D.C. Firefighters Adopt Burn Center
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Epiphanies often happen during late-night solitude, and sure enough, D.C. firefighter Jason Woods had one as he kept overnight watch at Engine 22 a few years ago.
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The fires that caused an estimated &#36;10 million damage at an upscale housing development in a Washington suburb were set by unidentified "acquaintances" in addition to the four men already charged in the case, according to court documents filed Monday.
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D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee is preparing plans to fire up to several hundred employees over the coming year, part of a major restructuring of the school system's central office aimed at streamlining operations, District government sources said.
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By Mary Hopkin, Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash.  Sep. 22--Rain and cooler temperatures have calmed the Columbia Complex, the wildfire sparked a month ago by dry lightning near Dayton.
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Three More People Arrested in Md. Residential Arson Case, a Day After Security Guard Charged. Aaron Speed, 21, right, is escorted out of the Charles County Sheriff&#39;s office in La Plata, Md.
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-- U.S. hospitals are increasingly shutting down their burn centers in a trend experts say could leave the nation unable to handle widespread burn casualties from a fiery terrorist attack or other major disaster.
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By DAVE SKRETTA  KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Firefighters doused the last flames and watched for hot spots Thursday at a chemical distribution plant that was devastated by fire a day before.
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For the first time in three months, firefighters in northeastern Nevada may get a chance to catch their breath.
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President Bush won the endorsement of firefighters on Wednesday as he arrived in the city that redefined his presidency after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks -- a theme that has dominated his renomination convention.
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By REX BOWMAN  A fire that blackened nearly 2,900 acres of the George Washington National Forest this week was deliberately set, investigators said yesterday as firefighters declared the blaze under control.
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That fire in Vice President Cheney's digs in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on Wednesday naturally has everyone in Washington speculating about its origin. Arson might seem a bit far-fetched to folks outside the Beltway, but it would not be the first time a small conflagration was plann...
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By AP Wire Service  COLUMBUS, Mont.  -- Some evacuation requests were lifted Saturday near a wildfire that has burned 26 homes and 20 other structures after the blaze didn't grow significantly overnight.
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Investigators believe more than one person was involved in a series of fires at an upscale housing development, and the arsonists tried but failed to burn nearly a dozen other homes in the subdivision outside Washington.
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More than 200 firefighters from Arizona and Oregon joined the fight Thursday against a group of fast-growing wildfires in southeastern Washington, and officials said they still need more help.
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Kelly Gray had a goal and an assist to lead the Chicago Fire over D.C. United, 3-1, on Saturday night.
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia  - Canadian and U.S.  police were investigating on Friday if a Washington state man  arrested for arson in Vancouver was connected with more than a  dozen suspicious fires in the Seattle area this summer.
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By Erik Robinson, The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash.  Sep. 11--Dennis Buttolph glanced at ever-darkening smoke rising from the slope and grabbed a hose.