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Morning Lineup – May 14
Monday Morning If Only More Fire Chiefs Would Do This – Cont'd. Another fire chief has been added to the Firegeezer Hall of Fame for his unflinching forthrightness in telling his citizens the truth...
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2 Dead, 18 Injured as Firefighters Save 56 More in Partial Building Collapse...
One of Those Places With No Safety Codes A SECTION OF A 5-STORY APARTMENT BUILDING suddenly collapsed early Sunday morning in Lutsk, Ukraine. All photos via Volynska Gazeta The section that fell away...
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Updated: Warehouse Roof Collapse Leaves One Trapped
Major Portion of Building Gone Down Update, 3 pm: Plans have been made on how to resume the search. Scroll down. ABOUT 90% OF A WAREHOUSE BUILDING'S ROOF collapsed Thursday night in Landover,...
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Morning Lineup – August 21
Tuesday Morning – Gotta Go? There have been times in the past when this quality and informative website has been accused of "going into the toilet" occasionally for stories. Naturally, I strongly...
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Do You Like To Go To Fires? Help Is On The Way!
Lightweight Is The Way To Go OUR FRIENDS IN CANADA are battling attempts by provincial legislators to cozy up to builders (they have that problem up there, too) who want to build mid-size office and...
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Another Fiery Facade in Dubai
They Keep Building Them – They Keep Burning Them DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, HELD THEIR SEMI-ANNUAL high rise fire Sunday morning, this time in a 34-story apartment building. Khaleej Times The fire...
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Partial Collapse of Firehouse Traps Pumper
Appears To Be Limited Mostly To Front Wall LAKE STATION, INDIANA, FIREHOUSE #2 experienced a partial building collapse Wednesday evening. Sun-Times News Service Videographer Mabas21 commented: Fire...
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Construction Crane Burns, Collapses – Video Included
Firefighters Unable to Approach Burning Platform A CONSTRUCTION CRANE IN SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, caught on fire Tuesday morning at 10 am local time, and the uncontrollable fire eventually led to the...
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Dual Building Collapse in Sicily – 4 Dead
Warning Sounds Alerted Residents to Flee TWO MULTI-UNIT RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS in Palermo, Italy, collapsed early Tuesday morning killing four people and injuring at least seven more. La Repubblica...
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Partial-Building Collapse Without Warning
In the Middle of the Night THE TOP TWO FLOORS OF AN 8-STORY office building in Shanghai, China, collapsed suddenly on Sunday morning. Fortunately it was in the middle of the night and no people are...
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Dozens Dead When Illegal Building Collapses in Mumbai
Death Toll Expected to Rise AT LEAST 45 PEOPLE HAVE DIED and more than 50 others were injured Thursday evening in Mumbai (Bombay), India, when a partially-occupied building collapsed around them. The...
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8-Story Factory Collapse Kills Scores In Bangladesh
Death Toll Continues To Rise UPDATE: As of late Thursday night the death toll has risen to 149. Scroll down. A FACTORY BUILDING FILLED WITH an estimated 2,000 workers collapsed suddenly Wednesday...
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Morning Lineup – April 25
Thursday Morning – Hard Hat Area Sometimes we tend to forget just how good things really are here in Western Civilization. But everytime I see a report like the one yesterday from Bangladesh, it...
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Morning Lineup – April 27
Saturday Morning – "How many snakes in there?!" Do you get the creepie-crawlies when a snake suddenly comes slithering across your path? Most people do, it's a natural human emotion for some reason...
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UL offers online Fire Service CEUs
New Fire Science Calls for New Training UL fire safety is at the forefront of research and knowledge that helps safeguard firefighters and the communities where they reside. Understanding how modern...
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New Jersey Sinkhole Swallows Occupied Forklift – Indoors
Sinkholes Rare in Bergen County A FORKLIFT OPERATOR ESCAPED WITH minor injuries Monday when the forklift he was riding suddenly dropped into a sinkhole in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The Record Danny...
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6 Dead In Downtown Philadelphia Building Collapse
Ground Shook Hard Enough To Knock Pedestrians Down A BUILDING THAT WAS BEING DEMOLISHED in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Wednesday suddenly collapsed on its own at 10:45 am. A portion of a wall fell...
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Morning Lineup – August 11
Sunday Morning – You Can't Get There From Here It's definitely a different culture over there in Spain. Their thinking processes appear to go in a different direction than most Americans' if a recent...
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Morning Lineup – August 15
Thursday Morning – Do You Keep Up On Your Pre-Planning? File this one under the "Know Your First-Due" category. Most fire departments are diligent about keeping up on what's going on in their service...
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Morning Lineup – August 17
Saturday Morning – What Goes Up, Must Come Down … Do you remember that story we posted on Thursday's Lineup about the Chinese high rise apartment where a rich scofflaw built his own mountain hideaway...
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