Browsing the internet can often lead to amazing discoveries, including the discovery of a historical artifact.
According to the Long Valley Fire Company, a resident recently discovered a piece of local history while browsing the e-commerce site eBay.
A historic badge was recently given to the fire department after it was discovered by an anonymous resident who claimed to be looking for historic items when they came across the enclosed badge. - PUB DATE: 11/16/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Long Valley Patch
VIDEO/PHOTOS: The Ventura County Fire Department trains its firefighters by pumping thousands of gallons of water a minute — despite historic drought in California.
On Tuesday, the agency demonstrated a water-saving system used at its Camarillo training center to cut back on water use.
The department recycles water via two PumpPod devices, which recirculate supplies used in training exercises. - PUB DATE: 11/16/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Ventura County Star - Metered Site
On her home golf course in Bloomingdale, Patti Valero is far removed from the night her life changed forever. It was 2009 and Valero was riding on her motorcycle when she was hit by a wrong-way drunk driver. Though she doesn't remember how it happened, Valero does remember waking up days later in a hospital. - PUB DATE: 11/16/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTVT FOX 13 Tampa Bay
VIDEO: Ray Schufford spent nearly 30 years saving lives as part of Dallas Fire-Rescue. But he says his calling came to him during his last years as chaplain.
"I felt like God was placing me in a position that I could help so many other people because of the things that I had gone through, personally in my own life, because I could actually speak to whatever they were dealing with," said Schufford. - PUB DATE: 11/16/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFAA-TV ABC 8 Dallas
A two-alarm fire has destroyed a building on Leavenworth Street just behind the Wendy’s on Lake Avenue. Crews were called to the scene around 12:30 a.m. and worked for hours putting out the flames. They are still cleaning up debris.
Rochester firefighters say they got the call for a report of heavy smoke and flames coming from a one-story commercial building. - PUB DATE: 11/15/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHEC-TV NBC 10 Rochester
VIDEO: Dale Melanson wasn't ready to leave the Plymouth Fire Department when a devastating diagnosis of ALS forced him to retire earlier this year.
But, part of him did stay - his helmet.
Now, it's traveling from department to department across Massachusetts. This week, Braintree firefighters delivered it to the Quincy Fire Department where it rode in the fire truck, even responding to calls. - PUB DATE: 11/15/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBZ-TV CBS 4 Boston
A driver is in critical condition after a crash between an 18-wheeler and a box truck left one of the vehicles dangling over the Grand Parkway in Montgomery County on Monday morning. The latter vehicle, the box truck, ended up on the lanes below.
Texas DPS said they responded to the crash at about 8:06 a. - PUB DATE: 11/15/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTRK-TV ABC 13 Houston
VIDEO: A new class of men and women are training to join the ranks of the Seminole County Fire Department, and more and more of the recruits are coming from a military background.
For the first time, nearly a third of the new class of recruits are military veterans.
Robert Garcia says he’s building a brotherhood much like what he had in the military, a group that will help him launch a career as a first responder. - PUB DATE: 11/15/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Spectrum News 13
The Natural Disasters Expo is a show all about the best when it comes to protecting us from the worst.
On the show floor at the Anaheim Convention Center: firefighting gear, ready to eat meals, instant shelter tents and more.
The biggest trend: portable backup power. Goal Zero was showing off power banks that use the sun to recharge. - PUB DATE: 11/15/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTLA-TV CW 5 Los Angeles
Six people are dead after two World War II-era military planes collided in midair and crashed at Dallas Executive Airport during an airshow Saturday afternoon, killing all on board, the Dallas County Medical Examiner’s office said Sunday.
“We can confirm that there are six (fatalities),” a spokesperson for the Dallas County Medical Examiner’s office told CNN in a phone call. - PUB DATE: 11/14/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNN
VIDEO: Dante Farina retired from the Orlando Fire Department in 2019 after 29 years of service.
Now, he is back at new recruit training with the Seminole County Fire Department. His spark rekindled after Farina was asked a simple question by a firefighter at another department. "He asked me if I miss the fire service and I said every day. - PUB DATE: 11/14/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WOFL-TV FOX 35 Orlando
VIDEO: Hayward firefighters caused a multi-car pileup on Saturday but it was no accident and it was all for a good cause. It all went down at the Good Guys car show at the Alameda County Fairgrounds during a benefit fundraiser with a twist -- and a grind and a crunch.
They rumbled and rattled in from all over the Bay Area -- die-hard, first-responders braving this demolition derby competition, seeking the thrill of victory and, with luck, the coveted trophy which was basically a welded-together pile of car parts. - PUB DATE: 11/14/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPIX-TV CBS 5 San Francisco
PHOTOS: While watching a female lieutenant with Charlestown Ambulance Rescue Service perform a demonstration using a saw outside the Watch Hill Fire Department last Thursday, a smile came across the face of a suddenly excited volunteer with the Union of Hellenic Fire Service Volunteers.
The native of Greece, one of 16 who traveled to Rhode Island recentely as part of a comprehensive training partnership, wouldn’t have had the hands-on opportunity back home and reveled in the opportunity to lead the physically challenging response. - PUB DATE: 11/14/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Westerly Sun - Metered Site
VIDEO: The New York City Council is holding a hearing on e-bikes and battery safety on Monday after recent fires, including one that injured dozens inside a Midtown apartment building and another that killed a little girl in Queens.
The fires are prime examples of why fire safety advocates are backing proposed changes to the law, CBS2's Elijah Westbrook reported. - PUB DATE: 11/14/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLNY-TV CBS 55 Riverhead
Firefighters battled heavy flames Wednesday afternoon in a commercial building on Broadway Street in Lowell.
While flying overhead, Sky5 could see flames and smoke spreading through the building and bursting through the roof. The roof collapsed in several areas. "There was initially a mayday with a firefighter, but everybody's been accounted for and they're all right," Chief William Charron with the Lowell Fire Department said. - PUB DATE: 11/10/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCVB-TV ABC 5 Boston
VIDEOS: An El Paso Firefighter who’s not only fighting flames, is also fighting the stereotypes.
Jacqueline Manriquez is the focus of this week's Breaking the Bias segment.
"At the end of the day, when you bunker up, I don't think you can categorize yourself as a female or a male,” Manriquez said. “You're just categorized as a firefighter. - PUB DATE: 11/10/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KDBC-TV CBS 4 El Paso
New details in the arrest of a Forest Service burn boss during a prescribed burn in Grant County last month are raising the possibility that the sheriff who arrested him could in turn be subject to prosecution.
On Oct. 19 a prescribed burn being executed by the U.S. Forest Service, with help from Oregon Department of Forestry and contract crews, escaped the burn area, scorching approximately 18 acres of adjacent private land in Bear Valley, about 7 miles north of Seneca. - PUB DATE: 11/10/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Blue Mountain Eagle
Engine No. 1 is roaring down Livingston Avenue, lights flashing, sirens blaring, horn honking, engines racing, pulses pounding.
And in the back seat, Antonio is wearing his custom-made turnout gear, fire helmet and a big smile.
After being sworn in as an honorary member of the New Brunswick Fire Department by Mayor Jim Cahill on Wednesday, Nov. - PUB DATE: 11/10/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Tap into New Brunswick
VIDEO: Today, the Richmond Hill subdivision looks like a typical south Indianapolis neighborhood. But longtime Hoosiers will never forget what happened here 10 years ago.
An explosion in a home rocked Richmond Hill on Nov. 10, 2012, killing Jennifer and Dion Longworth, who lived next door. There were heroes that night, including a family who heard and felt the blast. - PUB DATE: 11/10/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTHR-TV NBC 13 Indianapolis
Several residents were forced out of their homes early Wednesday following a fire at a pedicab warehouse, according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department (SDFD).
The blaze was reported just before 4:30 a.m. at an alley on the 1400 block of Market Street. There, flames burned quickly due to lithium batteries in the warehouse and prompted officials to evacuate the neighboring Potiker Senior Residents complex, SDFD Battalion Chief Banker said. - PUB DATE: 11/9/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KNSD-TV NBC 7 San Diego
