VIDEO/PHOTOS: The next time you have an emergency that demands the aid of 911, you may be asked to help dispatchers and first responders by video chatting through your phone.
A new software being rolled out throughout parts of Colorado now gives 911 dispatchers the ability to access a caller's cellphone cameras after being given permission by the user. - PUB DATE: 12/7/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCNC-TV CBS 4 Denver
PHOTO: An Iowa dog apologized to a local fire department after getting so excited to go to dog camp that she accidentally pulled the fire alarm.
Birdie goes to dog camp at Dogwoods Lodge in Grimes.
“She just arrived for day camp and was just bouncing around and bounced into the fire alarm, pushed it in, pulled it down and that was it,” said Jessica Tapper, owner of Dogwoods Lodge. - PUB DATE: 12/7/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KYOU-TV FOX/NBC/CW+ 15 Ottumwa
PHOTOS: A Lawrence firefighter is turning to the public for help after his car and department helmet were stolen in Wilmington.
Firefighter Patrick Sweeney told Boston 25 News he parked his car in the back of the Regency Place around 10 p.m. on Sunday night and woke up Monday morning to his Dodge Charger HellCat missing from the lot. - PUB DATE: 12/7/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WXFT-TV FOX 25 Boston
A massive fire erupted at a Watertown farm Monday.
Young’s Longrange Farm on Woodbury Road sustained damage after a 2nd alarm fire broke out at the farm Monday evening.
Several neighboring fire departments were called to help Watertown Fire battle the blaze, including Waterbury and Woodbury.
An eyewitness told Channel 3 he was driving by the farm when he saw the fire. - PUB DATE: 12/6/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFSB-TV CBS 3 Hartford
VIDEO: Charlotte Fire Department is adding an electric fire engine to its fleet.
The REV Vector Electric Fire Truck has the longest electric pumping duration in the industry, according to department officials, and performs all ground duties.
The Vector truck will use regenerative braking to help with battery charging. - PUB DATE: 12/6/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBTV CBS 3 Charlotte
PHOTOS: Hundreds watched Sunday afternoon as firefighters rescued Santa Claus from the roof of the New York City Fire Museum in Hudson Square.
The family event looked to kick off the holiday season with excited cheers as children and adults alike gathered outside of 278 Spring Street to witness the dramatic rescue. - PUB DATE: 12/6/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: AM New York Metro
VIDEO: Jon Lockwood is the father of two: the daughter he has at home and the firetruck he has at work.
“This is my baby,” Jon says with a laugh in front of his truck.
As a firefighter with the Iona-McGregor fire district, Jon couldn’t be held in higher regard by his peers. “I could compare him to the Michael Jordan of firefighting,” Lt. - PUB DATE: 12/6/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBBH-TV NBC 2 Fort Myers
VIDEO: A firefighter’s job is grueling, but it’s not just physically dangerous. Seeing so much death and destruction is mentally and emotionally wearing.
However, in a profession like firefighting, vulnerability can be tough to come by.
That’s why the San Antonio Fire Department just held a Mental Health Stand-Down Week, to put this tough topic front and center. - PUB DATE: 12/6/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSAT-TV ABC 12 San Antonio
Ten people, mostly firefighters, suffered minor injuries as a five-alarm fire tore through the top floor and roof of an apartment building overnight in Hamilton Heights.
The fire started at around 1:30 a.m. Saturday, when most people who live there were fast asleep, CBS2's Christina Fan reported.
Firefighters spent hours battling heavy flames on top of the six-story apartment complex on West 141st Street and Broadway. - PUB DATE: 12/5/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLNY-TV CBS 55 Riverhead
VIDEO/PHOTOS: Many around Massachusetts paused Saturday to remember the Worcester 6. Twenty-three years ago, on December 3, 1999, six firefighters were killed in the Worcester Cold Storage fire.
Lt. Thomas Spencer, Lt. Timothy Jackson Sr., Lt. James Lyons III, and firefighters Jeremiah Lucey, Paul Brotherton and Joseph McGuirk died after becoming trapped in the fire. - PUB DATE: 12/5/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBZ-TV CBS 4 Boston
VIDEO: The fire raised numerous questions. Among them is how Oakland conducts its fire inspections and just how many properties have been improperly converted into housing. KRON4 spoke with the area’s city councilman about the challenges that continue to this day. This is what it looked like in 2016 years after when fire raced through this Oakland warehouse killing 36 partygoers. - PUB DATE: 12/5/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KRON-TV MyNetworkTV 4 San Francisco
Two West Metro firefighters were taken to the hospital after a reported stolen Jeep crashed into the station ambulance, Lakewood Police said.
Around 5:40 p.m., Lakewood agents approached a reported stolen Jeep to contact the driver and people inside at W. Colfax Avenue and Reed Street. The driver took off and the agents did not initiate a pursuit. - PUB DATE: 12/5/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KDVR-TV FOX 31 Denver
Junior firefighters will now have an earlier opportunity to access the training they need to become full firefighters across Pennsylvania, state Sen. Carolyn Comitta said.
Act 155 of 2022 allows junior firefighters, age 17, to train on live-burn, interior firefighter modules. Currently, only those 18 and older are allowed to enroll in this training program. - PUB DATE: 12/5/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Mercury
A massive fire broke out at a Salvation Army store in Union City Thursday night.
Newscopter 7 was over the scene as firefighters battled the raging inferno at the Salvation Army thrift store and donation center located at 900 John F. Kennedy Boulevard.
The fire devoured the roof with shooting flames that destroyed the building. - PUB DATE: 12/2/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WABC-TV ABC 7 New York City
PHOTOS: It was a symbol of strength, power and durability. The 1947 Mack Model 45S was a pioneering apparatus at the time, and was heavily used in efforts by fire stations across the country to fight blazes — including right here in Oceanside.
But this particular Mack truck has returned to the Columbia Engine Company No. - PUB DATE: 12/2/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Long Island Herald
As we end the year, the International Association of Fire Fighters and the Firefighter Cancer Support Network have designated the first month of the new year as Fire Fighter Cancer Awareness Month.
348 of the 469 names added at the 2022 IAFF Fallen Fire Fighter Memorial for line-of-duty deaths were from occupational cancer. - PUB DATE: 12/2/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KEYT-TV ABC 3 Santa Barbara
VIDEO: A man out on a hike in Rains County discovered an old bicycle and bones that could possibly belong to a former Dallas firefighter who went missing 5 years ago.
The hiker, Michael Ramsey, says he was walking into a part of the woods he had previously believed to be inaccessible because of the swamp in the area. - PUB DATE: 12/2/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KDFW-TV FOX 4 Dallas
VIDEO: After dozens of reports of active shooter situations on school campuses rolled across North Carolina on Thursday, law enforcement officers issued this reminder: Any threat against a school is not simply a prank. It is a felony.
From east in little Washington to west in Brevard County, North Carolina schools were targeted by false threats and deceptive calls. - PUB DATE: 12/2/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WRAL-TV NBC 5 Raleigh
San Antonio firefighters responded to a massive fire at a Flying J and Denny’s along Interstate 10 on the East Side on Thursday morning.
SAFD Chief Charles Hood said they initially got a call about a fire in the restaurant’s kitchen at 5:15 a.m. The restaurant is attached to the Flying J in the 1800 block of Foster Road, near I-10. - PUB DATE: 12/1/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSAT-TV ABC 12 San Antonio
PHOTO: The District One Volunteer Fire Station was hit last night and destroyed. There were no injuries but there were two fire trucks in the station.
One of the trucks had heavy damage and the other only had minor damage.
Lowndes County Fire Coordinator Neil Austin said that the fire department is a necessity and plans to do what needs to be done to get the station fixed. - PUB DATE: 12/1/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCBI-TV CBS/MyNetworkTV/CW+ 4 Columbus
