Word: firemen
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Everything was back to normal ten minutes after the alarm sounded, Dougherty said. Personnel had smoked in the lounge for three years without incident, he added. Dougherty said the firemen, who cleaned and readjusted the detector for higher smoke tolerance, told him the device malfunctioned...
...Firemen may have exacerbated the problem by hosing the pools, causing more of the liquid to rise into the sky, sources on the scene said...
...Firemen in gas masks shoveled debris off the track to help the liquid drain off into the pit, from which workers later pumped it into a waiting tank truck...
...understanding on wages, including a 15% raise in pay over two years. The fire fighters ratified the deal on condition that the 42 men dismissed earlier be reinstated. But City Manager Robert Kipp, supported by an advisory personnel board, refused to do so. Nearly the entire force of firemen then walked...
Circuit Judge Laurence Smith ordered each of the arrested firemen to serve 20 days in jail, pay a fine of $300 and another $16 a day for the meals they were served behind bars. With all the city cells booked up, many of the fire fighters would have to await vacancies before they could serve their time. By week's end Kansas City had handled more than 265 alarms without loss of life, but arson in the city had risen alarmingly. At that point, a judge ordered the reinstatement of the 42 dismissed men; to universal relief, the fire...