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An off duty Leavenworth (KS) FD Driver/Operator sustained serious burns while attempting to rescue his 5 year old daughter from their own house fire last night around 1700 hours. The FF was at home and of course was not wearing any PPE. I was personally in Leavenworth last week and FF Mark Jacobson was on the shift that was on duty and present in the program. FF Jacobson's 5 year old Daughter was killed in this tragic fire.
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THREE emergency service vehicles were hit by a car as crews responded to a series of accidents near Morpeth.
Police, fire and ambulance staff were called to the A1 near Clifton after three cars lost control on black ice.

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A paramedic who was called to give assistance to the Lib Dem AM Mick Bates after a drunken night out says he was physically assaulted by him.
The medic, who is planning to press charges, said he was punched in the chest by an "abusive" Mr Bates outside a Cardiff restaurant last month.
The Montgomeryshire AM said he does not remember what happened and apologised for difficulties he may have caused.
He has stood down as chair of the assembly's sustainability committee.

Mr Bates has also stepped down from party front bench duties.
The paramedic, who does not want to be named, said he was part of an ambulance crew called to Charlestons Brasserie in Carol...
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By ABC-7's Marissa Monroy
Investigators are still trying to determine the cause of a medevac helicopter crash that killed three men Friday night.
According to Fort Bliss officials, the crash happened shortly before 7:30pm, southeast of the McGregor Range base camp.
Pilot William Montgomery and paramedics John Sutter from Las Cruces and Anthony Archuleta of El Paso were the only ones on board when their helicopter went down. All three were civilians.
It was business as usual for soldiers rolling through McGregor Range, but just past the entrance gate, a mystery looms over why the helicopter came crashing ...
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EL PASO -- The three-member crew of a Southwest Med Evac helicopter died Friday night when it crashed during a training flight at McGregor Range.
The pilot, William Montgomery of Avondale, Ariz., and two paramedics, John Sutter of Las Cruces and Anthony Archuleta of El Paso, were killed when the helicopter crashed as it prepared to land, said officials of Southwest Med Evac, a division of Omniflight Helicopters Inc.
The helicopter was not transporting patients. Further details of the crash were sketchy Saturday.
"The cause of the accident is unknown at this time," Anthony DiNota, president and chief operating officer of Omniflight, said in a statement. "There are many questions that need to be an...
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A black Chevrolet Suburban travelling in President Barack Obama's 15 vehicle motorcade this morning in Washington, D.C. was struck by an ambulance Saturday morning, examiner.com has learned.
Alex Leary of the St. Petersburg Times first reported the incident in a White House pool report released this morning. As the motorcade went to depart The White House, members of the media were asked to stay back a few minutes as the Secret Service pulled out an extra SUV for them to get into to motorcade because an ambulance had been involved in a "fender bender" with one of the press SUV
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An off duty Leavenworth (KS) FD Driver/Operator sustained serious burns while attempting to rescue his 5 year old daughter from their own house fire last night around 1700 hours. The FF was at home and of course was not wearing any PPE. I was personally in Leavenworth last week and FF Mark Jacobson was on the shift that was on duty and present in the program. FF Jacobson's 5 year old Daughter was killed in this tragic fire.

Mark's son (13), along with Mark and his wife were transported to the hospital and are recovering. Another daughter (8) escaped with minor injuries and is being cared for by family members. The family was at hom...
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Thanks to Statter911.com for this story. For the people who go all around the world helping others when their buildings collapse due to natural disasters, this one couldn’t have been any closer to home. Overnight there was a collapse of the roof over the equipment bay at Fairfax County Fire & Rescue Department Station 410. Now, there is a roof problem at a neighboring firehouse. Firefighters report there is sagging in the roof at Station 408 in Annandale, just a little bit further south on Columbia Pike.

Here’s the story from from Susan Phillips, WUSA9.com:
Firefighters in a Fairfax County firehouse got a rude awakening early Monday morning when the roof of their firehouse partially collapsed.
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Three firefighters were hurt Saturday night when an extra-alarm blaze broke out at a vacant residence in the Park Manor neighborhood on Chicago's South Side.
The firefighters suffered minor injuries, fire officials said, adding that two had leg injuries. All three were taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where they were in good condition.
The 2-11 alarm fire -- which calls for more than 100 firefighters be sent to the scene -- broke out about 9 p.m. at the three-story residence near 68th Street and Prairie Avenue, fire officials said.
As of 10:10 p.m., flames were visible on the top floor and were shooting from the roof, they said.
A mayday call, which indicates a firefighter is either ...
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South Wales Fire Service said he hurt his leg and shoulder in the incident at Henllys, Cwmbran, Torfaen.
Ambulance crews and colleagues treated him, before he was taken to the Royal Gwent Hospital in Newport.
An investigation has been carried out by police, Vehicle Operators Standard Agency (VOSA) and the fire service.
The injured firefighter had been called to help after a car overturned outside the Castell-y-bwch Inn in Henllys at 0345 GMT.
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Five people were reported to be trapped, but when the fire crews from Cwmbran and Malpas arrived they found everyone had been released.
A fire service spokesperson said as they were carrying out checks to make sure there was no-one el...
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