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Saturday, November 21, 2009 - As a St. Paul firefighter, Ramon "Ray" Hain came in contact with a patient's body fluids in 1997. According to an article in the Pioneer Press, Doctors think he contracted a rare disease that weakened his heart. Hain, of Roseville, got a heart transplant in 1998 but had to retire in 2000 from the job he loved. ...

Saturday, November 21, 2009 - A Firefighter is being treated for 1st and 2nd degree burns after battling a house fire early this morning.  

Cato, NY -- A 79-year-old Fulton driver has been charged with murder in connection with a Friday accident that killed a Camillus man.   Cayuga County Sheriff deputies said William L. Levea of 1471 County Route 6 repeatedly rammed his vehicle into the back of a pickup truck and caused it to crash into an  oncoming vehicle on Route 370.

Saturday, November 21, 2009 - Amid flaws in the city’s new 911 system, under NYPD control, NYPD and FDNY on Friday announced steps to reduce the likelihood of mistakes in handling emergency fire calls. And while that is positive, there still seems to be pieces missing as far as WHY the NYPD needs to be in control.

BROOKLYN - A veteran paramedic sued his employer and Brooklyn Center Police Department on Thursday, alleging they have routinely abused a state law that allows police officers to bring mentally ill people to a hospital if they are a threat to themselves or others. Nate Berg, 30, who has spent almost 10 years working as a paramedic in the metro area, ...

GAITHERSBURG, Md. - A firefighter is being treated for first- and second-degree burns after battling a house fire early this morning. Montgomery County firefighters were called to a home on Chelsey Knoll Drive in Gaithersburg near the county Airpark, just after 3 a.m. [widget:news__wtop] "Units arrived on the scene of a two-story, single-family dwelling, with heavy fire from the garage extending ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Jim Gallagher may have no children of his own, but the native San Franciscan light-heartedly points out that he was instrumental in raising 14 siblings. He continues to devote much of himself to the welfare of The City’s kids. At age 74 and retired from his “unusual” professional path, Gallagher remains involved with the San Francisco Firefighters Toy ...

PHOENIX - A 3-year-old Arizona boy helped his 1-year-old sister escape Friday from a house fire that killed their mother and injured two other adults, authorities said. Fire crews responding to the fire in the Pinal County community of Maricopa south of Phoenix found the mother, 22-year-old Michelle Mariano, lying just a couple of feet from the mobile home's doorway, said ...

A former assistant fire chief accused in two Coatesville arsons this year walked into the Chester County Courthouse yesterday in shackles and exited without them, free to go home. Under a plea bargain that surprised the judge, Robert F. Tracey Jr., 37, of Coatesville, received a sentence of 242 days - the time he had served - to 23 months in ...

As a St. Paul firefighter, Ramon "Ray" Hain came in contact with a patient's body fluids in 1997. Doctors think he contracted a rare disease that weakened his heart. Hain, of Roseville, got a heart transplant in 1998 but had to retire in 2000 from the job he loved. In recent months, the 50-year-old Hain's heart began failing. He died last ...

Neighbors are mad about the Death of a man in a fire.

Friday, November 20, 2009 - Just a few minutes ago, career criminal Joseph Taye was convicted of First Degree Murder and sentenced to life in prison for causing the Line of Duty Death of Delaware City (DE) Fire/EMT Michelle Smith.

PITTSTON TOWNSHIP, PA – A fugitive wanted by authorities in Louisiana bolted from a traffic stop Tuesday night and led police on a foot pursuit that ended when he and three officers got stuck at the bottom of a 30-foot ravine. The officers detained and handcuffed Marc Keating, 33, at the bottom of the embankment off Tedrick Street and waited for ...

TAMPA - A man accused of hitting his estranged wife in the head with a hammer and setting her on fire will be held without bail at least until next week. Hillsborough Circuit Judge Walter R. Heinrich said he didn't have enough information to make a decision Thursday on whether to allow bail for Christopher Hanney. He set the case for ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — About $10,000 worth of jewelry was stolen from one of four people found shot to death last week inside a burning home in Oklahoma City, police said Thursday. Casey Barrientos, 32, of Oklahoma City, was wearing a large diamond-and-white-gold necklace, along with matching earrings and a bracelet, police Sgt. Gary Knight said. The jewelry has not been recovered, ...

FLORENCE, SC - A huge weight has been lifted off of Florence County’s Emergency Medical Services employees. Earlier this year, the county purchased 10 powered ambulance cots, which are powered by a hydraulic system that raises and lowers a patient with the touch of a button. The cots were purchased in an effort to reduce lifting injuries among EMS workers. “We ...

GENESEE COUNTY, MI - A Genesee County paramedic is accused of stealing pain medication and replacing it with a saline solution. Michael Rose is facing 14 counts in connection with a six-month-long investigation against him. [widget:criminal_justice_flywheel_links] Prosecutors said while on the job, Rose would put saline in vials that were supposed to contain morphine and fentanyl, thereby keeping the drugs for ...

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PHILADELPHIA - A former assistant fire chief accused in two Coatesville arsons this year walked into the Chester County Courthouse yesterday in shackles and exited without them, free to go home. Under a plea bargain that surprised the judge, Robert F. Tracey Jr., 37, of Coatesville, received a sentence of 242 days - the time he had served - to 23 ...

DETROIT - The 27-year-old businessman accused of paying a handyman $20 to burn a vacant house — a blaze that claimed the life of a Detroit firefighter — has been bound over for trial, the county Prosecutor’s Office said today. [widget:get_grants] Mario Willis is charged with felony murder and arson of a dwelling in the death last November of Walter Harris, ...