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Battalion Chief Stanton M. Gladden, 42, the central figure in a representation dispute between the fire fighters association and the teamsters union, suffered multiple fractures of both ankles.
The fire department here has been torn for months by dissension involving top personnel and the fight between the fire fighters association and the teamsters union.
Concrete reduces the risk of structural collapse and is an effective fire shield, providing safe means of escape for occupants and protection for fire fighters.
Cannons could bring down even heavy bombers with just a few hits, but their slower rate of fire made it difficult to hit fast moving fighters in a dogfight.
Debris-choked roads obstructed fire fighters.
It has fewer than 100 police officers, and fewer than 100 fire fighters.
Nicholas Stix of Middle American News recounted the mutually contradictory theories that the NTSB had floated immediately following the crash, the statements made by retired fire fighters and police officers who had witnessed the crash, and the history of similar crashes, and concluded that the agency was frantically seeking to calm a public whose faith in commercial aviation had hit rock bottom.
During insertion, AB1 Neil Roberts was thrown from his helicopter when it took fire from entrenched al Qaeda fighters.
The Afghan fighters, in trucks, were devastated by mortar fire registered in advance to strike fixed points on the road.
Although they are pursued by Imperial TIE fighters, they dodge their fire by flying into an asteroid field when the Falcons hyperdrive breaks down.
Later AF timers changed the color coding, coloring the Alert button blue, the Take Cover button yellow, and the " Fire " button red ( used to call out volunteer fire fighters ), thus confusing the color coding of the alerts.
Contrary to the myth antiaircraft fire claimed more kills than fighters.
Lyndon Johnson said it was also attacked by Japanese fighters but survived, while others, including other members of the flight crew, claim it turned back because of generator trouble before reaching the objective and before encountering enemy aircraft and never came under fire, which is supported by official flight records.
One reason is the US strategy of daylight precision bombing and the corresponding high loss rate it causes to the American bombers to enemy antiaircraft fire and enemy fighters, the latter being aggravated by the fact that there are not yet any US or Allied fighters with sufficient range to escort the bombers to and from their targets.
In October 2001, Hamid Karzai and his group of fighters survived a friendly fire missile attack by U. S. Air Force pilots in southern Afghanistan.
Due to their off-road capabilities, Unimogs can be found in jungles, mountains and deserts as military vehicles, fire fighters, expedition campers, and even in competitions like truck trials and Dakar Rally rally raids.
Despite lengthy efforts to control the fire from DSE, Parks Victoria and CFA fire fighters, the blaze incinerated 6700 hectares of parkland but luckily destroyed only two houses and caused no human fatalities.
The bushfire continued to burn for 2 weeks before being extingused by fire fighters which then the highway reopened.
a US Navy P2V Neptune with a crew of 11 was attacked by two Soviet fighters in international waters over the Bering Straits between Siberia and Alaska, and crashed near Gambell, where the crew was rescued ( 3 wounded by Soviet fire ; 4 injured in crash.
As of October 2007, the fire department had one fire station and 44 certified fire fighters.

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* International Code Council, building safety and fire prevention membership association
When the compound word was formed endings were removed ... Perhaps they used the peat for fire and blacksmithery hence the association with fire, and light.
Prometheus ' association with fire is the key to his religious significance and to the alignment with Athena and Hephaestus that was specific to Athens and its " unique degree of cultic emphasis " on honoring technology.
The name of its magazine, Gift of Fire, is explained by the ancient association of fire with mental gifts.
For reason to be involved, the association of smoke and the fire would have to be thought through in a way which can be explained, for example as cause and effect.
The close association of butterflies to fire and warfare persisted through to the Aztec civilization and evidence of similar jaguar-butterfly images has been found among the Zapotec, and Mayan civilizations.
* Fire Equipment Manufacturers ' Association, an international, non-profit trade association for manufacturers of commercial fire equipment
The fire-god is also viewed as the patron of the arts and the god of civilization in general, because of the natural association of all human progress with the discovery and use of fire.
The town has its own services, including fire and public works, as well as the Florida Free Library, a small library with association to the regional library services.
A strong association with fire, though, is maintained.
In Shakespeare's The Tempest ( c. 1623 ), Act I, Scene II, St. Elmo's fire acquires a more negative association, appearing as evidence of the tempest inflicted by Ariel according to the command of Prospero:
Towards the edge of the town, near a fire station, there is a running track with a well-kept field ( usually used for association football ) in the middle.
In 2009, YAF, a coalition of Tea Party groups, retired police and fire fighter association, and Keep America Safe hosted the " 9 / 11 Never Forget " Rally in New York City.
In 1904 after a fire and financial loss by the fair association, voters approved the " Reardon Plan ," which strove to keep the site out of the hands of real-estate developers.
To this end they also probably influenced the association of fire, the central icon of the Ori religion, with demonic imagery.
It was Western media coverage of Buddhist monk Thich Quang Duc immolating himself in protest of the Vietnamese Ngo Dinh Diem regime in 1963 that introduced the word " self-immolation " to a wide English-speaking audience and gave it a strong association with fire.
After the fire, the Vanbrugh family's long association with the theatre was terminated, and all their leases were surrendered by 1792.
The town contains a private and public school, each offering primary education, an active progress association, a CFA fire station, scout hall, community centre and hotel.
More generally Falardeau had come under fire from critics for reportedly urging federalist anglophones to leave Quebec, for voicing support for military intervention to ensure that no portion of Quebec be allowed to secede from Quebec and remain with Canada in the event of a referendum majority for sovereignty, and for his ambiguous association with the MLNQ.
Some fire companies also host public activities at the fire station during annual " fire prevention week " or similar, and the facility may also be used for fund-raising by the " firemen's association ", " fire buffs ", or " fire auxiliary ".

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Beneath the Arc is the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier from World War I. Interred here on Armistice Day 1920, it has the first eternal flame lit in Western and Eastern Europe since the Vestal Virgins ' fire was extinguished in the fourth century.
In the kiva of both Ancient Pueblo Peoples | ancient and present-day Pueblo people s, the sipapu is a small round hole in the floor that represents the portal through which the ancestors Hopi mythology # Four Worlds | first emerged ( the larger hole is a fire pit, here in a ruin from the Mesa Verde National Park )
And He is called Angel and Apostle ; for He declares whatever we ought to know, and is sent forth to declare whatever is revealed ; as our Lord Himself says, “ He that heareth Me, heareth Him that sent Me .” From the writings of Moses also this will be manifest ; for thus it is written in them, “ And the Angel of God spoke to Moses, in a flame of fire out of the bush, and said, I am that I am, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob, the God of thy fathers ; go down into Egypt, and bring forth My people .” And if you wish to learn what follows, you can do so from the same writings ; for it is impossible to relate the whole here.
The full expression implied here is “ goddess of gleam / fire / adornment of ground / land / seat / perch of hawk ”
According to Islamic texts, the prophet Ibrahim ( Abraham ) was thrown into the fire here.
Viola trademarks such as fire and water are much in evidence here.
However, I prevailed upon him readily to return to Cornwall by the next days diligence & he accordingly arivd here this day at noon, since which he hath unpacked his Carg & made Travil a Mile or two in Rivers's great room in a Circle making it carry the fire Shovel, poker & tongs.
Basie recalled a review, which said something like, " We caught the great Count Basie band which is supposed to be so hot he was going to come in here and set the Roseland on fire.
The supernatural beings First Woman and First Man came into existence here and met for the first time after seeing each other's fire.
During the war it was at different times a blood transfusion centre, a fire service station ( hence the corrugated iron sheds ) and a prisoner of war cage ( Hess was brought here for interrogation after he flew to Scotland ).
The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department has at least one deputy assigned here from the Central Station at all times ( with as-needed backup from the Colton and San Bernardino Police Departments, as well as deputies from nearby Loma Linda ), while the San Bernardino County Fire Department has a fire station on City Center Court.
Mayor Judy Hill stated, " A fire like that can destroy a small town, but instead it ignited a community spirit here.
There is a fire department and township hall located here.
The town hall and museum are located here ; Pierrepont has its own fire department.
Conyngham Township surrounds the famous borough of Centralia, Pennsylvania and part of the mine fire is located here.
It was here that Tex Thornton operating on the now debunked concussion theory coaxed today's inflation adjusted equivalent of $ 1 million from the locals on claims he could fire rocket-powered explosives into the clouds and cause rain.
In its highly interpolated account of the LORD's testing of Abraham concerning Isaac, it says in 23: 50-51: ' And when they were going along Isaac said to his father, Behold, I see here the fire and wood, and where then is the lamb that is to be the burnt offering before the Lord?
( 3 ) Physics ( The object of this science is the study of the bodies which compose the universe: the sky and the stars, and, here below, simple elements such as air, earth, water, fire, and compound bodies animals, plants, and minerals ; the reasons of their changes, developments, and intermixture.
see full article here, a large forest fire that was one of worst in recorded history in North America.
the state is playing with fire here.
The New York Times reviewer wrote of LuPone in The Old Neighborhood " Those who know Ms. LuPone only as a musical comedy star will be stunned by the naturalistic fire she delivers here.
Religious and cultural events can be held here — such as yajna ( fire rituals ), music and dance performances and marriage.

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