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Agreement inked on firefighting operations
Durango :: CO :: USA | 23 days ago
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F or years, agreements made between La Plata County and local fire districts related to fire-management responsibilities and jurisdictional handoffs were sealed with a handshake. But with local budgets shrinking and wildland fire threats growing
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DeKalb joins statewide aid network
DeKalb :: IL :: USA | 30 days ago
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DeKalb recently joined the Illinois Public Works Mutual Aid Network, which means the city would both give and receive resources during disasters and emergencies. The network, based in Urbana, launched in January 2009 and is similar to mutual aid
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Dispute shuts out Oakland from East Bay radio system
Oakland :: CA :: USA | 1 month ago
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Bad blood between Oakland and a consortium of nearly every city and public safety agency in the East Bay is threatening to prevent first responders from communicating seamlessly during emergencies -- putting police officers, firefighters and the
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Dunsmuir fire: Newmarket fire crews never got the call
Newmarket :: United Kingdom | 1 month ago
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That hall in Newmarket never got the call, said Chief Ian Laing of Central York Fire Services. Kevin Dunsmuir, 55, his wife Jennifer, 51, and their sons Robert, 19, and Cameron, 16, died in a second-floor bedroom on March 29 waiting for a rescue...
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Tarrant passes mutual aid agreement with Center Point Fire District
Tarrant :: AL :: USA | 2 months ago
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The Tarrant City Council approved a resolution for an inter-jurisdictional mutual aid agreement with the Center Point Fire District, Monday night. The official agreement comes about one month after Center Point helped Tarrant battle a commercial fire
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Tighter budgets, staffing straining fire departments
North Aurora :: IL :: USA | 3 months ago
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Mounting pension obligations and tightly drawn budgets are putting strains on staffing at many suburban fire departments, officials say, including some that already are working short-handed and others that are fully staffed but find themselves
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3 escape unharmed from Standish cabin fire
Standish :: ME :: USA | 3 months ago
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Maine (AP) Fire officials say three people house sitting at a winterized lakeside cabin in Standish escaped unharmed following a fire that started in a kitchen stove. The fire in the home on Watchic Lake was reported just after 4 p.m...Fire Chief
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Hillsdale Fire Department enters into new mutual aid agreement
Oradell :: NJ :: USA | 4 months ago
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Recently, the department was approached by Ho-Ho-Kus and Saddle River , which are both apart of the Northwest Bergen Regional Mutual Aid Association, to form a mutual aid pact with Hillsdale , according to Fire Chief Jason Durie. "The Board of Fire
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No one hurt in Sycamore chimney fire
Sycamore :: IL :: USA | 4 months ago
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No injuries have been reported in a chimney fire that spread to the roof of a Sycamore residence Friday afternoon...Sycamore fire officials declined to comment on scene, but Sgt. Steve Cook of the Sycamore Police Department said no one was injured in
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Ambulance showdown looming: Merced County supervisors set to pick Riggs or AMR
Merced :: CA :: USA | 4 months ago
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R Vonarx said Riggs estimated 45 lost jobs at the beginning of the process, because they were unclear if AMR would hire dispatchers. AMR officials have since announced plans to hire all qualified EMTs, paramedics and dispatchers. The 32 Riggs
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