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Posted: Feb 22, 2021

From NHL To Firefighter: New York's Tim Sestito Home By Choice

Trading professional hockey for a career as a Rome, New York firefighter is working well for Tim Sestito. Particularly for athletes, life can appear to move quicker than for people in other professions. For Sestito, grinding out a career in hockey for 13 seasons went in what seemed in a flash. Training camps, regular seasons, playoffs (including the 2012 Stanley Cup Finals with the New Jersey Devils), off-season workouts, the battle for a roster spot was a continuous competitive cycle.
- PUB DATE: 2/22/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WIBX-AM 950
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Posted: Feb 22, 2021

State Fire Marshal Urges Parents To Talk Fire Safety

Yakima firefighters have battled a lot of home and apartment fires so far this winter season. Many have been caused by space heaters and woodstoves. Earlier this month a 4-year-old girl was killed in a shed fire on Ahtanum. She was one of two children under the age of 5 that have died in fires this year in the state.
- PUB DATE: 2/22/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIT-AM 1280
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Posted: Feb 21, 2021

Car crashes into Parkland home, knocking wall down onto resident

PHOTOS: A man was injured Monday morning when a car crashed into his Parkland residence and knocked a wall down on top of him, sheriff's officials said. The driver who hit the house is now at large after fleeing from the scene. Deputies, state troopers and medics responded to the residence, a duplex near 111th Street South and Sheridan Avenue, after receiving reports of a vehicle hitting a building, said Sgt.
- PUB DATE: 2/21/2021 3:59:55 PM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle
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Posted: Feb 21, 2021

Two people injured in a Vancouver mobile home fire after a propane tank exploded

PHOTO: Two people were injured in a fire after a propane tank exploded inside a mobile home Saturday afternoon in Vancouver’s Rose Village neighborhood. A dog and two cats were unaccounted for. One person was taken to a hospital and another was being treated at the scene, according to Vancouver Fire Department spokeswoman Heidi Parr.
- PUB DATE: 2/21/2021 5:39:33 AM - SOURCE: Vancouver Columbian
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Posted: Feb 19, 2021

Video: Apparatus Rollovers

The fire service has seen a number of high-profile reports of apparatus rollovers in recent weeks. In this video, Chris Daly of Drive to Survive addresses the issue of rollovers and safety.

More from Chris: Drive to Survive: The Art of Wheeling the Rig

In Person Training Information: https://www.drivetosurvive.org/

Virtual Training: https://courses.drivetosurvive.org/

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