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CHICAGO — Some 6,000 African Americans who passed a Chicago Fire Department entrance exam nearly 16 years ago will walk away with either jobs or cash under a federal court order entered Wednesday. The city of Chicago must hire 111 ...

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Baltimore’s fire chief is surrendering his department’s emergency medical services training accreditation. Chief James Clack announced Tuesday that the department would use training from outside educational institutions instead. He says officials may seek accreditation in the future. Clack says when ...

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Baltimore’s fire chief is suspending emergency medical services training after certification officials uncovered cheating by recruits. Fire Chief James Clack announced Monday that he is also ordering an internal investigation after a probe by Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services ...

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An Allegany County firehouse has agreed to a nearly $850,000 settlement deal with an Illinois-based bank after the department defaulted on a lease-purchase agreement for one of its firetrucks. McCoole Fire and Rescue Department Inc. settled with Marquette Bank on ...

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Maryland’s senators and a Baltimore-area congressman have announced that Baltimore has received a $1.3 million grant to buy firefighting equipment. Sens. Barbara Mikulski and Ben Cardin and Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger announced the grant on Wednesday. The money will be used ...

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FOREST GLEN — A Metro train has been evacuated after something caught fire and filled a tunnel with smoke near the Forest Glen station on the red line in Maryland. Montgomery County fire department spokesman Capt. Oscar Garcia says firefighters ...

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CAPITOL HEIGHTS — Authorities say as many as six families have been displaced from their homes following a townhouse fire near FedEx Field in Capitol Heights. Prince George’s County fire department spokesman Mark Brady says firefighters responded to a report ...

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A fire at rowhouse in east Baltimore killed six adults and children early Tuesday, and spread to another three homes, a fire official said. Baltimore fire department spokesman Kevin Cartwright said firefighters were called to battle the fire around 4:45 ...

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The “live burn” training exercise that cost Racheal Wilson her life does not create grounds for a civil rights action in U.S. District Court, a federal judge has ruled. Although it would have meant failing the program, Wilson could have ...

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