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May 20, 2013

28 YEAR VETERAN FIREFIGHTER KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY-STRUCTURAL COLLAPSE AT MULTI-FAMILY DWELLING FIRE-CHILD RESCUED DURING SEARCH

Dallas Fire Rescue has released the name of the Firefighter killed this morning. Dallas Fire-Rescue Firefighter Stanley Wilson-with 28 years on the job, disappeared after radioing that he was trapped during that six-alarm fire at a northeast Dallas condominium building. Wilson was found dead inside the rubble of the fire hours after a radio message...
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METH LAB EXPLOSION AN FIRE EXPOSES FIREFIGHTERS IN PA – These Meth Labs Are In Every Community-Firefighters Beware

A father and son are among three people facing drug charges after an explosion and fire at a home in Carbon County. Firefighters first responded to an explosion at a home on East Patterson Street in Lansford around 10 p.m. Sunday. Police said the explosion was caused by a methamphetamine drug operation inside the home.Police...
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UPDATE: DALLAS FIREFIGHTER LINE OF DUTY DEATH: Body Recovered

The body of a Dallas Fire-Rescue firefighter, who disappeared after radioing that he was trapped during a six-alarm fire at a northeast Dallas condominium building, has been reovered.About 150 firefighters worked together to clear debris as they searched for the firefighter who called for help at about 0530 hours this morningThe fire at the complex, located...
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FIRE TRUCK SCRUTINY IN AUSTRAILIA AFTER FATAL APPARTUS CRASH

A coronial inquest into the crash that caused the deaths of three well-known architects has heard firefighters were not trained in managing the blind spots of the fire truck involved in the collision. Husband and wife Troppo architects Lena Yali and Greg McNamara, and their colleague Kevin Taylor, died after the car they were in...
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DRIVER INJURED IN TX APPARATUS CRASH

A pickup driver was seriously injured Sunday morning when his truck slammed into a fire truck on the scene of a vehicle fire just off Interstate 30 near Beach Street, a fire official said. No firefighters were injured in the wreck that occurred just after 5 a.m. in the westbound lanes of the interstate east...
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Trauma Survivors Deserve Therapy That Actually Works

    Trauma Survivors Deserve TherapyThat Actually Works Alan G. Kraut Executivedirector, Association for Psychological Science in Washington, D.C. Themind-boggling events of the past month — the Boston Marathon bombings, thefertilizer plant explosion near Waco, a deadly collapse of a garment factory inBangladesh — will undoubtedly leave in their wake a host of survivorssuffering from...
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