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Everyone knows the best pranks are the ones you're not expecting. When it comes to firehouse pranks, FireLink members have seen some of the best, so sit back and enjoy our collection of FireLink's 15 Favorite Firehouse Pranks! Number 15 → [page] Chainsaw Wake-Up Call Number 14 → [page] New Recruit Photo Shoot Number 13 → [page] Special Delivery Number ...

For those whose lives are focused around fire and rescue, this one is for you. We have compiled this series of incredible and jaw-dropping explosions for your viewing entertainment. Now sit back and be prepared to have your mind blown! #15: Chemical Tanker → [page] Chemical Tanker Comment on this Video #14: Backdraft Levels 2-Story Building → [page] Backdraft Levels ...

For one reason or another, sometimes we can spot images in the most unlikey places. We have a collection of photos where some have said they can spot a face - can you see them too? Test your detective skills and tell us what you see! An Easy Warm-Up → [page] Easy Warm-Up Did you find it? Check your answer ...

Fire and rescue professionals get to experience some of the most bizarre situations imaginable! That's why we put a collection together of FireLink's craziest news stories of 2009. Think you’ve heard them all? We bet you’d be surprised… I Can't Control My Weiner Mobile! → [page] I Can't Control My Weiner Mobile! Oscar Mayer Wienermobile crashes into Wis. homeSource: WSBT-TV ...

Sometimes the best stories are the ones you can't make up. When it comes to emergency dispatch, this tends to be the case. Sit back and enjoy this list of some of the most outrageous 9-1-1 calls we've ever heard. *Note: All videos may not be real First Video >>> [page] I Need A BambulanceWarning: Strong Language Next Video >>> ...

JERICHO, AR - A small Arkansas town is without their fire chief. He's recovering at The MED after he was shot in court by a police officer. The courtroom chaos happened Thursday, August 27, 2009 in Jericho, a tiny town of 200 just north of Marion. Crime scene tape still surrounds Jericho City Hall where Chief Don Payne was shot in ...

The tradition of bagpipes played at fire and police department funerals in the United States goes back over one hundred fifty years. Due to discrimination in the 1840s, the only jobs that Irish immigrants could get were the ones no one else wanted. Because they were considered dirty and dangerous, firefighting and police officer roles were the most popular. When ...

HOPKINTON, CT — A volunteer firefighter with the Moosup Fire Department in Plainfield, Conn., died Monday night of injuries he suffered when his motor scooter hit a deer on Route 138 Sunday. Alan J. Smith, 41, and several friends in a motor scooter club were riding to Narragansett Sunday morning when a deer bolted from the woods and hit the scooter ...

In 1991, a fire at a Los Angeles fabric store called “D & M Yardage” escalated to the point of destruction. An employee remembered, “I could hear all the windows bursting open.” It was a family business, fueled mostly by neighborhood customers and regulars. There was no ill will that the owner knew of, it was a safe neighborhood, and yet ...

NEW YORK - A dozen New York City firefighters were hurt - including a seriously injured driver who got trapped in an overturned vehicle - when two trucks rushing to a gas leak collided in a Brooklyn intersection Saturday morning, officials said. Witnesses described a collision between Engine Company No. 236 and Ladder Company No. 107 at the corner of Ashford ...

"We will win this struggle not for glory, nor wealth, nor power, but for justice, for freedom, and for peace; So help us God."- Tom Harkin "You can be sure that the American spirit will prevail over this tragedy."- Colin Powell View September 11th Tribute Videos → [page] Remembering that Fateful Day Next → [page] Remember Our Fallen Next → ...

ANCHORAGE - Daniel Skriloff, an Alaska wildfire fighter, had just come off the line, battling the oppressive heat and smoke of the 12,000-acre Hardluck Creek blaze near Fairbanks, when he got the bad news. Back at the Palmer-based headquarters for the Pioneer Peak Hotshots, thieves -- as part of a storm of theft and destruction -- broke into and stole his ...

NEW YORK In a telltale sign that the events of 9/11 have not been forgotten, the occupation of firefighter topped the rankings in a new Harris Poll that asked people to rate the prestige they associate with various professions. Sixty-two percent of respondents associated "very great prestige" with the job of firefighter, putting it ahead of such contenders as scientist (57 ...

HOUSTON - While local civil rights groups complained Tuesday about what they call ongoing tactics of intimidation against two female firefighters who formally complained in July of racist and sexist graffiti at the station where they worked, the lawyer for the two women said he doubts the official investigation into the matter is being taken seriously or any real progress made. ...

MIRA MESA – San Diego firefighter Jonathan Bowens got hit by a truck – his own big red fire engine – early Sunday morning, spent several hours at the hospital before shrugging off the pain and heading back to work. “It's just a little sore; it's not debilitating,” Bowens said in an interview. “A little Alleve and ibuprofen and I'll ...

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BUFFALO - A man was arrested Tuesday and charged with torching his own family's home on East Delavan Avenue, where firefighters rescued the suspect's daughter from the second floor of the burning building. Firefighters Dwayne Cathcart and John Keany of Engine 31 were credited with saving the life of Marlene Casey, 25, who was listed in serious condition Tuesday night in ...

UK - John Backhouse drove the ambulance to hospital while his junior colleague tried to resuscitate the patient with CPR and adrenalin. Unknown to the trainee the man had already passed away. Backhouse insisted he had already told his colleague that the patient had died and claimed that leaving him with the body was "a perfect life experience example". The paramedic ...

ST. PETERSBURG - A St. Petersburg fire truck heading to a call of a bleeding man apparently ran over the man. According to St. Petersburg Fire Rescue, the department received a call about 3:45 p.m. today about a "person bleeding'' in the 400 block of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street South. That location is about a block from the fire ...

MIAMI - A woman set herself on fire at a Miami mall Thursday, then walked around engulfed in flames as shocked shoppers watched, authorities said. Two men and a woman who tried to help her were hurt, but not badly. The 43-year-old woman, whose name was not released, doused herself with a flammable liquid at the Mall of the Americas, said ...