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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Gentler winds and cooler weather expected to give firefighters chance to control fires.
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As fire investigators prepared to take their first look at the floor where Mondayâs extra-alarm fire broke out in the LaSalle Bank building, officials congratulated the Fire Department today for quickly taking control of the scene and ensuring that
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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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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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With the firesâ advance slowed, another phase of firefighting has begun.
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By Kim MinughOn the third day of a controlled burn in Nevada County, flames devoured the dry underbrush with an ease that both satisfied and unsettled Battalion Chief Rob Paulus.
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BENTON CITY, Wash.  -- Firefighters tried to contain about a dozen lightning-caused fires in Washington state on Saturday, hours before another thunderstorm was expected to give them more work.
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The fires at an upscale housing development in suburban Washington were set by unnamed &quot;acquaintances&quot; as well as the four men charged so far with arson and involved at
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As firefighters searched for survivors after the Sept. 11 attacks, heat from the World Trade Center&#039;s smoldering ruins burned the soles off their boots. They needed new ones every few hours, and Chris Christopherson made sure they got them.
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By Rex Bowman, Richmond Times-Dispatch  Dec. 15--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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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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A new tracking system to pinpoint people  inside smoked-filled buildings has been developed in a move  that should slash the risks faced by firefighters.
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Flames and thick black smoke are sighted at a US government building in Washington DC.
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By GILLIAN FLACCUS RIVERSIDE, Calif. - A blaze that killed five federal firefighters last year has emboldened those who question the cost of saving the ever expanding number of homes on the fringe of wilderness.
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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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A team of local and federal investigators are looking for the source of the extra-alarm fire at the LaSalle Bank Building amid the charred remains of the building&#39;s 29th and 30th floors.