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National Fire Sprinkler Association Champions For High-Rise Fire Sprinkler Incentive Act Following Another High-Rise Fire in Detroit with 8 Hospitalized, 3 Critical
Detroit, MI, Jan. 14, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) On January 9th, a fire began shortly before 5:00 p.m. in a Detroit 15-story HUD Senior Apartment Complex. The building was not equipped with a fire sprinkler system. According to fire officials, three residents are now in critical condition, including a man with second- and third-degree burns. The other five victims suffered minor smoke inhalation.
Children of fallen Harrisburg firefighter receive full college scholarships
Updated Dec 29, 2020;
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The National Fallen Firefighters Foundation is providing full rides to college for two children of a Harrisburg firefighter killed in the line of duty almost four years ago.
Aliza and Carson Devoe were granted the funding in light of the death of their father, Lt. Dennis Devoe, who died on the way to a March 2017 house fire caused by a hoverboard.
Devoe was headed to a fire on the 2500 block of Lexington Street when an impaired driver ran a stop sign and T-boned him at 14th and Walnut streets, police said. Two girls died in the fire.
The holidays can be some of the toughest times of the year for firefighters and now coupled with COVID-19 they’re preparing for an especially busy season.
PHOENIX, ARIZ. – Firefighters across the country are preparing for their busiest season of the year – with the coronavirus pandemic making their jobs even tougher.
On Thanksgiving this year, the National Fire Protection Association said fire departments nationwide responded to 1,630 home cooking fires – about 3.5 times higher than an average day. With an increase in cooking and the possibility of fires from Christmas tree and lights, they are bracing for a busy end of the year.
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