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Officials say four firefighters died and five others were hurt battling a five-alarm fire at a hotel and restaurant. Houston firefighters responded to a 5 ALARM fire at the Southwest Inn, 6855 Southwest Freeway, Houston Friday just after noon. Four firefighters were killed and five firefighters were injured. Authorities say four firefighters were killed, and [...]

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Walter Patmon, Jr. died after experiencing shortness of breath while cleaning up equipment in a firehouse immediately after fighting a kitchen fire Sunday night at 1520 west 99th Street. Walter Patmon, Jr. was assigned to CFD Truck 40 at Engine 121′s firehouse, 1724 West 95TH. He is survived by his wife and three adult daughters. [...]

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Captain Herbert Johnson and Commissioner Jose Santiago, Chicago Fire Department. A Chicago Fire Department firefighter died tonight while he was being treated in the University of Chicago Hospitals Emergency Department for injuries he suffered in a house fire. The house fire, initially reported in an attic, was in a 2.5-story home in the 2300 block [...]

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CCTV Video Surveillance captures explosion and shockwave that killed three firefighters and destroyed fire vehicles. A gas tanker that exploded killing three firefighters in central China on Saturday was still burning a day later, according to a Chinese state television report on Sunday. The tanker overturned on Saturday morning on the Changde-Jishou Expressway in Huaihua [...]

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A NIOSH Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program report by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health has declared the lack of a system to alert the Fire Department to hazardous buildings and the lack of personal firefighter radios for each firefighter as contributing factors in the deaths of Chicago career firefighters Edward [...]

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Early on authorities said a Miami-Dade police officer was killed and another was wounded in a shooting. A suspect was also shot. The two officers were working with a U.S. Marshals Service fugitive task force A Career Criminal Task Force unit of the warrants bureau of the Miami-Dade police was looking for a suspect wanted [...]

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Rainier police chief Ralph Painter responded to a call about an attempted car theft at 10:47 a.m. Less than an hour later he was dead from a gunshot wound, this town’s first officer to die in the line of duty. Rainier, Oregon Police Chief Ralph Painter was shot and killed with his own handgun after [...]

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VIDEO: “Streets of Chicago downright mean.” Chicago Scenes of shootouts and arrests: 2010 was a particularly deadly year for law enforcement. Nationwide Deaths in the line of duty jumped 37 percent to 160 from 117 the year before, according to numbers as of Tuesday compiled by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund. ILLINOIS ONE [...]

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 WGN LIVE video recorded before all firefighters were ‘accounted for’ at about 8:13 a.m. CST Monday — wgntv.com. abc7chicago.com report. UPDATE: Corey Ankum, 34, died at Advocate Christ Medical Center. Edward Stringer died at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Two firefighters were killed, four firefighters were reported in serious-to-critical condition, and ten firefighters were reported injured in [...]

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  WGN LIVE video recorded before all firefighters were ‘accounted for’ at about 8:13 a.m. CST Monday. UPDATE: Two firefighters killed, four firefighters in serious-to-critical condition, ten firefighters injured in stable condition. Click for Updated Article … Still frame from video of ABC7 Chicago Chopper7HD. See ABC7Chicago.com Firefighters trapped in wall collapse …The frame shows [...]

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CFD Firefighter Christopher Wheatley … View Chicagoland Major Fires & Rescues in a larger map Christopher Wheatley, 31, was carrying about 75 pounds of ax and a hose up a fire escape to fight a grease chute fire at the Avec restaurant, 615 W. Randolph, when he fell about 35 feet about 12:30 a.m. Monday. [...]

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2 Homewood Firefighters Critically Injured, Firefighter Brian Carey Pronounced Dead at 10:03 p.m.
Homewood Fire Department responded about 9:00 p.m. Tuesday to a fully involved house fire at 17622 Lincoln in Homewood. There was report upon arrival of firefighters that a person was trapped inside the house. A husband and wife were living in the home, but [...]

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