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FDNY: Radio training needed after Deutsche Bank fire
Associated Press (August 21, 2008)
Thirtymile crew chief will avoid prison time
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News (August 21, 2008)
Tropical Storm Fay expected to hit FL a third time
Associated Press (August 21, 2008)
NM city's youngest firefighter beats cancer
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News (August 21, 2008)
PA female volunteer numbers on the rise
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News (August 21, 2008)
Tampa council to decide firefighter pay raises
Tampa Tribune, Fla. (August 21, 2008)
Man dies when bluff collapses at San Diego beach
Associated Press (August 21, 2008)
Operations get complicated at IL mill incident
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News (August 20, 2008)
Wildfire prompts evacuation order in WA
Associated Press (August 20, 2008)
CO firefighter's job safer after losing weight
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services -- Unrestricted (August 19, 2008)
AL city's fire chief to retire in October
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News (August 21, 2008)
Waste container was source of VA warehouse fire
Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va. (August 20, 2008)
Flooding prompts Oklahoma City-area rescues
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services -- Unrestricted (August 19, 2008)
Firefighters probe natural gas leaks at NY campus
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services -- Unrestricted (August 19, 2008)
Flooding recedes in TX
Associated Press (August 19, 2008)
FL town to join legal battle over fire services
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services -- Unrestricted (August 19, 2008)
No injuries after tour bus catches fire in Dallas
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services -- Unrestricted (August 19, 2008)
More abandoned houses burn overnight in NC city
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services -- Unrestricted (August 19, 2008)
Fire hits Egypt's parliament
Associated Press (August 19, 2008)
Upstate NY firefighters deliver three babies in transit
Associated Press (August 19, 2008)
Garden hose used to control PA house fire
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News (August 19, 2008)
WV firefighters go wireless, tap into building info
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services -- Unrestricted (August 18, 2008)
Tanker crash closes major AK highway
Associated Press (August 18, 2008)
Firefighter injured in training accident in AZ
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services -- Unrestricted (August 18, 2008)
AZ firefighters, cops seek new labor relations system
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services -- Unrestricted (August 18, 2008)
Quickly spreading brush fire burns NV homes
Associated Press (August 18, 2008)
Second NE firefighter arrested in drug case
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services -- Unrestricted (August 18, 2008)
Ceremony for firefighters killed in Deutsche Bank fire
Associated Press (August 18, 2008)
Tucson arson destroys home, kills family pets
The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson (August 18, 2008)
Construction progress slow at WTC site
Newsday, Melville, N.Y. (August 18, 2008)
'We dodged a bullet' on CA base fire, official says
The Sacramento Bee, Calif. (August 18, 2008)
Man killed, wife injured in Baltimore rowhouse fire
The Baltimore Sun, Maryland (August 18, 2008)
Fire destroys Detroit church; arson suspected
Detroit Free Press (August 18, 2008)
Minneapolis hotel evacuated because of chemical spill
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News (August 18, 2008)
Seven hurt when car hits pedestrians, PA home
The Morning Call, Allentown, Pennsylvania (August 18, 2008)
AZ department struggles to pay down deficit
The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson (August 18, 2008)
CA man rescued after two nights in old mine
Associated Press (August 17, 2008)
NYC could be charged in Deutsche Bank fire
United Press International (August 17, 2008)
Fire consumes chemical storage unit near OK airport
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News (August 17, 2008)
Upstate NY house fire fueled by petroleum-based siding
Times Union, Albany, N.Y. (August 17, 2008)
Years of planning, work lead to new WV fire hall
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News (August 17, 2008)
FL firefighters train at charter school buildings
South Florida Sun-Sentinel (August 17, 2008)
High demand for medics in OK
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News (August 17, 2008)
Fire at CA air base burns 80 vacant homes
Associated Press (August 16, 2008)
Five kids among seven killed in Memphis house fire
Associated Press (August 16, 2008)
FL firefighters reflect on scaffold collapse rescue
South Florida Sun-Sentinel (August 16, 2008)
NE department swamped by requests for detectors
Omaha World-Herald, Neb. (August 16, 2008)
Crane leg collapses in MA shipyard, kills worker
AFX News Limited (August 15, 2008)
Fighting some forest fires calls for a natural touch
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services -- Unrestricted (August 15, 2008)
Worry over wildland tactics grows after deaths
Associated Press (August 15, 2008)
Firefighter who died at Toronto explosion remembered
Canadian Press (August 15, 2008)
Fallen PA firefighter's last call
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services -- Unrestricted (August 15, 2008)
Review slated for TX arson case that ended in execution
Associated Press (August 15, 2008)
OR service honors nine killed in fire copter crash
Associated Press (August 15, 2008)
FL city favors sharing fire chief
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services -- Unrestricted (August 15, 2008)
Two KY churches gutted by fire; one ruled arson
Associated Press (August 15, 2008)
WV fire official: Total control a must for hazmat accidents
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services -- Unrestricted (August 15, 2008)
VA firefighters to receive PETA award for saving cats from fire
The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va. (August 15, 2008)
Firefighters grateful huge PA fire wasn't worse
The Philadelphia Inquirer (August 15, 2008)
ATV will help SC crews douse hard-to-reach fires
Herald-Journal, Spartanburg, S.C. (August 15, 2008)
GA boat fire injures four
The Macon Telegraph, Ga. (August 15, 2008)
IN department trains on hazmat with rail tanker car
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News (August 15, 2008)
Storm briefly knocks out PA county 911 center's system
York Daily Record, Pa. (August 15, 2008)
Upstate NY firefighter gets probation for arson
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News (August 15, 2008)
Wildland firefighting changed after 1988 Yellowstone fire
The Salt Lake Tribune (August 15, 2008)
UT firefighters free boys trapped in gun safe
The Salt Lake Tribune (August 15, 2008)
Boy swept into Lake Michigan meets rescuers
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services -- Unrestricted (August 14, 2008)
Insurers get cold feet where wildfires burn
Associated Press (August 14, 2008)
OR tribes object to fighting fire in sacred places
Associated Press (August 14, 2008)
Grant aimed at helping 9/11 responders' health woes
Newsday, Melville, N.Y. (August 14, 2008)
Houston ammonia leak contained
United Press International (August 14, 2008)
WI chief makes plans to start a new chapter in his life
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News (August 14, 2008)
Bodybuilding ex-firefighter's appeal set for next week
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News (August 14, 2008)
KS department has first female battalion chief
The Wichita Eagle, Kan. (August 14, 2008)
KY volunteer departments could lose immunity
Lexington Herald-Leader (August 14, 2008)
Firefighters rescue workers from FL high-rise
South Florida Sun-Sentinel (August 14, 2008)
PA chief ends 30 years of service
The Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. (August 14, 2008)
NM fire chief says firefighters quit in protest
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News (August 14, 2008)
Class lawsuit filed over Toronto gas blast
United Press International (August 13, 2008)
Mumbai building collapse kills 11 people
Associated Press (August 13, 2008)
MN chief takes on role in troubled department
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services -- Unrestricted (August 13, 2008)
Fire burns building at Apple headquarters in CA
Associated Press (August 13, 2008)
Yellowstone National Park recovers from 1988 fires
Associated Press (August 13, 2008)
Dallas man accused of making 235 prank calls to 911
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services -- Unrestricted (August 13, 2008)
Bigger, tougher fires bring CA to the brink
Associated Press (August 13, 2008)
FL city honors firefighter's war heroism
The Bradenton Herald, Fla. (August 13, 2008)
Wrong-way NC apparatus wreck partly tied to SUV
The Charlotte Observer, N.C. (August 13, 2008)
Vehicle blocking hydrant slowed TX response
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News (August 13, 2008)
Rooftop rescue for oversized stabbing victim in NY
Times Union, Albany, N.Y. (August 13, 2008)
Ex-fire official accused of fraud must stay in jail
The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. (August 13, 2008)
IL chief won't change exercise policy after complaint
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News (August 13, 2008)
Assistant fire chief loses stepson in FL crash
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services -- Unrestricted (August 12, 2008)
PA firefighter testifies against man who tried to run him down
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services -- Unrestricted (August 12, 2008)
FEMA to probe underground fuel tanks around U.S.
Associated Press (August 12, 2008)
VA department will increase staff
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News (August 12, 2008)
PA lawmakers seek to boost volunteer firefighting
The Philadelphia Inquirer (August 12, 2008)
Apparatus driving against traffic collides with SUV
The Charlotte Observer, N.C. (August 12, 2008)
Five pulled from PA reservoir
The Tribune-Democrat, Johnstown, Pennsylvania (August 12, 2008)
Program thins NC forest to prevent wildfires
The Daily News, Jacksonville, N.C. (August 12, 2008)

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