Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2022 22:09:34 +0000
It all started with a bushfire. Emma Sutcliffe is a committed operational firefighter with the Country Fire Authority in Victoria. She was so committed in fact that she “sacrificed” her Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV (plugin hybrid electric vehicle) to the flames during a grass fire at Little River. It was her first lesson in bushfires, electric […]
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2022 16:14:15 +0000
Preparing for emergencies and preventing disasters requires planning, equipment and communications. This is true for fighting fires and for keeping the electric power system operating in extreme weather. Firefighters have strategic plans regarding territory to address, as well as operational plans. Equipment includes fire trucks, protective gear and hoses. First responders need to share communications, […]
Credit to Author: Nexus Media| Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2022 06:05:52 +0000
Wildland firefighters have been sounding the alarm on a lack of accessible housing. Is anyone listening?
Credit to Author: Nexus Media| Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2022 06:01:52 +0000
Things have gotten worse for newer generations of firefighters, as housing costs have risen while pay remained stagnant.
Credit to Author: Anne Gaviola| Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 21:25:41 +0000
St. Catharines won’t support topless firefighters using city equipment, even if it is for charity.
Read moreCredit to Author: ccepeda| Date: Wed, 22 May 2019 04:17:03 +0000
A woman from Minnesota, United States donated her kidney to the firefighter who saved her daughter two years prior.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2019 23:15:05 +0000
Architects and construction workers have stabilized the damaged structure of Notre Dame cathedral, four days after a fast-spreading fire ravaged the iconic Paris building, and firefighters were leaving the site Friday night, a fire service official said.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2019 07:45:25 +0000
PARIS — It’s a day of tribute to the Paris firefighters who saved Notre Dame Cathedral from collapse and rescued its treasures from encroaching flames. French President Emmanuel Macron is hosting them for a special gathering on Thursday. Later, Paris City Hall will hold a ceremony in the firefighters’ honor, with a concert, two giant […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 08:57:08 +0000
Pope Francis on Wednesday thanked the firefighters who risked their lives to save the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris on behalf of the entire Catholic Church.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Dennis Maliwanag| Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2019 08:00:27 +0000
Fatima Olmedo was first to pose naked for the calendar, holding a rolled-up hose in her hands that barely covered her pregnant belly.
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