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December 20, 2016

AMBULANCE CRASHES IN ST. LOUIS

ST. LOUIS (KTVI) – Four people, including an emergency response worker, were taken to the hospital Sunday night following after a wreck involving an ambulance in south city. “It was clear that the ambulance has lights and sirens going and there’s a vehicle coming through the intersection and he hit him,” said Bernie Squitieri, whose...
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FIREFIGHTER MAYDAY AT OHIO FIRE

“It may not look like it , but the crews done a great job last night of stopping the fire in the well involved center apartment. E707 crew made an aggressive interior attack followed by E701 crew moving to the left. Contained fire to center unit, heavy extension into attic. 2 transported by GTFD for...
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UPDATE: FIREFIGHTER INJURED IN TYLER, TX

A Tyler firefighter who was injured in the line of duty is on the road to recovery. Scott Hilasbeck was injured Sunday while responding to a fire in the 500 block of West Selman Street in Tyler. Eight people were displaced in that fire. Hilasbeck was admitted to the East Texas Medical Center Intensive Care...
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2 FIREFIGHTERS INJURED AT INDIANA FIRE

here’s an update on a Princeton house fire from Monday night. Our media partner, The Princeton Daily Clarion, says the home that burned belongs to the family of Princeton Community High School athletic director, Jason Engelbrecht. The house is right across from the high school on State Road 65. Everyone got out of the house safely....
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FEDERAL FIREFIGHTER TRAINING THAT “ACCIDENTALLY” USED LETHAL RICIN IS NOW HALTED

The Federal training facility in Anniston has temporarily suspended all chemical and biological operations, according to a statement given to students who trained there. The announcement comes as officials investigate a mistake that led to first-responders training with a lethal rather than a non-lethal version of the toxic compound ricin. “The ongoing evaluation of the...
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NJ Firefighter Falls Out of Apparatus-U Know Brian Hunton, How About This? (The Secret List)

All, On Monday, in what would be 24 hours before an Ohio Firefighter would be killed in the Line of Duty (responding vehicle crash, ejection, no seat belt in use last night), a Trenton (New Jersey) Firefighter was seriously injured when he fell from Engine 9 while responding to a fire call. The Firefighter fell...
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