Firefighters

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    Bruce Springsteen shows up for son’s swearing-in as firefighter

    Bruce Springsteen's son has been sworn in as a firefighter with the Jersey City Fire Department, along with 15 others. Sam Springsteen was joined by his famous father and mother, Patti Scialfa, at City Hall along with Mayor Steven Fulop and

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    Group of female firefighters reveal some of the everyday comments they receive

    A group of female firefighters have revealed some of the everyday comments they receive including: ''you can't do that - you'll ruin your face''. The female blaze tacklers have spoken out about fighting

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    Heroic fireman risks life to drag burning gas cylinder out of house

    A heroic firefighter in China risked his life to drag a burning gas cylinder out of a house. The video above shows the firefighter using a rake to drag a burning cylinder continuously leaking gas out of a residential property. According to

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    Firefighters free horse from pillbox

    A hapless horse became trapped in a Second World War pillbox - and firefighters spent 90 minutes rescuing it. The bizarre incident happened on Monday when the animal wandered inside the gun emplacement in a field in Gotham, Nottinghamshire, and

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  • HealthAOL

    Firefighters save a tiny bird in heartwarming act

    A dehydrated bird got some much needed assistance in a heartwarming act. Firefighters in South Carolina have been praised for rescuing the 'exhausted' hummingbird. The rescuers gave the bird a small cap of water and sat with it until it

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    Flaming Ford Ka terrifies bystanders in Walthamstow

    Video footage has been posted of a flaming Ford StreetKa in Walthamstow, North London – and the moment it begins rolling towards traffic. The car, which was stopped at the intersection of Church Hill and Hoe Street, was ablaze before

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    Turns out shift work is even worse for you than you thought

    Doctors, nurses, firefighters and other shift workers know all about the effects of wonky sleep. Using animal models, scientists at the Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine found that that subjects on shift work schedules had more severe stroke outcomes in terms of brain damage and loss of sensation and limb movement than controls on regular sleep-wake cycles. “The body is synchronized to night and day by circadian rhythms—24-hour cycles controlled by internal biological clocks