Firefighters Told to Cut Grass on Duty
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EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio - The mayor has ordered the city's firefighters to cut grass and trim shrubs while on duty to help the service department care for parks and other public areas. "We have 54 firefighters, and they have a lot of downtime," Mayor Eric Brewer said Thursday.
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By Greg Elwell, The Daily Oklahoman  Feb. 20--CASHION -- Officials said drivers, not the flames, were the biggest danger to firefighters working a grass fire near Cashion on Monday morning.
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NEW YORK  - If the job of raking the leaves  falls to you, experts advise approaching it like a sport: warm  up, cool down and watch your form.
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When Wally Danielson's pager started rattling at 4:54 a.m. last Monday to report a fire of an undetermined nature at Hunters Brooke, the volunteer fire chief in Marbury didn't think much of it.
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By Erin Sherbert, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Feb. 24--Far East County residents appear to want better fire protection services, but whether they are willing to pay for it is questionable, fire officials said.
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City ladder trucks should never roll without at least four firefighters onboard and protective gear should be updated, a panel recommended Wednesday in response to a furniture store inferno that killed nine firefighters.
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Attacks on fire crews have become a 'recreational activity' in parts of Britain, claim firefighters' leaders
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By The Kansas City Star, Mo.  Feb. 17--A Waldo fire that turned into an inferno on Friday is a frightening reminder that firefighters perform a dangerous job that requires considerable skill and training.
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Firefighters were so busy battling a warehouse blaze Tuesday that they needed outside help &#151; to protect their own fire station.
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Crews fighting a 4,200-acre wildfire outside of Sedona were burning vegetation in an effort to strengthen a protection line and clear the way for more evacuees to return home.
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By Shannon Dininny Associated Press  STEHEKIN, Wash. - Firefighters cut trees and vegetation Tuesday to try slowing the growth of an 11-square-mile wildfire that has chased summer tourists from this rural, mountainous region.
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Some 800 firefighters have been called into service recently to help battle the hillside fire threatening portions of Southern California.
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By Erin Sherbert, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Feb. 10--BRENTWOOD -- Residents this week got their first glimpse of a proposal to expand fire protection services in far East County that includes doubling the number of firefighters and adding paramedics to each fire engine.
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By Leigh Ann Tipton, Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky.  Mar. 10--In the last week, firefighter David Henderson said the Hartford Fire Department has responded to about seven brush fires.
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Firefighters, volunteers and aircraft tackle forest blazes that have caused widespread death and destruction.
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Firefighters say they are prepared for the worst in their battle against bushfires burning out of control across the Australian state of Victoria.
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By Richard Dymond, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Feb. 3--LAKEWOOD RANCH -- Some Lakewood Ranch residents are uncomfortable "ratting out" their neighbors who are overwatering their lawns.