Plane Hits Home Near Ore. Airport

Posted on Sat, 04 Sep 2010 04:40:33 +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 kptv.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>AURORA, Ore. --</p> <p>A pilot practicing takeoffs and landings at the Aurora Airport smashed into the roof of a nearby home in a crash that seriously injured him but left the homeowner unharmed.</p> <p>Marion County deputies and the Aurora firefighters responded to a home in the 14000 block of Cessna Street Northeast at about 12:30 p.m. Friday and found a 1956 Aeronca Champion 7-AE sticking out of the manufactured home's roof.</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>

Wash. Woman Rescued by Neighbor

Posted on Sat, 04 Sep 2010 04:35:42 +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 kptv.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>VANCOUVER, Wash. --</p> <p>Two neighbors helped a woman escape from an early morning fire that caused $500,000 in damage to a Vancouver apartment building, firefighters said.</p> <p>Police dispatchers said they received a 911 call at about 1 a.m. Friday from a woman screaming, "My apartment is on fire." The line then line went dead.</p> <p>Vancouver fire crews arrived at the Autumn Chase Apartments in the 11000 block of Northeast Seventh Street about 5 minutes later.</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>

Ill. FFs 'Flush' Kitten From Sewer

Posted on Sat, 04 Sep 2010 04:30:07 +0000
<fieldset class="fieldgroup group-authors"><legend>Authors and source</legend><div class="field field-type-text field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Jacksonville Journal-Courier, Ill.</p> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p></p><p lang="en-US"> Sept. 03--South Jacksonville firefighters want to reunite a kitten rescued from a storm sewer and its owner.</p> <p> Firefighters were called about 8:30 p.m. Wednesday after a resident reported hearing what sounded like cries from an animal trapped in the storm sewer in the 2200 block of Magnolia Drive.</p> <p> Firefighters pulled off manhole covers around the location to find the animal, which turned out to be a kitten.</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>

The Buzz on Technical Rescue: Special Operations Roundtable

Posted on Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:30:52 +0000
<a href="/podcast/firehouse-roundtables">Firehouse Roundtables</a><div class="field field-type-userreference field-field-podcast-author"> <div class="field-label">Podcast Author:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/user/135515" title="View user profile.">Bob Duemmel</a> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <a href="/users/michael-donahue" title="View user profile.">Michael Donahue</a> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/user/174417" title="View user profile.">Tony Tricarico</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-single-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_single_image" width="80" height="107" alt="" src="http://www.firehouse.com/files/duemmel_5_0.jpg?1283367638" /> </div> </div> </div> <p>Host Bob Duemmel hosted a roundtable podcast at Firehouse Expo in July with a variety of technical rescue team members. Bob's guest's include: FDNY Lt. Mickey Conboy, Elizabeth, NJ, Firefighter Michael Donahue, retired FDNY Battalion Chief Fred LaFemina and retired FDNY Captain Tony Tricarico.</p> <div class="field field-type-link field-field-related-external-link"> <ul class="field-items"> <li> <a href="http://www.firehouse.com/podcast/buzz-technical-rescue/buzz-technical-rescue-hackensack-parking-garage-collapse">The Buzz on Technical Rescue: Hackensack Parking Garage Collapse</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://www.progressiverescue.com/Progressiverescue.com/Progressive_Home.html">Progressive Rescue</a> </li> </ul> </div> <object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="/sites/all/modules/contrib/audio/players/1pixelout.swf" width="290" height="24" > <param name="movie" value="/sites/all/modules/contrib/audio/players/1pixelout.swf" /> <param name="wmode" value="transparent" /> <param name="menu" value="false" /> <param name="quality" value="high" /> <param name="FlashVars" value="soundFile=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.firehouse.com%2Faudio%2Fplay%2F391294" /> <embed src="/sites/all/modules/contrib/audio/players/1pixelout.swf" flashvars="soundFile=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.firehouse.com%2Faudio%2Fplay%2F391294" width="290" height="24" /> </object><br />76:08 minutes (43.59 MB)

Calif. FFs Remove Body From Chimney

Posted on Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:14:26 +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> BAKERSFIELD, Calif.<br /> -- </p> <p>A doctor involved in an "on-again, off-again" relationship apparently tried to force her way into her boyfriend's home by sliding down the chimney, police said Tuesday. Her decomposing body was found there three days later.</p> <p>Dr. Jacquelyn Kotarac, 49, first tried to get into the house with a shovel, then climbed a ladder to the roof last Wednesday night, removed the chimney cap and slid feet first down the flue, Bakersfield police Sgt. Mary DeGeare 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>

Plane Crash Lands on Fla. Interstate

Posted on Wed, 01 Sep 2010 07:41:24 +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.clickorlando.com" />clickorlando.com</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p> JACKSONVILLE, Fla.</p> <p> -- </p> <p></p><p> A twin-engine aircraft made an emergency landing Tuesday morning along Interstate 10, avoiding vehicles on the crowded highway, but snarling traffic for hours. </p> <p /> </p><p> The pilot and a passenger were able to walk away after the 8:15 a.m. crash landing. There was a small leak of fuel from the aircraft, Local 6 news partner WJXT reported. </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>

Tenn. FFs Save Man Trapped in Silo

Posted on Wed, 01 Sep 2010 07:38:43 +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.wsmv.com" />wsmv.com</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p> COLUMBIA, Tenn.</p> <p> -- </p> <p></p><p> Rescue teams pulled off a tricky and dangerous rescue. But after they saved a man from a grain silo, he disappeared. </p> <p> Emergency workers spent more than an hour Monday at the silo on Hayes Denton Road in Columbia. They had to lower a harness into the silo, and with a firefighter in there to help, the man was pulled to safety. </p> <p> But as soon as he was on the ground, he took off. </p> <p> Authorities didn't get his name and don't know how he became trapped. </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>

Smoke Empties Arizona High-Rise

Posted on Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:59:46 +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>Story by kpho.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>PHOENIX --</p> <p>A small electrical fire forced the evacuation of a Phoenix high-rise building that houses the Arizona Department of Revenue on Monday morning.</p> <p>Phoenix fire officials said about 600 people were in the building at 1600 W. Monroe Street to start the work week when a smoke alarm sounded about 8:22 a.m.</p> <p>The building was evacuated, and firefighters discovered heavy smoke in the basement level, where they found an electrical panel that had shorted out and triggered a sprinkler activation.</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>

Off-Duty N.H. FFs Rescue Carpenter

Posted on Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:58:29 +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 wmur.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>WEARE, N.H. --</p> <p>A man was pinned underneath wooden trusses after a wall gave way at a home under construction in Weare on Monday.</p> <p>Fire officials said Roger Hardy and his son were working on an addition to a home on South Sugar Hill Road when the wall collapsed. Hardy couldn't free himself, but a group of men working for GN Fencing at a project next door heard the loud bang and ran to help.</p> <p>The men who came to Hardy's aid were also off-duty Manchester firefighters, and they were able to free him.</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>

Pa. Firefighters Battle Junkyard Fire

Posted on Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:48:41 +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 thepittsburghchannel.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>ALIQUIPPA, Pa. --</p> <p>A hazmat team is responding to a large junkyard fire Monday morning in Aliquippa, Beaver County.</p> <p>At least a dozen fire companies were called to the scene on Steel Street, where large piles of scrap metal and junk cars were burning.</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>