Investigators are looking into reports that a suspicious person was seen entering a for-sale historic property owned by Regions Bank on the Vieux Carre block that erupted in flame Thursday morning. The blaze gutted the interior of the building and damaged three buildings in total. Parts of the building fell onto Ursuline Street, presenting a major challenge to the responding firefighters ...

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Here’s a real-life variation on what you might call a lifeboat dilemma, in which you are asked what would you do in this situation, and why. It occurred over the weekend in northwest Tennessee, up near the Missouri line. OBION COUNTY, Tenn. – Imagine your home catches fire but the local fire department won’t respond, then watches it burn. That’s exactly ...

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 ...

Departments and companies around the country are looking for qualified firefighters and emergency related personnel. Find your next job by browsing these featured jobs. Need to customize your search by location or keyword? Start your own local search now. Page 2: EMS: Paramedic/EMT View featured jobs >> Page 3: Departments: Firefighters/Chiefs View featured jobs >> Page 4: Fire-related careers View featured ...

Firefighters are important to us all, and Cee Lo is making it known that firefighting professionals are especially important to him. The hit song of the year, "Forget You" has been completely re-recorded in a tribute to firefighters. According to Boombox, Cee Lo credits firefighters for rescuing his mother from a serious car crash. They also report that his mom was ...

Awareness is a firefighter's #1 tool when it comes to saving a life. Check out this collection of close calls and ask yourself what you would have done in the situation. Share your thoughts with the community and let's learn from what we've seen! Chimney Collapse → [page] Chimney Collapse Always Read the Smoke → [page] Always Read the Smoke ...

In a very basic sense, emergency response is a profession of total selflessness. Being a first responder means giving of yourself, without asking anything in return, and this is what EMS professionals all over the world do every day. You never know what you’re going to get at the beginning of a shift. You might respond to a cat-in-a-tree call, rescue ...

SPANISH FORK, Utah (AP) - Two sisters found nearly $18,000 in an abandoned duffel bag outside a Spanish Fork store and notified police. Twenty-one-year-old Michelle Pientka and her 16-year-old sister Jessica say they found the bag at a Macey's parking lot Tuesday night. They took it home but didn't look inside until the next morning, when they were startled by the ...

NEW YORK (AP) - They sometimes worked in pairs and pretended to be married so they could blend in as the couple next door while working as spies in a throwback to the Cold War, complete with fake identities, invisible ink, coded radio transmissions and encrypted data to avoid detection, authorities say. Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Farbiarz, speaking Monday in federal ...

Whether or not it’s back by popular demand, the 2012 New York City Fire Department calendar was unveiled yesterday after three years out of print. Officials from the department made famous by its heroic response to the 9/11 attacks previewed the risqué calendar April 21 on Good Morning America. According to the FDNY website, this is the first official calendar released ...

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 ...

With civilian firefighters stretched to the limit battling wildfires throughout Texas, the Air Force and Air National Guard are adding support to the local and state efforts already in place with new aerial firefighting equipment. FireLink recently heard first-hand from U.S. Air Force Col. Jack H. "Jay" Pittman, commander of 302nd Air Wing, about these efforts in a roundtable interview with ...