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The brotherhood gets a Richmond bar like no other.
by Deveron Timberlake

Imagine a bar that’s more like a burnt-out shell of a room, with fire helmets for lampshades and a vintage Seagrave fire truck cut in half to make the bar. Beer taps come out of the truck’s pump panels. Red lights flash and sirens wail. And if you know what a Halligan bar is, you’re an instant part of the gang. (It’s a tool on a fire truck.) This isn’t somebody’s pipe dream — it’s the coming together of a long-held mission, and Shawn Gregory, a 17-year veteran of the Henrico Fire Department, is driving that dream straight into the tiny café that used to be the Kitchen Table, at 3 N. 17th St. in Shockoe Bottom.

Newport News dedicates new fire boat today

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Newport News dedicates new fire boat today

The city will dedicate its new fire boat Carl Brashear during a ceremony at City Hall today.
The city will dedicate its new fire boat Carl Brashear during a ceremony at City Hall today. NEWPORT NEWS FIRE DEPARTMENT

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© October 24, 2007 | Last updated 7:34 AM Oct. 24

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The Fire Department will dedicate its new fire boat Carl Brashear today in a ceremony in City Council chambers.

The ceremony will be held at 2 p.m. at City Hall, located at 2400 Washington Ave. Speakers will include state Secretary of Public Safety John W. Marshall and Carl Brashears son, Chief Warrant Officer Phillip Brashear, according to a news release.

Daughter of ‘Loneliest Road’ biker out of cancer treatment options

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Daughter of ‘Loneliest Road’ biker out of cancer treatment options
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Two weeks ago NBC12 ran a story about six fathers who biked across the U.S. to raise money for their children, who are suffering from a rare form of cancer called Neuroblastoma.

Grace, one of the children fighting cancer has now taken a turn for the worse. The cancer has spread to her abdomen and doctors say they have no more treatment options.

9-1-1: The Phone Makes the Difference

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Reported by Annie Scholz
October 18, 2007
Last updated @ 5:24 p.m.

When you dial 9-1-1, help is on its way. But depending on the phone you use, the response could be different.

We caught up with Tom Hanson, the executive director of the Emergency Communications Center for Charlottesville, Albemarle and UVA. He says if your call for help comes from your standard land line then, “We should be able to pinpoint exactly where you’re at based on that information.”

Virginia Tech Student Faces Federal Arson Charges

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A Virginia Tech student was indicted on federal arson charges related to three separate fires at a Blacksburg apartment complex.

Robert Andrew Lawson, 23, faces up to 20 years in prison and fines of up to $250,000 on each of the three charges. Two of the three fires – one on July 19 and another on Aug. 31 – occurred in the building where Lawson lived, according to the indictment. A fire on Sept. 20 occurred in a building across the street.

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REAGAN NATIONAL AIRPORT, Va. (WUSA) — The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Fire Department put out a fire at Reagan National Airport on Wednesday night.

Officials say the fire was on the roof of the Spirit Airline terminal and started just after 8 p.m. Spirit Airlines is housed in Terminal A.

Getting Everyone to Help Out With Fire Prevention

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FIRE PREVENTION MONTH always means a Saturday open house at the new Falls Church fire station serving North Arlington and Falls Church. As usual, kids and their parents got to crawl all over some of the fire engines and other state-of-the-art equipment and are coached on fire prevention methods to put to use in their own homes. Last weekend’s open house was well attended, an effective tool the firefighting arsenal. (News-Press photos)

Man pulled out of an early-morning fire

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Firefighters rescued a man during an overnight apartment fire in Richmond.

A fire broke out in the kitchen area of one unit at an apartment complex in the 3900 block of Chamberlayne Avenue around 2 a.m. today.

Firefighters had to walk through the flames to get the resident out. He was reportedly disoriented and was taken to VCU Medical Center for examination.

Arson ruled cause of fires in apartment, vacant building in Norfolk

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Arson ruled cause of fires in apartment, vacant building in Norfolk

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© October 19, 2007

NORFOLK

Fire investigators have determined that two recent fires were arson.

One struck Sunday in the 2800 block of DeBree Ave. in a vacant building that was being renovated.

And early Thursday, a blaze broke out in a second-floor apartment in the 300 block of W. 29th St. The apartment was furnished but was not occupied, the fire department said.

“We believe that there could be a connection but we don’t know that yet,” said Battalion Chief Bruce Evans, a spokesman for Norfolk Fire-Rescue.

Nobody was injured in either fire.

There’d better be real fire, etc.

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Under a proposed ordinance, fines would be as high as $500 for repeated false alarms in Isle of Wight County.

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October 17, 2007

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ISLE OF WIGHT – Cry wolf, and it’ll cost you.

The Isle of Wight County Board of Supervisors is considering an ordinance that would impose fines on owners of both home and commercial security alarms that keep going off. Officials said false alarms burned county money and time, and they want them to

Richmond, Virginia Firefighters Handle Bus Entrapment

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The report said man trapped under a bus. Richmond’s Bravest shifted into high gear and responded.

On October 5, at 1500 hours Quint 6 (ALS), Quint 5, Rescue 1 and Battalion 1 were toned out for an accident with a person trapped.

Car Submerged After Henrico Crash

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Henrico Police are investigating an early Monday accident that left a car completely submerged in an area creek.

According to investigators, the accident happened at about 7:30 a.m. Monday. The driver of a white sedan driving on Wilkinson Road near Azalea Avenue left the roadway near a bridge, and ended up in a creek. The driver was able to get out of the car and sit on the roof until rescue crews arrived.

Man Killed in Collision With Henrico Firetruck

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Henrico police are investigating a deadly accident involving a fire truck at the intersection of Laburnum Avenue and Creighton Road. The accident happened shortly before one o’clock Sunday afternoon.

Investigators say a Henrico fire truck, responding to a house fire, was attempting to turn left onto Creighton Road from the northbound lanes of Laburnum Avenue. Eyewitnesses say a blue Ford Taurus, heading south on Laburnum Avenue, slammed into the fire truck so hard its rear tires lifted off the ground.

Former Alleghany Co. fire chief charged after funds go missing

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According to police, the man wrote company checks worth about $3,500 for personal use.

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A former volunteer fire chief from Alleghany County has been charged with taking funds from his department, officials reported.

According to the Alleghany County sheriff’s office, Ricky Lynn Hall, 50, of the Sharon Volunteer Fire Department, was charged last week with one count of embezzlement, one count of forgery and one count of uttering, the legal term for passing a forged check.

Barn safety a hot issue for some in county

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Oct 10, 2007

A new focus on barn fire safety in Goochland has emerged, thanks in large part to Fire Marshall Phil Paquette and a hard-working committee including Jennifer Newton and Sherry Sackett.

A year’s worth of effort culminated in a safety seminar and equipment demonstrations at Deep Run Hunt Club Saturday morning.

Over 100 residents turned out to hear two hours of tips by Paquette, Newton, her husband and veterinarian Tom Newton, Goochland Fire Chief Ken Brown, and Deputy Chief Eddie Ferguson.

Low water complicates firefighting

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Declining water supplies are affecting how well some area firefighters are able to protect people’s homes. A dry, windy day like Friday can be the perfect combination for disaster.

If that happened Friday, Hanover fire officials aren’t so sure they would have enough water to put it out.

Some people in the area don’t rely on fire hydrants. They rely on ponds, streams and lakes, so when there is a fire, how quickly it’s put out depends on how fast firefighters can get water sources to the scene.

RESCUE SQUAD’S APPEAL OF SUSPENSION SURVIVES

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Judge refuses to dismiss Culpeper rescue squad’s appeal of suspension

Date published: 10/10/2007

BY DONNIE JOHNSTON

Culpeper County Circuit Judge John Cullen yesterday refused to dismiss–at least for the time being–the Culpeper County Rescue Squad’s appeal of its suspension by the state.

The appeal would force the Office of Emergency Medical Services to hold a formal hearing to determine if state Health Commissioner Dr. Robert B. Stroube erred in first pulling the squad’s license to run calls Jan. 3 and then changing the order to a suspension in late May.

The state argues that it had every right to suspend the squad, also known as Company 11, for not answering calls in what it determined to be a timely manner.

Divide between D.C. firefighters, EMTs targeted under joint agency

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WASHINGTON — Toby Halliday had many questions, but this was one of the biggest: Why do firetrucks often arrive before ambulances to medical emergencies in the District?

In the case of his father-in-law, retired New York Times reporter David E. Rosenbaum, the firefighters who responded to the January 2006 call about a man down failed to complete a basic exam and seemed eager to hand off the vomiting patient to ambulance workers when they showed up minutes later. So began a downward spiral of failure and seeming indifference throughout the department that ended with Rosenbaum’s death two days later.

Firefighters battle house fire in Buchanan

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Fire Destroys Waynesboro Business

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October 04, 2007

Firefighters are on the scene of a large blaze that ripped through a commercial building in Waynesboro Thursday morning. The blaze caused extensive damage to Colonial Plaza on Poplar Avenue. Colonial Plaza houses two businesses: Sterling Printing Services and Tienda La Mexicana, a Hispanic grocery store.

Pilot killed as plane crashes on U.S. 17 in Chesapeake

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A State Police officer looks over the debris on the ground along U.S. 17. on Wednesday night.
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© October 4, 2007

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The pilot of a small plane was killed Wednesday afternoon when it crashed on U.S. 17, disintegrating in a hail of debris that struck one passing vehicle.

The name of the victim was not released, but police recovered his identification and his cell phone. There were no reports of other injuries on the ground or in the vehicle that was hit.

Young Burn Survivors Get Royal Treatment in Local Area

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by KRISTEN ARMSTRONG, Staff Writer
The 43 teenagers who congregated at Fort Myer’s firehouse on Sept. 26 were each from a different part of the country, and had different upbringings and interests.

But they all share one thing in common – they all are burn survivors.

For 12 years, the International Association of Firefighters (IAFF) has selected young burn survivors (ages 13 to 15) to participate in the National Children’s Burn Camp, which brings them to the local area for a week-long tour of the nation’s capital and surrounding areas, including a visit to Fort Myer.

Local EMS workers play flag football for one of their own

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They race against the clock everyday trying to save lives. Sunday, they were trying to help save one of their own.

It may look like these players are on different teams, but call it competition for a cause.

Roanoke Fire EMS, Roanoke County Fire and Rescue and their Salem counterparts teamed up for a charity flag football game.