In+The+News

[] This article is about a mix-up by dispatchers in New York. The dispatchers were trying to send a second engine crew to a five- alarm fire. However they sent them to the wrong place. Causing a full investigation trying to figure out where and how the mix-up occurred.

[] This article is about an earthquake in New Zeland. A women who was trapped texted her fiancée and he raced across town to search. He pulled out every person he came across. Then the rescue teams took over and searched for her pulling out everyone they found. Eventually they found her, thanks to the guidance of the fiancée.

[] Baltimore firefighters rescue an unconscious victim from a building fire. Moments after entry the unconscious victim was found and extracted at once. She was taken to the hospital with near life threating injuries.

[] This is an informative article that was originally meant for fire rescue teams. It explains new methods and tips on forcible entry. Which is the method for gaining access to a building in the event the door is locked.

[] Firefighters were not notified of an apartment building fire until 5 hours after it could have started, While searching the building a firefighter fell through the floor and found a 2 year old boy. The boy was trapped and had been left alone for hours by his mother. Luckily the firefighter found him when he did, as reported the boy was near dead.