Tuesday, January 24, 2012

On the web and in the news

Fire Department Ordered to Keep Receipts
WNEP-TV
By Jim Murdoch The mayor of Wilkes-Barre Township said Monday he still has confidence in the volunteer fire department, even though state police raided the place Friday and even though the fire chief has been charged with theft.
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Firefighters Give Support Dog To Kid In Need
FOX2now.com
So when the department heard Zach had spent the past year and a half trying to get a service dog, Creve Coeur's firefighters raced to his rescue again, volunteering to pay all the costs from their own pockets. On Monday, at the offices of Support Dogs ...
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Horse drawn chemical truck, San Luis Obispo firefighters in 1906 ...
By David Middlecamp
CHEMICAL TRUCK — The latest thing in fire fighting equipment — in 1906, that is—is pictured here in a photo which was presented to the San Luis Obispo fire department by Mrs. Callie M. John in 1948. The gallant volunteers in uniform are as follows: Top row, left to right—Charles ... art firefighting in San Luis Obispo until 1916 when petrol would replace equine power. This photo was made a year after one of the worst fires in history struck downtown, destroying a whole city block.

Fireground Search: How Do you Know?
FireEngineering.com
By Jerry Knapp Firefighters take house fires for granted, but I'm not sure why. House and residential fires in America account for a death rate (on average) of one every three hours or about eight per day. Residential fires account of an annual loss of ...
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Burning Questions - Chicago Sun-Times
While hall fixtures and furniture were destroyed, firefighters managed to save most of the structure itself. Schuette would go on to shepherd reconstruction and modernization of the school at a cost of $30000, according to a parish publication. ...
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