congress on Capitol Hill to mark the first anniversary of the Jan. 6 Capitol breach, two GOP lawmakers deliver remarks on ...
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PHILADELPHIA—A large fire tore through a two-unit house early Wednesday in Philadelphia, killing 13 people, including seven children, and sending two people to hospitals, fire officials ...
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In Southern California, police and firefighters are facing termination for not complying with the vaccination mandate.
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Eddie Morgan, owner of Harbor Docks, a beloved family-owned marina and seafood restaurant in Destin-Fort Walton Beach, Florida, will wake up Sunday and head to the ...
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About a quarter of New York City firefighters are unvaccinated, according to the mayor. Thousands of firefighters in the city called in sick on Monday, when ...
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New York City is going to lose 50,000 city workers when the city’s vaccine mandate takes effect on Friday. That includes police officers and firefighters. The ...
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Firefighters in Orange County, Florida, say the vaccine mandate is causing rifts among the first responders. They say it’s compromising public safety. Meanwhile, the county’s mayor ...
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In New York City, the mayor is ordering all city workers to get the vaccine and is eliminating the option for weekly COVID-19 tests. So if ...
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KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan—A building fire that raged out of control for hours overnight in a major city in southern Taiwan left 46 people dead and at least ...
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Hundreds of firefighters in Los Angeles have filed a notice of intent to sue the city over its public employee vaccine mandate.
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DALLAS—Eight people, including four firefighters, were injured Wednesday morning in an explosion at an apartment complex in south Dallas, authorities said. Three of the firefighters were ...
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5G-connected drones are becoming a powerful new tool for emergency services. Known as “eyes in the sky”, they now make life-saving operations more efficient and less ...
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West coast wildfires, such as the KNP Complex, are threatening giant sequoias again this year. Firefighters are taking steps to protect them—by wrapping the trees in ...
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NEW YORK—The International Association of Firefighters conducted a wreath-laying ceremony for the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks at the World Trade Center memorial site. ...
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Firefighters in Los Angeles are working to put out not only fires, but also a vaccine mandate. One of them told NTD hundreds are willing to ...
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PLACERVILLE, Calif.—A wildfire burning for a week in Northern California continued to grow out of control, one of about a dozen big blazes in the drought-stricken ...
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Firefighters faced dangerously windy weather Tuesday as they struggled to keep the nation’s largest wildfire from advancing toward a Northern California city, while another blaze emerged ...
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In Northern California, the River Fire scorched over 100 structures. It is 68 percent contained as of Monday. Firefighting takes coordination, and this is done in ...
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Firefighters are reminding people to be safe as the Fourth of July comes up. This is especially so in California, where setting off illegal fireworks may ...