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Paterson Fire Department Battalion Chief Kenneth Kiefer was recently recognized with two awards for saving a man trapped inside a burning car.

Fire officials say they believe the fire started in the kitchen of a mobile home.

Spontaneous combustion causes apartment fire     HILLSBORO, Oregon (KPTV) — Firefighters say spontaneous combustion is responsible for a fire at an apartment complex in Hillsboro that started Tuesday morning. At 10:30 a.m. fire crews got a report to an automatic commercial fire alarm at 305 Southeast Edgeway Drive in the Wyndhaven Apartment complex. More calls from the complex reported building alarms activated and smoke was coming from the third and fourth floor of the building. Tualati...

The Berkshire Eagle Polidoro, who joined the department in 1988, retired in 2017, after contracting amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, which is a progressive nervous system disease. He is survived by his wife, three children and three stepchildren. “I’ve said this all along: Deputy Polidoro was a firefighter’s firefighter,” Sammons said. “He was a guy you would look up to. His dedication to the job was 150 percent every day. “It’s kind of a hard day for us...

New fire engine is big deal in small northwest Ohio community The Harris-Elmore Fire Department says the new truck should serve the Elmore community for at least 25 years. Credit: WTOL Published: 9:39 PM EST February 14, 2021 Updated: 9:39 PM EST February 14, 2021 ELMORE, Ohio — Keeping fire-fighting and rescue equipment up-to-date is one way to ensure the safety of a community, no matter its size. That’s true in large urban communities as well as smaller com...

On Friday, February 5, 2021, at approximately 9:05 p.m., police, fire and rescue personnel responded to the intersection of Three Notch Road and MacArthur Boulevard in California, for the reported motor vehicle collision with unknown injuries.

Dec 17, 2020 Early Wednesday morning, Portland Fire & Rescue Engine 24 was dispatched to a reported tent fire at the on-ramp to I-405 near the intersection of N Cook St. and N Gantenbein. The fire was mostly out when they arrived, but one person was badly burned. The burned patient was sleeping in the tent with another adult when the fire broke out. The PF&R paramedic on-scene estimated that the patient suffered life threatening, third degree burns across approximately 75% of their body. After ...

Dec 17, 2020 Early Wednesday morning, Portland Fire & Rescue Engine 24 was dispatched to a reported tent fire at the on-ramp to I-405 near the intersection of N Cook St. and N Gantenbein. The fire was mostly out when they arrived, but one person was badly burned. The burned patient was sleeping in the tent with another adult when the fire broke out. The PF&R paramedic on-scene estimated that the patient suffered life threatening, third degree burns across approximately 75% of their body. After ...

Dec 17, 2020 Early Wednesday morning, Portland Fire & Rescue Engine 24 was dispatched to a reported tent fire at the on-ramp to I-405 near the intersection of N Cook St. and N Gantenbein. The fire was mostly out when they arrived, but one person was badly burned. The burned patient was sleeping in the tent with another adult when the fire broke out. The PF&R paramedic on-scene estimated that the patient suffered life threatening, third degree burns across approximately 75% of their body. After ...