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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 ...

SPOKANE -- A criminally insane killer who strangled a woman because voices told him she was a witch has walked away from an Eastern State Hospital field trip to the Spokane Interstate Fair. Deputies are combing the fairgrounds and the perimeter within several blocks of the sprawling complex in search of Phillip Paul, 47, a man with a history of escape and assault in ...

Friends mourned for three women fatally shot during their exercise class at a Pittsburgh-area gym by a man whose online diary revealed he felt ignored by women and had an "exit plan" to avenge his rage. George Sodini went to a sprawling L.A. Fitness Club on Tuesday night, turned out the lights on the "Latin impact" dance-aerobics class for women, and ...

Every year ARFF Marines from Marine Corps Air Station Yuma participate in the Somerton Fire Muster that brings together all departments in the region for a little friendly competition. Ooh-rah Marines.

It used to be that to work from home meant that you had a home office and worked for someone else. Maybe someone started a home business that took off and they were able to work from home or be home based. Let’s look at two common ways you can work from home. 1. Telecommute There is no doubt this is ...

In these financially challenging times, it is important that people think outside the box if they wish to generate income. Traditional employment will not cut it anymore because there are numerous companies that are already folding up. Hence, the employment market is crowded with the influx of citizens who need a job. But this does not mean that you should ...

There is a new organization beginning in the city of Folsom, California. The main purpose of this organization is to provide home and property fire safety information to the general public. Working with the Folsom Fire Department, the Bureau of Land Management and State Beaches & Parks this organizations first targets will be people with larger properties that back up to ...

NEW YORK - The fifth and final borough showdown in the Daily News' FDNY Five Alarm Cookoff Competition was the hottest to date, thanks to the culinary chops of the trio of firefighting cheftestants. All three Manhattan competitors - Steve Brunner from Ladder 36 in Inwood, Scott Worontzoff of Engine 58 in Harlem and William (Billy) Benitez of Ladder 1 in ...

I am submitting this article and asking for your help.  All 6 of the EMT's / Paramedics who responded to this gruesome incident are friends of mine.  Please keep each one of them, as well as the survivors in your thoughts and prayers.........Ross The mother of a little boy who wasn’t quite 2 when severe head injuries claimed his life Sunday told ...

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 ...

Enjoy the post-holiday spoils by sharing your leftovers with the rest of the department with some of our favorite after-Thanksgiving recipes. So stop licking your lips and get cooking! Sources: Food Network, Epicurious, About.com Recipe: Turkey Barbecue → [page] Turkey Barbecue Ingredients: Instructions: • 16 oz canned tomatoes; cut up • 6 oz tomato paste • 1 tsp Powdered mustard • ...

THE RICHLANDTOWN FIRE CO. #1, BUCKS COUNTY, PA., WILL BE HOSTING IT'S SECOND ANNUAL FIRE PREVENTION OPEN HOUSE.  ALL ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND.  FESTIVITIES WILL START AT APPROX. 19:00 HRS ON THURS., OCT. 8TH.   THE ACTIVITIES WILL CONTINUE UNTIL APPROX. 21:00 HRS.  ON HAND WILL BE NUMEROUS FIRE APPARATUS, VIDEO PRESENTATIONS, LIVE FIRE DEMONSTRATIONS, AND OTHER FUNCTIONS.  THERE WILL ALSO BE ...

Today was a holiday for many, and for some not a good one.  In one incident ( http://www.wmur.com/news/21271990/detail.html  ) four people were killed in one MVA.  Then a short time ( matter of hours) later, another was killed  (  http://www.wmur.com/news/21273458/detail.html  )  in an MVA, semi Vs SUV. It may not seem like many for a larger state, but for NH it ...

PACIFIC BEACH - Nearly five years ago, paramedic Annie O'Connell and her fellow firefighters made a special connection with a little girl they treated after she was found unconscious in a neighbor's hot tub in Pacific Beach. "We were all devastated. These calls break your heart," O'Connell said. "You know you did the best you could, but there's a dark cloud ...

So let me ask you: how long ago was it you were in the fire academy? Just a few months? Five years? Twenty? I've noticed through my career, as many of you have, that many firefighting skills are perishable...lose them if you don't use them. So I wanted to submit this quick article as a challenge to all firefighters. It's time ...

The following essay was published by the Huffington post.  At it's face it seems a mad rant against firefighting, but in reality is a stirical jibe at the oppostion to any proposal against any public healthcare system as part of the current reform discussion.  Using the opposition's own arguements, the author, David Quigg, appers to substitute the concept of publicly provided ...

Legislation that would reauthorize AFG and SAFER and make several changes to the programs was introduced into the House of Representatives on Tuesday. H.R. 3791, the Fire Grants Reauthorization Act of 2009, would extend the programs for five years. The provisions in H.R. 3791 are based on a series of policy recommendations that were agreed by several national fire service organizations. ...

Calif. county hopes to end fire station brownouts By Roger H. Aylworth The Chico Enterprise-Record OROVILLE, Calif. — At the request of a Chico supervisor and with the concurrence of the rest of the Board of Supervisors, Butte County staff is going to take a look at whether the system of closing one fire station a day can be halted. Tuesday, Supervisor ...

  There has always been too much recognition given to certain groups of people. Entertainers, sports figures and many others who are in the public eye receive an excessive amount of praise and acknowledgement.  Since 9-11 there has been a tremendous push to put our civil servants (emergency response workers) in this lime light.  The media along with some of the ...