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Fall Kills NC Firefighter Fighting Wildfire
A firefighter died Thursday while attacking a wildfire, the state Division of Forest Resources said. Curtis Jessen died when he fell from a cliff at the Big Bradley Falls near ?
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Scappoose Firefighter Killed By Heart Attack After Fighting Fire
Firefighter Robert Hales of Scappoose Rural Fire District had returned home from working a twelve hour shift on three outdoor fires caused by lightning when within a couple hours ?
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Arkansas Firefighter Killed While Responding To A Medical Call
Volunteer Firefighter Tony McGough, 44, of Amity Fire Department was responding to a medical call in his privately owned vehicle on August 14, 2008 when he was involved in a motor ?
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Ore. Service Honors 9 Killed In Fire Copter Crash
Under a hot sun filtering through skies hazy with smoke from burning forests, a chrome fire bell tolled Friday to honor nine men killed in the crash of a firefighting helicopter ?
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Sean T. Whiten - A True Hometown Hero
Firefighters and first responders all dressed in crisp uniforms on board shiny, just washed fire trucks, all wanting to pay their respects to a man many of them had never met. But ?
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Roscoe Fire Captain Dies At Training Lesson
A former Washington County fire chief died Saturday between training exercises at the Westmoreland County Fire Training Center in South Huntingdon, family and friends said ?
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List Of Deadliest US Firefighting Incidents
The helicopter crash that is believed to have killed eight firefighters Tuesday would rank among the deadliest incidents involving firefighters in the U.S. in the past 30 years. ?
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To The End, Firefighter Spent His Life Trying To Help Others
Sunday was Gerald Leduc's day off from the Tiverton Fire Department, so he was zipping around Stafford Pond on his jet ski when he detoured over to his best friend's dock, barely ?
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Tiverton Fire Department Firefighter Dies Trying To Save Boater
At approximately 7:00 pm on August 3, Firefighter Gerald Leduc of Tiverton Fire Department responded to a report of a man who went overboard from a boat into Stafford pond. Leduc ?
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Fire Chief Feared Dead In California Forest Fire
It's not yet known exactly what happened Saturday, when Dan Packer, a Pierce County fire chief, went missing and is now presumed dead in a California wildfire. But it's clear ?
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Friday, 22 August 2008 |
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August 21, 2008
NC Forest Service is mourning Fellow brother Curtis Jessen after he died this past Thursday after falling 50 feet while fighting a fire in Polk County.
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The North Carolina Forest Service has requested that flags be lowered in honor of Jessen. Funeral arrangements have not been announced.
“This is a very sad day for the entire Division of Forest Resources and all of our firefighting partners,” said Wib Owen, the director of the Division of Forest Resources. “Our thoughts and prayers are with Curtis and his family.” - COMPLETE AND VIDEO
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Tuesday, 12 August 2008 |
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Pittsburgh Live - No one loved being a firefighter more than Sean Whiten.
He shared his passion for saving lives with fellow firefighters as a state-certified training instructor and mentored junior firefighters wanting to follow in his footsteps.
When he died suddenly on Saturday, a piece of the Roscoe Volunteer Fire Company went with him...READ MORE
The Pittsburgh Channel - "He had collapsed, became unresponsive and with many attempts to revive him was -- obviously, didn't happen there," new Roscoe Fire Chief Todd Mauk said in a phone interview....READ MORE
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Wednesday, 06 August 2008 |
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August 6, 2008
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SAN FRANCISCO - Eight firefighters and a pilot are presumed dead in the crash of a helicopter that had just picked up workers battling a blaze in a Northern California forest, officials said Wednesday.
The helicopter had lifted off from a clearing in a remote, rugged region of the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, said Jennifer Rabuck, spokeswoman for the U.S. Forest Service.
The aircraft was carrying 11 firefighters and two crew members when it went down Tuesday night in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, according to the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board...READ MORE
Info on type of helicopter - CLICK HERE
Bloomberg Update:
The helicopter, a Sikorsky S-61N operated by the U.S. Forest Service, crashed during takeoff about 35 miles (56 kilometers) northwest of Redding at about 7:30 p.m. local time, the NTSB said in a statement.
A fire broke out after the crash, according to the NTSB. Four of the 13 people on board suffered serious injuries, while nine are unaccounted for and believed to be dead, it said...READ MOST DETAILED REPORT SO FAR
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Tuesday, 29 July 2008 |
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July 29, 2008
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A Manitou volunteer firefighter on his way to a fatal accident on Rose Creek Road in Hopkins County Saturday, lost control of the fire truck, hitting another vehicle head-on and killing the driver.
Kentucky State Police said this accident occurred around 11:15 a.m. when volunteer firefighter Jarod Turner, 22, Madisonville, was operating a 1981 Chevrolet fire truck, southbound on Kentucky 630 -- heading toward a fatal accident, which had occurred just minutes before.
For unknown reasons, the fire truck -- which had its emergency lights activated -- traveled off the road. When it reentered the road, Turner lost control of it, authorities said. The fire truck crossed into the northbound lane of Kentucky 630 and hit head-on a vehicle driven by Michelle Cline, 27, Madisonville...READ MORE
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Sunday, 27 July 2008 |
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AP - REDDING, Calif. - Federal forestry officials say a firefighter has died after being struck by a falling tree while working on a wildfire in Northern California.
Andrew Jackson Palmer was injured Friday while working on a forest fire near Junction City, about 50 miles west of Redding.
A U.S. Forest Service spokesman says the 18-year-old Palmer died while being flown to a hospital in Redding.
Palmer was a based at Olympic National Park in Port Angeles, Wash...READ MORE
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