Stocktonians saw government at its forehead-smacking worst this week, as San Joaquin County forbade qualified Stockton firefighters from serving as paramedics. Depending on which side you talk to, this action was either a wake-up call for the delusional city of Stockton or a bullying triumph of county control freaks. That’s point one: In the shamefully<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheWatchdeskPost/~4/tCeopaAqtCs" height="1" width="1"/>
A Fresno man was badly burned early Friday morning when he ran out of his burning home. The fire happened just before 1:00AM near Tulare and Maple in east central Fresno. Nearly two dozen firefighters worked to put out the fire. The man was taken to the hospital with burns over 30-percent of his body.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheWatchdeskPost/~4/9ty1sCDidhI" height="1" width="1"/>
A CAR was severely damaged in an arson attack shortly before midnight yesterday.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheWatchdeskPost/~4/OF0dCEIX-hM" height="1" width="1"/>
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- One person is dead after a sedan careened out of control in Tompkinsville, struck a stanchion and plowed into a gasoline pump, igniting a fireball. The single-car accident occurred shortly before 2 a.m. at the Citgo Station...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheWatchdeskPost/~4/_Y_krdZQcbM" height="1" width="1"/>
The mailer the Sedona Verde Valley Firefighter Association recently sent to taxpayers in the fire district appears to have some misleading or incomplete information. There is also a difference in opinion on the cost of running the ambulance service between Governing Board member Charles Christensen and Sedona Fire District Business Director Karen Daines. The Read more...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheWatchdeskPost/~4/jj0SRtOIRbg" height="1" width="1"/>
MUNCIE -- Moving box springs and mattresses isn't necessarily in the job description for chief of the Muncie Fire Department.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheWatchdeskPost/~4/bfIW5V6ZMQE" height="1" width="1"/>
House fire blamed on sparks from fireplace<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheWatchdeskPost/~4/2ck3v2-oa0Y" height="1" width="1"/>
DOVER-- The 2010 Dover Firemen's Fair, sponsored by Union Fire & Hose Company No. 1 of Dover, will be Sept.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheWatchdeskPost/~4/iHszULJaCFo" height="1" width="1"/>
The Howell Area Fire Department plans to close a substation on the site of the city's Public Works Department on Marion Street early next year, officials said this week.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheWatchdeskPost/~4/K3eNqK_ZNgU" height="1" width="1"/>
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