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NEW YORK (AP) - A would-be firefighter died after collapsing during training because he was singled out to repeat a dangerously grueling exercise without oxygen and other basic rescue equipment, his widow said in a $10 million lawsuit filed Tuesday. Jamel Sears passed a strenuous test that involved hauling a 100-pound dummy and running up and down stairs in heavy gear, ...

YONKERS — A firefighter searching for victims at a house fire here was killed early Friday, the authorities said. The firefighter, Patrick Joyce, died about 2 a.m., Mayor Philip A. Amicone said. Witnesses had told firefighters that there were people on the top floor, and Mr. Amicone said that Firefighter Joyce and another firefighter were searching when the intense heat ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — More than 5,000 firefighters lined several city blocks in Buffalo and saluted with white-gloved hands as the flag-draped casket of a fellow firefighter arrived at a downtown cathedral. The sad scene played out twice Friday on a day of mourning. First, family, friends and colleagues followed the casket of Lt. Charles "Chip" McCarthy for his funeral, and later, ...

TOPEKA | The Fire Department is looking for relatives of a firefighter who died while responding to a 1926 blaze. The city says Silas Brown’s name will be added Oct. 11 to the Kansas State Fallen Firefighters Memorial in Wichita. [widget:news__lodd_forum] The color guard for Topeka Local No. 83 of the International Association of Fire Fighters will be there. And relatives ...

LOS ANGELES — As the roaring wall of flame raged through the Angeles National Forest, firefighters Ted Hall and Arnie Quinones worked feverishly to protect their fire-crew camp, made up mostly of prison inmates. But all too suddenly, the fire invaded the campsite. Hall and Quinones shepherded 55 inmates and several corrections and fire personnel into a cinderblock dining hall to ...

YONKERS, N.Y. — One firefighter is dead and two others are critically injured after battling a violent three-alarm fire that tore through a three-story home in Westchester early Friday morning. The fast-moving blaze at 148 Waverly Street in Yonkers was reported at 1 a.m. and was declared under control within the hour at 1:57 a.m. During a 6 a.m. press conference, ...

Firefighters from around the Northwest are climbing the stairs of Two Union Square Saturday to honor New York Firefighters lost in the 9-11 attacks. The first annual 9-11 Memorial Stair Climb starts at 9:30 a.m. As the firefighters climb to the 55th floor twice representing the 110 stories of the Twin Towers they'll carry a photo of one of the 343 ...

The law requires the American flag be lowered in tribute on only a few days each year. Very appropriately, one of these days is the observance of the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service, this year, on October 4, 2009. We hope to see you there but if not, hopefully at minimum, your flag will be lowered. On October 16, 2001, President George ...

"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 → ...

As thousands converge on Colorado Springs this weekend for an annual ceremony honoring the nation’s fallen firefighters, members of the Colorado Springs Fire Department will be behind the scenes, attending to the families of the fallen. On Saturday, 122 names will be added to the International Association of Fire Fighters’ black granite wall in Memorial Park. Volunteers from Colorado Springs will ...

Tennessee Responder Dies After Crash The Johnson County, Tenn. responder who was in critical condition following a Sept. 15 ambulance crash has died, sources reported Friday. Joseph R. Barlow, 55, of Mountain City, passed away at Johnson City Medical Center, according to TriCities.com. He had been ejected from the ambulance and airlifted from the scene. The website also reported that Barbara ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Firefighters tried to hold back a massive wildfire from consuming thousands of homes and a communications center in Los Angeles County on Monday as they mourned two firefighters killed when their vehicle rolled down a mountain side. About 12,000 homes, as well as crucial communications and astronomy centers atop Mount Wilson, were threatened by fire. On the ...

Zygimantas Zalys, “Z” to all of his friends and coworkers, joined the Occoquan-Woodbridge-Lorton Volunteer Fire Department in June 2005. “Z” joined the department so he could become an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT). “Z” wanted to help people. “Z” immediately started riding an ambulance out of OWL Station 12 while he went through his EMT training. After completing EMT class, “Z” ...

St. Louis paramedic nearly drowns in complex pool   07:56 AM CDT on Friday, July 17, 2009     (KMOV) -- A St. Louis paramedic is hospitalized after she nearly drowned in a south St. Louis pool.   This happened around 11:30 a.m. Thursday in the 7800 block of Bandero.   Witnesses told investigators that Brenda Schaefer, 36, was sitting ...

NEW YORK - A firefighter and two cops who worked at Ground Zero in the days and weeks after Sept. 11 have died of cancer in the past five days, the Daily News has learned. Family members and advocates are blaming their deaths on toxins released into the air after the twin towers collapsed - and they're urging Congress to act ...

Thursday, September 10, 2009 - Two Volunteer Firefighters who rushed into a burning restaurant to save two men thought to be trapped inside collapsed and were themselves rescued, one with no pulse and not breathing.

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POWAY, CA - As the Huntington Manor Fire Department's chaplain, Richard Holst was known to many firefighters only by his nickname, "Rev," the man you turned to in times of stress and grief. Sunday, the fire department grieved for Holst, along with hundreds from across the region, as they attended a firehouse wake for the 31-year veteran, who died Wednesday of ...