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RALEIGH -- Downtown Raleigh was awash in real and aspiring firefighters Saturday morning as a statewide firemen's convention concluded a five-day run at the convention center. A Hazmat challenge featuring real firemen kicked things off, with eight teams of four firefighters each racing to contain a simulated chlorine leak. The race was timed, though in reality Hazmat teams are all about ...

WASHINGTON — Fever, chills, vomiting: It starts like a stomach bug or the flu. But bacterial meningitis can go on to kill terrifyingly fast — one of the few infections in the U.S. where someone can feel fine in the morning and be dead by night. And prime targets are tweens, teens and college freshmen. Amid all the publicity about children's ...

BUFFALO - A ruling by the state’s highest court has cast a legal cloud over raises that Buffalo firefighters received as part of a 2005 arbitration award and has nullified some policy changes that the city has implemented. Officials on both sides of the dispute agree that last week’s State Court of Appeals ruling further complicates an already twist-filled four-year legal ...

HOUSTON - An evacuation order has been lifted for thousands of central Texas residents after a chemical plant fire was brought under control. Fire Chief Mike Donoho says a majority of residents may return to Bryan, a city of about 80,000 about 100 miles north of Houston. The city had been under a mandatory evacuation order Thursday because of the fire ...

SANFORD, NC - When Bob Berg gets a call at 3 a.m. letting him know a family's home is on fire, he doesn't hesitate. By the time Berg gets to the scene firefighters typically have the blaze under control, but the assistance Berg offers to families in the hours and days after a fire -- money for food, a free stay ...

RICHMOND, Virginia (AP) — Only Virginia and Washington have moved toward requiring schoolgirls to get vaccinated for a potentially cancerous sexually transmitted disease, three years after federal health officials recommended the shots. About two dozen states considered requiring the vaccine, but balked amid funding woes, and parents' concerns it wasn't safe and would promote promiscuity. Publicity that a massive pharmaceutical company ...

Tuesday, November 10, 2009 - Upon arrival at the scene of a car fire, the chauffeur of the engine inadvertently stopped with the rear of the engine on the track side of the crossing gates.  Luckily, the engineer of the approaching, slow moving freight train, saw the rear warning lights of the engine and was able to stop in time.

COLUMBUS, OH - A Columbus, Ohio, firefighter says he should not have been fired for fatally shooting his two dogs. David Santuomo has filed an appeal to the Civil Service Commission, saying he should be reinstated to his firefighting post because he was not fired due to poor job performance, The Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch said Thursday. "I feel I was unfairly ...

August 23, 2009 One Victim as Firefighters Battle Blaze in The Bronx Update: The victim has died from injuries received at the 10-75. Firefighters transmitted an all hands working on arrival for a fire on the third floor of a five story building. A victim has been removed from the structure and is being attended to by firefighters. Battalion 27 requested ...

Americans are taking swine flu more seriously now than they did last spring, when the emerging pandemic began causing widespread illness and shuttering schools in several states, the latest USA TODAY/Gallup Poll shows. The poll of 1,007 adults Wednesday found that one in three people believe they or a family member probably will contract H1NI flu, up from one in five ...

A massive fire at an old Boise Cascade Mill in Yakima may have been the last straw.  The city says the place is a threat to public safety. A month ago the city stopped by to make sure Dunolli Enterprises had all it's fire hydrants working.  This is the 3rd fire at the site in less than 3 months. Investigators are ...

LAS VEGAS—Officials say an inaugural class of 20 new paramedics is graduating under a training partnership involving University Medical Center and the Clark County Fire Department. Hospital officials say a Clark County Unified Paramedic Program graduation ceremony will be held Friday afternoon at the West Las Vegas Library. [widget:flywheel_links] Graduates will go on to work for Clark County fire and area ...

FRESNO, CA - The call came over the radio: A brush fire was just down the road. Inside Engine 120, a Sanger firefighter turned on the siren and honked the horn. Within a few seconds, the truck had arrived at the blaze. Out stepped the station's newest -- and smallest -- firefighter: 3-year-old Sebastien Daniel. [widget:flywheel_links] With his hands firmly gripping ...

Whether it's rescuing mannequins from a search maze of hay bales, or using fire extinguishers to put out a mock household fire, a bunch of young, would-be firefighters are learning what it's like to wear bunkerpants and feel the heat. Forty boys and girls ages 10-11 are attending Vigo County Junior Fire Camp at the fairgrounds this week, and both the ...

August 23, 2009 Columbia Firefighters Battle Blaze Columbia firefighters are operating at a two story house with fire and smoke showing. Initial units made an attack on the fire. The address is Jake Eargle Road in the Ballentine area. Tanker operations are underway and help has been requested from Lexington County. Both Irmo and the City of Columbia are on scene ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A new generation of blood tests can quickly and reliably show if a person is having a heart attack soon after chest pains start — a time when current tests are not definitive, two studies found. The newer, sensitive tests give a much better way to tell who needs help fast. Each year, 15 million people in ...

The battered house on Sherwin Road was put to good use before the fire department burned it to the ground. SWAT teams barged through the front door in an exercise on dealing with domestic violence. Rescue crews scattered mannequins around the house and blew smoke through the halls to simulate a meth lab explosion. Firefighters set fires in one room after ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — More than 400 students escaped a three-alarm fire that heavily damaged a southeast Portland elementary school. [widget:featured_career_firefighter] Portland Fire Bureau spokeswoman Kim Kosmas says the school's 17 teachers also made it out safely late Tuesday morning. The cause of the fire at Marysville Elementary School has not been released. The fire started in a part of the school ...

SACRAMENTO, CA - A battle is looming over homes built in areas at risk for wildfire. Backed by environmentalists and a firefighters association, some members of the Legislature want to make it tougher for local governments to allow construction in fire zones. But California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection opposes the effort, saying the rules would cost too much to ...