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| Families of 'Charleston 9' Reach Partial Settleme... | FireHouse.com | |
| <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-label">Subtitle: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Attorneys said it would bring total companies have agreed to pay the families to $8.4M. </div> </div> </div> <fieldset class="fieldgroup group-authors"><legend>Authors and source</legend><div class="field field-type-text field-field-author-external"> <div class="field-label">External author: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Firehouse.com News</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p> </p> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p>Families of eight of the nine Charleston firefighters who died in the 2007 Sofa Super Store blaze have reached a partial settlement with several of the companies they claimed were negligent, according to <a href="http://www.postandcourier.com" target="new">The Post and Courier</a>.</p> <p>From a pool of some 30 companies, all but about four have agreed to settlements totaling more than $1.2 million, the report said. Larry Richter, an attorney for several of the families, told the newspaper that figure was closer to $1.5 million.</p> <fieldset class="fieldgroup group-related-content"><div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-related-internal-resources"> <div class="field-label">Related internal resources: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/news/news/charleston-9-remembered-anniversary-tragic-blaze">'Charleston 9' Remembered on Anniversary of Tragic Blaze</a> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <a href="/news/news/charleston-9-remembered-timeline-events">'Charleston 9' Remembered: A Timeline of Events</a> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-web-exclusive"> <div class="field-label">Web exclusive: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 0Web exlusive </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-memberzone-only"> <div class="field-label">Memberzone only: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 0 </div> </div> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fh_rss/news/~4/52apPcfIPLs" height="1" width="1"/> |
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| Fla. Workers Saved From Drawbridge | FireHouse.com | |
| <fieldset class="fieldgroup group-authors"><legend>Authors and source</legend><div class="field field-type-text field-field-author-external"> <div class="field-label">External author: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>The Associated Press</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p> </p> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p>POMPANO BEACH, Fla. --</p> <p>Four workers are safe after getting stuck on a drawbridge that went up unexpectedly in Florida</p> <p>Pompano Beach city spokeswoman Sandra King says hydraulics failed on a bridge under reconstruction Wednesday morning, causing it to rise while Department of Transportation workers were still on it.</p> <p>Three workers were brought down in harnesses. A fourth was left trapped in the air over the Intracoastal Waterway.</p> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-web-exclusive"> <div class="field-label">Web exclusive: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 0Web exlusive </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-memberzone-only"> <div class="field-label">Memberzone only: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 0 </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-feedname"> <div class="field-label">Feedname: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> AP </div> </div> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fh_rss/news/~4/EbmtMOGClKw" height="1" width="1"/> |
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| Indiana FF's Home Destroyed in Blaze | FireHouse.com | |
| <fieldset class="fieldgroup group-authors"><legend>Authors and source</legend><div class="field field-type-text field-field-author-external"> <div class="field-label">External author: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Firehouse.com News</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p> </p> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p>A Jefferson Township firefighter's home was destroyed by flames yesterday afternoon, according to <a target="new" href="http://www.etruth.com">The Elkhart Truth</a>.</p> <p>A firefighter battling the blaze was transported to Goshen General Hospital for treatment of smoke inhalation, Assistant Chief Jeremy Martin told the newspaper.</p> <p>No one was in the home at the time of the fire and a small black dog was rescue from the residence.</p> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-web-exclusive"> <div class="field-label">Web exclusive: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 0Web exlusive </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-memberzone-only"> <div class="field-label">Memberzone only: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 0 </div> </div> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fh_rss/news/~4/ggZCdmP0ONU" height="1" width="1"/> |
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| N.Y. Chief, FF Charged With Menacing | FireHouse.com | |
| <fieldset class="fieldgroup group-authors"><legend>Authors and source</legend><div class="field field-type-text field-field-author-external"> <div class="field-label">External author: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>BY LAURA RIVERA and MATTHEW CHAYES</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Newsday, Melville, N.Y.</p> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p lang="en-US"> The Hempstead Fire Department chief and a New York City firefighter were arrested and charged with frisking and menacing a man by holding him at gunpoint on a Hempstead street Sunday, police said.</p> <p> A Fire Department of New York spokesman, Steve Ritea, said that Brian Schuck, 33, a nine-year veteran of the FDNY who works for Ladder 111 in Brooklyn and lives in Freeport, was suspended without pay for 30 days.</p> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-feedname"> <div class="field-label">Feedname: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> TRIBUNE </div> </div> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fh_rss/news/~4/nbK8508RGtQ" height="1" width="1"/> |
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| L.A. May Deactivate 10 Ambulances | FireHouse.com | |
| <fieldset class="fieldgroup group-authors"><legend>Authors and source</legend><div class="field field-type-text field-field-author-external"> <div class="field-label">External author: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>BY MIKE BRESNAHAN</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Los Angeles Times</p> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p lang="en-US">Facing a shrinking number of options to close a budget gap that could grow to $600 million in the next fiscal year, the Los Angeles City Council is weighing whether to deactivate 10 rescue ambulances at night.</p> <p>Council members postponed a decision Tuesday amid confusion about how the proposal would affect response times and after listening to the tearful testimony of a man whose father recently died of a heart attack.</p> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-web-exclusive"> <div class="field-label">Web exclusive: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 0Web exlusive </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-memberzone-only"> <div class="field-label">Memberzone only: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 0 </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-feedname"> <div class="field-label">Feedname: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> TRIBUNE </div> </div> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fh_rss/news/~4/h8I3m1LXohQ" height="1" width="1"/> |
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| Hospital Official Slams D.C. Response | FireHouse.com | |
| <fieldset class="fieldgroup group-authors"><legend>Authors and source</legend><div class="field field-type-text field-field-author-external"> <div class="field-label">External author: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>BY DAVE STATTER</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Courtesy of <a href="http://www.wusa9.com" target="new">WUSA-TV</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p><strong>WASHINGTON, D.C. --</strong> As the investigation into the death of Stephanie Stephens continues, a top official at Children's National Medical Center has made his views about the case known. In a letter to the editor in The Washington Post, Dr. Joseph Wright said, "The decision not to immediately transport a 2-year-old with respiratory symptoms is inexcusable." </p> <fieldset class="fieldgroup group-related-content"><div class="field field-type-link field-field-related-external-link"> <div class="field-label">Related external resources: </div> <ul class="field-items"> <li> <a href="http://statter911.com/2010/03/09/childrens-hospital-doctor-blasts-dc-fire-ems-department-over-death-of-child-calls-lack-of-transport-inexcusable-refers-to-case-as-a-pediatric-rosenbaum/">STATter 911 Blog</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://www.wusa9.com/video/default.aspx?bctid=71090480001">Watch WUSA-TV Video Report</a> </li> </ul> </div> </fieldset> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-web-exclusive"> <div class="field-label">Web exclusive: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 0Web exlusive </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-memberzone-only"> <div class="field-label">Memberzone only: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 0 </div> </div> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fh_rss/news/~4/d7Ck0ufh5KU" height="1" width="1"/> |
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| Mass. Chief Pins Errors on Computer | FireHouse.com | |
| <fieldset class="fieldgroup group-authors"><legend>Authors and source</legend><div class="field field-type-text field-field-author-external"> <div class="field-label">External author: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p></p><P>George Barnes, TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFFTELEGRAM & GAZETTE (Massachusetts)</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p></p><P> </p> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p></p><P></p><br /> <P>Fire Chief Seth A. Knipe said he takes full responsibility for problems that occurred in billing for the Fire Department ambulance service, but believes the problem could have been handled without a police investigation.</p><br /> <P>"I'm not hiding behind anything," he said. "As chief, the buck stops here.</p> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-web-exclusive"> <div class="field-label">Web exclusive: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 0Web exlusive </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-memberzone-only"> <div class="field-label">Memberzone only: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 0 </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-feedname"> <div class="field-label">Feedname: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> LexisNexis </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-link field-field-royalty-url"> <div class="field-label">Royalty URL: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="http://www6.lexisnexis.com/publisher/DataFeed?Action=ReportRoyalty&orgid=534&doctoken=e6874d82b9c4d010b7e764627821d6b014016538e4010415c4cb29f50abbb2692e01de9c37dcef6513c70475e7dd7b897c2a2a9fab1631b9b575fc7e2ff0a72ce33821f0fe0cf8605cea8a5a4167f9a05f8bc565c0b5507e57b205cee8d450a9d4f98e0f0c9fd9da03616e38d39dd81af2116ee6bf23cd29203ba56984d5fa8faca8a26b83fc6d56&numDocs=1&version=1&markup=XML">http://www6.lexisnexis.com/publisher/DataFeed?Action=ReportRoyalty&orgid=534&doc...</a> </div> </div> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fh_rss/news/~4/2G6UfR_onE4" height="1" width="1"/> |
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| N.Y. Firefighters Save Historic Home | FireHouse.com | |
| <fieldset class="fieldgroup group-authors"><legend>Authors and source</legend><div class="field field-type-text field-field-author-external"> <div class="field-label">External author: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Dennis Yusko</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Albany Times Union, N.Y.</p> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p>--</p> <p lang="en-US">Mar. 9--SARATOGA SPRINGS -- A fire that ripped into a historic three-story building in Franklin Square and injured a city firefighter was likely started by an electrical malfunction in a second-floor laundry room, fire officials said Monday.</p> <p>The smoky blaze in the late 19th-century Victorian mansion started minutes before midnight Friday, and was reported by a resident.</p> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-web-exclusive"> <div class="field-label">Web exclusive: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 0Web exlusive </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-memberzone-only"> <div class="field-label">Memberzone only: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 0 </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-feedname"> <div class="field-label">Feedname: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> TRIBUNE </div> </div> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fh_rss/news/~4/AXWyMxcuqVo" height="1" width="1"/> |
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| Dad Held in Ohio Fire that Killed Boys | FireHouse.com | |
| <fieldset class="fieldgroup group-authors"><legend>Authors and source</legend><div class="field field-type-text field-field-author-external"> <div class="field-label">External author: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Story by <a target="_new" href="http://www.wlwt.com" />wlwt.com</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p> GREENFIELD, Ohio</p> <p> -- </p> <p></p><p> Thomas Coonrod would have celebrated his 4th birthday Sunday. </p> <p> Instead, his family is mourning the Highland County boy and his 3-year-old brother, Stephen. </p> <p> The boys were killed in a fire that started about 12:30 a.m. at their home at 150 A Lafayette St. in Greenfield, according to a spokesman for the Ohio state fire marshal. </p> <p> Their father, 42-year-old Wesley Coonrod, was taken into custody early Sunday on child endangerment charges and remains jailed at the Highland County Jail. </p> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-feedname"> <div class="field-label">Feedname: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> IBSRSS </div> </div> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fh_rss/news/~4/UG1liIbbkn8" height="1" width="1"/> |
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| 911 Helps Ariz. Teen Save Mom's Life | FireHouse.com | |
| <fieldset class="fieldgroup group-authors"><legend>Authors and source</legend><div class="field field-type-text field-field-author-external"> <div class="field-label">External author: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Story by <a target="_new" href="http://www.kpho.com" />kpho.com</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p> GLENDALE, Ariz.</p> <p> -- </p> <p></p><p> A 911 operator instructed a 16-year-old girl on how to perform continuous chest compressions on her mom who was in full cardiac arrest. </p> <p> Amber Christiansen said she had never been trained in doing CPR. When she saw her mom, Tracy Wolters, in distress, Christiansen said she flew into action. </p> <p> "I just listened to what the 911 operator was telling me on the phone," Christiansen said. "I know after the firefighters first got there, the first thing in my mind was, 'Don't let her die.'" </p> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-feedname"> <div class="field-label">Feedname: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> IBSRSS </div> </div> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fh_rss/news/~4/5QuYVO3tcek" height="1" width="1"/> |
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