Sentences with phrase «while in firefights»

Not exact matches

The raw footage originated with Fresno, Calif., firefighter Cory Kalanick, who in mid-2013 rescued an unconscious cat while wearing GoPro's HD Hero3 camera attached to his helmet, then uploaded the video to YouTube, where it attracted 1.5 million views in the weeks to follow (although the kitten perished from smoke inhalation).

Born in the» Peg, Waugh had a working - class upbringing; his father, a firefighter, supported their extended family by taking extra jobs as a house painter and stonemason, while his mother raised the family.

In other words, you should be hiring plenty of who we might call «Firefighters» while avoiding bringing on folks we might label «Snow Cones.»

So, imagine a firefighter kneeling and begging god not to send him into the fire while all his brothers run in without hesitation around him.

So while it is all well and good to imagine that each of us has managers, exiles, and firefighters struggling to get along within ourselves, the transfer of those metaphors back again to the actual human population from which the metaphorical functions were borrowed in the first place only distorts reality rather than helping to explain it.

Now first, among police officers (and I think firefighters, paramedics, etc. too), you find that after a while, a few years on the job, they HAVE to find some sort of outlet, some relief, from the horror, tragedies, pain, and general muck, mire and filth they deal with day in and day out.

On June 30, while battling a fierce wildfire in Yarnell, 19 of these elite Prescott firefighters died.

Parenting is like firefightingYou put out one flame (diaper changes, tantrums, breaking dishes, starvation) while the other flames escalate (fighting over light sabers, punching brothers, running into the road with no pants in 4 degree weather, flooding the toilet, dumping apple juice all over the floor) and you can try the best you can but you are only 1 firefighter and you got 4 raging flames about to burn your house down and very rarely are all 4 flames extinguished.

BATAVIA, N.Y. — A Western New York Congressman was in Batavia, N.Y. Saturday to push for a bill to help protect volunteer firefighters, and while there he answered questions about some recent comments that have gotten national attention.

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

The former head of the city firefighters union — who now runs the FDNY's pension fund — was arrested Wednesday for allegedly crashing his government car in Manhattan while drunk...

A man who lost two children in the bombings told the BBC that police officers investigating phone hacking had warned him that their contact details were found on a target list, while a former firefighter who helped rescue injured passengers also said he had been contacted by police who were looking into the hacking allegations.

Police overtime also was cut by $ 1.1 million, while firefighter overtime increased because of vacancies in the department.

QUEENS, NY — Queens Borough President Melinda Katz stated the following about FDNY Firefighter William Tolley, who died from injuries he sustained while fighting a fire yesterday afternoon in an apartment building at 16 - 15 Putnam Avenue in Ridgewood.

While fire - prevention techniques have improved, firefighting is still dangerous,» Brindisi said in a news release.

Also at 10 a.m., Brooklyn BP Eric Adams honors 18 NYC firefighters for saving the lives of three children while responding to a fire in East New York on July 29, Brooklyn Borough Hall rotunda, 209 Joralemon St., Brooklyn.

While the news media and public were distracted by the questions swirling around the future leadership of the Senate Republican majority, the Senate this week appeared to quietly fast - track a bill that would lock in tens of billions of dollars of unfunded lifetime health insurance coverage for police and firefighters.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed into law a bill that provides for accidental disability retirement benefits equal to three - quarters of a firefighter's final average salary for any FDNY member who becomes disabled while in the line of duty.

John P. Kelly, 51, a state Department of Transportation worker at the department's Region 8 Eastview Residency in Westchester County, passed away Sept. 6, 2010, while responding as a volunteer firefighter to the Tarrytown village manhole incident that also claimed Ruggiero;

Both campaigns earned critical endorsements in the race, with Turner getting the backing of former Mayor Ed Koch, King, the New York Daily News, the New York Post and the Jewish Week, while the United Federation of Teachers, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer (D - N.Y.), Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the firefighters» union are throwing their weight behind Weprin.

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson was rescued by firefighters from a stuck elevator while touring an affordable housing development in Miami on Wednesday morning.

I hope that Governor Cuomo will sign this law as soon as possible to expand the Volunteer Firefighters» Benefits Law to include additional forms of cancer that are connected to the hazardous materials that volunteers come in contact with while on duty.

Mr. de Blasio made the decision to hit the gym in his old neighborhood of Park Slope mid-morning last Friday — and stayed there almost two hours while police and firefighters engaged a gang leader in a tense standoff on Staten Island that left an FDNY lieutenant hospitalized with gunshot wounds.

BY BARRY WARNER While no two firefighters are alike, all exercise self - sacrifice in their commitment to the service.

The robot would help the firefighter move swiftly in «blind» conditions, while vibrations sent back through the rein would provide data about the size, shape and even the stiffness of any object the robot finds.

While changes in escape - stair width, firefighter communications systems and the addition of sky bridges (all noted by Lamster) can only improve life safety in tall buildings, they do not prevent structural collapse resulting from fire.

Yarnell fire: Tragedy struck in Arizona when 19 firefighters were killed after they were trapped while battling a fast - moving wildfire.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Forest Service officials are seriously hampered not only by short - term budgets passed by Congress, but also a broken budget for the Forest Service that sees an increasing amount of resources going to firefighting while less is invested in restoration and forest health, said Vilsack.

Specifically, female firefighters had a divorce rate of 32.1 percent, while 10.4 percent of women of the same age in the general population were divorced.

The robot has many applications — from bringing water to hazardous areas for firefighting to tunneling through the ground during search and rescue operations — but it might be a while before we see those in action.

The firefighters came, too — they were rearranging my furniture in my living room while the EMTs put me on a gurney.

I'm a firefighter and don't get great sleep - I do alot of what you already say in terms of lifestyle and eliminating blue light but what device (within reason) would be best to up the benefits of sleep while I'm at home.

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A massive police manhunt followed resulting in the capture of two brothers, one of whom was killed after a firefight, while the other is currently serving a life sentence on death row.

Bell was most recently seen in the last season of AMC's «Turn» while Badge Dale can be seen next in the Sony firefighter flick «Only the Brave.»

On occasion, it can feel a little repetitive while button mashing your way through a certain stage but Lego Star Wars does try to mix it up thanks to a new feature to the franchise, requiring you to take cover behind walls and other objects while engaging in firefights.

While on a tour in Afghanistan, Kyle is killed in a firefight.

The Poseidon Adventure doesn't have anything to do with any recent disasters as far as I can tell, and I only thought of 9/11 while watching The Towering Inferno in terms of the firefighter worship and the fact that it probably would never be remade today.

In honesty, some of the firefights can slog on just a little too long, and while the combat is varied, it is also very familiar to fans of the franchise, and there are precious few moments of calm in the campaigIn honesty, some of the firefights can slog on just a little too long, and while the combat is varied, it is also very familiar to fans of the franchise, and there are precious few moments of calm in the campaigin the campaign.

The moral quandary at the center of the film may not be an original one — Danish commander Claus Pedersen (Pilou Asbæk) must go to court over a split - second decision made during a firefight in which his actions saved a comrade while unknowingly leading to a number of civilian casualties — but Lindholm takes seemingly ages to get to that point, allowing the audience to soak in the monotony and incessant - if - buried burden of Pedersen's position: serving as ersatz father for his unit while knowing, intuitively, that his family desperately needs him back home.

(B) provide that special consideration will be given to the REHABILITATION under this ACT of a handicapped individual whose handicapping condition arises from a disability sustained in the line of duty while such individual was performing as a public safety officer and the proximate cause of such * disability was a criminal ACT, apparent criminal ACT, or a hazardous condition resulting directly from the officer's performance of duties in direct connection with the enforcement, execution, and administration of law or fire prevention, firefighting, or related public safety activities;

While in town, Leah reconnects with her BFF — hunky firefighter Jack — and soon the kitchen isn't the only thing heating up.

While it was quickly brought under control by local firefighters, the smoke damage in these Texas apartments is estimated at around $ 5,000.

The fire started about 3 AM at Bethesda Hill Apartments, and resulted in not only the one million dollars in damages mentioned earlier, but in minor but unnecessary injuries to two different firefighters while battling the blaze.

A 17 - year Navy veteran, he is trained in basic firefighting and he's put that training to use many times while on duty.

While firefighters continue working to increase the control they have over the wildfire burning in Bastrop, the Texas A&M Veterinary Emergency Team will move its base of operations into the Bastrop community.

While the act of commanding ships may be lacking in any real depth, it does at least help to break up the constant stream of firefights that perpetuate the games incredibly short four - hour singleplayer campaign, though such a short campaign is probably for the best as the gameplay wouldn't have been able to hold up anything longer than that.

There's not exactly a lot of tactical depth to this little mode aside from simply ensuring that you don't let your ships get blocked in, but it is surprisingly enjoyable to order around ships while you're in the middle of a firefight, although it should be said that time freezes when you enter the mode so you don't have to worry about being shot in the arse when you weren't paying attention.

While it was claimed that fisticuffs would take precedence I did end up in a lot of firefights, and while the mechanics were okay they definitely weren't up to the same standard as the rest of the While it was claimed that fisticuffs would take precedence I did end up in a lot of firefights, and while the mechanics were okay they definitely weren't up to the same standard as the rest of the while the mechanics were okay they definitely weren't up to the same standard as the rest of the game.

You can also switch which shoulder you are looking over while in third - person, and it's sometimes difficult to remember that clicking toggles your ADS while the shoulder button toggles shoulder position, so don't be surprised when you do one and not the other while in an intense firefight.