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Fake Texas Hydrant Made to Look Real

cygnus — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:12:14 +0000

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HOUSTON --

A fake fire hydrant in a Spring Branch garden was painted to look like the real thing by a city of Houston worker, KPRC Local 2 reported Monday.

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Fire Burns House in Oregon

cygnus — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:08:39 +0000

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PORTLAND, Ore.

A massive house fire Tuesday morning burned a home in southeast Portland.

Crews were called to 81st Avenue and Taylor Street at 4:08 a.m. after a report of a fire. Video from the scene showed large flames shooting out of the fully engulfed house.

Firefighters were forced to take a defensive stance initially, but they eventually gained control of the blaze. Crews were still trying to put out the remnants of the fire at 6 a.m.

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Winnipeg FFs Embarassed by Photos

cygnus — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:40:06 +0000

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The Canadian Press(CP)

WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg fire department says it is investigating to find out why two firefighters battling a blaze that caused $100,000 damage to a vacant house took time out to pose for pictures in front of the inferno.

Winnipeg Free Press photographer Boris Minkevich captured the scene, in which one firefighter stood in full equipment in front of the burning building while another snapped shots on his cellphone camera.

The pair were waiting for aerial equipment to be set up.

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N.Y. FF Pleads Guilty to Arson

cygnus — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:34:40 +0000

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By Matt Gryta - NEWS STAFF REPORTER

Buffalo News (New York)

Roberto Ruiz, a retired Buffalo Fire Department lieutenant, pleaded guilty Friday to a felony arson charge for the gasoline fire that only partially damaged his leased car last spring, prosecutors and court officials said.

Ruiz, 47, of Grayton Road, Town of Tonawanda, was allowed to remain free without bail following the pre-indictment plea proceeding before State Supreme Court Justice Russell P. Buscaglia.

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N.H. FFs Recognized for Their Heroics

cygnus — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:29:36 +0000

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By DAN O"BRIEN Union Leader Correspondent

The Union Leader (Manchester, NH)

HOOKSETT -- The firefighter who was trapped and got burned inside Mow Town Power Equipment during a fire Nov. 9 and the six firefighters who saved him have been officially recognized for their heroic efforts.

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Calif. FF's Daughter Dies at Sleepover

cygnus — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:26:23 +0000

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The Monterey County Herald MediaNews

A teenage slumber party and alcohol proved to be a potentially deadly combination for a Gilroy firefighter's 15-year-old daughter early Saturday morning, according to police.

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Station Camera Snags Texas Taggers

cygnus — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:17:09 +0000

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By Diana Washington Valdez / El Paso TimesEl Paso Times (Texas)

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EL PASO Thanks to electronic security systems, several suspects who sprayed graffiti on fire stations, a church and several houses in Fabens were caught on camera.

Acting on that tip, El Paso County Sheriff officials detained a 14-year-old juvenile on Sunday in connection with the vandalism.

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Conn. FFs Settlement Bill Tops $100K

cygnus — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:13:51 +0000

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By Noelle Frampton STAFF WRITER

Connecticut Post Online (Bridgeport, Connecticut)

BRIDGEPORT -- The settlement between the city and 12 white firefighters who were bumped down the promotional list when a test was re-scored last year will cost the city more than $100,000 -- a price tag some call relatively cheap.

The city will pay about $22,594 in retroactive lieutenant wages to five firefighters under the Nov. 30 settlement of lawsuits filed over the re-scored exam, as well as pay lieutenant wages for the next two years to three white firefighters who had been promoted to lieutenant, but were demoted back to firefighters Wednesday to make way for the others.

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Conn. Fire Truck Fails on Way to Call

cygnus — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:05:57 +0000

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By Richard Weizel STAFF WRITER

Connecticut Post Online (Bridgeport, Connecticut)

STRATFORD -- The town's busiest firetruck, Engine 1, out of Fire Headquarters on Main Street, broke down -- as it has on several recent occasions -- on the way to a structure fire call Sunday morning, further fueling a raging debate between fire officials and council leaders with Mayor James R.

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Boy Busted for Calif. School Fire

cygnus — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:01:52 +0000

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By BARBARA ARRIGONI - Staff Writer

Oroville Mercury Register (California)

OROVILLE -- A 13-year-old Oroville boy was arrested and released to his parents Friday in connection with a fire that seriously damaged a boys' restroom at Central Middle School in Oroville, police said.

The fire caused damage to more than 50 percent of the room, with windows melted and paint coming off the walls, said Sgt. Bill LaGrone of Oroville Police Department.

LaGrone said the fire was reported at 9:08 a.m. Firefighters arrived three minutes later.

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