Around $10 million in state funds headed to volunteer fire departments, helping address rising equipment costs
The Volunteer Firefighter Equipment and Training program is helping more than 200 departments pay for equipment and training to use it.
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Spartanburg Co. Fire Dept receives $300K worth of life saving equipment
The Glendale Fire Department received close to $300,000 from the state to purchase new, state-of-the-art Self-Contained ...
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Eaton Fire, one of the LA wildfires, blamed on utility company, lawsuit alleges
“They knew like everyone else did of the severe weather warnings, dry weather, high wind gusts, they had tools they could have used ... from its equipment around the time the Eaton Fire broke ...
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2 people used firetruck purchased at auction to impersonate firefighters in Pacific Palisades
Two people suspected of impersonating firefighters were detained Saturday after trying to go through a checkpoint limited to ...
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Torch used to melt ice causes fire, heavily damaging historic Lake County residence
PAINESVILLE, Ohio — A fire Wednesday that heavily damaged a Lake County home that housed several apartments was caused by someone using a torch to melt ice on an exterior wall, investigators say.
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California Firefighter Used Beer and Milk to Save Homes Without Water in LA Fire: 'It Was All I Could Do'
An Orange County Fire Chief used milk and beer to save two homes from burning down after the California wildfires ravaged his childhood neighborhood, Orange County Fire Authority Chief Brian ...
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Attack on Saif Ali Khan: Police find visuals of intruder, 'sneaked in earlier in the night'
The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist ...
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Saif Ali Khan attack: Suspect used stairs, entered through fire escape duct, say sources
The primary police investigations in Saif Ali Khan attack case has revealed that the suspect used the fire escape duct to reach the Bollywood actor's home in Bandra west, sources said on Thursday.
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What is pink fire retardant, being used to curb California wildfires,and what are the environmental concerns?
As California battles devastating wildfires, Phos-Chek, a hot-pink aerial fire suppressant, plays a crucial role in protecting communities. But what is it made of, and is it safe for the environment?
Big Island Now15d
Central Fire Station personnel, equipment to temporarily relocate
Hawaiʻi Fire Department personnel and equipment will temporarily relocate from an East Hawaiʻi fire station that Fire Chief Kazuo Todd said has served as a cornerstone of the Big Island’s ...
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How do you clean up a fire disaster unlike any other in modern times? ‘It’s going to be an enormous undertaking’
The Eaton and Palisades fires are the first and second-most destructive in Southern California history. “The Palisades fire alone is the size of Manhattan; just imagine the debris,” McIlreavy ...
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Pictures of L.A. fire damage show aftermath of California blazes
Attorneys representing some of those affected by the Eaton Fire filed a lawsuit against Southern California Edison alleging that the company's equipment sparked the disastrous blaze.