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California firefighter crawls 40 feet into drainage pipe, rescues dog
PHOTO: A dog stuck in a 36-inch-diameter drainage pipe under a Mill Valley fire road was rescued by a firefighter who crawled in and pulled the animal out. The incident unfolded about 1 p.m. Wednesday when Mill Valley firefighters were called by a dog walker who reported an elderly collie under her care was stuck in the pipe at Two Tanks Fire Road above West Blithedale Avenue.
- PUB DATE: 1/27/2012 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: marinij.com
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Washington city’s aging fire trucks frequently down for repairs
When a warehouse fire exploded and threatened surrounding businesses near Chelan last October, fire officials asked Wenatchee to send a ladder truck and crew. But the Wenatchee Fire Department couldn’t help. Its ladder trucks were both out of service. With one or more of its aging fire trucks down for repairs at any given time, the department has been barely equipped to cover its own fire emergencies, let alone helping out its neighboring fire departments.
- PUB DATE: 1/27/2012 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: wenatcheeworld.com
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Pennsylvania firefighters go into 'rescue mode' to save man in apartment fire
Two Carlisle firefighters were recognized as community heroes on Thursday morning after rescuing a man in an apartment fire on Wednesday night. Capt. Micah Dewhurst and firefighter Josh Martin, both of Union Fire Co. No. 1, were dispatched with other firefighters around 10:11 p.m. Thursday to the 400 block of North Bedford Street after a resident reported smoke in the apartment.
- PUB DATE: 1/27/2012 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: cumberlink.com
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