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| | | A massive house fire in Lafayette sent smoke billowing and flames shooting into the night sky above the Hub City. Firefighters responded in force to battle the inferno and try to keep it from spreading in the neighborhood. The house fire broke out in the 300 block of Jeanette Street. The residential neighborhood is located just off Eraste Landry Road … |
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| | | PHOTO: A modern twist on traditions as the Bartlesville Fire Department traded in their fire poles for a slide. Bartlesville firefighters are sliding into their rescues instead of coming down fire poles. “It allows our guys downstairs quicker and get to the apparatus faster, which allows them to get out the door and respond to the calls quicker,” Bartlesville Fire … |
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| | | A modern twist on traditions as the Bartlesville Fire Department traded in their fire poles for a slide. Bartlesville Fire Chief H.C. Call said the goal of the slide is efficiency. KOKI-TV FOX 23 Tulsa |
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| | | VIDEO: Crews have worked non-stop for nearly a week straight now in their battle with the deadly Eaton Fire, which was 33% contained at 14,117 acres as of Monday night. When the fire first broke out on the night of Jan. 7, thousands of people were forced to evacuate in a rush as the flames, some as tall as 100 … |
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| | | VIDEO/PHOTOS: The FBI is searching for the operator whose hobby drone hit a “Super Scooper” airplane battling the Palisades Fire last week, damaging and taking a vital piece of firefighting equipment out of the sky. The collision happened Thursday morning near Malibu in airspace that was restricted in order to provide firefighting aircraft clear space to provide critical water and … |
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| | | VIDEO/PHOTOS: On Monday, Portland's historic Messenger Bell, a fire alarm bell purchased in 1874, was relocated from the Portland Firefighter Memorial Triangle to the Fire Bureau Logistics Center. The move is part of the restoration of the David Campbell Memorial and the development of the Portland Firefighter Memorial Plaza. The bell, a significant piece of Portland's history, was acquired following … |
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