Incarcerated Firefighters Battle California Blazes for Low Pay, Redemption
Roughly 30 percent of firefighters battling the California wildfires are incarcerated, earning time off their sentences and ...
Springfield Fire Department explains how the city is prepared for major fires
Calvi told us the Springfield Water Department is in charge of maintaining the hydrants in the city of Springfield. He says they go out every year and pressure test the hydrants to make sure they are ...
Unified Fire chief reflects on brother's death in 2018 California wildfire
Unified Fire Authority Chief Dominic Burchett spoke about his brother, Draper City Fire Battalion Chief Matthew Burchett, who ...
Olympic swimmer who is now a firefighter describes LA fires: ‘We got our butts kicked’
David Walters, who won a gold medal for Team USA in 2008, joined the Los Angeles County Fire Department nearly a decade ago.
Iconic Springfield bookstore cat Googey, a former Captain Springfield, has died
In 2023, the people of Springfield named Googey as the eighth Captain Springfield. Googey died at his home Thursday, ...
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Lurie appoints new fire chief in first major hire
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie appointed Dean Crispen as The City’s new fire chief on Friday. Crispen, a 34-year department ...
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Peter Yarrow of folk-music trio Peter, Paul and Mary dies at 86
The singer-songwriter and social activist best known as one-third of the folk-music group Peter, Paul and Mary, has died at ...
Japanese woman who was the world's oldest person at 116 has died
The world's oldest person is now 116-year-old Brazilian nun Inah Canabarro Lucas, who was born 16 days after Tomiko Itooka.
Indie filmmaker Jeff Baena, Aubrey Plaza's husband, found dead at Los Angeles home
Film director and screenwriter Jeff Baena, who was married to actress Aubrey Plaza, has died, authorities confirmed. He was ...
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Jocelyn Wildenstein, ‘Catwoman’ socialite known for her extreme cosmetic surgery, dies
Wildenstein often downplayed the extent of her procedures, claiming the “cat eyes” she was so infamous for were a family ...
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Former CNN anchor Aaron Brown, who helped viewers through the Sept. 11 attacks, has died
Aaron Brown, a veteran television news anchor whose steady hand helped guide CNN viewers through the unfolding tragedy of the ...
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A fire at a Tyson Foods plant in Georgia kills 1 person, severely burns others
A fire at a Tyson Foods plant in Camilla, Georgia, killed one person and severely burned others early Friday. Authorities are investigating the cause of the fire, a Tyson Foods spokesperson ...