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Jonathan Lewis "Johnny" Littleton of the Pine Level Fire Department in Pine Level, NC has died as the result of an on-duty incident that occurred on 2010-08-19 00:00:00.0.

John Kelly of the Tarrytown Fire Department in Tarrytown, NY has died as the result of an on-duty incident that occurred on 2010-09-06 00:00:00.0.

Larry Suiter of the Lorraine Green Garden Fire Department in Lorraine, KS has died as the result of an on-duty incident that occurred on 2010-09-03 00:00:00.0.

Douglas Farrington of the Delta-Cardiff Volunteer Company in Delta, PA has died as the result of an on-duty incident that occurred on 2010-08-22 00:00:00.0.

Christopher Wheatley of the Chicago Fire Department in Chicago, IL has died as the result of an on-duty incident that occurred on 2010-08-09 00:00:00.0.

Christopher W. Adams of the Arkansas Forestry Commission in Little Rock, AR has died as the result of an on-duty incident that occurred on 2010-08-02 00:00:00.0.

Steven N. Costello of the Burlington Fire Department in Burlington, VT has died as the result of an on-duty incident that occurred on 2010-07-23 00:00:00.0.

Posey Dillon of the Rocky Mount Fire Department #1 in Rocky Mount, VA has died as the result of an on-duty incident that occurred on 2010-07-26 00:00:00.0.

William Daniel "Danny" Altice of the Rocky Mount Fire Department #1 in Rocky Mount, VA has died as the result of an on-duty incident that occurred on 2010-07-26 00:00:00.0.

... that was the day a 33,000-gallon tanker car carrying propane caught fire and exploded on a railroad siding near the center of town. eleven firefighters and a gas-company worker died, more than 100 other people were injured, buildings were flattened and fires broke out everywhere. ...    (Source: KPNX-TV NBC 12 Phoenix (AZ) N/A )

... raw video when a wall collapsed on detroit firefighter gerald (razzy) rutkowski as he fought a blaze on the city's east side this morning, his older brother tom was one of the people who dug him out from under the pile of bricks. related: 6 detroit firefighters hospitalized after roof collapses in blaze    (Source: Detroit Free Press (MI) 252017 )

... mayor william lantigua has enlisted a volunteer corps of film crews to chase firefighters and record their actions at the scenes of accidents, fires and other calls they respond to. lantigua says he has received several complaints from citizens concerned about "slow response" times by firefighters and questioning whether the jakes' actions are driven by last month's layoff of 23 from the department. ...    (Source: Lawrence Eagle Tribune (MA) 48000 )

... a series of recommendations for fire departments focusing on high-rise fire attack operations and water supply has been released by investigators assigned to the 2007 deutsche bank fire that killed two fdny firefighters. ...    (Source: Fire Rescue (NAT) N/A )

... an estimated 2,000 chicago firefighters turned out friday morning to say goodbye to one of thier own. well-wishers from across the country also showed up for the funeral of firefighter christopher wheatley."it's tremendous to see this support," said wheatley's battallion chief steve little....    (Source: MSNBC (Local News) (NAT) N/A )

... london's entire firefighting force have been told they'll be sacked if they refuse to go along with cuts to night cover. the capital's 5,000 firefighters were given 90 days' notice on wednesday night by the london fire authority. ...    (Source: MorningStarOnline.co.uk   )

... ironically, the accident happened during a routine safety check at 8:45 a.m. wednesday. schmidt says a firefighter on the ladder truck was raising and moving the ladder when it hit the 230,000 volt transmission line above. ... related: firefighters go to firefighters' rescue       (Source: STATter911.com )

... video/photos: officials said 19 people from six families were displaced. working in 90-degree temperatures, 19 firefighters were taken to the hospital for heat exhaustion and minor injuries, said david giordano, the city's fire director. another eight were evaluated at the scene bringing the total to 27 who sought treatment, giordano said, updating earlier reports that a total of 23 firefighters were treated. none of the injuries was serious, giordano said. ...    (Source: Newark Star-Ledger/NJ.com (NJ) 236017 )

... a navajo nation fire department ex-volunteer faces federal charges of setting fire to a station while firefighters were on a call last week. ...    (Source: KNXV-TV Channel 15 ABC (AZ) N/A )

... the fire department in this financially battered city has closed half its fire stations over the last five weeks, seen response times more than double, and relied increasingly on neighboring communities to douse fires. there are now just 13 to 15 firefighters per shift in a city of about 80,000 people, less than half the number of firefighters per shift in 2009 .... related: lawrence must solve fire department problems, neighboring towns say    (Source: Boston Globe and Boston.com (MA) 232432 )

... according to a letter to the editor on sunday, it is hurtful to "the thousands of dedicated volunteer firefighters in pennsylvania and across the country" to attach allegations of wrongdoing to anybody identified as a firefighter. at issue was a july 28 story about a former firefighter in bethlehem townships nancy run fire company, who admitted making numerous bogus 911 calls to report false fires. ...    (Source: Allentown Morning Call (PA) 103845 )