Disabled OAP's fire rescue
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Police carry a disabled pensioner to safety after a fire in the bedroom of her home in the early hours.
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Local residents having difficulty reaching relatives in the areas recently hit by Hurricane Charley are urged to contact the Washtenaw County Chapter of the Red Cross for assistance.
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Rescue operation under way after trawler fire leaves 23 crew members stranded without power.
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By Valryn Warren Staff Writer  RIVERSIDE -- Scott Douglas Davis stands in the street, staring like a man waking up from a bad dream to something worse -- workers boarding up his home.  "It's like a concrete block on my chest," he said. "I'm disabled, I can hardly walk.
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At least 25 people have been feared dead after a fire tore through a Latvian home for the disabled Friday, sparking panic as rescuers tried desperately to get to residents.
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Obese patients in Calgary, Alberta, are the first in Canada to have a new ambulance on call specially modified to move them in a dignified and safe way while protecting paramedics from injury.
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By Marti Maguire, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Mar. 3--Johnston firefighters tried some new tricks on their fourth day of battling a mammoth stump fire north of Clayton.
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By Seth Freedland, Daily Press, Newport News, Va.  Dec. 12--JAMES CITY -- After Hurricane Isabel, James City County struggled to get reimbursed for debris cleanup on private roads.
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PLYMOUTH, Wis. - Firefighters used a harness and a tow truck to pull a donkey from an old well Friday after it fell 15 feet. The rescue happened about an hour and a half after the fire department responded to a 10 a.m. call to the home of Francis and Karee Abbott, Fire Chief Ron Nicolaus said.
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By Aubrey Woods, The Tribune, Seymour, Ind.  Mar. 6--HONEYTOWN -- The removal of a barricade led to a motorist driving into high water north of Brownstown on Monday night.  She and her 8-year-old daughter had to be rescued by Hamilton Township volunteer firefighters.
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When the alarm goes from warm to wild, the U.S.D.A. Forest Service calls in the Air Force Reserve for assistance in fighting fires.  Under a unique arrangement codified by law, the U.S.D.A.
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Fire crews work to minimise damage after blaze at Europe's largest cancer hospital
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Researchers use bypass technique to restore movement in paralysed rats
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IN his hour of need, in his desperate desire to gain lost ground...who could he call? In Sir Alex Ferguson&#39;s case, the time had come to fire the SOS flares and dial the emergency rescue number.
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APPLETON, Wis. - Pets here will be breathing a little easier now that local rescuers will be carrying oxygen masks designed for animals. Six Appleton fire trucks and 13 ambulances will be equipped with masks intended for use on dogs, cats and other small animals.
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By The Lima News, Ohio  Dec. 8--Volunteer fire departments in Allen, Hancock, Hardin, Logan and Shelby counties received grants from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources to purchase wild land personal protective equipment.  The grants go to communities with fewer than 10,000 people.
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By McKENZIE-McLEAN Jo  Emergency services are developing a plan to cope with a major fire in Christchurch's Bottle Lake Forest this summer.   Last summer, about 500 spectators obstructed police and firefighters who were battling a fire at the plantation.