Posted on Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:46:03 +0000

<fieldset class="fieldgroup group-authors"><legend>Authors and source</legend><div class="field field-type-text field-field-author-external"> <div class="field-label">External author:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>The Associated Press</p> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p> LONG BEACH, Calif.<br /> -- </p> <p>A woman whose car plunged off a bridge into the murky Los Angeles River was fighting for her life Thursday after being submerged for nearly a half-hour, officials said.</p> <p>The 23-year-old woman was in a sport utility vehicle that smashed through a guardrail and plunged about 40 feet off off the northbound Interstate 710 bridge at Seventh Street around 7:30 a.m., fire Battalion Chief Frank Hayes said.</p> <p>The woman was responding to treatment at a hospital with her family by her side, Hayes said.</p> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-feedname"> <div class="field-label">Feedname:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> AP </div> </div> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fh_rss/news/~4/QvJjXmfL75o" height="1" width="1"/>

Posted on Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:30:22 +0000

<fieldset class="fieldgroup group-authors"><legend>Authors and source</legend><div class="field field-type-text field-field-author-external"> <div class="field-label">External author:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Courtesy of <a target="new" href="http://www.ny1.com">NY1</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p>New York City Fire Department officials say they are going forward with their budgets cuts, even as City Council members vowed to fight the closing of fire companies.</p> <p>During testimony at a City Council hearing Wednesday, Fire Commissioner Salvatore Cassano said 20 fire companies are facing closure as a result of the mayor's 2011 budget plan.</p> <p>The state's additional upcoming budget cuts to city aid could force a total of 62 fire companies onto the chopping block.</p> <fieldset class="fieldgroup group-related-content"><div class="field field-type-link field-field-related-external-link"> <div class="field-label">Related external resources:&nbsp;</div> <a href="http://www.ny1.com/5-manhattan-news-content/news_beats/politics/114949/firefighters-union--elected-officials-denounce-firehouse-closures/?ap=1&amp;Flash">Watch NY1 Video Report</a> </div> </fieldset> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-web-exclusive"> <div class="field-label">Web exclusive:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 0Web exlusive </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-memberzone-only"> <div class="field-label">Memberzone only:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 0 </div> </div> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fh_rss/news/~4/ZzhKGDs_YYo" height="1" width="1"/>

Posted on Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:34:34 +0000

<fieldset class="fieldgroup group-authors"><legend>Authors and source</legend><div class="field field-type-text field-field-author-external"> <div class="field-label">External author:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>BY ELIZABETH PIAZZA</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>The Daily Times, Farmington, N.M.</p> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p lang="en-US"> <strong>FARMINGTON, N.M. --</strong> A San Juan County volunteer firefighter accused of setting his truck on fire to collect insurance money waived his right to a preliminary hearing Wednesday in Farmington Magistrate Court. His case will be heard in district court.</p> <p> Jonathan Ziemer, 23, was charged with third-degree felony arson to collect insurance money and third-degree felony false insurance application, Farmington Police Lt. Steve Birch said.</p> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-feedname"> <div class="field-label">Feedname:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> TRIBUNE </div> </div> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fh_rss/news/~4/ynCQazKMKrs" height="1" width="1"/>

Posted on Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:01:46 +0000

<fieldset class="fieldgroup group-authors"><legend>Authors and source</legend><div class="field field-type-text field-field-author-external"> <div class="field-label">External author:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Courtesy of <a target="new" href="http://www.ny1.com">NY1</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p>Fire officials are investigating the cause of an early-morning fire in Brooklyn that injured five firefighters, two of them seriously – hours after another fire in the borough claimed the life of a man.</p> <p><strong><a target="new" href="http://www.ny1.com/7-brooklyn-news-content/top_stories/115017/firefighters-injured-in-early-morning-blaze">Watch NY1 Video</a></strong></p> <p>Flames broke out around 4:30 this morning on the first floor of a single-family home on 192 Concord Street in Downtown, Brooklyn.</p> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-web-exclusive"> <div class="field-label">Web exclusive:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 0Web exlusive </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-memberzone-only"> <div class="field-label">Memberzone only:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 0 </div> </div> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fh_rss/news/~4/ghLP1xJ876M" height="1" width="1"/>

Posted on Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:13:54 +0000

<fieldset class="fieldgroup group-authors"><legend>Authors and source</legend><div class="field field-type-text field-field-author-external"> <div class="field-label">External author:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>BY DAN TELVOCK</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>The Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, Va.</p> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p lang="en-US">Spotsylvania County Fire and Rescue Chief Chris Eudailey is launching an internal investigation of a fatal house fire in which the victim pleaded for help over the phone as rescuers searched other areas of the house.</p> <p>The investigation comes more than a month after the Feb. 5 fire on Spotswood Furnace Road and two weeks after The Free Lance-Star requested recordings of radio dispatches and 911 calls from the scene.</p> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-web-exclusive"> <div class="field-label">Web exclusive:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 0Web exlusive </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-memberzone-only"> <div class="field-label">Memberzone only:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 0 </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-feedname"> <div class="field-label">Feedname:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> TRIBUNE </div> </div> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fh_rss/news/~4/BgXCxeIKzt8" height="1" width="1"/>

Posted on Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:07:13 +0000

<div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-label">Subtitle:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> While gadgets are seen as distractions, first responders are required to use them. </div> </div> </div> <fieldset class="fieldgroup group-authors"><legend>Authors and source</legend><div class="field field-type-text field-field-author-external"> <div class="field-label">External author:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>BY MATT RICHTEL</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>The International Herald Tribune</p> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p></p> <p>Theirs are the most wired vehicles on the road, with dashboard computers, sophisticated radios, navigation systems and cellphones.</p> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-web-exclusive"> <div class="field-label">Web exclusive:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 0Web exlusive </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-memberzone-only"> <div class="field-label">Memberzone only:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 0 </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-feedname"> <div class="field-label">Feedname:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> LexisNexis </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-link field-field-royalty-url"> <div class="field-label">Royalty URL:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="http://www6.lexisnexis.com/publisher/DataFeed?Action=ReportRoyalty&amp;orgid=534&amp;doctoken=e6874d82b9c4d010b7e764627821d6b014016538e4010415c4cb29f50abbb2692e01de9c37dcef65694e1bada81df77bc9fe65541ed04736aca1490c45a8fbd19c9df25be2b6bec091dba3e8be471b0e31b2a84bc0a9e9f92f7002db5d47b92a625c04932fb2131558e877497e1fe1e7a443663d4f2e95f9fea8d301c2284992&amp;numDocs=1&amp;version=1&amp;markup=XML">http://www6.lexisnexis.com/publisher/DataFeed?Action=ReportRoyalty&amp;orgid=534&amp;doc...</a> </div> </div> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fh_rss/news/~4/Thg5qtF4vbE" height="1" width="1"/>

Posted on Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:56:57 +0000

<fieldset class="fieldgroup group-authors"><legend>Authors and source</legend><div class="field field-type-text field-field-author-external"> <div class="field-label">External author:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>BY DAVID STATTER</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Courtesy of <a target="new" href="http://www.wusa9.com">WUSA-TV</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p><strong>WASHINGTON, D.C. --</strong> DC Fire &amp; EMS Department officials confirm an EMS crew has been disciplined for failing to take a woman with trouble breathing to the hospital after she called 911 on December 22. Kimberly Kelsey of the 900 block of Rhode Island Avenue, NW was transported to a hospital only after she called 911 a second time, about 56 minutes after her first call.</p> <fieldset class="fieldgroup group-related-content"><div class="field field-type-link field-field-related-external-link"> <div class="field-label">Related external resources:&nbsp;</div> <ul class="field-items"> <li> <a href="http://statter911.com/2010/03/10/dc-ems-crew-disciplined-for-failing-to-take-woman-to-hospital-another-case-where-no-signed-release-and-patient-care-report-were-filed/">Read More at STATter 911 Blog</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://www.wusa9.com/video/default.aspx?bctid=71261980001">Watch WUSA-TV Video Report</a> </li> </ul> </div> </fieldset> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-web-exclusive"> <div class="field-label">Web exclusive:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 0Web exlusive </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-memberzone-only"> <div class="field-label">Memberzone only:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 0 </div> </div> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fh_rss/news/~4/n30ZE1dlDv8" height="1" width="1"/>

Posted on Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:14:02 +0000

<fieldset class="fieldgroup group-authors"><legend>Authors and source</legend><div class="field field-type-text field-field-author-external"> <div class="field-label">External author:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Story by 4029tv.com</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p>FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. --</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Fayetteville fire officials were still investigating the cause of a fire Tuesday night at a motor company.</p> <p>At 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, fire crews were called to the Osburn Motor Company on Martin Luther King Boulevard</p> <p>Fire officials said the blaze did about $450,000 in damage. They said the fire was difficult to battle because cars, tires, oil and gasoline fueled the flames.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-web-exclusive"> <div class="field-label">Web exclusive:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 0Web exlusive </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-memberzone-only"> <div class="field-label">Memberzone only:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 0 </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-feedname"> <div class="field-label">Feedname:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> IBSRSS </div> </div> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fh_rss/news/~4/UkjSK97VhAU" height="1" width="1"/>

Posted on Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:12:14 +0000

<fieldset class="fieldgroup group-authors"><legend>Authors and source</legend><div class="field field-type-text field-field-author-external"> <div class="field-label">External author:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Story by <a target="_new" href="http://www.kfoxtv.com" />kfoxtv.com</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p> EL PASO, Texas</p> <p> -- </p> <p></p><p> Fire crews were in northeast El Paso battling a blaze that happened near Fred Wilson and Dyer Tuesday afternoon just after 2 p.m. </p> <p> Flames flared and smoke was thick, staying low to the ground making it hard to breath and see on Fred Wilson. </p> <p> &#x93;One main concern was the smoke going to the residents here off of Fred Wilson,&#x94; said John Concha of the El Paso Fire Department. </p> <p> &#x93;I was having a little bit of a problem (breathing),&#x94; said witness Phil Stafford. </p> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-feedname"> <div class="field-label">Feedname:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> IBSRSS </div> </div> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fh_rss/news/~4/nbFLHDw0q78" height="1" width="1"/>

Posted on Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:45:09 +0000

<fieldset class="fieldgroup group-authors"><legend>Authors and source</legend><div class="field field-type-text field-field-author-external"> <div class="field-label">External author:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Story by ktvu.com</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p>SANTA CLARA --</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Firefighters battled a three-alarm fire at a recycling facility in Santa Clara Wednesday -- a blaze that sent billowing clouds of smoke across a warehouse district near the San Jose Airport and triggered a shelter-in-place warning, officials said.</p> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-web-exclusive"> <div class="field-label">Web exclusive:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 0Web exlusive </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-memberzone-only"> <div class="field-label">Memberzone only:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 0 </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-feedname"> <div class="field-label">Feedname:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> IBSRSS </div> </div> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fh_rss/news/~4/58vsG3ZcSxQ" height="1" width="1"/>