firefighter
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Monique Collier, 37, a firefighter in the Washington, D.C., area, used to do 100 curls a week, but has since dropped down to 48 hammer curls once a week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Florida firefighter sets record as shortest woman in profession.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
Company leaders worked with Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Jaime Moore and paid for firefighter assistance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
Like the firefighter who spoke to the BBC, Ghafoor also said rescue staff struggled to get through some of the hospital's doors.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Not a firefighter who could help Kaitlin, but a football player with no way out—just like them.
From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau
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Within minutes, four fellow volunteer firefighters and I arrived at a multistory house in New York’s Hudson Valley to see flames blasting through the roof.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
To make them, firefighters go to homes and businesses in their district to interview residents, understand how they live and map the premises.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
By air and land, firefighters are struggling to control the blaze amid a severe heatwave in Southern California.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
Police officers, paramedics and firefighters were called to the property on Ninefields, in Waltham Abbey, Essex shortly before 23:00 BST on Friday.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
Ryoichi Usuzawa and Taro had been rescued from the rooftop of a floating house by firefighters, who took them to an evacuation center at a local community hall.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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