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Posted: Jun 3, 2022

Four FDNY Firefighters Die From 9/11-Related Illnesses Within a Week

Within the past week, four more members of the FDNY have died of 9/11-related illnesses. Supervising Fire Marshal John McCauley and firefighter Robert Reynolds passed away on Saturday. Firefighter Michael Verzi died Sunday, and Deputy Chief Vincent Mandala died two days after that. Each served at least twenty years with the fire department, according to service records.
- PUB DATE: 6/3/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WNBC-TV NBC 4 New York
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Posted: Jun 3, 2022

North Carolina county, fire departments team with tech college to recruit more diverse firefighters

Wake County is teaming up with Wake Tech Community College and six other fire departments to recruit more people to work for them. The program is called “Career in a Year.” The goal is to increase racial and gender diversity within its fire departments. The county says right now 97 percent of staff with Wake County Fire Services are male.
- PUB DATE: 6/3/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WRC-TV NBC 4 Washington, D.C.
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Posted: Jun 3, 2022

June 2, 1983: 23 passengers die onboard Air Canada Flight 797 that caught fire, landed in Ohio

VIDEO: On June 2, 1983, 23 passengers died in a fire onboard Air Canada Flight 797. The flight was coming from Dallas, Texas, and heading to Toronto, Canada, when the cabin crew discovered smoke in a rear lavatory. According to the aircraft accident report, the crew attempted to extinguish the hidden fire before contacting air traffic control and declaring an emergency.
- PUB DATE: 6/3/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPBF-TV ABC 25 Tequesta
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Posted: Jun 3, 2022

Vancouver shop fire spreads, 1 firefighter hospitalized

A shop fire, combined with multiple propane tank explosions, sent heavy black smoke into the Vancouver sky on Thursday afternoon. Around 4 p.m., multiple fire agencies were dispatched to 8503 NE 80th Ave, after receiving numerous reports of dark smoke in the area. Crews discovered a fire in a large shop that was also torching several trees.
- PUB DATE: 6/3/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOIN-TV CBS 6 Portland
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Posted: Jun 3, 2022

South King Fire's new rescue boat ‘Zenith’ expected to make regional impact

PHOTOS: To reach South King Fire and Rescue’s new fire boat, you have to walk past the old vessel housed at the Des Moines Marina. Despite providing rescue services in south Puget Sound for almost 40 years, the white 32-foot fire boat, built in 1985, looks far less powerful than its sleek aluminum 43-foot replacement poised at the end of the dock.
- PUB DATE: 6/3/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Kent Reporter
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