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Posted: Nov 22, 2021

PHOTOS: Training with Louisa County (VA) Fire EMS Recruits

Louisa County (VA) Fire EMS Firefighter 1 students have recently been training and even completed a few controlled burns over the weekend.

Their course is winding down, and the early-December test is approaching.

See training photos as well as those of the burns below:

Posted: Nov 22, 2021

Photo of the Day: November 22, 2021

Spencer Manufacturing—South Haven (MI) Area Emergency Services, walk-around rescue. Freightliner M2 106 cab and chassis; Detroit Diesel DD8 375-hp engine; 18.5-foot rescue body; Smart Power 8-kW generator. Dealer: Grant Spencer, Spencer Manufacturing. South Haven, MI.

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Posted: Nov 22, 2021

Homes destroyed, firefighter hurt in North Carolina island fire

VIDEO: A large fire broke out on Bald Head Island on Saturday at around 8 p.m. Three units in Lighthouse Landing and one home were destroyed in the fire. Drone video provided to WRAL News showed large areas reduced to ashes in the aftermath of the blaze. The massive fire took 60 firefighters to put out.
- PUB DATE: 11/22/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WRAL-TV NBC 5 Raleigh
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Posted: Nov 22, 2021

How the Las Vegas MGM Grand Fire 41 years ago changed fire codes and standards

Las Vegas’s MGM Grand Hotel and Casino fire, which occurred on November 21, 1980, killed 85 people and injured 700 more. The fire, caused by an electrical fault associated with a refrigerated pastry display case, originated in an unoccupied restaurant on the casino’s first floor. The fire was discovered by hotel staff early in the morning when, by that time, it had evolved to open flaming and was increasing in size and intensity.
- PUB DATE: 11/22/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Jensen Hughes
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Posted: Nov 22, 2021

Mystery safe found at Pennsylvania community center was cracked open by city firefighters; It wasn’t empty.

PHOTOS: Nobody is quite sure how long the four-and-a-half foot tall safe was nestled in the back half of a closet at the Old Pine Community Center in Society Hill. It had been there so long — turned backward so its handle and dial didn’t show — that staffers at the center assumed it was just a large metal box or an outdated piece of mechanical equipment.
- PUB DATE: 11/22/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Philadelphia Inquirer - Metered Site
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