The 2020 helicopter crash in the hills of Calabasas that took the lives of NBA Lakers legend Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna; Sarah and Payton Chester; Keri, John and Alyssa Altobelli; Christina Mauser, and pilot Ara Zobayan sent shock waves across the world.
But the unimaginable pain and grief sustained by Bryant’s widow, Vanessa Bryant, was compounded when graphic photos from the crash scene were shared by Los Angeles County deputies and firefighters with each other, some of their spouses, and in one instance with a bartender at a bar where a deputy was drinking. - PUB DATE: 8/31/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Los Angeles Daily News - Metered Site
Aug. 31 is Overdose Awareness Day, and News4JAX is teaming up with local organizations hoping to save lives. The main culprit behind the surge in overdose cases we’re seeing in our area is fentanyl.
As Director of Pharmacy at Orange Park Hospital, Dr. Jodie Graves works to save lives every day. But one life that couldn’t be saved was that of her adult stepdaughter. - PUB DATE: 8/31/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJXT-TV News 4 Jacksonville
Polaris Inc. announced that 230,000 snowmobiles need to be checked again by authorized dealers due to a fire hazard from faulty fuel tanks.
The company determined that degraded fuel and extended storage increases the likelihood of an incident to occur from static discharge within the snowmobile tank. - PUB DATE: 8/31/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Bring Me The News
Fire destroyed apartments that were under construction in Rockwall County Tuesday morning.
Six multi-level units caught fire near the southwest corner of Interstate 30 and FM 551 in Fate around 5:30 a.m. The flames could be seen from miles away and quickly consumed the partially complete structures. - PUB DATE: 8/30/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KDFW-TV FOX 4 Dallas
VIDEO: Two Fishers firefighters have discovered a way to honor America and their fellow first responders, while also showing off their artistic side and making a little extra money on the side.
Firefighters Scott Carr and Rob Demlow are making American flags completely out of old firehoses.
"Fire departments around [the country], when a section of [fire]hose goes bad, whether it's in a fire or during training, they're just taking them off the truck and throwing them away," Carr said. - PUB DATE: 8/30/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTHR-TV NBC 13 Indianapolis
Two paramedics with the San Francisco Fire Department had their ambulance attacked by a man they claim randomly approached them. As of now, SFFD does not know of any motive behind this attack.
"From what it sounds like this was just random," said Tim Finch, one of the directors with San Francisco Fire Union 798. - PUB DATE: 8/30/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KGO-TV ABC 7 San Francisco
Plenty of people have Ring or other security cameras installed at their home. Now, fire and police departments in Kentucky and Indiana are using that to their advantage.
Ring's Neighbors app is something anybody can use, whether they have a Ring camera or not. It's a way for people to look out for each other and a way for police and fire departments to connect directly with the public. - PUB DATE: 8/30/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDRB-TV FOX 41 Louisville
August 29 will forever be a day that Louisiana residents will remember. Three hurricanes have made landfall on this day.
Those three storms severely altered Louisiana's geography and lives, Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser said reflecting on the anniversary of Hurricanes Katrina, Isaac, and Ida. Most remember exactly where they were, what they were doing, and how it felt to ride out one or all of these hurricanes. - PUB DATE: 8/30/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WGNO-TV ABC 26 New Orleans
A car burst into flames after it slammed into a box truck along U.S. 1 in Miami, triggering a search for the driver who fled the scene on foot, police said.
According to City of Miami Police, the driver of a Kia was heading south on South Dixie Highway when they rear-ended a truck carrying frozen foods near Southwest 17th Avenue, at around 6 a. - PUB DATE: 8/29/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSVN-TV FOX 7 Miami
VIDEO/PHOTOS: A gunman was shot and killed by a Houston police officer after allegedly setting a fire to lure neighbors outside, killing three people in southwest Houston on Sunday morning, according to investigators.
At about 1 a.m., officials responded to a fire and a person down at 8020 Dunlap Street. - PUB DATE: 8/29/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTRK-TV ABC 13 Houston
PHOTOS: For more than a decade, Golden Gate Bridge officials have labored to build a massive net to catch people who jump from the span. Now, as the estimated $215 million project nears completion late next year, work is beginning to solve another problem: how to help people out.
On Friday, the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District voted to purchase a new $824,000 training facility near Mill Valley. - PUB DATE: 8/29/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Marin Independent Journal - Metered Site
PHOTOS: “This is phenomenal,” the governor gushed, following his speech to a large crowd of community members. “It is exactly what these firefighters deserve,” he continued.
The $6.5 million facility is state-of-the-art and will allow for better response times, in addition to improving the living and working conditions for department members. - PUB DATE: 8/29/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLEX-TV NBC 18 Lexington
PHOTOS: Unused, unwanted and in disrepair, an old fire truck that began service in Rockport when President Dwight D. Eisenhower was in the White House has been sold. But the 1928 American LaFrance ladder truck will not be far away when it settles soon into its new home, a cavernous, backyard former chicken coop on Barnstown Road. - PUB DATE: 8/29/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Camden Herald
A firefighters union and a chiefs association are both warning members that the protective gear firefighters wear poses a health risk because it can contain PFAS, synthetic chemicals associated with issues such as an increased risk of liver and kidney cancer.
PFAS, short for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are often referred to as "forever chemicals" because they’re nearly impossible to destroy. - PUB DATE: 8/26/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC News
VIDEO: Next November, the Kernersville Fire Rescue Department will celebrate 100 years of service in the Town of Kernersville. To help mark the day, the Fire Rescue Department is restoring a special piece of history.
Over the last several months, the Department has been working to restore a 1923 American LaFrance Brockway Torpedo Fire Truck. - PUB DATE: 8/26/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFMY-TV CBS 2 Greensboro
VIDEO: Grandma Elsie” can’t stop bragging about the firefighter who changed her life.
She’s in her 90’s and said a dramatic life twist came after accidentally setting off her Life Alert pendant. She wears it in case of emergency and one press will alert and dispatch help.
The Monroe resident admits she didn’t realize she had activated her pendant when she was attempting to mow her lawn. - PUB DATE: 8/26/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle
PHOTOS: More than a century after one of the greatest tragedies in the history of U.S. labor, Akron Metal Etching has been selected to help craft the featured design elements for a permanent artistic memorial being built to honor the victims of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire.
Underway at the site of the tragedy, the Brown Building in lower Manhattan, the nine-story Triangle fire memorial is titled “Reframing the Sky. - PUB DATE: 8/26/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Spectrum News 1 - Metered Site
In early August, NorthStar Ambulance in Tuscaloosa started doing something ‘untraditional’ to recruit future EMTs. The strategy seems to be paying off so far.
It was back in early August when Northport officials said they need at least 15 prospective EMTs. It appears they’re getting just what they needed. - PUB DATE: 8/26/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBRC-TV FOX 6 Birmingham
A patient was killed and a paramedic left critically injured on Wednesday night when an apparent explosion ripped through an ambulance outside Adventist Health Castle hospital.
An EMT in the front of the ambulance was also treated for injuries and is in stable condition.
At a news conference outside the Kailua hospital late Wednesday, a visibly shaken city Emergency Services Director Dr. - PUB DATE: 8/25/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Hawaii News Now
When Oakland Fire Chief Reginald Freeman responded to a report of a fire at the Wood Street encampment in July, he first noticed the heavy, black smoke that had drifted into the air. The encampment had reported many fires in the months before, but this one was unusual — bringing traffic on the nearby highway to a standstill. - PUB DATE: 8/25/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle - Metered Site
