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Posted: Nov 9, 2016

Video Appears To Show Pedestrian Walking Into Toronto Fire Truck with Sirens Blaring

A pedestrian who narrowly missed serious injury or possibly death when he walked into a Toronto fire truck with sirens blaring is being scorned on social media. A dashcam video posted on YouTube on Monday appears to show a person attempting to cross the median at St.

A firefighter in the passenger side seat seems to throw up his arms in frustration before giving the pedestrian a stern talk.

Moments later, the video shows another firefighter getting out of the truck to check on the pedestrian who appeared uninjured.

“Unbelievably common, people would be shocked at how oblivious people are to the big flashy truck,” one Reddit poster wrote.

“When it’s one distracted pedestrian walking blindly into traffic, we call them a ‘moron.’ When it’s a whole city of similarly distracted pedestrians walking blindly into traffic, it’s ‘victim blaming,'” said another.


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Posted: Nov 9, 2016

Cowlitz 2 Fire & Rescue will have two new stations

Voters overwhelmingly approved an $11 million, 20-year bond that Cowlitz 2 Fire & Rescue will use to build two new fire stations and buy a new fire engine. The money will be used to replace the crumbling Lexington station and the earthquake-vulnerable Baker’s Corner station in West Longview. The bond got a 66 percent “yes” vote in Tuesday’s general election.
- PUB DATE: 11/9/2016 2:43:13 AM - SOURCE: Longview Daily News
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Posted: Nov 9, 2016

Fire damages brand-new Gig Harbor home

A Tuesday evening fire damaged a brand-new Gig Harbor home occupied for only two weeks, according to Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One. Firefighters were called about 6:45 p.m. between floors of the home in the 10500 block of Sentinel Drive, department spokeswoman Nanette Tatom said. “The fire started between floors of the home,” Tatom said.
- PUB DATE: 11/9/2016 2:39:09 AM - SOURCE: Tacoma News Tribune
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Posted: Nov 9, 2016

Indiana fire chief passes away after putting out truck fire

Brookston Fire Chief Michael Payne raced to the scene of a vehicle fire early Tuesday, helped extinguish the fire then collapsed from an apparent heart attack. "We were out on a fire run. A semi was on fire on an exit ramp," Brookston Assistant Fire Chief Karl Stokes said, noting that the department was dispatched to the scene at 11:58 p.
- PUB DATE: 11/9/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Lafayette Journal and Courier
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Posted: Nov 9, 2016

New Jersey fire chief retiring in face of improper orders from director, union says

One of the city's two deputy fire chiefs has chosen to retire instead of heed what he believes are improper and unethical orders from Fire Director Qareeb Bashir, a fire union president said Tuesday. Deputy Chief Robert Tharp was promoted earlier this year at a City Hall ceremony and in just over six months as a department leader has made measurable improvements to the department, firefighters' union president Wayne Wolk said.
- PUB DATE: 11/9/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NJ.com
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