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Posted: Nov 15, 2016

Pennsylvania firefighters rescue worker after 40-foot fall into empty water tank

Talk about narrow escapes. Rescuers managed to squeeze a fall victim out of an O'Hara Township water tower through what amounts to a large wire and tubing conduit. The man, who was part of a cleaning crew preparing the tower for painting, tumbled 35 to 40 feet into the tank when his scaffolding failed, according to officials.
- PUB DATE: 11/15/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
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Posted: Nov 15, 2016

Fire service leaders talk President Trump

To better understand what impacts the fire service may see from a Trump administration and Republican controlled Congress, we reached out to several key fire service leaders for their perspectives. We asked them to identify what they saw as the biggest opportunities and threats the coming year will bring.
- PUB DATE: 11/15/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireChief.com
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Posted: Nov 15, 2016

Retired St. Louis firefighters gather to re-cap monument

Finally, they put a helmet on that marker. St. Louis firefighters, about a battalion's worth, assembled Monday morning at Bellefontaine Cemetery to literally cap off a firefighters' monument that has gone topless since the 1910s. "The fire department is all about tradition," St. Louis Fire Chief Dennis Jenkerson said.
- PUB DATE: 11/15/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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Posted: Nov 15, 2016

California man man whose book on fire/arson investigation is most studied, to retire

When it comes to fire forensics, 33-year Vallejo resident John DeHaan, literally wrote the book — the textbook that is most used nationwide by those going into the field of arson investigations. Basically, DeHaan is a real Sherlock Holmes, surrounded by books, pamphlets and plaques, in his unassuming offices on Georgia Street downtown Vallejo.
- PUB DATE: 11/15/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Vallejo Times-Herald
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Posted: Nov 15, 2016

WTC dust caused first responders’ nerve damage, study finds

First responders who worked on the dusty, smoldering pile of debris in the aftermath of the Twin Towers’ collapse 15 years ago have begun showing signs of debilitating nerve damage, a team of Long Island doctors has found for the first time. The research, led by Dr. Marc Wilkenfeld at Winthrop-University Hospital in Mineola, is the third of his investigations to link World Trade Center dust to nerve damage, but it is the first beyond his statistical studies to confirm it in a small group of patients.
- PUB DATE: 11/15/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Newsday
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