Reliving the Blizzard of ’78 in the Brockton area — 47 years later
Brockton was bombarded with 2 feet of snow, stranding cars and marooning workers and students. What it was like in words and ...
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How fire departments use pre-positioning to get a jump on wildfires
When weather experts predict dangerous wind storms, there’s funding available for fire departments to pre-deploy extra strike teams and equipment to quickly jump on the fires that may be sparked ...
From a school featured in 'Freaky Friday' to a historic synagogue, these are some of the landmarks damaged in the L.A.-area fires
The Los Angeles-area blazes, which authorities say have killed at least 16 people, have leveled homes, businesses and schools at an alarming speed. Among the areas hardest hit is Pacific Palisades, an ...
ABC News21d
LA firestorm stresses importance of having personal disaster plan: Officials
Fire officials are urging residents to make a disaster action plan. As thousands of firefighters battled a series of raging wildfires across Los Angeles County, California officials warned the ...
New York Post22d
75 Los Angeles fire trucks wait for repairs as wildfires rage — while city spends $1.3B on the homeless
The essential firefighting vehicles were still sitting in the Los Angeles Fire Department’s Bureau Of Supply and Maintenance lot in an industrial area Wednesday, waiting to be repaired.
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Metro fire departments undergo water, ice rescue training
Fire departments in at least two Kansas City metro cities, Independence, Missouri and Overland Park, Kansas, spent Wednesday training for emergency ice rescues. First responders are familiar with ...
The Boston Globe22d
How climate change worsens wildfire risk
A permit from the local fire department is required to burn outdoors, said Jake Wark, public information officer for the Massachusetts Department of Fire Services. He warned that outdoor fires can ...
CBS News22d
L.A. Fire Department brass face questions about slow response to Palisades Fire
Los Angeles — Questions are mounting regarding why hundreds of Los Angeles Fire Department personnel were initially held back from racing to the scene of the Palisades Fire when it first broke ...
Hindustan Times23d
Megyn Kelly ridicules three ‘obese’ female workers over LA Fire Department's response; Who is Kristine Larson?
Megyn Kelly blasted the three female workers of the Los Angeles Fire Department as the massive flames continue to ravage Southern California. Megyn Kelly blasted the three female workers of the ...
WHDH23d
Crews responding to East Boston fire that displaced 25 people
BOSTON (WHDH) - Crews responded to a fire on Prescott Street in East Boston just before 5 p.m. Thursday that displaced 25 people, according to officials. Fire officials say the fire started on a ...
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North Huntingdon fire crews work to douse flames at Otis Drive fire
A number of North Huntingdon’s seven fire departments worked Wednesday night to douse the flames that ripped through a home along the township’s Otis Drive. Firefighters were dispatched to the ...