The City of Overland Park now has a defibrillator available 24-7 at one of their parks, what they are calling their new “SaveStation”.
Jason Green, EMS Chief for the City of Overland Park, said this will help save more lives, with everyone being able to use it and follow its instructions.
Green said the city’s cardiac arrest save rate is around 42 percent, which is much higher than other Kansas City metro emergency services, and across the country. - PUB DATE: 9/29/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCTV CBS 5 Kansas City
Just in time for Fire Prevention Month, Doylestown Borough
and Doylestown Township have released a new video aimed at recruiting new members for the Doylestown Fire Company.
Both the borough and the township ran the video spot at their September public meetings. The video will also be shown on their websites, at the County Theatre and through a variety of other avenues. - PUB DATE: 9/29/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Doylestown Patch
On Wednesday, Tyler Fire Chief David Coble toured a recently-constructed fire station in Tyler’s sister city of Jelenia Góra, Poland.
Coble is traveling with a group of representatives from East Texas to deepen the partnership between the two communities.
His Polish counterpart led the delegation on a tour of Jelenia Góra’s main fire station, an expansive and modern facility that opened in the last two years. - PUB DATE: 9/29/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KLTV ABC 7 Tyler
Española Assistant Fire Chief John Wickersham will have a role as a Fire Chief on the upcoming comedy television series “The Curse.” Filmed in Española, the show is set to star Emma Stone, Nathan Fielder and Benny Safdie.
According to Wickersham, he was joined by several other local firefighters to film scenes on Sept, 20 and 21 at the Española Fire Department. - PUB DATE: 9/29/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Rio Grande Sun
PHOTOS: Crews worked all night to put out the hot spots of a massive junkyard fire in the Hunting Park section of Philadelphia.
The three-alarm fire broke out around 6 p.m. Tuesday at Sedgley and Erie avenues, sending a black plume of smoke into the sky.
Multiple vehicles and tires were ablaze inside the junkyard, officials said. - PUB DATE: 9/28/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPVI-TV ABC 6 Philadelphia
VIDEO: Two of the three firefighters critically injured in an apartment gas explosion in Southeast Oak Cliff returned to work on Tuesday.
They managed to make the return two days before the one-year anniversary of the explosion. One year ago on Thursday, Cpt. Christopher Gadomski, Ron Hall and Pauline Perez were investigating a gas leak at Highland Hills Apartments in Southeast Oak Cliff. - PUB DATE: 9/28/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KDFW-TV FOX 4 Dallas
PHOTOS: Grays Harbor Fire District 1 Station 2 has been temporarily put out of service after $90,000 in lifesaving equipment was stolen Tuesday morning.
Police were called at 6 a.m. to the fire station located at 1880 South Bank Road for an overnight burglary.
Officials said thieves stole equipment such as defibrillators, jaws of life, radios and more from a tender, fire engine, and an ambulance. - PUB DATE: 9/28/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7 Seattle
In addition to battling blazes, Dearborn Heights firefighters are hard at work these days trying to snuff out something that hits very close to home for them – cancer.
The department has embraced a “Movember” fundraising campaign that encourages mustache growth to raise awareness of men’s health issues. - PUB DATE: 9/28/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Press & Guide - Metered Site
VIDEO/PHOTOS: Chuck Stenger loved being a firefighter in New Albany. But after serving for more than 30 years, his career was cut short by his knee.
“Started noticing trouble with climbing a ladder, went to an orthopedic doc and was getting shots of cortisone," Stenger said.
One day, the pain was so bad Stenger said he fell over while helping a patient. - PUB DATE: 9/28/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSYX-TV FOX 28 Columbus
After keeping fire crews busy for nearly 14 hours, an industrial park fire in Sauget that filled the air with smoke is finally out.
Fire crews cleared the scene just before 6:00 a.m. at the Eagle Industrial Park on Mississippi Avenue in Sauget. The Sauget Fire Chief, Roger Thornton, said some crews may return throughout the day to check on a few small hot spots. - PUB DATE: 9/27/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTVI-TV FOX 2 St. Louis
World Heart Day is just a few days away, and in honor of that, one Houston firefighter is sharing his story of how his own fellow first responders came to his rescue when his heart nearly stopped.
Being a firefighter is not an easy job. But for Engineer Operator Jason Belin, it’s a job he loves but nearly had to quit after he got quite the scare back in June. - PUB DATE: 9/27/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KHOU-TV CBS 11 Houston
VIDEO: The Red Sox paid tribute to three fallen Baltimore firefighters during a baseball game in Boston on Monday.
The team flashed pictures of Lieutenant Paul Butrim, Firefighter Paramedic Kenneth Lacayo and Lieutenant Kelsey Sadler on the Fenway Park jumbotron during a break in the game. Lieutenant Butrim was a lifelong Red Sox fan. - PUB DATE: 9/27/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMAR-TV ABC 2 Baltimore
PHOTOS: John Moon stands on the 2000 block of Centre Avenue in Pittsburgh's Hill District. He's in front of a building that houses the Hill District Federal Credit Union, but he points to a plaque affixed to the stone façade commemorating the Freedom House ambulance service, widely acknowledged as the first paramedic program in the United States. - PUB DATE: 9/27/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WEKU-FM 88.9 Richmond
VIDEO: Jason Aldean remembers hearing a popping noise, and thinking it was an equipment malfunction.
“When I turned around,” he says, “my bass player was just looking at me like a deer in the headlights. And my security guy was on stage at that point, telling me to get down, waving me off the stage. - PUB DATE: 9/27/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Cowboys & Indians Magazine
VIDEO/PHOTOS: A new state-of-the-art fire station is under construction in Riviera Beach, and once complete, city leaders believe it will be a model for the rest of the country.
City manager Jonathan Evans and city councilman Douglas Lawson received a tour of the $20 million facility, with Riviera Beach Fire Chief John Curd leading the way through the 30,000 square-foot building at the corner of North Congress Avenue and Blue Heron Boulevard. - PUB DATE: 9/26/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPEC-TV CBS 12 West Palm Beach
PHOTOS: Over the past six years, when the volunteer firefighters of Essex Fire Department in Vermont responded to a call, they knew a young girl in their community was thinking of them and waiting for their safe return. They can just look at their newest fire engine if they ever need reminding of her presence and support. - PUB DATE: 9/26/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Pierce Manufacturing
Hackers allegedly stole over $8,000 in paychecks following an email hack from an Upstate fire department.
According to the Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to the Reidville Fire Department located at 3380 Hwy 417 on a report of fraud/payroll theft.
Once deputies arrived on the scene, they spoke with Fire Chief Patrick Evatt. - PUB DATE: 9/26/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBTW-TV CBS 13 Florence
VIDEO: The 150th anniversary of the Salisbury Fire Department is a little over a month away.
And first responders are gearing up for the fun. Staff says there will be live rescue demonstrations, tours of the firehouse, a parade, and a visit from a special guest. On top of having a good time, you’ll be able to see the growth of how far the department has come. - PUB DATE: 9/26/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMDT-TV ABC/CW+ 47 Salisbury
For people struggling with addiction in Maine, the risk of a deadly overdose has never been higher.
Data from Maine EMS shows overdose calls for all substances increased 28% from 2020 to 2021 and 62% from 2010 to 2021. According to the agency, the number of opioid overdoses also increased dramatically, rising 38% from 2020 to 2021. - PUB DATE: 9/26/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMTW-TV ABC 8 Poland Spring
PHOTOS: A fire Wednesday evening that destroyed a vacant, historic building in downtown Shreveport is under investigation, Fire Chief Clarence Reece said Thursday morning.
“Anytime a building catches on fire after it's been standing for a while, it’s always going to be suspicious in nature. But again, we are doing our due diligence in investigating that,” Reece said. - PUB DATE: 9/23/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTBS-TV ABC 3 Shreveport
