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December 8, 2012

RESPONDING FIRE APPARATUS CRASH IN NORTH CAROLINA

A collision between a High Point fire apparatusand a Honda Accord sent three to the hospital with minor injuries yesterday. The fire truck was traveling west on E. Green Drive responding to a medical call at around 4:47 p.m. The fire truck had the red light and cleared the intersection with lights and sirens ablaze. The...
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FF & CIVILIAN STRUCK HELPING STRANDED MOTORIST IN FL

A Brevard County firefighter and a witness were struck by a suspected drunk driver while attempting to help another driver early Saturday, Palm Bay police say. About 12:30 a.m. Saturday, witnesses say they spotted a man slumped over the wheel of his car near the intersection of Palm Bay and Minton roads. Several bystandards attempted...
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FIREFIGHTER REFLECTS SAFETY

As a volunteer fireman in Wyoming, Ohio, Zach Green saw that increased visibility would make firefighters safer in dark, smoky conditions. As a businessman he saw opportunities to create a successful venture around selling solutions to this problem.The result is a new company that Green founded two years ago, MN8-Foxfire, which uses photo luminescent technology...
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Good Samaritan, paramedic hit by drunk driver – Florida

A Good Samaritan and paramedic were hit by a drunk driver in Brevard County early Saturday morning while trying to wake up another drunk driver. Tyler Milam saw a driver slumped over behind the wheel on Palm Bay Road just before the intersection on Minton Road. He said he stopped to see if the guy was OK....
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Ambulance crash in Harvil Road, Ickenham – UK

AMBULANCE and police officers were called to a road accident in Harvil Road, Ickenham involving another ambulance. Two vehicles were in collision at about 11.40am. One of the vehicles was a private ambulance but the company or organisation it belonged to is not known. Two women were treated at the scene for shock and a...
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MN FF INJURED IN CEILING COLLAPSE

A firefighter and resident were injured during an early morning blaze at an Apple Valley condominium complex on Friday, Dec. 7. While the firefighter was treated and released from a local hospital after a section of ceiling collapsed on him, the resident — whose condo is believed to have been where the first started —...
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