Posted: Sep 7, 2023
VIDEO: Fairfield firefighters gathered Thursday night to shave a mullet for a good cause.
The mullet had been growing out for 798 days by Lt. Lee Corbo.
Corbo decided to create a fundraiser and shave his hair in support of the Tommy Fund for Childhood Cancer.
He is also supporting a Norwalk firefighter who has been diagnosed with cancer.
- PUB DATE: 9/7/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: News 12 Connecticut
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Posted: Sep 7, 2023
Firefighting is a brotherhood.
Few people understand that better than Eric and Jason Vander Kooy.
They both joined the McLean Road Fire Department in rural Skagit County 28 years ago, becoming part of a close extended family.
"It's great working with my brother," said Eric Vander Kooy. "Everybody here is my brother and sister, too, when you've been here this long.
- PUB DATE: 9/7/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle
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Posted: Sep 7, 2023
The OIFR Safety Committee, consisting of Safety Officer Bob Nutt, Volunteer Lt. Greg Sawyer, Capt. Don Swain and Chief Holly vanSchaick have been awarded a $25,000 grant for new firefighter bunker gear (also known as turnouts) through the Department of Labor and Industries Firefighter Injury Illness Reduction Program (FIIRE).
- PUB DATE: 9/7/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Islands' Sounder
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Posted: Sep 7, 2023
VIDEO: Spokane firefighters were called to a fire in someone's backyard last week, saying the fire was made worse by their choice in shrubbery.
All that's left are burnt branches which were once arborvitae, a popular but problematic plant. It's known to easily ignite and torch, leaving a burnt scene dangerously close to multiple homes.
- PUB DATE: 9/6/2023 10:42:00 PM - SOURCE: KXLY-AM 920 Spokane
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Posted: Sep 6, 2023
One person was injured after a boat caught fire on City Island Tuesday just before 6 p.m.
The small powerboat sunk in the Long Island Sound shortly after firefighters were able to get the blaze under control. The boat was just off the fuel dock at 673 City Island Avenue in the Bronx when it went up in flames.
- PUB DATE: 9/6/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WABC-TV ABC 7 New York
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