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Orange Firefighter Named 2026 Firefighter Of The Year
4+ day, 9+ hour ago (225+ words) ORANGE, CT — Orange Firefighter Don Foyer has been named Orange’s 2026 Firefighter of the Year and will be honored at the Amity Chamber of Commerce Community Awards and Annual Meeting. Foyer was chosen by the leadership of the Orange Volunteer Fire…...
Westbury House Fire Leaves 5 Without Home: FD | Hicksville, NY Patch
5+ day, 15+ hour ago (119+ words) WESTBURY, NY — A Westbury house fire on Saturday has left five people displaced, fire marshals said. The Westbury Fire Department received a house fire call at 5:40 p.m., the Nassau County Fire Marshal's Office said. About 50 firefighters brought a fire under…...
2 Families Left Homeless After House Fire In Somerset County
1+ week, 2+ day ago (181+ words) SOUTH BOUND BROOK, NJ — A second-alarm house fire has left two families displaced on Friday. Just before 8:10 a.m., the South Bound Brook and Bound Brook Fire Departments were called to a reported structure fire at 120 Howard Ave. in South Bound…...
Rhode Island Workplace Fatality Rate Lowest In America: Study
2+ week, 2+ day ago (140+ words) Rhode Island's workplace fatality rate is the lowest in America, a recent study revealed. The researchers at TRADESAFE, "a provider of industrial safety and compliance products," examined 2024 Bureau of Labor Statistics fatality rates, the most recent data available, "alongside 2022 U.S. Economic…...
Apartment Kitchen Fire Displaces 3 Residents In Norwalk: FD
2+ week, 4+ day ago (121+ words) NORWALK, CT — Crews extinguished a kitchen fire that broke out early Wednesday morning at a Norwalk apartment, according to the Norwalk Fire Department. In a news release, Deputy Chief Adam Markowitz said the kitchen fire was reported just before 7 a.m....
2 Firefighters Hospitalized After Southbury House Fire
3+ week, 3+ day ago (163+ words) SOUTHBURY, CT — Two firefighters were taken to the hospital after battling a large house fire in Southbury Wednesday evening, according to the Roxbury Volunteer Fire Department. Firefighters were called to a home on Roxbury Road, near Route 172, shortly before 5:30 p.m....
MD Firefighters Rescue 2 Dogs From Burning House
3+ week, 6+ day ago (130+ words) MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD — A kitchen fire that broke out inside a townhouse in Germantown saw two dogs rescued on Sunday. The Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service said calls for a fire on 20100 block of Club Hill Drive were first…...