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July 4, 2011

Police: Alcohol A Factor In Crash Between Ambulance, Car – Wisconsin

Police said alcohol is believed to be a factor in a crash involving a car and a Bell ambulance in downtown Milwaukee. Milwaukee police said the car struck the ambulance, which was transporting a patient, at Jackson Street and Wisconsin Avenue just before 10:00 p.m. Friday. Two people in the car were transported to Froedert...
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ONE FF INJURED IN CA MOBILE HOME FIRE

A mobile home fire today in Lake Elsinore displaced five people and led to one firefighter being hospitalized, according to a fire department report. The blaze was reported just after noon today. It burned a travel trailer and a vehicle on Dexter Drive, the report said. Twenty firefighters contained the fire in less than an...
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ONE INJURED, COLLAPSE IN ANOTHER MULTI-ALARM IN CAMDEN

Thanks to Dave Statter www.Statter911.com and www.PhillyFireNews.com for the info on this close call in Camden, NJ. This is Dave Hernandez video from a fire at 3:40 Saturday morning at 970 Fairview Street in Camden. Check out the end of the video at 7:27 as a wall collapses forcing firefighters to scatter. Here’s what Dave...
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IC’s Take Note…

Incident Commanders belong in a vehicle – LISTENING to radio traffic and managing the Strategy – NOT IN THE FRONT YARD! Sector / Division / Group Officers – need to be in FULL PPE managing Tactical Operations! Need some reasons why?  Read some NIOSH reports  – you will find plenty!
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IDAHO FIREFIGHTERS HURT AT DUPLEX FIRE

Authorities say two firefighters were injured when debris fell on them while they were responding to a blaze at a duplex in Hayden. Coeur d’Alene Fire Department Deputy Chief Glenn Lauper says the firefighters were treated at a hospital and released on Sunday. Battalion Chief Peter Vandall tells the Coeur d’Alene Press that one side...
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