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Posted: Jul 6, 2022

Long-time volunteer firefighter kidnapped in Alabama ‘a super, super woman’

The victim of yesterday’s Calhoun County kidnapping “could have been anyone,” according to Sheriff Matthew Wade. Instead, it was a woman known to most area law enforcement and emergency workers for almost three decades as a steady, steadying presence at crime scenes and accident sites. “She’s a super, super woman,” said Calhoun County Coroner Pat Brown about Betty Cobb, 75, who was found Monday, bound with duct tape in the closet of an Anniston home hours after she was snatched from her home on Choccolocco Road in rural Calhoun County.
- PUB DATE: 7/6/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: AL.com
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Posted: Jul 6, 2022

Firefighters Rescue Woman From Under Transit Bus in Connecticut

VIDEO: Several firefighters rescued a woman who was trapped under a CT Transit bus in Stamford on Tuesday. The incident happened at the intersection of Broad and Atlantic streets about 3 p.m. Officials said they received several 911 calls reporting the incident. Responding officials said a woman was trapped under the front axle of a tandem-style CT Transit bus.
- PUB DATE: 7/6/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WVIT-TV NBC 30 New Britain
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Posted: Jul 6, 2022

Florida firefighters surprised by gunfire during attempt to extinguish house blaze

VIDEO: Firefighters have a dangerous job to begin with, putting out risky and potentially deadly fires. They don’t expect to deal with gunfire in the process. A holiday fire call turned dangerous Monday night with first responders dodging bullets after Lauderhill Fire Rescue crews arrived to the scene of a house fire that was possibly started by fireworks.
- PUB DATE: 7/6/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPLG-TV ABC 10 Miami
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Posted: Jul 6, 2022

Fire and rescue paramedic students in Virginia participate in a first of its kind virtual reality training

VIDEO: Imagine having doctors, first responders, and paramedics go through real life training before they ever enter the field, without the real life consequences. That’s what students from Roanoke County Fire and Rescue experienced as part of a research study to see how these simulations affect a student’s critical thinking.
- PUB DATE: 7/6/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSLS-TV NBC 10 Roanoke
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Posted: Jul 6, 2022

5-year-old boy critically injured after falling from 2nd-story window in Marysville home

Fire crews say a 5-year-old boy was critically injured after falling from a second-story window at home on Saturday. Marysville Fire District firefighters treated the child at the home before paramedics from Snohomish Regional Fire and Rescue took him to the hospital. According to the fire district, there were 22 documented window falls in Snohomish County in 2021.
- PUB DATE: 7/6/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle
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