Posted: May 28, 2019
A Midlands man who was also a South Carolina firefighter was killed in an ATV crash Saturday night, the Kershaw County coroner said.
EMS and Fire Service members found Stephen Campbell, one of their own, when they responded to a 911 call just before 9 p.m. about an ATV that flipped over, Kershaw County Coroner David West said Sunday in a news release.
- PUB DATE: 5/28/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Herald-Sun
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Posted: May 28, 2019
More than 100 firefighters battled a massive fire at the Ambassador Hotel near downtown Dallas Tuesday morning. No injuries were reported and the fire is under control.
Dallas Fire-Rescue responded about 1:30 a.m. to the hotel at 1312 South Ervay Street. The six-story building was engulfed in flames and firefighters shifted to a defensive position.
- PUB DATE: 5/28/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KXAS-TV NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
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Posted: May 28, 2019
Firefighters and pyrotechnics manufacturers agree state laws allowing Ohio residents to purchase but not launch fireworks in-state are ineffective, but disagree on how to fix them.
Fireworks proponents say the answer is to relax the existing law. Though it hasn’t been legal in decades, a pair of bills before the General Assembly would allow Ohioans to purchase so-called 1.
- PUB DATE: 5/28/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Dayton Daily News
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Posted: May 27, 2019
At that show, Paul Klusman will show off old Engine No. 4, now fully restored after 10 years of work. A couple of weeks ago, it arrived at the fire station by truck from Phoenix completing a long and circuitous route.
Engine No. 4 served Rancho Cucamonga for 30 years. It was eventually sold to the fire department in Baker where it would spend 10 years working in the desert community along the 15 Freeway.
Eventually, though, the 1959 American LaFrance vehicle just had to be replaced and was put up for sale.
Now retired, Klusman had taken up restoring antique tractors and old autos as a hobby. Talking with a firm in Rialto, he heard the story of old Engine No. 4 and its ignominious desert parking spot.
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Posted: May 27, 2019
A teenager was rushed to the hospital in critical condition Monday afternoon after nearly drowning at Magnuson Park in Seattle, the Seattle Fire Department said.
They say the swimmer was about 100 feet from the shoreline of Lake Washington around 2 p.m. when he began to struggle in the water. He was rescued, and witnesses began to perform CPR but it's not known if he regained consciousness.
- PUB DATE: 5/27/2019 3:29:56 PM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13
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