Tuesday, February 7, 2012

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Man charged with drunken driving in fire truck crash
Chicago Tribune
None of the victims -- including three children and four Chicago firefighters -- suffered life-threatening injuries when the truck, responding to a fire call, collided with a mid-size sedan at Halsted and 128th streets, police said.
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Police, firefighters hailed for rescues in North Side fire
Chicago Tribune
Police officers and firefighters rescued several people, including a critically injured 3-year-old girl and a man using a wheelchair, from a North Side apartment building Friday, officials said. Four adults, including a police officer, ...
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Retiring firefighter surprised by woman he delivered 28 years ago
9NEWS.com
GREELEY - After being a firefighter since 1979, Don Forster has a lot to reflect upon. As a Lieutenant, he has tragedies and triumphs. "I know two instances where I personally, you know, pulled someone from a burning building," Forster said.
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Obama plan would hire vets as cops, firefighters
Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday announced measures to hire Iraq and Afghanistan veterans to restore national parks and work as police and firefighters in a bid to cut veterans' above-average unemployment rate.
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Fire guts landmark church in central Illinois
Rockford Register Star
By Anonymous AP Athens Fire Department spokesman Bob Dowell says firefighters battled the blaze for more than eight hours before they left the scene early Saturday. Dowell says the former Athens Christian Church was destroyed.
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