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Posted: Jun 17, 2022

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Sutphen—Palm Bay (FL) Fire Rescue SPH 100 aerial platform quint. Monarch cab and chassis; Cummins X12 500-hp engine; Hale Qmax 2,000-gpm pump; UPF Poly 300-gallon water tank; 100-foot aerial platform; stainless steel body; Smart Power 6-kW generator; Akron monitors; Brigade 360 camera. Dealer: David Stonitsch, South Florida Emergency Vehicles, Fort Myers, FL.

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Posted: Jun 17, 2022

VIDEO: Massive fire erupts at California tire yard

Several agencies were heavily engaged with a massive fire that broke out at a tire yard in Montebello Friday morning. The fire was first reported just after 2:15 a.m. on Bluff Road near Maynard Road, prompting a long battle between firefighters and the massive flames. According to Montebello Fire Department, the fire was very stubborn due to the burning rubber and was expected to continue for hours.
- PUB DATE: 6/17/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCBS-TV CBS 2 Los Angeles
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Posted: Jun 17, 2022

Ohio firefighter helps save life of referee during basketball league game

After wrapping up a 24-hour shift as a firefighter in Toledo, Ohio, this past weekend, Myles Copeland went to New York to suit up for his other job, a player for Toledo Glass City of The Basketball League, for a playoff game against the Jamestown Jackals. But his two worlds collided near the end of the first quarter of Saturday's game when a referee, John Sculli, passed out on the court and became unresponsive.
- PUB DATE: 6/17/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ESPN
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Posted: Jun 17, 2022

Fifty years later, the Vendome fire in Boston still casts a tragic shadow

PHOTOS: Fred Sullivan stood in complete darkness on the fourth floor of the Hotel Vendome, a rookie Boston firefighter waiting for orders as the remnants of a four-alarm fire were being extinguished at the once-elegant building on Commonwealth Avenue and Dartmouth Street. It was the afternoon of June 17, 1972, and Sullivan could hear his experienced colleagues about 25 yards away, talking among themselves, some leaning against a wall.
- PUB DATE: 6/17/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Boston Globe - Metered Site
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Posted: Jun 17, 2022

Giving firefighter dads a well-deserved hobby upgrade in Texas

Houston Life went on the hunt for deserving dads to give a hobby upgrade in time for Father’s Day, and we found them at Katy Fire Department. Teaming up with Academy Sports + Outdoors in Katy, we called upon store director James Bage to lean on his hobby upgrading skills. Dad No. 1, Captain Matthew Ondruch, has two little girls and not only is Katy Fire Department’s very first Training Captain, he also teaches EMS classes at the local colleges.
- PUB DATE: 6/17/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPRC-TV NBC 2 Houston
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