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Posted: Jun 3, 2021

This San Francisco firefighter has a secret alter ego: Chicano Flame

PHOTOS: For 30 years, Ramon Barreto has worked as a San Francisco firefighter, responding to calls within the city and facing down some of the region’s most challenging wildfires. But by night, he brings that blazing energy into the ring as one of the Bay Area’s most legendary wrestlers: Chicano Flame.
- PUB DATE: 6/3/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: SF Gate
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Posted: Jun 3, 2021

North Carolina fire department to celebrate 50th anniversary

It all started after a furniture factory burned down. The factory, once located at the end of Putnam Street in the Chesterfield community, caught fire at a point when fire service was provided in the area by a joint effort from the city of Morganton, Oak Hill Fire and what later became Triple Community Fire Department, Chesterfield Fire Chief James Robinson said.
- PUB DATE: 6/3/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The News Herald
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Posted: Jun 3, 2021

Missouri electric power utility donates state-of-the-art fire truck to St. Louis Fire Department

VIDEO: The St. Louis Fire Department is showing off its newest fire truck, all thanks to Ameren Missouri. The truck costs about $1 million dollars and it took 9 to 10 months to design and another to build. Ameren Missouri helped with the design and donated the truck to the fire department. St. Louis City has two to three significant underground every year that can burn for hours, which can extensive damage and outages.
- PUB DATE: 6/3/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KMOV-TV CBS 4 St. Louis
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Posted: Jun 3, 2021

Salvaged American flag returned to owner after devastating fire in South Carolina

VIDEO/PHOTOS: Firefighters were able to return a woman's American flag from her apartment after losing her home to a 4-alarm fire in Myrtle Beach Wednesday morning. The flag was all she had left. It was emotional devastation for firefighters, and the people who stood watching the fire destroy their homes.
- PUB DATE: 6/3/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPDE-TV ABC 15 Florence
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Posted: Jun 3, 2021

Team Rubicon sending 40 veterans and volunteers to Malden to help with fire-mitigation

Team Rubicon (TR), a veteran-led non-profit disaster response organization, is deploying 40 veterans and volunteers to Malden and Pine Creek to help with fire-mitigation ahead of the 2021 fire season. The group is responding to calls for help from Whitman County officials to remove thousands of dead trees left in the wake of last years devastating fire.
- PUB DATE: 6/3/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KHQ-TV NBC 6 Spokane
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