Ray Olsen has had it with the pictures.
He’s been leaning against the front bumper of a 1966 American LaFrance fire truck, posing for photos as best he can, but there’s a limit, and Ray, a man for whom vanity is not a strong point, has reached it.
“That’s it,” he says as Deseret News photographer Ben Braun pauses to check the latest digital images on his camera. - PUB DATE: 8/2/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Deseret News
Two firefighters were taken to an area hospital after they were injured while battling a two-alarm house fire in New Castle County, Delaware.
According to officials, the fire began at about 9:45 p.m. in the 100 block of Belmont Drive in Pike Creek.
When crews arrived, heavy smoke was showing from a two-story home. - PUB DATE: 8/1/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPVI-TV ABC 6 Philadelphia
PHOTOS: It has raced to fires, rolled through parades, is part of a museum and still works.
One hundred years after “Old Engine One” first rolled into Caribou, the 1922 American LaFrance pumper is still the pride and joy of the city’s fire and EMS department.
In a time when old vehicles end up in metal compactors, the city of Caribou sees the treasure in its first fire truck and works hard to preserve it. - PUB DATE: 8/1/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Bangor Daily News - Metered Site
Firefighters, their families, departments and community leaders gathered in Sacramento on Saturday to pay tribute to the 82 California firefighters who lost their lives in the line of duty with a memorial ceremony at the Safe Credit Union Convention Center.
“It’s solemn, but we also want it be as uplifting as it can be to help those family members remember,” said Rick Martinez, the executive director of the California Fire Foundation. - PUB DATE: 8/1/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCRA-TV NBC 3 Sacramento
It’s rare for an electric bus to burst into flames in the way a state-operated one did last month at a Hamden bus depot, but the same can’t be said for all electric vehicles, according to industry experts.
And the National Transportation Safety Board, a federal agency that investigates significant transportation accidents, has joined the efforts to determine the exact cause of the fire. - PUB DATE: 8/1/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CT Insider
VIDEO: Fire departments across the country are using various different tactics to recruit more females.
Efforts are happening at a boot camp in Boise, Idaho, a girl’s summer camp in Charlotte, North Carolina, to recruiting college athletes in Columbus, Ohio, and changing public perception in Lexington, Kentucky. - PUB DATE: 8/1/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KMGH-TV ABC 7 Denver
PHOTOS: State transportation crews have reopened all southbound lanes of Interstate 5 in Seattle Thursday evening after a vehicle carrying liquid oxygen caught fire and exploded, snarling traffic for motorists through the midday and afternoon commute.
No injuries were reported during the incident, which resulted in the closure of both north- and southbound lanes near downtown Seattle for over an hour. - PUB DATE: 7/29/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle
If you’re not one for heights, then this view may not be for you. Rural Metro Fire – Knox County gave WATE’s Bo Williams an inside look at its newest and biggest addition.
In June, Rural Metro added a new $1.2 million aerial truck to its fleet to serve North Knox County for the next 20 years.
“This aerial is 107 feet. - PUB DATE: 7/29/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WATE-TV ABC 6 Knoxville
A Bradenton firefighter has received the county’s highest honor for a firefighter after donating a kidney to a fellow firefighter’s wife.
As a firefighter and former Marine, Lieutenant Derek Foss is always ready to answer the call.
"Make a decision as it comes in," he explained.
He says he didn't need any convincing on the decision to donate a kidney after learning he was a perfect match to be a kidney donor to Brianne Baker. - PUB DATE: 7/29/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTVT-TV FOX 13 Tampa
Nico Smith didn’t want to merely make a living, but to “have a living.” She wanted to feel alive.
That desire prompted her to quit her $116,000 a year job as a lawyer in February 2020 to strike out on her own. She ended up starting her own law firm, and later discovered a passion for firefighting.
“A lot of things in my life were in flux at the time,” the 36-year-old California resident tells CNBC Make It. - PUB DATE: 7/29/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Make It
At least 16 people are dead following catastrophic flooding in Kentucky, Gov. Andy Beshear said Friday. That number is expected to double and includes children, he told CNN earlier, as rescuers scramble to reach areas difficult to access.
"It's going to get a lot higher," Beshear said at a news conference Friday morning. - PUB DATE: 7/29/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNN
VIDEO/PHOTOS: On one of the hottest days of the year so far, firefighters were working Wednesday evening to extinguish a three-alarm fire at a sprawling apartment complex that sent plumes of flames and thick black smoke billowing into the air.
Firefighters were called to the apartment complex, named Terra Apartments and located in the 35200 block of 21st Avenue SW, shortly before 4:30 p. - PUB DATE: 7/28/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle
The city of Oakland has a new fire marshal, Felicia Bryant, who is making history as the first woman to ever hold the position.
"I was born and raised in Oakland," she said.
Bryant is an 18-year veteran of the department and a trailblazer, just like her great-grandfather, Bill Williams. He was one of the first Black firefighters hired by the Oakland Fire Department in 1920. - PUB DATE: 7/28/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPIX-TV CBS 5 San Francisco
PHOTOS: 2020 Indiana University Graduate Olivia Rusk was in Hidalgo Mexico earlier this year as an English Teaching Assistant for COMEXUS Fulbright-Garcia Robles. One day she was out exploring nearby towns. When she got off of a bus, she noticed an old fire truck sitting in a nearby parking lot. “My dad loves old vehicles so I went over to get some photos to send to him,” she said. - PUB DATE: 7/28/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The News Times - Metered Site
VIDEO: You often hear how people get labeled by what they do for work, like “He’s a police officer” or “a firefighter.” For one emergency responder in Springville, that’s harder to do. ABC4 News shares the different hats he wears, in this edition of Behind the Badge.
Suiting up for work when you’re Dakota Klauck of Springville, could easily mean three different things. - PUB DATE: 7/28/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTVX ABC 4 Salt Lake City
First responders from around the area are honoring the 19 firefighters who sacrificed their lives over 60 years ago in the Shamrock McKee Refinery Explosion.
The memorial service starts at 6:30 p.m. on July 29 at the Moore County Courthouse in Dumas.
On July 29, 1956, 19 firefighters rushed into the flames to protect everyone in the Shamrock McKee Refinery Explosion in Moore County. - PUB DATE: 7/28/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KFDA-TV CBS 10 Amarillo
VIDEO/PHOTOS: Members of the Springfield Fire Department (SFD) are competing on the world stage.
Several local firefighters are at the World Police and Fire Games.
According to the Springfield 37 Firefighters Union, first responders from more than 70 countries are competing in the games.
Springfield's firefighters -- Captain Bryce McCormick, Captain Eric Jaeger, Captain Phil Johnson and Captain Kainan Rinaberger -- took home third place in the team's ultimate firefighter event. - PUB DATE: 7/27/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WICS-TV ABC 20 Springfield
VIDEO: A four-alarm fire has torn through two mill buildings on Woronoco Road in Russell.
Multiple fires at the vacant Strathmore buildings over the last several years prompted the State Fire Marshal’s office to offer a reward back in 2020.
Fire officials told Western Mass News that they expect to be here until sunrise Wednesday, working to put out the fire and hot spots on the building which has completely collapsed. - PUB DATE: 7/27/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WGGB-TV ABC/FOX/My Network 40 Springfield
VIDEO/PHOTOS: Members of the Springfield Fire Department (SFD) are competing on the world stage.
Several local firefighters are at the World Police and Fire Games.
According to the Springfield 37 Firefighters Union, first responders from more than 70 countries are competing in the games.
Springfield's firefighters -- Captain Bryce McCormick, Captain Eric Jaeger, Captain Phil Johnson and Captain Kainan Rinaberger -- took home third place in the team's ultimate firefighter event. - PUB DATE: 7/27/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WICS-TV ABC 20 Springfield
Studies by University of Arizona Health Sciences, in collaboration with Tucson Fire Department, have helped provide evidence that occupational exposure does pose a cancer risk to firefighters.
Findings from these studies contributed to a larger body of evidence that led the International Agency for Research on Cancer to reclassify firefighters' occupational exposure from "possibly carcinogenic" to "carcinogenic. - PUB DATE: 7/27/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KGUN-TV ABC 9 Tucson
