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Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Firefighters- NY Times

Fires and Firefighters

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News about Fires and Firefighters, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

  1. Jul. 1, 2014
    Residents of Prescott, Ariz, commemorate first anniversary of tragic deaths of 19 firefighters who lost their lives battling raging wildfire on June 30, 2013, deadliest day for firefighters since Sept 11, 2001; events are held across city for three days to salute those who sacrificed their lives. MORE
  2. Jun. 27, 2014
    Question of money is driving divisions in Prescott, Ariz, even as city and its residents approach the first anniversary of tragedy that killed 19 firefighters; 12 of 19 families are suing state, its forestry division and the incident commanders in charge when and before deaths occurred, pushing to find out how a seemingly routine assignment could have gone so wrong. MORE
  3. Jun. 22, 2014
    Probationary New York City Firefighter Jordan Sullivan went an unusual 96 days in the field before encountering a live fire; for firefighters, first fire is like a police officer's first arrest or a lawyer's first jury trial; description of how Sullivan handled his first blaze at Wyckoff Gardens housing project in Brooklyn noted. MORE
  4. Jun. 18, 2014
    Op-Ed article by former Agriculture Dept officials Dan Glickman and Harris Sherman warns that wildfires across the Western United States have grown in heat, intensity and size; examines reasons for increase of megafires; calls for federal policies and budgets that are designed to create healthy forest and reduce likelihood of catastrophic fires, as well as sufficient money to fight fires when they do occur. MORE
  5. Jun. 17, 2014
    New Jersey prosecutors say plastic flowers acted as fatal accelerant in fast-moving blaze that killed six family members in Newark. MORE

ARTICLES ABOUT FIRES AND FIREFIGHTERS

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Arizona Town Recalls Wildfire, and 19 Who Died Battling It

By FERNANDA SANTOS
There were public and private commemorations of the close-knit crew of firefighters who were killed one year ago.
July 1, 2014, Tuesday

Japanese Protester Sets Himself on Fire at Train Station in Tokyo

By MARTIN FACKLER
The man set himself aflame at Tokyo’s busiest train station in what appeared to be a protest against efforts to weaken Japan’s antiwar Constitution.
June 30, 2014, Monday

Money Splits a City Still Mourning Its Firefighters

By FERNANDA SANTOS
The question of money has driven broad divisions in Prescott, Ariz., that persist even as the first anniversary of a tragedy that killed 19 firefighters draws near.
June 27, 2014, Friday

Baptism by Fire

By N. R. KLEINFIELD
Jordan Sullivan’s decade-long dream of joining the Fire Department came true, but then he had an unusually long wait before he could prove himself.
June 22, 2014, Sunday
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Swim in Bronx River Kills Boy, 13; Another Is Hospitalized

By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ and COLIN MOYNIHAN
One 13-year-boy died and another was in critical condition on Friday after they went swimming in the Bronx River and had to be pulled from the water by emergency divers, according to the Police Department.
June 21, 2014, Saturday

After a Fire, a Dusty Town Hopes Not to Evaporate

By EDGAR WALTERS
Fritch, Tex., population 2,000, was already reeling from years of drought when a fire devastated the Panhandle community in May. Now residents are wondering whether it can be rebuilt.
June 20, 2014, Friday
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Fire Dept. Is Now Responding to All Gas-Odor Calls

By PATRICK McGEEHAN
New York City residents that smell natural gas should now call the Fire Department, not Consolidated Edison. The city believes that the Fire Department will provide faster responses, thereby averting potential disasters.
June 19, 2014, Thursday

Paying for the Forest Fire Next Time

By DAN GLICKMAN and HARRIS SHERMAN
Megafires are scorching the West. More money is needed to fight them.
June 18, 2014, Wednesday

Plastic Flowers Hastened a Blaze That Killed Six in Newark

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Carolyn A. Murray, the acting Essex County prosecutor, said that the fire did not appear to be suspicious, but investigators still had not pinpointed the origin of an “unidentified heat source.”
June 17, 2014, Tuesday
MORE ON FIRES AND FIREFIGHTERS AND: Deaths (Fatalities) , Fires and Firefighters , New Jersey , Newark (NJ)

Six Are Killed in a House Fire in Newark

By BENJAMIN MUELLER and DANIEL E. SLOTNIK
The fire was reported around 4 a.m. on Sunday at a three-story single-family home in the 800 block of South 15th Street, said the chief of detectives for the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office.
June 16, 2014, Monday
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