Four months after the deadly Astroworld tragedy that killed 10 concertgoers, rapper Travis Scott announced a $5 million initiative dubbed "Project HEAL" that he says will be a "catalyst for real change" to heal in the aftermath.
Scott, 30, detailed Tuesday a four-pronged project that includes solutions to address "challenges facing today's youth, especially those from marginalized and at-risk communities": $1 million in academic scholarships to historically black colleges and universities, free mental health resources, a creative design education program and a new tech-driven solution for event safety. - PUB DATE: 3/10/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: USA Today
PHOTO: NASCAR teams know the next time a driver gets inside the car, it might be their last time. Traveling at such high speeds, death is, unfortunately, a part of the sport. On Tuesday, the NASCAR community was shocked with news that one of the team haulers traveling to this weekend’s races in Phoenix was involved in a fatal accident in Texas, killing the driver. - PUB DATE: 3/9/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Sportscasting
The only woman employed as a firefighter in the city of Fargo needed four tries to pass the entrance exams and finally get the job offer.
That was 13 years ago for Dawn Stollenwerk, who’s worked her way up to battalion chief and assistant fire marshal.
Fargo Fire Chief Steve Dirksen said since then, only one other woman has passed the physical agility test to be a firefighter and was offered a position, but ultimately turned it down. - PUB DATE: 3/9/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: INFORUM - Metered Site
VIDEO: A North Andover teenager is on a mission to build Lego fire trucks for every city in Massachusetts.
Cristian Sciaudone, 16, started building the sets with his dad when he was just 4-years-old.
He starts by designing each truck with a computer program then spends about three hours building each one. - PUB DATE: 3/9/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHDH-TV ABC 7 Boston
PHOTOS: After cigar ashes ignited a fire in Wenatchee’s Central Market the evening of July 6, 1909, dry winds propelled the flames through several downtown streets. Most of the buildings were made of wood and easily caught fire. Dozens of businesses and residences burned — as did Wenatchee’s first fire station, next to the jail on Columbia Street. - PUB DATE: 3/9/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Foothills
A father and his 2-year-old were safe after the toddler was tossed to safety from a second-story window during an apartment fire in New Jersey on Monday, authorities said.
The rescue, which was was captured on video from different angles, involved officials from the South Brunswick Township Police Department and Chief Chris Perez of the Monmouth Junction Fire Department. - PUB DATE: 3/8/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC News
Though the Alexandria Fire Department doesn’t have any female firefighters, the city’s Board of Works and Safety on Monday voted unanimously in favor of a contract that would double the number of weeks for paid maternity leave from four to eight.
Capt. Adam Matson said the newly approved contract also provides three days of paternity leave. - PUB DATE: 3/8/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Herald Bulletin
VIDEO: A firefighter drill in Georgia turned into a surprise marriage proposal. Two Savannah fire stations partnered for a training session Wednesday, but unbeknownst to one firefighter, that wasn't the real purpose of the day. In fact, there wasn't going to be a drill at all.
Tyler Carlson was blindfolded and sent into a burn building to find a downed firefighter. - PUB DATE: 3/8/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMUR-TV ABC 9 Manchester
In 2010, an East Tennessee firefighter by the name of Michael Robinson saw first-hand how hot a burning building can be when he almost watched his partner die from overheating.
“We didn’t have anything to help us cool off. We had some lukewarm bottles of water, a cold towel around his neck and it could have turned out a lot different but we saved him,” said Robinson. - PUB DATE: 3/8/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WVLT-TV CBS 8 Knoxville
Two years after COVID-19 first forced widespread closures in the U.S., Americans are more optimistic about the trajectory of the pandemic than they have been since last June before the delta and omicron variants of the virus swept through the country. As COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations and deaths continue to decline, Americans' concern about contracting the disease has dropped precipitously. - PUB DATE: 3/8/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Gallup
VIDEOS: Memphis Fire Department arrived on the scene of an active fire at Baymont Inn hotel on the 6000 block of Shelby Oaks Drive Monday, March 7 at 12:57.
According to an official statement released from MFD, the fire started when several mattresses were placed against the hotel building and intentionally set on fire. - PUB DATE: 3/7/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WATN-TV ABC 24 Memphis
PHOTOS: Rural firefighters had to get creative while fighting a house fire in a remote area Saturday night.
Swan Valley Fire Department spokeswoman Kat Brainard said the call came in around 9:15 p.m. at 224 Pine Creek Bench Road. A witness had spotted a chimney fire at the home that was spreading to other areas of the residence. - PUB DATE: 3/7/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: East Idaho News
Firefighters around the country are just starting the tedious process of removing firefighting foam that contains “forever chemicals.”
This toxic foam contains PFAS, or poly-fluoroalkyl substances, which can remain in the environment and in human bodies. This foam may cause health problems, including cancer. - PUB DATE: 3/7/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WWLP-TV NBC/CW+ 22 Springfield
VIDEOS: Memphis Fire Department arrived on the scene of an active fire at Baymont Inn hotel on the 6000 block of Shelby Oaks Drive Monday, March 7 at 12:57.
According to an official statement released from MFD, the fire started when several mattresses were placed against the hotel building and intentionally set on fire. - PUB DATE: 3/7/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WATN-TV ABC 24 Memphis
The massive fires that seemed to engulf building after building in the borough back in the late 1970s and early ‘80s led many declaring the “Bronx is burning.” In fact, it almost felt unusual to not use the word “fire” in conjunction with “Bronx,” because the two had become so synonymous during that time. - PUB DATE: 3/7/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Riverdale Press
Arecent CDC study found that around 140 million Americans have been infected by the coronavirus, almost double the number regularly reported in national COVID-19 case counts. And while some experts say this increase in population immunity could help stem future surges, others remain cautious about potential new variants, as well as waning immunity in the future. - PUB DATE: 3/7/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Advisory Board
Fourteen people are hurt but all residents are accounted for after a powerful explosion and fire ripped through an apartment complex in Silver Spring, Maryland, on Thursday, officials said in an update Friday.
Three people have serious injuries, Montgomery County Fire Chief Scott Goldstein said at a morning news conference. - PUB DATE: 3/4/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WRC-TV NBC 4 Washington, D.C.
An explosion and fire at a Silver Spring-area apartment complex on Thursday brought back memories of a fatal explosion in 2016 that killed seven people and displaced nearly 70.
Thursday’s explosion and fire happened at Friendly Garden Apartments at 2423 Lyttonsville Road. About a dozen people were injured, including 10 who went to area hospitals. - PUB DATE: 3/4/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Bethesda Magazine
Though the township's firefighters union has lost a court battle, it has won a victory in its fight for new safety measures.
A state appeals court has thrown cold water on the union's request to seek arbitration on a grievance about manpower levels in the fire department, that arose after a May 2020 apartment building fire that left more than 30 tenants temporarily homeless. - PUB DATE: 3/4/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: My Central Jersey - Metered Site
VIDEO: Winston-Salem Fire Chief Trey Mayo calls the Weaver Fertilizer Plant fire his “career fire.”
Just about everyone can point to that one event: the most stressful, challenging, sleep-preventing, on-the-job happening unlike any other.
For me, it was the interview I did with the husband of Sandy Bradshaw about a week after Sept. - PUB DATE: 3/4/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WGHP-TV FOX 8 Greensboro
