The Unified Fire Authority's newest station in Midvale was designed with mental health in mind.
Station 125, located at 655 W. Center Street, not only features private rooms and bathrooms for firefighters working long hours, but also larger common rooms.
Capt. Kelly Millard said those areas will help to build a sense of connection throughout his team. - PUB DATE: 12/19/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSL-TV NBC 5 Salt Lake City
VIDEO: Thirty-six people were injured Sunday, including 11 seriously, when a Hawaiian Airlines flight from Phoenix to Honolulu hit severe turbulence about 30 minutes before landing.
The turbulence sent passengers flying out of their seats.
Paramedics and emergency medical technicians treated patients — ranging in age from 14 months to adults — for a long list of injuries, including serious head injuries, cuts, bruises, nausea, and loss of consciousness. - PUB DATE: 12/19/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Hawaii News Now
Matt Greer of Brookhaven was driving home from his shift at the Mississippi Center for Emergency Services, where he works as a flight nurse, when he got a call from his younger sister. A few days earlier, she had given birth to a healthy baby girl after an uncomplicated pregnancy. Now, she told him she had a headache. - PUB DATE: 12/19/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Mississippi Today
Multiple departments battled a massive fire in Dillsboro, Indiana, Thursday evening.
According to officials, the fire started around 4:35 p.m. on U.S. 50 at Laughery Valley AG, a farming co-op. Area residents said the plant usually closes around 4:30 every day.
More than 10 fire departments have responded to the scene. - PUB DATE: 12/16/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLWT-TV NBC 5 Cincinnati
PHOTOS: Two city firefighters make history as they become the first women to be appointed as fire investigators in the history of the Buffalo Fire Department. City fire leaders, firefighters, and firefighter families gathered at ECC's downtown campus Thursday afternoon to celebrate a round of promotions and appointments. - PUB DATE: 12/16/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKBW-TV ABC 7 Buffalo
First responders face traumatic experiences and emergencies everyday.
“Those sights and sounds stick with us throughout our life, so the more those build up, the more sometimes it starts to wear on us,” said Northern Wake Fire Dept. Chaplain and Firefighter Lauren Deer.
When Deer came back from her first fatality call, she didn’t know how to handle it. - PUB DATE: 12/16/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WNCN-TV CBS 17 Goldsboro
“We have a distinguished, prestigious, and proud fire department, which is visible in the heroic actions of our firefighters every single day,” Mayor Steven Fulop said at the ceremony.
“Being a firefighter is a difficult job and I want to thank the 21 new firefighters as you raise your hand today and take the Oath of Office to join the best fire department in the state. - PUB DATE: 12/16/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Hudson County View
VIDEO: Firefighters in Deltona, Florida made a special visit Thursday to the home of a boy they helped deliver 11 years ago. Susan Rubi credits the paramedics for saving her son Jacks' life after she unexpectedly went into labor at 26 weeks.
"Doing what they did especially as fast as they did we wouldn’t have had him today," she said. - PUB DATE: 12/16/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WOFL-TV FOX 35 Orlando
A building collapsed after a fire sparked Thursday morning in northwest Oklahoma City.
The fire started at a building in the 2400 block of Northwest 40th Street, near Interstate 44 and Pennsylvania Avenue. When crews arrived, they found heavy flames coming from the building. The building has since collapsed, and crews firefighters are working to put out the flames. - PUB DATE: 12/15/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOCO-TV ABC 5 Oklahoma City
The Baltimore City Fire Department began a pilot program Monday to assign senior officers to assistants responsible for making numerous fire scene decisions.
Dubbed “battalion technicians,” the assistants aim to assist firefighters with tasks that can become overwhelming in an emergency, such as: B. - PUB DATE: 12/15/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Local Today
VIDEO: As North Texans prepared for severe weather and heeded tornado warnings Monday night, Gov. Greg Abbott issued a familiar directive.
“The State of Texas has resources ready for swift deployment, and we are fully prepared to address any potential severe weather expected to impact communities across our state,” the governor announced Monday afternoon. - PUB DATE: 12/15/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KXAN-TV NBC 36 Austin
Jay Leno, the guru of the garage, did not mince words describing the accident that put him into intensive care.
“And suddenly, boom, I got a face full of gas," Leno said. "And then the pilot light jumped and my face caught on fire.”
In a televised interview on NBC’s "Today" show, the comic looked only a little worse for wear, and he’s now back on stage doing standup after nine days at the Grossman Burn Center in Los Angeles. - PUB DATE: 12/15/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Autoblog
It has been 10 years since 20 students and six educators were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown.
Rob Sibley is a Deputy Chief in the Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire Department and is also the deputy director for Emergency Management in the village of 9,000 people.
Back in 2012, Sibley’s youngest son was in the 3rd grade at Sandy Hook Elementary. - PUB DATE: 12/15/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTNH-TV ABC 8 New Haven
Evidence, including DNA and items collected from crime scenes, dating back up to 30 years may have been destroyed in a 3-alarm fire that overtook a New York City Police Department storage facility in Brooklyn. Eight people suffered minor injuries, fire officials said.
The blaze erupted around 10:30 a. - PUB DATE: 12/14/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCBS-TV CBS 2 New York
Firefighters face risks every time they respond to a call, including possible long-term dangers to their health.
But the current leading cause of death among firefighters may come as a surprise.
According to the International Association of Firefighters, heart disease was the former leading cause of death among firefighters. - PUB DATE: 12/14/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KFVS-TV CBS 12 Cape Girardeau
PHOTOS: In lieu of a sleigh and reindeer, Santa and Mrs. Claus — Boston Fire Department lieutenants by day — rode a firetruck to Shriners Children’s Boston hospital to deliver holiday cheer Tuesday.
About 30 children peered out the hospital windows as the Clauses inched closer in the bucket of a fire ladder. - PUB DATE: 12/14/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Boston Globe - Metered Site
Subaru’s latest recall affects nearly every one of its family-hauling Ascent SUV. The issue stems from the electrical system and could lead to a fire.
Included in the population are model-year 2019-22 Ascents. The ground bolt that secures the ground terminal of the positive temperature coefficient heater in the wiring under the dashboard may have been improperly fastened, which could result in melting of the ground terminal and surrounding components, increasing the risk of a fire. - PUB DATE: 12/14/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Cars.com
Firefighters spent hours in freezing temperatures battling a fire at a commercial building in Linden.
The blaze broke out around 12:30 a.m. Tuesday and eventually went to three alarms. It was still burning more than 6 hours later.
Video from NewsCopter 7 showed heavy smoke and flames shooting through the roof of the facility before dawn. - PUB DATE: 12/13/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WABC-TV ABC 7 New York City
A new Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) station and new ARFF trucks were unveiled last week at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth (BHM) International Airport. The new facility and trucks, together with First Responders, are the cornerstone of BHM’s emergency readiness.
At a ribbon-cutting, Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin joined board members of the Birmingham Airport Authority, project contractors, architects, Birmingham Fire and Rescue, and the airport staff to celebrate the completion of this major project. - PUB DATE: 12/13/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Birmingham Times
VIDEO: Orange County leaders are questioning safety issues surrounding a deadly warehouse fire that ignited fireworks stored at the property. The fire – which happened on Dec. 1 – could come up on Tuesday at the county commission meeting.
There are legal questions over whether the company was even allowed to store fireworks there. - PUB DATE: 12/13/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WOFL-TV FOX 35 Orlando
