Fire-Fighting Equipment
Among the earliest attempts to organize fire-fighting were the ancient Egyptians' gathering of volunteer fire-fighters and the Romans' use of slaves stationed in strategic loca...
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Firefighters must know how to administer First aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation to injured citizens. Firefighters are required to know how to drive and operate fire trucks and ambulances, even th...
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Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani sought common ground with firefighters Friday, linking the suffering from last month's deadly furniture store blaze in South Carolina to the pain fro...
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President Bush on Sunday honored fallen firefighters for their dedication and service to the nation.From the Sept. 11 attacks to Hurricane Katrina, "there were firefighters from around the country ...
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Democratic presidential candidates invoked images of Sept. 11 tragedy and heroism _ from a dust-caked crater in New York to bloodied firefighters _ as they appealed for the endorsement of a powerfu...
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A blaze that killed five federal firefighters last year has emboldened those who question the cost of saving the ever expanding number of homes on the fringe of wilderness.The five perished last fa...
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Since her firefighter husband died of a heart attack nearly four years ago after responding to an emergency, Kathleen Shea hasn't received a penny in death benefits — despite a federal law th...
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Fire helmet? Check. Gloves? Check. Axe? Check. Pet oxygen masks? Check.Increasingly, little oxygen masks for pets are becoming standard equipment for firefighters. Hoping to save cats, dogs and oth...
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A former fashion writer was convicted Wednesday of sexually abusing a woman for almost 13 hours after posing as a firefighter on Halloween to bluff his way into her Manhattan apartment.A jury neede...
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Crews hoping for wet weather to help combat lightning-sparked wildfires in California faced a new threat Wednesday: too much rain.Flash flood warnings were posted for much of the eastern Sierra Nev...
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YUSAFIYAH, IRAQ—One of the U.S. military's new strategies in this war is to live among the Iraqi people.
Instead of commuting to work each day from a large base, many soldiers have taken up r...
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A federal judge on Friday struck down a requirement that firefighters in the District of Columbia be clean-shaven.A group of firefighters who wear beards for religious reasons first sued in 2001 to...
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Fire-Fighting Equipment
Job Description for Firefighters
Giuliani sympathizes with firefighters
