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Raw video: Defensive operations ordered during fire in century old Shrewsbury, NJ home.
House on Sycamore Avenue was built in 1903.
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UPDATE: Detroit fire commissioner says banning firefighters from climbing aerial ladders will only minimally impact firefighters’ ability to extinguish fires.
Union president wants to know what else besides ladder trucks has not been inspected.
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More video from close call: Collapse & fireball at Vancouver, WA elementary school.
Three views as a roof collapses during three alarms fire at an elementary school.
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Early video: House fire in Somerville, NJ with man burned.
Small explosion caught on video. Fire started when man was smoking while breathing from oxygen tank.
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Close call video: Firefighter knocked down during explosion at school fire in Vancouver, WA.
Truck company tells command it was a backdraft.
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A report from the Man Cave: Restaurant fire in South Hadley, MA.
A chance to compare the citizen TV reporter to the real thing.
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Must read memo: Detroit Fire bans firefighters from climbing city’s aerial ladders unless immediate life threat. Ladders out of compliance with NFPA testing requirements.
Only exception is immediate life threat to the public or firefighters.
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Maryland’s PGFD announces staffing reorganization. Career firefighters removed from four fire stations & redeployed.
Branchville VFD held press conference a month ago critical of the plan that leaves its firehouse and three others staffed…
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PGFD Beltway crash update: West Lanham Hills VFD Chief John Alter disputes police account of how collision occurred. Says no U-turn at I-95/495 emergency turn-around.
Chief Alter says he wants record set straight. Also, updates condition on Lt. Ryan Emmons whose arm was reattached.
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