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St. Louis Fire Department

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2012

    Crane Collapse Reported at New River Bridge, Worker Missing

    ​Search crews from the St. Louis Fire Department and the Coast Guard are working the river looking for a crane operator who reportedly fell in from the New Mississippi River Bridge construction site. Various outlets are reporting that the man's life jacket has been found, but not the man himself. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2011

    Body Found in Burning Car in South City Friday

    The 3600 block of Pennsylvania, where a body was found in a burning car on Friday.​ When the St. Louis Fire Department responded to a report of a burning car Friday morning near Gravois Park, they found more than just smoke, fire and burning rubber.They found a dead body.

  • Blogs

    May 31, 2011

    Russ Carnahan Honored by St. Louis Firefighters

    Carnahan (with Rep. William Lacy Clay Jr.) will soon be adding an axe to his tool shed.​We can officially say it now: Representative Russ Carnahan is getting the axe. What? Don't we have to wait for the 2012 elections for the fallout from redistricting -- when Missouri's shrinking population ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2011

    We Have the Coolest Paramedic Ever

    "Everyone in the fire department pretty much lives on coffee," says Bobenhouse​On top of his night shift as a paramedic with the St. Louis Fire Department, 26-year-old downtown resident Neil Bobenhouse is a singer-songwriter who goes by the nom de guerre Maxwell James. With so much action in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2011

    George Mard, Fire Truck Surgeon

    John H. Tucker​George Mard remembers the days when fire trucks were simple to fix. Tighten a lever here, push a valve there, and you're on your way home for dinner. But over the last fifteen years, Mard, the foreman and senior mechanic of the St. Louis Fire Department's downtown garage, has fa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2010

    Mayor Proposes Taking Fire Ax to Firemen's Pension

    Slay: Blowing the whistle and prepared to make the cuts.​Mayor Francis Slay's office this morning outlined its plan to curtail run-away costs within the St. Louis Fire Department. According to the mayor's office, the budget for the fire department has increased 40 percent over the past decade than ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2010

    Cash-Strapped Government, Huh? Why Don't These Agencies Pick Up Their Money?

    ​Did you hear the guy who called in to Charlie Brennan's show on KMOX this morning? Said fella claimed that if you punch "St. Louis" or "Missouri" into the state treasurer's database of unclaimed property -- that's code for dinero, folks -- you'd find all kinds of local and state agencies with dol ... More >>

  • News

    March 3, 2010

    Heavy Duty: Back-weary St. Louis EMTs struggle to transport more portly patients than ever before

    ​Did you hear the guy who called in to Charlie Brennan's show on KMOX this morning? Said fella claimed that if you punch "St. Louis" or "Missouri" into the state treasurer's database of unclaimed property -- that's code for dinero, folks -- you'd find all kinds of local and state agencies with dol ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2009

    Can't Install Your Digital TV Converter? Call the Fire Department!

    flickr.com/photos/zzilchWe all know how the fire department will rescue kittens from trees, but this one seems to go beyond the call of duty. According to an FCC press release, the St. Louis Fire Department is now teaming up with KETC (Channel 9) to provide in-home D-TV installation for inept city r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2007

    Drink Wine for Our Furry Friends

    flickr.com/photos/zzilchWe all know how the fire department will rescue kittens from trees, but this one seems to go beyond the call of duty. According to an FCC press release, the St. Louis Fire Department is now teaming up with KETC (Channel 9) to provide in-home D-TV installation for inept city r ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 7, 2007

    Breathe Easier

    flickr.com/photos/zzilchWe all know how the fire department will rescue kittens from trees, but this one seems to go beyond the call of duty. According to an FCC press release, the St. Louis Fire Department is now teaming up with KETC (Channel 9) to provide in-home D-TV installation for inept city r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2007

    The Greater St. Louis Hispanic Festival: Que Delicioso

    flickr.com/photos/zzilchWe all know how the fire department will rescue kittens from trees, but this one seems to go beyond the call of duty. According to an FCC press release, the St. Louis Fire Department is now teaming up with KETC (Channel 9) to provide in-home D-TV installation for inept city r ... More >>

  • News

    March 7, 2007

    The Strange, Strange Tale of the U.S.S. Inaugural

    An old warship meets its most formidable enemy — the Mississippi River.

  • News

    June 15, 2005

    That Old Black Magic

    Did Patricia McIntosh's neighbors cast an evil spell on her twelve-year-old daughter?

  • News

    December 8, 2004

    What Is the Most Amazing Thing You've Personally Seen?

    Week of December 8, 2004

  • Calendar

    June 11, 2003

    Un-trucking-believable

    "Big Machines" parks at the Science Center

  • News

    June 26, 2002

    The Bailout Artist

    Bill Atkins, the bail bondsman who is free on bond himself, still takes money to get people out of jail. Why is that?

  • News

    May 1, 2002

    Firepower

    Those who follow the way of the gun have their many reasons. Just ask them.

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