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Georgia Firefighters Now Safe, Gunman Killed by Police
Authorities in northwest Georgia say a barricaded man is holding five firefighters hostage.
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Day 2 Of Downtown Throwdown Crowns Winners [PHOTOS]
Day 2 of the 2012 Downtown Throwdown saw many things. It saw heroic feats of strength, incredible demonstrations of agility and endurance, and yes, winners being crowned. Casper saw many of it's fire stations move on to the national competition that will take place later in the year, but all of the men and women that competed over the weekend proved that, if we're ever in danger, we'll be in good hands. Check out these pics from Day 2.
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2012 Downtown Throwdown Kicks Off On Friday [PHOTOS]
As a man, nothing makes me feel like less than...um...a man than by watching firemen run, climb, lift, and more. So imagine how effeminate I feel whilst watching the Downtown Throwdown. Firefighters from all over came to Casper to demonstrate who exactly is the alpha-male. They all proved themselves worthy, but there is still one more day to determine who is THE firefighter of firefighters. Check out these pics from the first day of the Downtown Throwndown.
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Firefighters Rescue Dogs From Burning Home in Amazing Footage
“Did you get my dogs out?!,” yells a man as firefighters tend to his burning Detroit home. He wants to go back in to rescue his pets, but is told to step back.
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Tearjerker Alert! Young Boy Disobeys Dad to Attend Funeral for Fallen Firefighter [VIDEO]
Eleven-year-old Jared Flanders willfully disobeyed his father and left his Massachusetts home one day last week without an accompanying adult. But Jared had a good reason to defy his dad, since his objective was to attend a funeral for a firefighter killed during the line of duty.
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Heroic Firefighter Reunited With Boy Dropped From Burning Building [VIDEO]
Boston firefighter Lt. Glenn McGillivray and six-year-old Xavier Lara were reunited last week for the first time since the first responder heroically saved the boy after he was dropped from the window of a burning building.
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Firefighters Use Mouth-To-Nose Respiration To Save Dog’s Life In Gut-Wrenching Photos
What’s better than a firefighter? Two animal-loving firefighter with huge hearts.
On Tuesday in Wausau, Wisconsin, firefighters Jamie Giese and Jared Thompson were responding to a residential blaze when they found the homeowner’s seven-year-old yellow Labrador, Coda, trapped inside. Once they got him out, they performed mouth-to-nose respiration and gave him oxygen — despite having no formal training in animal rescue.
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Firefighter Rescues Kitten From Inside a Pipe [VIDEO]
Earlier this week, a man dropped off a section of rusty pipe to firefighters at Redding, California’s Fire Station #4. Why? There was a kitten trapped inside of it. That’s right, a real life, just-larger-than-pipe-sized cat. So were these American heroes able to squeeze him out? Yes!
Watch the nail-biting endeavor in the three-part rescue series below.