Only four percent of the firefighters in our country are women, according to the Women in Fire organization. The town of Fairfield has hired its first female firefighter in a quarter-century. The woman at the center of this story is no stranger to breaking glass ceilings.
It was a simple swearing-in full of smiles and a daughter pinning her mother, newly sworn-in firefighter Caitlin Clarkson Pereira. - PUB DATE: 12/17/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTNH-TV ABC 8 New Haven
The Pennington County Sheriff’s Office is, yet again, reporting an increase in drug related crime throughout the county.
Although drug arrests fell slightly last year, the Sheriff’s Office says things are once again on the rise.
They say a huge part of the problem is the addiction and repeat offenders of those who abuse methamphetamine, making up 70-percent of arrests in 2019. - PUB DATE: 12/17/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOTA-TV ABC 3 Rapid City
A National Transportation Safety Board report released Thursday says a failure to properly disconnect and secure vehicle batteries led to the 2020 fire aboard vehicle carrier Höegh Xiamen in Blount Island.
The June 4th fire resulted in $40 million worth of damages and sent nine Jacksonville firefighters to the hospital. - PUB DATE: 12/17/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: First Coast News
VIDEO: Three people were killed late Wednesday night after a fire truck collided with an SUV and crashed into a building in Westport.
A Kansas City Fire Department truck was heading northbound on Broadway Boulevard near Westport Road on the way to a house fire shortly after 10 p.m. The fire truck then collided with a Honda CRV that was traveling westbound on Westport Road. - PUB DATE: 12/16/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCTV CBS 5 Kansas City
VIDEO: A fire helmet is a piece of equipment firefighters use every day. But the helmets can’t be used forever.
“These helmets, they have about a 10-year shelf life,” Shanen French, Founder of Lids For Kids, said. “At 10 years, regardless of if it’s new, used, or whatever, we have to figure out a way to repurpose it. - PUB DATE: 12/16/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJHG-TV 7 NBC/CW+ Panama City
Firefighters were temporarily trapped after multiple power poles reportedly snapped and fell over in front of Hobby Lobby at Frisco Station Mall in Rogers, Ark., causing stoplights to be out all along Walnut Street Wednesday afternoon.
Witnesses say they believe strong winds caused the accident.
“Around lunchtime today Engine 4 was traveling down Walnut Street when several utility poles broke and dropped live electrical wires on the fire truck, trapping the crew. - PUB DATE: 12/16/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KNWA-TV NBC 51 Rogers
Join the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (NFFF) for a special video salute to our nation’s fallen firefighters. America’s Tribute to Fallen Firefighters, a 1-hour tribute video, features both the Candlelight and Memorial ceremonial events from this year’s NFFF 40th Anniversary Memorial Weekend. - PUB DATE: 12/16/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: National Fallen Firefighters Association
Sky 25 captured a heart-stopping scene in Haverhill on Tuesday after a fire broke out at an oil company. It happened on Hale Street in Haverhill.
Two workers had to race to pull away a tube that appeared to have been feeding the burning truck. The men raced up the stairs of the rig beside the tanker, and one of them climbed on board the burning tanker to free the tube and then stomped on an open hatch to make sure it was closed. - PUB DATE: 12/15/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFXT-TV FOX 25 Boston
VIDEO: When deadly weather moves into the area, speed saves lives.
That’s why Tampa Fire Rescue just installed five brand new, state-of-the-art weather stations, scattered throughout the city.
The department says the information gathered by the WeatherSTEM system will help protect first responders and the public by relaying potentially life-saving information about storms, changing weather patterns and dangerous lightning in our region – right down to the neighborhood level. - PUB DATE: 12/15/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTSP-TV CBS News 10 Tampa
What started out as a team-building exercise landed the Tahlequah Fire Department in a TV commercial for the national company Ragú.
Firefighter Anthony Margarit posted a video to his personal TikTok account, after he and his co-workers filmed a “commercial” wherein Margarit was cooking at Station 1 using Ragú sauce. - PUB DATE: 12/15/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Tahlequah Daily Press
PHOTOS: A male worker that was reported unconscious within a chemical transport tank was rescued Tuesday afternoon.
According to a tweet from Salt Lake City Fire Department, heavy rescue and hazmat teams arrived on scene for rescue efforts. SLC Fire Captain Anthony Burton said they responded to a situation around 2 p. - PUB DATE: 12/15/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSL-TV NBC 5 Salt Lake City
COVID-19 hospitalizations are once again ticking upward after a lull in October and early November, with tens of thousands more Americans filling hospital beds across the country in the past four weeks.
The increase is particularly noticeable in the Rust Belt and the Southwest. As of Wednesday, Michigan's population-adjusted rate is highest in the nation, followed by Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania. - PUB DATE: 12/15/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC News
VIDEO/ PHOTOS: Firefighters are still monitoring the scene where a large fire broke out in Malvern on Monday evening.
The question now is what the status is of a few of the other buildings in the area.
Crews from roughly a dozen agencies have helped at the scene and continue to water down hot spots from the fire. - PUB DATE: 12/14/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KMTV CBS 3 Omaha
VIDEO: Nothing shines like a new fire truck -- except maybe two new fire trucks.
With record growth and tourism, the city of Gulf Shores is investing in the safety of its residents and visitors. The new Pierce engine and ladder truck are now in service. They came with a significant price tag of $2 million dollars, an investment the city felt it was time to make. - PUB DATE: 12/14/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WALA-TV FOX 10 Mobile
New Jersey's pension system for public employees costs more than most other states while offering "generous" benefits that are increasingly going toward more retirees than active employees, according to a new report.
One retirement fund, for police and firefighters, had more people collecting pension benefits in 2019 than current workers, and two others were on a similar trajectory — meaning those funds are less able to handle investments risks, the analysis by the fiscally conservative think tank Garden State Initiative found. - PUB DATE: 12/14/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NorthJersey.com - Metered Site
Fire Chief Larry Walters spoke to City Council about a new initiative the department is currently working on to help promote safety through social media.
“We’re always looking for ways to get safety messages out regarding fires, hazards, that sort of thing,” Walters said.
“Social media has been a good way to do that. - PUB DATE: 12/14/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Cleveland.com
A new Oneida County program will better prepare first responders for emergency situations involving people with special needs.
The Assistance for Special, Cognitive, Emotional Needs and Disabilities (ASCEND) program will allow people to voluntarily register their disability or condition with the county so emergency workers will be notified of the circumstances during an emergency call. - PUB DATE: 12/14/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKTV NBC/CBS/CW+2 Utica
A massive emergency response was called to a marina in Rhode Island on Friday after two large boats went up in flames.
Crews responding to a report of a blaze at Hinckley Yachts in Portsmouth found two boats engulfed in heavy flames.
The vessels, a power boat and a sailboat, had a combined value of $10 million, officials said. - PUB DATE: 12/13/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHDH-TV ABC 7 Boston
People who had their lives ripped apart in mere moments by violent and unforgiving tornadoes over the weekend are now dealing with a new reality -- seeking the basic needs of food and shelter while surrounded by devastation and uncertainty over the fate of their neighbors.
In the small town of Dawson Springs in western Kentucky, about 75% of the community was wiped out and replaced by "chaos," Mayor Chris Smiley said Sunday. - PUB DATE: 12/13/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNN
Six people were killed Friday when a portion of an Amazon building collapsed in downstate Edwardsville during a severe weather outbreak, state and local officials said Saturday, as the operation shifted to a recovery mission.
Multiple workers were killed when a portion of an Amazon warehouse, located in the 3000 block of Gateway Commerce Center Drive South, collapsed during what the National Weather Service confirmed as an EF-3 tornado, according to local fire authorities. - PUB DATE: 12/13/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMAQ-TV NBC 5 Chicago
