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UPDATED:
Wednesday June 20, 2007 |
North Carolina
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FEATURED SHOT
Memorial For Fallen Officers
WED
JUN 20
SUBMITTED BY DAVID WATSON, CFP-3662
CHARLOTTE -
Charlotte firefighters and CMPD officers are surrounded by the
American flag suspended from a ladder at the memorial football game
for fallen officers Shelton and Clark.
Given the incident this week in Charleston, we offer this as a
salute to the fallen brothers.
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Visit
SConFire.com for coverage of the Charleston Line
of Duty Deaths.
Flags at the North Carolina Fallen Firefighter's Memorial in
Raleigh have been lowered to half-staff in honor of the fallen
brothers. |
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North Carolina Departments Honor Charleston's "Nine"
Fayetteville:
Firefighters React to Tragedy With Training
Midway:
Local Firefighters Mourn SC Victims
Shelby:
Charleston Tragedy Brings Back Memories
Sanford:
Local Firefighters Says Deaths Hit Them Hard
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SPECIAL REPORT
 RWECC
2006 Stats
WED JUN 20
FIRENEWS.NET STAFF PHOTO BY JEFF HARKEY
RALEIGH - After a recent visit to the Raleigh-Wake Emergency
Communications Center, I was given access to their stats for 2006.
The center is the primary PSAP for the county, and dispatches all
fire and rescue agencies in the county with the sole exception of
the Cary Fire Department.
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Smyre Farm Road Fire
WED JUN 20
PHOTO COURTESY OBSERVERNEWSONLINE.com
NEWTON - Eight bales of hay
loaded on a truck parked between two silos and near several farm
buildings burned Tuesday around 1155 hours. The Newton Fire
Department responded and remained on scene for nearly three hours.
Foam was used to complete extinguishment and overhaul.
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Mulch Fire
FRI JUN 20
SUBMITTED BY FIRE ENGINEER RANDY LANHAM, LOUISBURG FIRE. PHOTOS BY
JIM PEARCE, MITCHINER'S CROSSROADS FIRE.
LOUISBURG - The Louisburg Fire
Department responded to the Old Castle Bark Plant in Louisburg on
June 17 for a large fire in a mulch pile. Louisburg Ladder 2 was
special called for aerial operations. Approximately 25,000 gallons
of water was used to extinguish the fire. After knockdown, company
employees turned over the piles with a bulldozer.
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Additional
Headline:
Greensboro:
Fire Sprinkler Advocates Honored
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