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NEWS PHOTO (Circulation Under
100,000)
First place: "Fire Fighters in a Blaze"
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A view into the
hell of fire. Fire fighters of Local 437 encounter intense flames and
heat as they try to extinguish a house fire in Bremerton. Despite their
herculean efforts, two teenage girls perished in this early morning
inferno.
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Sun
Photo by: Larry Steagall
Submitted by: Bremerton, WA Local 437
Second place: "Quick Response Saves Child"
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Fire fighter Dan
Squires of Local 321 holds a 3-year-old boy he rescued from a house fire
in Racine, a nice shot that reminds everyone of what saving a child's
life means to a fire fighter.
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The Journal Times
Photo by: Tim Stein
Submitted by: Racine, WI Local 321
 Honorable
Mention: "Seven-Alarm Fire Ravages Allard's"
Portsmouth Herald Photo by: Deb Cram Submitted by: Portsmouth, NH Local
1313
A Newington L 1313 firefighter wipes his forehead
as extreme heat and flames billow from a storage unit building at
Allard's Moving and Storage.
 Honorable
Mention: "2 Fire Fighters on Roof" Quad City Times;
Photo by: Jeff Cook; Submitted by: Moline, IL Local 581
Two Moline L 581 firefighters tackle a
house fire in Moline from attic area.
Honorable Mention: "Health/Safety: A Rehab Area"
Firehouse Magazine; Photo by: Peter MacDonald; Submitted by: Turner
Falls, MA Local 2452
L 2452 Firefighter John Zellman is assisted in
removing his self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) after working at
the scene of March 1999 house fire.
 Honorable
Mention: "Brush Fire" American Firefighter; Photo by:
Gene Blevins; Submitted by: Los Angeles, CA Local 112
Award-winning fire photographer Gene Blevins captures
the searing heat of this solid wall of flame fueled by a raging brush
fire in the tinder-dry foothills of Southern California.
 Honorable
Mention: "Cannings Building Fire" The Mercury; Photo
by: Kevin L. Hoffman; Submitted by: Pottstown, PA Local 3536
An overall view of the building engulfed in flames in
the 400 block of High Street after the blaze rekindled and spread to
adjoining units.
 Honorable
Mention: "Raging Inferno" Progress-Index; Photo by:
Roy Stout; Submitted by: Petersburg, VA Local 2773
It took L 2773 firefighters about 40 minutes to
bring the blaze under control at the Jefferson-South of the James
apartment complex.
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