Phoenix gets fire training on the job
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Seated at a round table in a Detroit-area hotel, Joaquin Phoenix is casually dressed in jeans and a city of Baltimore baseball cap as he fields reporters&#39; questions about the film &quot;Ladder 49.
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By Ramon Coronado, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  May 30--A training fire will be set Wednesday on Highway 104 near the Sacramento and Amador county lines.
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For years I've been telling people firefighters are my favorite professionals to interview. They're an interesting breed of cat. They run into burning buildings as we run out of them.
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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 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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The Patriots practiced for 90 minutes early yesterday afternoon before temperatures soared past 100 degrees in the greater Phoenix area.
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While firefighters have gained the upper hand in some areas, details of the latest reports from fire officials show that the trouble is far from over.
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Questions were being raised about how the fire-fight has been coordinated and how resources have been deployed.
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A government campaign will seek to encourage people to upgrade their skills through education and training.
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U.S. federal agents have begun training Arizona police to enforce immigration laws in a pioneering move to combat violent smuggling networks from Mexico, police said on Monday.
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A massive propane leak and fire at the Salt Lake International Airport created some tense moments Wednesday night.  A fire set for training purposes ignited propane that was leaking from two 12,000-gallon propane tanks nearby about 9:20 p.m.
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By Stephanie Kiszczak, The Telegraph, Alton, Ill.  Jun. 23--MITCHELL -- Seven fire departments were called out Friday to help extinguish a fire that erupted at J & L Auto Salvage on Illinois Route 111, just off New Poag Road.
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MOSCOW -- Russia trained Shamil Basayev to fight fires, but he has made a career igniting them.
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Workers at an inner-city hospital where a woman died last month on the floor of an emergency room have received training on their responsibilities, officials said.
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By Peyton Whitely, Seattle Times  Feb. 2--About 50 firefighters from seven Eastside fire departments engaged in a deadly serious exercise Thursday -- practicing for a terrorist attack at a plant where lethal chemicals are used.
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By Gary Gray, The Dominion Post, Morgantown, W.Va.  Sep. 9--One last procedural hurdle must be cleared, but it looks like the city of Morgantown has finally secured land on which to build a North Side Fire Station.
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South Wales Fire Service starts a campaign to increase women and ethnic minority recruits.