firefighter
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A Pasadena firefighter suffered an undisclosed leg injury during the rescue operation and was also taken to a local hospital for treatment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
As for drones, firefighter Guillaume Millet says they're being tested in France for sea rescue, dropping lifebuoys and survival kits, but there's no drone tech that's reached that stage yet for firefighting.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
"There's thunder, that's good," said a firefighter at the command post set up in the town's sports hall.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
The California firefighter and Army reservist had recently bought a house in Coronado with his wife before he was deployed to the Philippines in 1941.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Saucepan Lynn is also a volunteer firefighter, so she cooks in her suspenders in case she has to run off.
From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
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They kept watching all the next week as the firefighters continued to work on their property, yelling thank you through the camera’s microphone since they were still evacuated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
The service stressed "the incident itself is not over" and said people must stay away from the heathland, where firefighters remained to dampen down, monitor for hotspots, and any further fire activity.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
His wife called 911, and they watched as firefighters tried to save their house.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Two water-bombing helicopters have been deployed to douse the flames in areas difficult for firefighters to reach due to steep slopes and strong winds, he said in a statement Sunday.
From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026
Despite feeling terribly dizzy, he managed to find four of his fellow firefighters trapped almost out of sight under parts of the second-floor ceiling that had collapsed into the first floor.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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