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Photo of firefighter saving fawn from 120K-acre fire goes viral
(FOX 13) - The West Mims fire raging in southern Georgia is only 12-percent contained and dozens of families are evacuating as the flames continue to move closer to their homes. The fire has charred more than 120,000 acres near Georgia’s border with Florida. Crews are fighting the flames from [...]
National Police Week 2017
In 1962, President John F. Kennedy signed a proclamation which designated May 15 as Peace Officers Memorial Day and the week in which that date falls as Police Week. Currently, tens of thousands of law enforcement officers from around the world converge on Washington, DC to participate in a number [...]
Quick-thinking 5-year-old alerts parents to house fire
(Dalton Daily Citizen) - With two quick demands to her parents, five-year-old Adalyn Phillips saved a home that's been in her family for three generations -- and possibly saved her family's lives -- by using lessons learned during a tour of a Dalton Fire Department station. Adalyn was playing in her [...]
Lincoln County deputy rescues disabled vet from burning home
(WSOCTV) - A Lincoln County deputy is being called a hero for saving a disabled veteran from a burning home in Lincoln County. Eyewitness News reporter Dave Faherty spoke with both men about the early-morning fire and how the deputy got the elderly man out. Deputy Seth Hovis said he was [...]
DeKalb County firefighters rescue driver crushed by fallen tree
(Fox5) - Firefighters in DeKalb County made a dramatic rescue of a man whose car was crushed by a massive tree as he drove down a busy roadway Thursday afternoon. It happened as the man was driving his Toyota Camry west along Lavista Road near Brook Forest Drive during one [...]
Atlanta bridge collapse: How first responders saved lives
(CNN) - It's been more than five weeks since Atlanta Police Sgt. Ryan Heald and Officer Tyler Thomas stared into a 40-foot wall of flame and thick black smoke that filled the five-lane interstate highway bridge in front of them. Somehow, in the middle of a Thursday rush hour on [...]