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| | | | | | PHOTOS: Nearly 20 people were displaced by a massive apartment fire in a Moore County town that was so intense it took about 75 firefighters more than an hour to knock down the flames Saturday night, officials said. A firefighter was injured and taken to a nearby hospital but was later released, according to Aberdeen Fire Chief Phillip Richardson. |
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| | | | | | VIDEO: A Dallas Fire-Rescue ambulance was involved in a crash at the intersection of Hawthorne and Maple Avenues in the Medical District on Saturday night. The crash happened at 9:39 p.m. What we know is that the ambulance was traveling on Maple Ave. with lights and sirens while responding to an emergency call when it crashed into another vehicle. |
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| | | | | | VIDEO: The FDNY has called out the drivers of two cars parked near fire hydrants, saying they slowed down the agency’s response to a deadly fire in Brooklyn early Sunday morning. “Seconds count in an emergency. Keeping fire hydrants unobstructed helps firefighters respond quickly,” the FDNY wrote on X. On one of the cars, etched out in snow, appears to be the words “GET OFF HYDRANT.” |
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| | | | | | The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection will begin rolling out a long-awaited update to its fire hazard severity zones Monday, which is set to more than double the number of acres in local fire jurisdictions that must comply with stricter fire safety building codes. Previously, the state mapped and applied fire safety regulations only to local areas with the highest possible fire hazards, deemed “very high.” |
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| | | | | | VIDEO: For 85 years, all Cincinnati firefighters were trained at the historic Station 29 Drill Yard at Liberty and Linn Street. However, that is coming to an end as a new training facility is being built at their Millcreek Campus. In the meantime, the current Recruit Class 123 will be the last class to train on the historic grounds. For many leaders and recruits with the Cincinnati Fire Department, this first week of training the new class has been bittersweet, knowing these will be the final classes. |
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