FDNY unveils high-rise fire simulator
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Officials broke ground Wednesday on a simulator that will help firefighter trainees prepare to face a particularly dangerous type of blaze Â a high-rise fire.
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Ever watched "Top Gun" and wondered if you had what it takes to evade surface-to-air missiles in an F-14 Tomcat? An exhibit that opened this week at the National Museum of Naval Aviation is giving would-be flyboys the chance to climb into the cockpit of a real F-14 military training simulator and experience a 20-minute joyride.
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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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DeLormeâs Earthmate GPS PN-20 displays topographical maps as realistic 3-D flyover simulations.
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Sixteen workers were injured, three critically, this morning when a portion of a roof of a high-rise building under construction in downtown Rosslyn collapsed after workers began pouring concrete, fire officials said. A firefighter was also injured in the rescue, officials said.
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Japanese researchers on Saturday unveiled the world's largest earthquake simulator designed to help save lives in future temblors, just days before the 10th anniversary of the devastating Kobe earthquake.
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Pedestrians pause at a LaSalle St. intersection during the morning rush hour Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2004, as a Chicago Fire Department vehicle enters barricades near the scene of Monday night&#39;s high-rise fire that injured at least 37 people in Chicago.
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A fire in a downtown high-rise building injured 37 people, a Chicago Fire Department spokesman said late Monday. The fire in the LaSalle Bank building in Chicago&#39;s Loop started around
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Times Square soars with glittering buildings that pulse and wink with outsized video screens. MTVÂs new high-definition screen raises the ante.
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CHICAGO - Lessons learned in a deadly 2003 Chicago high-rise fire may have saved lives this week when a fire broke out on the 29th floor of a downtown skyscraper, fire officials said Tuesday.
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Plus: Technology helps firefighters by land, air and space. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.
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Gentler winds and cooler weather expected to give firefighters chance to control fires.
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An extremely high-strength concrete formula had been used successfully for the first time in New York City, as part of the Freedom Tower project.
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His view is spectacular, scanning New York Harbor. The Statue of Liberty? The Manhattan skyline? Dan Fireman sees it all.
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By Gene Warner, The Buffalo News, N.Y.  Jun. 2--A fire at a Grand Island home early Friday caused an estimated $400,000 damage and led to the arrest of the 44-year-old homeowner, who was accused of interfering with firefighters and police officers.
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Lieutenant Tom Carlstrom walked in his dress blues along the eastern lip of the gaping hole where this city's two largest towers once stood. He is a New York City firefighter of 25 years service; or rather he was--he retired yesterday at 2 p.m.
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A computer simulation of the 2001 World Trade Center attacks supports a federal agency's findings that the initial impact from the hijacked airplanes stripped away crucial fireproofing material and that the weakened towers collapsed under their own weight.