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Local Charity Needs Community Support After Devastating Fire

October 27, 2010

With all of the focus on the fire at the Roseville Galleria, you may have missed the fire that destroyed the building housing Midtown’s own River City Food Bank last week. Somewhere around 100 firefighters were called in to extinguish the four-alarm fire. In addition to the 8,000- 10,000 pounds of food destroyed, the fire [...]

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LA firefighters face roller derby team in broomball for charity

January 12, 2010

The LAFD and the Los Angeles Derby Dolls have traded taunts to draw attention to the showdown for charity. “We stay in shape with our jobs and training is a part of our lifestyle, so we’re confident that we will be able to run them up and down the ice for an hour,” said LAFD [...]

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Firefighters Accepting Food Donations for Charity

November 23, 2009

The Orange County Fire Authority’s Capistrano station is one of several collecting items during a one-day food drive. On Tuesday, November 24, the OCFA will partner with KTLA Channel 5 and Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County to hold a one-day food drive at 25 fire stations across Orange County from 5 a.m. until [...]

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Phoenix PD Officer Collapses after Guns & Hoses Boxing Match

September 16, 2008

A charity boxing event to raise money for injured police officers and firefighters took a tragic twist Friday, ending with a Phoenix cop in critical condition. Officer Barry Scott had just participated in a boxing match against a firefighter when the referee stopped the fight. The 22-year-old then joined his family after the match and [...]

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