The New Mexico Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a city of Albuquerque rule that prevents city employees from running for office. Earlier this year, Emily Kane, an Albuquerque fire captain with more than 20 years of experience, successfully proved in district court that the city was wrong to essentially force her to choose between her career and her desire to run for state legislature.
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A volunteer firefighter was arrested and charged with threatening a fellow firefighter with a knife, police said Thursday.The incident occurred on May 27 in an Eighth Utilities District fire station break room, police spokesman Capt. Christopher Davis said. Another firefighter was poking fun at Gates after Gates sneezed, Davis said.
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An internal report on the 2014 North Toledo apartment building arson blaze that killed two firefighters concluded 12 factors contributed to their deaths — including a delay in getting to the building, communication failures, incorrect assessments of where the fire had started, and deployment of crews to the second floor while the fire burned below them downstairs.
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Chattanooga firefighters battled a large apartment fire last night at the Hidden Creek Apartments on East Brainerd Road. An off-duty Chattanooga firefighter captured a baby after it was dropped from the third floor by the mother, according to Bruce Garner, fire department spokesman. The firefighter was identified as Lieutenant Vernon Lane, with Ladder 1 at Station 1.
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A firefighter was shot by a Bloods gang member with a long rap sheet who set a Staten Island house on fire Friday morning when US marshals showed up to serve him a warrant, sources said. Authorities surrounded the house at 15 Destiny Court after the gunman – identified as 38-year old Garland Tyree – continued shooting, sources said.
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