Sentences with phrase «firefighters said»

BRANDON — At least two dozen champion Yorkshire terriers, silky terriers and other toy breed dogs were killed when a dryer used in their grooming sparked a fire, firefighters said.

Crews got the more than 200 patients from the threatened buildings, one firefighter said, as flames closed within a few dozen feet.

But the city's police officers and firefighters say they have not been consulted on the design of the new facility, which they fear will be too small.

Firefighters say they're working to rescue two window washers who got stuck while working on a high - rise in downtown Manhattan.

A former New York firefighter said stupidity, not racism, spurred him to set a fire that destroyed a black colleague's apartment.

Volunteer firefighters say they are at greater risk than the general population of contracting cancer due to toxins they encounter on calls, and they are pushing for additional medical coverage through state legislation.

NORTH TONAWANDA, N.Y. (AP)-- A former New York firefighter said stupidity, not racism, spurred him to set a fire that destroyed a black colleague's apartment.

Firefighters say they need only about five to ten acres for training purposes.

«I'm afraid of [how] it looks to the public that, «Oh look, that guy had to move in and left that cot for that woman because she couldn't lift it,» when that's not the case,» a 15 - year female firefighter said.

Firefighters say they are bracing for a tough battle today.

«There are a lot of firefighters saying that this fire is producing fire conditions unlike anything that they have ever seen,» Cal Fire Battalion Chief Joe Tyler said at a community meeting Thursday night.

Not exact matches

Lone Officer Confronted Marathon Suspects In Firefight, Chief Says, by Pete Williams, et al, NBC News.

And then all of a sudden they get into firefighter mode when someone says, «You had a horrible review on Yelp.»»

U.S. and Kurdish officials said the YPG's power on the ground and its readiness to attack are already well - known to the Islamic State militants, who are getting pounded in the Raqqa region by coalition airstrikes and firefights with YPG forces.

«We are investigating the circumstances of the combat deaths of the two Army Rangers in the beginning of what was an intense three - hour firefight,» Davis said.

The only part of the plane that remained intact was the tail section, said Chris Hanks, the assistant public information officer with the Savannah Professional Firefighters Association.

By morning, firefighters had brought the blaze under control, officials said.

«Firefighters and relief workers are in need of safe, clean drinking water, and Anheuser - Busch is in a unique position to produce and ship emergency drinking water,» said Peter Kraemer, vice president of Supply for Anheuser - Busch.

As hundreds of firefighters and some two dozen air tankers battle Canada's massive wildfires, scientists and other experts say prolonged modern droughts and climate change are creating a new perfect storm of super fires and other extreme weather events.

Two firefighters were injured in the raging fire that broke out on John Street at 3:45 p.m., Chelsea Fire Chief Leonard Albanese said.

Plus, kids may take this rule the wrong way and resist the help of police officers or firefighters whom they don't know, says Nancy McBride, executive director for the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, Florida Regional Office, in Lake Park.

Said Wohlitka, the firefighter / paramedic: «The uncomfortable heat alone was unbearable for myself, I won't speak for anybody else.

«What this study does is really bring home the numbers that we already knew were out there, that firefighters are suffering from PTSD and other behavioral health disorders,» says Brinkley.

«We have to remind ourselves at the end of the day we did the best we could, we helped who we could,» said Lt. Frank Pekora, one of the first firefighter paramedics who responded to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on February 14.

What I am saying is that with the SPX 750 points lower, and GDP running negative, the Fed will turn into firefighters.

Sherlock said he has friends who are firefighters and police, and in recent weeks he's been telling them all the same thing: «You guys have got to do a better job.

But the city's firefighters and cops say they have concerns about their future workplace that have not been addressed because they've been left out of the conversation.

Better known to nightclubbers as ecstasy, the euphoria - inducing drug MDMA appears to alleviate Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in war veterans, firefighters, and police officers, researchers said Wednesday.

A man has died after a Victorian church building collapsed east of Cardiff city centre on Tuesday afternoon, a senior firefighter has said.

Air crash investigators have been called to the crash site, in a dense woodland, alongside paramedics, firefighters and Thames Valley Police, who said the first priority was «preservation of life».

It's an insufficient argument to say «Jesus didn't do this during his lifetime so it is something he would never do» (Jesus healed, so Doctor is an OK profession, but he never pulled anyone out of burning buildings, so Firefighters are obviously just following the ways of MAN!).

The Queen went on to say: «Prince Philip and I would like to pay tribute to the bravery of firefighters and other emergency services officers who put their own lives at risk to save others.

He read about the firefighters who marched up the smoke - choked stairwells of the World Trade Center, though many knew they could die; the beloved priest killed while giving last rites as the twin towers collapsed; the passengers on hijacked planes who called their families one last time to say, «I love you.»

New York (CNN)- A new street sign that reads «Seven in Heaven Way,» and that was recently unveiled in Brooklyn, New York, to commemorate seven local firefighters who lost their lives in the September 11, 2001 attacks has drawn the ire of some atheists, who say they're prepared to go to court to have the sign taken down.

The Fire Fighters Charity Chief Executive, Dr Jill Tolfrey, said: «Everyday firefighting is dangerous, challenging and incredibly demanding of firefighters, both physically and psychologically.

Just ask a peach farmer in Georgia, or a firefighter in the Pacific Northwest,» Sizer says.

He has said in numerous interviews, including one of mine, that money / insurance is not why he keeps his firefighting job.

«It's always wild to say to a child you can be whatever you want to be, whether that's a firefighter, astronaut, or pro wrestler, but it's true,» said Cabana.

The D.A. says that after the Sept. 11 attacks, Brandl came to New York City posing as a Milwaukee firefighter and scammed room and board, as well as tickets to the Sept. 21 Mets - Braves game.

The MP for Wyre and Preston North Ben Wallace has said that delays faced by firefighters responding to the Manchester Arena terror attack were «not key» to whether or not people received treatment, a minister has said.

«Contractions came full force, and the next thing you know, the water's breaking and baby's on its way,» said volunteer firefighter Rich Yobs.

It is common for a child to say he will be a firefighter when he grows up.

Village officials said they recently began negotiating new labor agreements with the Firefighter / Paramedic Association as well as the Metropolitan Alliance of Police and may have to make modifications later this year depending on contract settlements.

Parks Supt. Jon Carlson said five sites, including Kermit's Korner, are being renovated this summer, and there is a new one, Firefighters Park, at Ford and Lela Lanes.

When he was 3 and very much into firefighters, we made a game of getting dressed to leave the house by saying, «There's a fire!

About 20 firefighters were called to the scene, where they spent nearly three hours extinguishing the flames, Connors said.

[18] One firefighter was quoted as saying «Children love to play with lighters.

Firefighters responded to the blaze about 5:45 a.m. Friday at a building in the 500 block of Duane Street and saw smoke and fire coming from its third story, the department said.

«I think teachers have gotten vilified lately,» said Sposato, a Chicago firefighter who supports a longer school day.

Firefighters transported the person to Mercy Hospital and Medical Center by basic life support ambulance, said Chicago Fire Department spokesman Will Knight.