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Wildfires threaten homes in several western states

Tue, 14 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Associated Press - By Terry Collins - Aug. 14 (News) - Wildfires have destroyed dozens of homes and threatened hundreds more in several western U.S. states, including Idaho, where an on-duty firefighter was killed by a falling tree. ...

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Waldo Canyon residents sift through charred remains for bits of life

Sun, 01 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Denver Post - By Joey Bunch - Jul. 01 (News) - The Waldo Canyon fire east of Colorado Springs, burned more than 350 homes and nearly 18,000 acres.

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Colorado fires: Waldo Canyon blaze grows, takes hundreds of homes - latimes.com

Thu, 28 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Los Angeles Times - By Michael Muskal - Jun. 28 (Breaking News) - The devastating fire near Colorado Springs, Colo., continued to grow Thursday, even as the city began to assess the damage thus far; the threat to Boulder, Colo., from a separate fire, meanwhile, began to recede.

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At least two victims in fatal city fire shot, officials say

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Baltimore Sun - By Mary Gail Hare - Jul. 25 (News) - At least two of the three victims found at a fire in a Northeast Baltimore rowhome were shot, investigators said Tuesday morning. Three adults — two men and a women — were found inside the brick, end-of-group townhouse in the 4300 block of Nicholas Ave., fire officials said. The men were declared dead at the scene; the woman was treated at the scene and taken to Johns Hopkins Bayview Hospital, where she later died, officials said.

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City fire chief suspends EMS training after cheating revealed

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Baltimore Sun - By Julie Scharper, Mary Gail Hare - Jul. 18 (News) - Baltimore fire officials suspended emergency medical training and locked down an instructional facility Monday after revelations that some student firefighters had cheated on a state licensing exam, officials said. "This is a serious mistake that tarnishes the reputation of the hundreds of professional and dedicated men and women who work so hard for us," Fire Chief James S. Clack said in a statement.

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10 years after Baltimore tunnel fire, much is unchanged

Sat, 16 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Baltimore Sun - By Michael Dresser - Jul. 16 (News) - Ten years ago Monday, scenes out of Baltimore gripped the nation and much of the world when a CSX freight train carrying hazardous cargo derailed and caught fire in the century-old tunnel that winds below downtown.

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Construction to Begin Next Month at Fire-Damaged Mount Vernon Building

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Bmore Media - By Julekha Dash - Jun. 28 (News) - The developer of a fire-ravaged Mount Vernon building is in the final stages of getting city permits to begin construction soon.

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Two Unions Ratify New County Contract

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Lutherville-Timonium Patch - By Bryan P. Sears - Jun. 23 (News) - Unions representing sheriff's deputies and county firefighters and paramedics ratified a contract extension that promises no layoffs in return for salary and pension concessions.

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Boater Finds Unidentified Body At Liberty Reservoir

Sun, 19 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

WJZ-TV - By Derek Valcourt - Jun. 19 (News) - A young man with dreams of becoming a firefighter was pulled from the Liberty Reservoir Sunday afternoon.

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Ariz. wildfire becomes biggest in state history

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Associated Press - Jun. 14 (News) - A massive wildfire in eastern Arizona has become the largest in state history, although some of that burned area is in New Mexico, where flare-ups that skipped along treetops Tuesday threatened a small mountain town.

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The Week’s Best of Police and Fire Reporting

Sun, 12 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Arbutus Patch - By Chantal de la Rionda - Jun. 12 (News Analysis) - From the latest crime convictions to car break-ins, police stories unfolded in Maryland.

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Arizona blaze prompts park closures, air quality alerts

Thu, 09 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

USA Today - By Laura Bly - Jun. 09 (News) - A massive wildfire heading from eastern Arizona toward New Mexico has closed national forests and parks, forced evacuations of mountain resort communities, and prompted air quality alerts in New Mexico, where smoke blanketed Santa Fe and disrupted flights into Albuquerque earlier this week.

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Arizona wildfire displaces more than 3,000 people

Wed, 08 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Reuters - By David Schwartz - Jun. 08 (News) - A forest fire that has scorched over 480 square miles in eastern Arizona flared out of control for a 10th day on Tuesday and advanced on two mountain towns near New Mexico, forcing hundreds more people from their homes.

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3 Baltimore Co. Officers Honored For Bravery

Thu, 12 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

WBAL-TV - By Sheldon Dutes - May. 12 (News) - Three Baltimore County police officers who risked their lives to rescue a man from a burning house are being honored by the president.

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Falkenhan Family Continues to Heal

Fri, 06 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Towson Patch - By Ron Snyder - May. 06 (News) - Firefighter Mark Falkenhan, who died Jan. 19 battling an apartment blaze, is among six to be honored at Fallen Heroes Day ceremony today at Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens.

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9/11 Responders To Be Warned They Will Be Screened By FBI's Terrorism Watch List

Fri, 22 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Michael McAuliff - Apr. 22 (News Report) - A provision in the new 9/11 health bill may be adding insult to injury for people who fell sick after their service in the aftermath of the 2001 Al Qaeda attacks, The Huffington Post has learned.

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Fire Department Vows to Recruit More Minorities

Thu, 21 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Afro - By Shernay Williams - Apr. 21 (News) - In the wake of an investigation that uncovered a lack of diversity in the Baltimore City Fire Department, the unit’s chief announced it will revive its partnership with the NAACP – and this time make it “continuous.”

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Demolition brings last call at former Charles Village Pub in Towson

Mon, 18 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Explore Baltimore County - By Jay R. Thompson - Apr. 18 (News) - Where once was a tavern now rests a pile of rubble. Over this past weekend, April 16-17, the Charles Village Pub, a half-block west of York Road on Pennsylvania Avenue in Towson, was torn down.

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Charles Village Pub to be Demolished in Mid-April

Mon, 04 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Towson Patch - By Tyler Waldman - Apr. 04 (News) - Originally scheduled for March, the demolition has been delayed twice. The first delay was caused by nearby restaurant and business owners who were concerned about closing the typically busy West Pennsylvania Avenue on a Friday night. Crews later agreed to work to minimize necessary road closures.

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Volunteer Fire Co. Receiving Beams From World Trade Center

Mon, 04 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Towson Patch - By Tyler Waldman - Apr. 04 (News) - Providence Volunteer Fire Company will use 10-foot section as a memorial

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Arson Investigation Unit May Face Cuts

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Towson Patch - By Bryan P. Sears - Mar. 30 (News) - Changes could be coming to a Baltimore County arson investigation unit praised by union officials as a successful model for other fire departments throughout the nation and in Europe.

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BCFD Abandoned Hiring Procedures

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

WBAL-TV - Mar. 30 (Investigative Report) - The Baltimore City Fire Department has abandoned hiring procedures established in 2004 that were designed to make the department more diverse, the WBAL-TV 11 News I-Team has discovered.

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Emergency Bill would Give CVP Owners More Time to Rebuild

Fri, 25 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Towson Patch - By Bryan P. Sears - Mar. 25 (News) - Bill faces additional hurdles because it was filed three weeks before the end of the session.

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10 Pikesville Firefighters to be Honored Tonight for Rescue

Tue, 22 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Pikesville Patch - By Janet Metzner - Mar. 22 (News) - It was Oct. 16, 2009 when a Constellation Energy construction worker fell some 70 feet down a coal silo and was trapped in a small space. In response, 10 members of the Pikesville Volunteer Fire Company, Station 32, "grabbed their confined space bags and jumped on Squad 322, Tower 323 and Utility 329" to drive 27 miles to Bowley's Quarters in eastern Baltimore County, according to an article on the company's website.

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City Releases Cause Of Fire That Killed 6 Relatives

Thu, 17 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

WBAL Radio - By Angela Jackson - Mar. 17 (News) - Spokesman Kevin Cartwright tells WBAL Radio News that a fire investigator believes the cause was the result of some type of an electrical fault.

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