Subject: Emergency Services

• Manet, You Corrupt Biddy...

  November 14, 2006

• UNSOLVED MISERIES

  DOES FIREFIGHTING CAUSE CANCER? STATE'S STUDY INCONCLUSIVE.

  April 29, 1992

• FATAL DISTRACTION WHEN MASS DISASTER STRIKES, THE PROBLEMS JUST KEEP PILING UP

  June 17, 1992

• CLIFF NOTES RESCUERS ENCOUNTER SOME LAME SUBJECTS

  November 25, 1992

• ARIZONA'S OWN J. EDGAR HOOVER

  RUBEN ORTEGA USED THE PHOENIX POLICE DEPARTMENT TO PURSUE HIS PERSONAL AGENDA-AND HIS POLITICAL FOES

  February 3, 1993

• MISCUE 911

  SARAH DUGAN WAS A LOYAL AMERICAN EXPRESS EMPLOYEE UNTIL SHE COLLAPSED ONE DAY AT WORK. HER FAMILY BLAMES THE COMPANY FOR WHAT HAPPENED NEXT.

  August 11, 1993

• LIKE FATHER,LIKE DAUGHTERIN THE PHOENIX FIRE DEPARTMENT, FAMILY TIES GO A LING WAY

  August 25, 1993

• POIGNANT TIMES AT POISON CONTROLMEDICAL AND EMERGENCY EXPERTS FEAR CLOSURE OF PHOENIX FACILITY

  February 2, 1994

• Thanks for Quitting. Heres Your Gold Watch.

  When Fred Tryon retired, Arizona Public Service Company gave him a gold watch. Then the multibillion-dollar utility claimed he hadn't retired, but quit, and took away his pension and his benefits. Then Fred Tryon died of a heart attack. Now, his wife o

  February 1, 1996

• Fire Within

  Veteran fire captain succumbs after long fight with cancer

  May 23, 1996

• Lava Fare

  Explosive Volcano heats up love/hate relationship with L.A.

  April 24, 1997

• Ambulance Chasteners

  July 24, 1997

• Fire Truculence

  Is it a case of rogue firefighters or meddling city managers? Whatever it is, the Phoenix Fire Department isn't used to the scrutiny it's getting from City Hall.

  November 13, 1997

• Trainspotting

  Nearly three years after Amtrak's Sunset Limited was sabotaged near Buckeye, firefighters who rode to the rescue remain on the FBI's list of suspects

  July 16, 1998

• Case Time Line

  August 13, 1998

• Case Time Line

  August 20, 1998

• The Eternal Flame Part 2

  Three decades ago, an unsolved murder case and arson fire scarred Lori Romaneck for life. Since 1993, she's been fighting a bureaucratic backdraft to set the record straight.

  August 20, 1998

• Ambulance Chasteners

  Valley suburbs fight to bring slow emergency vehicle services up to speed

  July 15, 1999

• Letters

  Letters from the week of August 21, 2003

  August 21, 2003

• Letters From the Issue of Thursday, December 22, 2005

  December 22, 2005

• Disaster Exercise to Test Hospitals, Public Safety Officials With 1,200 Volunteer Victims (Including You, If You Want)

  Disaster will strike the Valley on March 10, 2009.No, that's not a prediction from the Mayan calendar. It's a mock event being held on or near Arizona State University's Tempe campus to test the disaster readiness of local public safety officials and health care workers.The "Coyote Crisis Campaign" is a five-day exercise taking place during ASU's spring break in which 1,200 volunteers will pretend to be victims from an improvised explosive device. Officials don't have all the volunteers they nee

  February 17, 2009

• Vicki Christiansen Appointed as New State Forester

  Vicki Christiansen, former Washington State Forester, has been appointed by Governor Jan Brewer to be the new Arizona State Forester and Director of the Arizona Division of Forestry.Brewer's office made the announcement today, but a Google search shows Christiansen has been off and running for weeks now. On April 1, she testified before Congress in her new role as Arizona State Forester. She toured the Arizona Wildfire Academy in late March. Christiansen is well qualified for her job -- and sh

  April 13, 2009

• Patriot Games

  The grass has got to be greener someplace else

  October 18, 2007

• Burning Sensation

  Firefighters union boss Billy Shields screwed up. Now, he's ticked off Phoenix's most powerful law firm

  June 28, 2007

• Letters From the Issue of Thursday, April 12, 2007

  April 12, 2007

• Backdraft

  March 15, 2007

• The Fire Inside

  March 15, 2007

• Bonds. Big Bonds.

  It's officially a nonprofit, but the company Governor Napolitano picked to handle millions in student loans is making big bucks for one of its original founders

  November 16, 2006

• Bonds. Big Bonds.

  It's officially a nonprofit, but the company Governor Napolitano picked to handle millions in student loans is making big bucks for one of its original founders

  November 9, 2006

• Emergency Brake

  The state tries to halt out-of-control ambulance contracts — but cities might have the last word

  November 9, 2006

• Lactose Intolerants

  The taloned one sucks up to breast-feeding MILFs, observes that Smoke Free Arizona ain't no pot initiative and squawks at union boss Billy Shields

  November 10, 2005

• Ambulance Chasers

  Winning ambulance contracts? It's all about who you know. (Unless it's about the dirt they've got on you.)

  October 27, 2005

• Deadly Politics

  Did petty politics nearly kill a child?

  August 14, 2003

• Code Squawkers

  Unions and developers battle over proposed building regs

  March 6, 2003

• Kid Drownings

  December 26, 2002

• Fire

  Phoenix's negligence left hundreds sick from toxic fumes. It's only a matter of time before it happens again.

  December 5, 2002

• Burned

  Aging Rural/Metro firefighters can't afford to retire

  February 14, 2002

• Arizona's Worst Neighbor

  People are sick and animals are dying near TRW's air-bag plant in Mesa.

  April 12, 2001

• Get Trucked

  May 18, 2000

• Rescue Workers Grilled in Derailment Probe

  Investigators check background of firefighter, repeatedly interview thosewho responded to wreck site

  November 16, 1995

• THE SOURING INFERNO

  LAST MONTH, THE RURAL/METRO FIRE DEPARTMENT BATTLED THE 23,000-ACRE RIO BLAZE. BUT AFTER THE FIRE WAS OUT, THE COMPANY STILL HADN'T COOLED ITS CRITICS.

  August 23, 1995

• Hermosillo, Mexico, Day-Care Fire Spurs Relief Fund by Phoenix Officials

  Image: Wikimedia CommonsPhoenix Mayor Phil Gordon, Councilman Claude Mattox and officials with the Sister City program will kick off a fundraising effort this morning to benefit families of children burned in a Mexico day-care facility fire. At least 44 children were killed in the blaze. About 142 kids aged 6 months to 6 years were in the day-care center when the fire started. Investigators believe the cause was a faulty air conditioner located in a next-door warehouse. Here's the in

  June 11, 2009

• Phoenix's Next Councilman: Jon Altmann? Or Jim "Burgundy" Sharpe?

  Maria BaierWhen the Phoenix City Council gathers this afternoon to choose a replacement for outgoing Councilwoman Maria Baier, they'll have a wealth of candidates to choose from: A total of 19 applicants are seeking the job.The frontrunner, we suspect, is Jon C. Altmann. Altmann, a Navy veteran and public safety consultant with ties to the powerful firefighters union, was runner up in the District Three race two years ago. (Baier, who is the sister of Fire Chief Bobby Kahn, ultimately received t

  June 30, 2009

• Hot Links: Tent City's Birthday, Party Crews, and Taser Sales

  ​Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio will celebrate the 16th anniversary of Tent City today. The planned fete includes a hot dog barbecue and an ice cream social for inmates. Arpaio says the 1,000 hot dogs and the ice cream were donated...Police arrested 48 people at a house party near 32nd avenue in Phoenix early Saturday. Police say those arrested were members of a "party crew," people who hop from house to house partying every night. Most of the arrests on Saturday were for underage drinking

  August 3, 2009

• Bees Strike Again: Man Stung Severely Just Hours After Attack on Elderly Woman

  ​Run and hide! The Phoenix bee invasion has claimed yet another victim.Just hours after an 81-year-old woman was attacked yesterday by a swarm of Africanized bees near 33rd Avenue, south of Cactus Road, a 72-year-old man, on the other side of town, was also attacked.Phoenix Fire Department officials say the man was using a shop-vac to try and vacuum hundreds of bees out of a tree in his yard near 32nd Street and Indian School Road Wednesday night, when the little monsters fought back.When

  August 20, 2009

• Tempe Healing Field

  September 10, 2009

• The Eyes of Ground Zero

  November 19, 2009