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Posted: Dec 27, 2016

Two arson suspects arrested after Forks home burns on Christmas Day

Two people have been arrested for investigation of arson after a mobile home in Forks burned early Christmas morning. Forks Police Chief Rick Bart said the two suspects were arrested within hours of the blaze, which started at about 3:30 a.m. and left the residents without a home. Adolfo Martinez Rodriguez, 29, was booked into the Clallam County jail by 2:44 p.
- PUB DATE: 12/27/2016 7:42:05 AM - SOURCE: Port Angeles Peninsula Daily News
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Posted: Dec 27, 2016

Hawaii fire department cited by state for death of firefighter during water rescue training

The Honolulu Fire Department has received two separate citations in connection with a training incident that led to the death of a firefighter in June. HFD says it’s taking corrective action after the death of 63-year-old Clifford Riggsbee, who died from injuries sustained during a training exercise at an area called Suicides near Diamond Head.
- PUB DATE: 12/27/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: khon2.com
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Posted: Dec 27, 2016

Sacramento ambulances turn firefighters into ER patients due to exhaust fumes

Six diesel ambulances with systemic exhaust problems have sickened Sacramento firefighters enough to send them to local emergency rooms as patients, the firefighters union and city said Friday. The city of Sacramento has removed those ambulances from the firefighting fleet and is planning to replace another eight units that may develop a similar problem.
- PUB DATE: 12/27/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Sacramento Bee
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Posted: Dec 27, 2016

How Firefighters Help Explain the Outcome of 2016 Election

If you want to understand how badly Democrats lost the white working class in the 2016 election, your local fire station is not a bad place to start. Nearly 85 percent of professional firefighters are white, and more than 95 percent are men, making them look a lot like the other blue-collar voters who surged to Donald Trump this year.
- PUB DATE: 12/27/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC News
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Posted: Dec 27, 2016

Texas ambulance hijacked with medic team, patient inside

An Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services ambulance was hijacked Sunday afternoon at approximately 4 p.m. with a medic crew and patient inside. According to an ATCEMS spokesperson, the medic crew was on scene for a different call at 500 E. 7th St., the Austin Resource Center for the Homeless (ARCH) when an individual hijacked the ambulance while the medic team was tending to a patient.
- PUB DATE: 12/27/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: kxan.com
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