Ga. Firefighters Help Fight Gulf Oil Spill

Posted on Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:20:15 +0000
<fieldset class="fieldgroup group-authors"><legend>Authors and source</legend><div class="field field-type-text field-field-author-external"> <div class="field-label">External author:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>S. Heather Duncan</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>The Macon Telegraph, Ga.</p> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p></p><p lang="en-US"> Sept. 07--Although firefighters are called on to deal with everything from wildfires to hurricanes, the massive BP oil spill in the Gulf was a new experience for the many Middle Georgia firefighters who spent weeks or months helping clean up oil and recover wounded animals.</p> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-web-exclusive"> <div class="field-label">Web exclusive:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 0Web exlusive </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-memberzone-only"> <div class="field-label">Memberzone only:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 0 </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-feedname"> <div class="field-label">Feedname:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> TRIBUNE </div> </div> </div>

Mass. FFs. Help Woman Stung by Bees

Posted on Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:16:53 +0000
<fieldset class="fieldgroup group-authors"><legend>Authors and source</legend><div class="field field-type-text field-field-author-external"> <div class="field-label">External author:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Story by thebostonchannel.com</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p>ATTLEBOROUGH, Mass. --</p> <p>An Attleborough woman was in the hospital Tuesday after she was stung hundreds of times by yellow jackets or wasps this weekend.</p> <p>A 53-year-old woman apparently fell onto a nest outside her Division Street home and the insects swarmed over her entire torso, eventually stinging her more than 500 times, officials said.</p> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-web-exclusive"> <div class="field-label">Web exclusive:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 0Web exlusive </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-memberzone-only"> <div class="field-label">Memberzone only:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 0 </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-feedname"> <div class="field-label">Feedname:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> IBSRSS </div> </div> </div>

Plane Crashes on Nev. Street, 1 Dead

Posted on Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:10:41 +0000
<fieldset class="fieldgroup group-authors"><legend>Authors and source</legend><div class="field field-type-text field-field-author-external"> <div class="field-label">External author:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>The Associated Press</p> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p> HENDERSON, Nev.<br /> -- </p> <p>A small plane crashed and burst into flames on a street in a southern Nevada residential neighborhood Monday, killing one person and badly injuring three others, authorities said.</p> <p>Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Sgt. John Sheahan said two males and two females were aboard the single-engine Piper Cherokee when it crashed in Henderson, just south of Las Vegas. He said it was a miracle no one on the ground was injured.</p> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-feedname"> <div class="field-label">Feedname:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> AP </div> </div> </div>

Off-Duty Tree Trimming Kills Pa. Chief

Posted on Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:08:34 +0000
<fieldset class="fieldgroup group-authors"><legend>Authors and source</legend><div class="field field-type-text field-field-author-external"> <div class="field-label">External author:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Story by wjactv.com</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p>MILESBURG, Pa. --</p> <p>Emergency responders in Centre County are confirming reports that the man killed in a tree trimming accident this morning is the chief of the Howard Fire Company.</p> <p>Authorities said 42-year-old Bob Mann was killed shortly before 10:30 a.m. when a tree he was cutting down near Milesburg toppled into another tree, then bounced back and pinned Mann underneath.</p> <p>A volunteer with the Howard Fire Company told WJAC-TV that a grief counselor has been called in to meet with volunteers Monday afternoon.</p> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-web-exclusive"> <div class="field-label">Web exclusive:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 0Web exlusive </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-memberzone-only"> <div class="field-label">Memberzone only:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 0 </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-feedname"> <div class="field-label">Feedname:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> IBSRSS </div> </div> </div>

Mass. Boy Survives Fall Down Well

Posted on Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:00:14 +0000
<fieldset class="fieldgroup group-authors"><legend>Authors and source</legend><div class="field field-type-text field-field-author-external"> <div class="field-label">External author:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Story by <a target="_new" href="http://www.thebostonchannel.com" />thebostonchannel.com</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p></p><p> A 6-year-old boy was recovering Saturday after falling 20 feet into a stone well in Shrewsbury. </p> <p> Fire officials received a call from a Barrows Road home at about 2:36 p.m. </p> <p> When crews arrived in the backyard, the boy&#x92;s father was outside of the well talking to the child. The boy was partially covered in concrete at the bottom of the structure. </p> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-feedname"> <div class="field-label">Feedname:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> IBSRSS </div> </div> </div>

Kids Rescued From Chicago Blaze

Posted on Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:47:08 +0000
<fieldset class="fieldgroup group-authors"><legend>Authors and source</legend><div class="field field-type-text field-field-author-external"> <div class="field-label">External author:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Megan Twohey</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Chicago Tribune</p> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p lang="en-US">Sept. 06--Several people, including two children, were rescued this morning from a blaze in a sparsely occupied Bronzeville condo building where conditions were described as "pretty bad" by a Chicago Fire Department spokesman.</p> <p>A firefighter was treated at the University of Chicago Medical Center for burns to his ears, said Chief Kevin MacGregor, a Fire Department spokesman.</p> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-web-exclusive"> <div class="field-label">Web exclusive:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 0Web exlusive </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-memberzone-only"> <div class="field-label">Memberzone only:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 0 </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-feedname"> <div class="field-label">Feedname:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> TRIBUNE </div> </div> </div>

Ariz. FFs Spend Hours at Fatal Scene

Posted on Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:16:43 +0000
<fieldset class="fieldgroup group-authors"><legend>Authors and source</legend><div class="field field-type-text field-field-author-external"> <div class="field-label">External author:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Elizabeth Erwin Reporter, KPHO.com Story by kpho.com</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p>PHOENIX --</p> <p>Department of Public Safety officials said two infants died after a three-vehicle crash in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 10 just before 1 a.m. Sunday morning.</p> <p>The accident involved two passenger cars and a fully-loaded fuel tanker. Four people, including the two infants, thee weeks and 13 months old, were rushed to local hospitals, Phoenix Fire Department officials said. DPS confirmed the infants did not survive.</p> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-web-exclusive"> <div class="field-label">Web exclusive:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 0Web exlusive </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-memberzone-only"> <div class="field-label">Memberzone only:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 0 </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-feedname"> <div class="field-label">Feedname:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> IBSRSS </div> </div> </div>

Plane Hits Home Near Ore. Airport

Posted on Sat, 04 Sep 2010 04:40:33 +0000
<fieldset class="fieldgroup group-authors"><legend>Authors and source</legend><div class="field field-type-text field-field-author-external"> <div class="field-label">External author:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Story by kptv.com</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p>AURORA, Ore. --</p> <p>A pilot practicing takeoffs and landings at the Aurora Airport smashed into the roof of a nearby home in a crash that seriously injured him but left the homeowner unharmed.</p> <p>Marion County deputies and the Aurora firefighters responded to a home in the 14000 block of Cessna Street Northeast at about 12:30 p.m. Friday and found a 1956 Aeronca Champion 7-AE sticking out of the manufactured home's roof.</p> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-web-exclusive"> <div class="field-label">Web exclusive:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 0Web exlusive </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-memberzone-only"> <div class="field-label">Memberzone only:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 0 </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-feedname"> <div class="field-label">Feedname:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> IBSRSS </div> </div> </div>

Wash. Woman Rescued by Neighbor

Posted on Sat, 04 Sep 2010 04:35:42 +0000
<fieldset class="fieldgroup group-authors"><legend>Authors and source</legend><div class="field field-type-text field-field-author-external"> <div class="field-label">External author:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Story by kptv.com</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p>VANCOUVER, Wash. --</p> <p>Two neighbors helped a woman escape from an early morning fire that caused $500,000 in damage to a Vancouver apartment building, firefighters said.</p> <p>Police dispatchers said they received a 911 call at about 1 a.m. Friday from a woman screaming, "My apartment is on fire." The line then line went dead.</p> <p>Vancouver fire crews arrived at the Autumn Chase Apartments in the 11000 block of Northeast Seventh Street about 5 minutes later.</p> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-web-exclusive"> <div class="field-label">Web exclusive:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 0Web exlusive </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-memberzone-only"> <div class="field-label">Memberzone only:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 0 </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-feedname"> <div class="field-label">Feedname:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> IBSRSS </div> </div> </div>

Ill. FFs 'Flush' Kitten From Sewer

Posted on Sat, 04 Sep 2010 04:30:07 +0000
<fieldset class="fieldgroup group-authors"><legend>Authors and source</legend><div class="field field-type-text field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Jacksonville Journal-Courier, Ill.</p> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p></p><p lang="en-US"> Sept. 03--South Jacksonville firefighters want to reunite a kitten rescued from a storm sewer and its owner.</p> <p> Firefighters were called about 8:30 p.m. Wednesday after a resident reported hearing what sounded like cries from an animal trapped in the storm sewer in the 2200 block of Magnolia Drive.</p> <p> Firefighters pulled off manhole covers around the location to find the animal, which turned out to be a kitten.</p> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-feedname"> <div class="field-label">Feedname:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> TRIBUNE </div> </div> </div>