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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>firefighting | The Love Network</title><link>http://firefighting.love.com</link><language>en-us</language><docs>http://firefighting.love.com/rss.xml</docs><description>A Blog with news about firefighting</description><copyright>AOL LLC. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only.</copyright><generator>Blogsmith | Relegence | AOL LLC.</generator><item><title>BREAKING NEWS: Medical supply office downtown on fire</title><link>http://t.love.com/311020576</link><description><![CDATA[Murfreesboro firefighters are battling a fire at the Music City Medical Supply building in downtown, just west of the Public Square. 


The store, located at 219 W. Main St., is adjacent to 3 Brothers Deli and just a few doors up from U.S. Rep. Bart Gordon's office. 
The medical building is closed on weekends, according to its website. 

]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:18:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Narrows Airport Hanger Fire Self-Extinguishes</title><link>http://t.love.com/311019177</link><description><![CDATA[On Wednesday afternoon (March 17) Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One was dispatched to smoke in a commercial structure at the Tacoma Narrow Airport. 


The fire was first noticed by an airport employee while she was driving through the airport on a fuel truck. 
A second call to 911 confirmed smoke and fire coming from a 75 by 300-foot hanger. 

]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:07:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Fire does heavy damage to South State Street home in Syracuse</title><link>http://t.love.com/311019009</link><description><![CDATA[City firefighters are still on the scene of a fire that has heavily damaged today to a house at 1822 South State Street. 


Ed Kurtz. 


Kurtz said firefighters, who were called about 11:27 a.m., originally thought someone was inside the single-family residence. ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:06:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Saturday police, fire reports</title><link>http://t.love.com/311011291</link><description><![CDATA[A 56-year-old Marshfield man reported at 9:16 a.m. 
Friday the theft of both license plates from his pickup truck while in was parked in the 600 block of East 10th Street after March 13. 


A 16-year-old Wisconsin Rapids girl reported at 1:40 p.m. ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:26:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Brush fire mistaken for structure blaze</title><link>http://t.love.com/311010136</link><description><![CDATA[Rick Sawin said you could tell it was a brush pile from the highway. 


But Sawin, Ohio Township fire chief, said someone still called in the fire to authorities Thursday night. 


Area firefighters responded to the report of a fire — which originally was thought to be a structure fire — at about 9:40 p.m. ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:21:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Firefighters seek cause of Grand Rapids apartment house fire</title><link>http://t.love.com/311005963</link><description><![CDATA[Investigators are looking for the cause of a fire that left a Northwest Side house with extensive damage this morning. 


The first and second floors of the apartment house, 1325 Alpine Ave. NW, sustained significant damage from a fire that started about 9:30 a.m., said Battalion Chief Frank Verburg. 


Firefighters quickly searched the house and extinguished the blaze. 

]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:53:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Two found dead after Chapel Hill blaze</title><link>http://t.love.com/311001478</link><description><![CDATA[<img src="http://cdn.abclocal.go.com/images/wtvd/cms_exf_2007/news/local/7341199_448x252.jpg"><br>Two people are dead after a late night duplex fire in Chapel Hill. 

At approximately 9:59 p.m. the Chapel Hill Fire Department responded to a residential structure fire located at 1816 Legion Road. 


According to officials, when crews arrived, they found a single-story duplex apartment heavily involved in fire. 
Four units from Chapel Hill, and one unit from Durham were utilized to bring the fire under control by 10:16 p.m. 

]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:24:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Bay area firefighters climb 914 steps for charity</title><link>http://t.love.com/311000996</link><description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.baynews9.com/images/news/2010/2/5/snooty.jpg"><br>Firefighters from all over the Bay area came to the Bank of America building in Tampa on a mission of conquering 914 steps. 


It was all part of the Fight for Air Climb Saturday morning, to benefit the American Lung Association. 


Teams of firefighters from Clearwater, Sarasota, Tampa, and even Pasco County climbed 42 floors at 101 East Kennedy Boulevard. 

]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:22:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Body of W.Va. Firefighter Recovered</title><link>http://t.love.com/310999714</link><description><![CDATA[Kanawha County rescuers believe they have found the body of the Glasgow firefighter swept away while attempting a water rescue on March 13 in Raleigh County. 


C.W. Sigman, Kanawha County fire coordinator, said the body was found in Piney Creek, about 4 1/2 miles from where the boat capsized near the town of Beaver. 


"We're pretty sure we found him," Sigman said Friday afternoon. 

]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:13:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Molotov cocktail bounces off car in Canton, burns itself out</title><link>http://t.love.com/310999686</link><description><![CDATA[Firefighters found remnants of a Molotov cocktail on the sidewalk after someone had apparently thrown it at a car Friday night, said Acting Battalion Chief Michael Toth. 

The incident occurred at 9:19 p.m. outside a home in the 900 block of Prospect Avenue SW. Firefighters were called there to the report of a fire. 


The small fire, caused by the Molotov cocktail, had burned itself out, Toth said. 


"It appears the item bounced off a car at this location, hit the sidewalk and burst into flames," he said.]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:13:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Memorabilia going home</title><link>http://t.love.com/310998545</link><description><![CDATA[Thanks to a local family, a Connecticut fire department will get a long-anticipated items returned to its historical collection. 


Carson Cross, a training officer for Belleville fire service, said after the family dropped off a 1950's old petch firefighter coat and helmet off at the fire hall three months ago, his first thought was to use it in the historical display at the local fire hall. 


After inspecting the jacket he found a name that spurred him to research where the coat might have originated and]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:04:00</pubDate></item><item><title>St Albans firefighters' charity effort</title><link>http://t.love.com/310992595</link><description><![CDATA[FIREFIGHTERS are washing cars in St Albans for charity today. 


Using a high pressure hose at to get the dirtiest cars brought to the London Road fire station gleaming in minutes, they are asking for donations for colleagues injured on duty, and are splitting the proceeds with a project to teach rugby in Rwanda. 


Darren Ead of Valley Road, St Albans, who plays rugby alongside firefighter Tom Blackman at Old Albanians, said: "A group of us have gone out to Rwanda twice before, and are planning our third t]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:22:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Gorse fires risked lives and cost £100,000 in 18 days</title><link>http://t.love.com/310987593</link><description><![CDATA[GORSE blazes put people's lives at risk and racked up a £100,000 bill in just 18 days. 


Firefighters were called out to 160 hillside blazes since March 1 – half started deliberately, either by landowners to control gorse, or by arsonists. 


It's left the service at risk of being over-stretched, tying up crews who should be on stand-by to deal with house blazes and road accidents, said North Wales Fire and Rescue service senior operations manager Gareth Wyn Griffiths. 

]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 9:55:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Firefighter rewarded for dedicated service</title><link>http://t.love.com/310986354</link><description><![CDATA[A fire protection officer from Watford has been presented a medal for more than 20 years of dedicated service to Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service. 


Station commander Jon Horastead, who is based at the Lower High Street station, was one of ten firefighters who were praised for more than 200 years of combined service. 


The medals, which are issued by royal warrant, were handed out in recognition of 'meritorious service' during a ceremony at County Hall, Hertford, on Wednesday. 

]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 9:48:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Fire consumes West Sacramento warehouse</title><link>http://t.love.com/310983789</link><description><![CDATA[The West Sacramento Fire Department responded to a large warehouse fire in the industrial district of West Sacramento early Friday morning. 


The fire, which fully engulfed the building, was reported at 5:26 a.m., and smoke from the inferno was carried by the light winds into south Sacramento. 


In addition to flames, there were explosions from acetylene, propane and diesel tanks at the site, according to West Sacramento city authorities. 

]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 9:30:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Fire and explosion destroy home</title><link>http://t.love.com/310983290</link><description><![CDATA[<img src="http://cdn.abclocal.go.com/images/wtvd/cms_exf_2007/_video_wn_images/7339986_448x252.jpg"><br>A home in a Johnston County subdivision caught fire Friday afternoon sending up a column of smoke that was visible for miles. 


Witnesses said they heard an explosion before the house near the intersection of Serenity Road and Campground Road was completely destroyed. 
Authorities say the fire originated in the back of the home. 

]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 9:24:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Companies from 3 counties battle stubborn brush fire</title><link>http://t.love.com/310982669</link><description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.tnonline.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/article-large/20100319-225656-pic-746667249.jpg"><br>The first major brush fire of the Spring 2010 season was a stubborn, fast-moving one along the Blue Mountain in Lehigh Township, Friday afternoon. 


Fire companies from three counties were dispatched,including Lehigh Township, Palmerton, Aquashicola, East Penn Township, Bowmanstown, Walnutport, and Slatington. 


The fire started along the south face of the mountain in Lehigh Township, and quickly spread into Carbon County, consuming an unknown number of acres, leaving a plume of smoke that could be seen f]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 9:22:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Trying times for firefighters</title><link>http://t.love.com/310982652</link><description><![CDATA[Spring is a time when the weather begins to change, the air begins to warm and spring breezes begin to dry the dead vegetation and other debris left from the previous fall and winter. 
The heavy winter snow cover is rapidly disappearing and the temperatures are beginning to rise. 
Homeowners and others are anxious to tidy-up their lawns and properties that were impacted by this past winter's wrath. ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 9:22:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Shipping units damaged in arson attack</title><link>http://t.love.com/310980014</link><description><![CDATA[FOUR shipping containers were severely damaged in an arson attack at a building site in Hucknall. 


The containers were being used as storage and for office equipment at a David Wilson Homes site off Papplewick Lane. 

Firefighters from Hucknall and Stockhill fire stations were called to the scene just after 9 pm on Tuesday March 16. 
They were there for more than two hours. 

]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 9:04:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Protesters march against Balmossie fire station cut plans</title><link>http://t.love.com/310972461</link><description><![CDATA[<img src="http://files.stv.tv/img/articles/164783-protesters-march-against-balmossie-fire-station-cut-plans-410x230.jpg"><br>Broughty Ferry residents are joining firefighters and politicans in a rally against plans to downgrade their local fire station. 


Hundreds of people are expected to march through the area on Saturday over proposals to remove overnight cover at Balmossie station, moving a crew to Forfar and using retained firefighters to cover the area. 


Union officials have warned that the plans - which were rejected by Tayside's fire board last year, but have been put forward again - could put lives at risk. 

]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 8:04:00</pubDate></item><item><title>New firefighters ready to answer their first alarm</title><link>http://t.love.com/310972279</link><description><![CDATA[Two dozen fledgling recruits reached the end of a challenging six-month training regimen yesterday when they received their badges as full-fledged firefighters. 


The new crop of firefighters, which includes two women, became the Honolulu Fire Department's 95th graduating class at a graduation ceremony at McCoy Pavilion at Ala Moana Regional Park. 

"The past six months have been tough, not for a single reason, but for many," said Jeffrey Ramos, a member of the class of 2010. 
"Our class is diverse. We wil]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 8:03:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Fire service ‘called out 160 times to hospitals’</title><link>http://t.love.com/310970143</link><description><![CDATA[The fire service has been called out more than one hundred times to automatic fire alarms at two Shrewsbury hospitals between April 1 last year and March 11 this year, it was revealed today. 


Crews were called out 160 times to the Copthorne, Bowbrook and Radbrook area with 90 per cent of calls to the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and Shelton Mental Health Hospital. 


The figures were revealed by Steve Cox, from Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service at a Local Joint Committee meeting for the Radbrook, Bowbrook a]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 7:48:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Family recognized for response to fire</title><link>http://t.love.com/310969531</link><description><![CDATA[Three months ago, Andrew Bond heard a funny sound coming from the second floor of his family's home. 
The 4-year-old alerted his father, who was watching TV in another part of the house. 


That funny noise was a smoke detector, and the warning gave the Bond family enough time to make it out of their South Cherry Street home alive. 

]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 7:44:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Camdenton hires full-time fire chief</title><link>http://t.love.com/310968292</link><description><![CDATA[At the March 16 closed session, the Board of Aldermen approved promoting Captain Andrew Stark to acting fire chief for the Camdenton Fire Department. 


The decision breaks a long standing tradition of having a volunteer fire chief at the helm. 


Captain Stark will assume the duties of acting fire chief effective immediately with annual appointments the second meeting in April. 

]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 7:35:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Lives saved, exceptional services earn department awards for firefighters</title><link>http://t.love.com/310960618</link><description><![CDATA[Crisp blue uniforms, white gloves and hats, a lot of Ridgefield Fire Department brass stood on the stage. 


But the show was stolen by two civilians, Suzanne Seifert and Scott Mason — they'd have been dead, quite likely, if it weren't for the swift skillful work of some the more than 20 Ridgefield firemen receiving awards Monday night. 


A fire department crew had responded to reports of a woman "passed out" at Jesse Lee Methodist Church on April 19, 2009, the audience of about 150 in Veterans Park Audito]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 6:48:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Firetruck deal stalls</title><link>http://t.love.com/310957728</link><description><![CDATA[A village committee this week postponed a decision on whether to scrap a five-year-old agreement to share Weston's ladder firetruck with Wausau. 


The Public Safety Committee on Thursday tabled the fire chief's recommendation to return the 1999 truck to Weston until some repairs are done, which could take about 10 days, Weston Administrator Dean Zuleger said. 


No new date was set for the committee to review the issue. 

]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 6:21:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Fire claims 2 cockatiels, 2 dogs in Lathrop</title><link>http://t.love.com/310957655</link><description><![CDATA[A noontime structure fire Friday in Lathrop, with black smoke visible from the east side of Manteca, claimed the lives of two dogs and two cockatiels that had been left in the home while the owner was away. 


Harold Edwards was driving home from the Jackson Rancheria recreational park in his motorhome when he first saw the smoke - not knowing it was his home that was on fire and that he would find it a total loss. 
A relative said he had not gone to the casino but had just been enjoying the park setting. 
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 6:21:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Firefighters rescue two dogs from Crystal Lake</title><link>http://t.love.com/310956452</link><description><![CDATA[<img src="http://images.townnews.com/macombdaily.com/content/articles/2010/03/20/news/srv0000007861747.jpg"><br>The Pontiac Fire Department recently rescued two dogs from Crystal Lake. 

"I received a call from one of our residents who was looking at the lake through his binoculars when he spotted two dogs fall into the open water of Crystal Lake," said Karen A. Phillips, resident manager of Crystal Lake Apartments. 
"He saw that one was able to get out, but the other was stuck in the water." 


Phillips went to see if she could do anything, but realized the dogs were out about 100 yards from shore. 

]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 6:14:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Fire damages building in Galax - roanoke.com</title><link>http://t.love.com/310953598</link><description><![CDATA[Galax firefighters were called about 7 a.m. 
Friday to the 200 block of South Main Street, where a thick column of gray smoke billowed from the roof and upstairs apartment windows of the building. 
Fire soon broke through the roof and out the windows. 

]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 5:49:00</pubDate></item><item><title>FD to rotate station closures</title><link>http://t.love.com/310947912</link><description><![CDATA[Mayor Bob Ryan said the moves had to be made because there's not enough money in the budget to fully staff the five fire stations and the full ambulance service. 


"There has not been any action taken by the council except to basically vote down any actions that may have been taken," Ryan said Friday. 
"So we're at a situation where budgetarily right now we have to make some decisions." 

]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 5:05:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Teens’ canoe misadventure ends with ‘lucky night’ rescue</title><link>http://t.love.com/310946282</link><description><![CDATA[Every scenario possible ran through Travis Board's head Thursday night when he lost cell phone contact with his son, Nick Board, 14, and nephew, J.R. Quaempts, 14. 


The two boys had set out 10 hours earlier from the Clinton Lake spillway on a spring break canoe adventure down the Wakarusa River. 


"We picked a day that was the nicest; the water was good on the Wakarusa," Travis Board said. ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 4:59:00</pubDate></item><item><title>His Voice: Tracy firefighters respond to EMS fee</title><link>http://t.love.com/310945844</link><description><![CDATA[As president of the Tracy Firefighters Association, please allow me to share our perspective on the proposed EMS Recovery Model. 
The Tracy Firefighters Association unanimously opposes this method of cost recovery. 
We believe it to be a poorly delivered idea that is reactionary to over-inflated revenue projections. ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 4:58:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Cohoes Fire Department gets FEMA grant</title><link>http://t.love.com/310942873</link><description><![CDATA[The Cohoes Fire Department was awarded an Assistance to Firefighters grant through the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Department of Homeland Security. 


The federal grant, worth $53,210, will allow the department to purchase an Automatic Personnel and Resource Accountability and Tracking System that will keep track of firefighters responding to an emergency through a traceable tag. 
These tags will be used for all firefighters who are on a call including firefighters that respond to calls thro]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 4:43:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Ways to prioritize firefighter safety</title><link>http://t.love.com/310934264</link><description><![CDATA[My previous two articles got some interesting responses via member comments and e-mail. 
I like getting feedback, good and bad — and it often provides ideas, also good and bad. 


In these articles I've recognized folks who are doing an amazing job at the national level to provide resources that were unheard of just five years ago. ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 3:43:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Fatal fire report unfiled</title><link>http://t.love.com/310933881</link><description><![CDATA[Chancellor Volunteer Fire and Rescue did not follow standard operating procedures requiring within three days a detailed follow-up report on a Feb. 5 fatal house fire. 


Spotsylvania County Fire and Rescue Chief Chris Eudailey said yesterday this was an oversight by the volunteers and that a report will be completed. 


The report is supposed to be written by the incident commander in charge of the 45 volunteers who responded to the house fire on Spotswood Furnace Road. It is important because it could ans]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 3:37:00</pubDate></item><item><title>La. FFs Could Gain New Role</title><link>http://t.love.com/310921474</link><description><![CDATA[Every day across Louisiana, firefighters are busy battling blazes and, in some cases, saving lives. 


Soon, firefighters may take on a new role if lawmakers in Baton Rouge approve a new proposed bill. 


"It would be firefighters practicing medicine without oversight  no oversight by the gubernatorial-approved EMS commission," said Dr. Jullette M. Saussy. 

]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 2:13:00</pubDate></item><item><title>FF in Fla. Accused of Watching Woman Paramedic Bathe in Station Shower</title><link>http://t.love.com/310921471</link><description><![CDATA[Fort Pierce police have arrested a firefighter after a paramedic intern reported seeing a man peering down at her from the ceiling as she was taking a shower in the women's bathroom at the fire station. 


Carlos Marti was booked at the St. Lucie County Jail on a voyeurism charge Friday. 


According to an incident report, a battalion chief at St. Lucie County Fire District Station No. 15 said she saw "a male figure looking down at her from the ceiling as she was taking a shower." ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 2:13:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Mystery Odor Sends 3 Calif. Office Workers To Hospital</title><link>http://t.love.com/310920129</link><description><![CDATA[More than two dozen people were forced to evacuate a Mission Valley office building Friday after complaints of a strange smell. 


Emergency crews checked out 27 employees after many of them complained about a gas-like odor at work. 


"It was just nausea and bad headaches. The nose was kinda burning inside ... burning from the smell," said Silvia Sandoval, who works inside the Aerofund Financial building in Mission Valley. 

]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 1:59:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Fire victim had long lived in Golden Hill apartment</title><link>http://t.love.com/310911979</link><description><![CDATA[A cost-cutting plan that idles fire equipment in San Diego did not contribute to the death of an elderly man found inside a burning Golden Hill apartment Friday, fire officials say, but the man's granddaughter and firefighters union officials are not convinced. 


The death is the first in a San Diego fire since the city began taking fire engines out of service last month to save money. 
The fire caused $900,000 in damage to the 24-unit, four-story building on the northeast corner of 22nd Street and Broadwa]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 1:13:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Suspicious fire in penthouse at Hayward's Centennial Tower</title><link>http://t.love.com/310880312</link><description><![CDATA[A fire in the 12th-floor penthouse of the abandoned Centennial Tower on Foothill Boulevard is being investigated as suspicious, and a neighbor said he believes it could be connected to graffiti that appeared there overnight. 


Firefighters were hindered by the lack of supporting infrastructure — brass fittings that could have been used to pump water up the structure were missing and crews had to haul the hose up stairwells. 


"It takes a little longer to get up there when the firefighters have to carry 50]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:35:00</pubDate></item></channel></rss>