Millions of financial support for North Carolina firefighters fighting cancers will be available at the start of 2022 as part of the newly approved state budget.
Studies show firefighters are 9% more likely to get cancer compared to everyone else, and 14% more likely to die from cancer.
With the use of $15 million, the goal is to save firefighters' lives by helping to cover the cost of the cancer treatments that are necessary. - PUB DATE: 12/1/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCNC-TV NBC 36 Charlotte
VIDEO: People who dial 911 from a cell phone in San Antonio may video chat with an emergency dispatcher.
To connect, callers must only click on the link the dispatcher sends, sometimes seconds after they pick up the phone.
This 'GoodSAM' technology allows trained paramedics to coach bystanders through life-saving procedures while first responders are en route. - PUB DATE: 12/1/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KENS-TV CBS 5 San Antonio
VIDEO: Fire engulfed the center building at Maid-Rite Steak Co. Inc. in Scott Township, sending flames high into the night sky.
The fire broke out around 5:30 p.m. on Monday.
Explosions rocked the ground as firefighters from 17 local departments tried to knock down the fire inside the meat processing facility. - PUB DATE: 11/30/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WNEP-TV ABC 16 Scranton
John H. Oates, former fire chief of the East Hartford Fire Department in Connecticut, has been named the new CEO of the International Public Safety Data Institute by the organization’s board of directors. Oates replaces Dr. Lori Moore-Merrell, who was appointed to lead the U.S. Fire Administration by President Joe Biden in October. - PUB DATE: 11/30/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: IPSDI
The holidays after losing a loved one can be a difficult time, which is why the Buchanan-based non-profit, Sirens and Salutes is honoring those who lost their lives this year in the line of duty.
In front of the Buchanan Volunteer Fire Station, there is a white Christmas tree with a special meaning. - PUB DATE: 11/30/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSLS-TV NBC10 Roanoke
PHOTOS: Oftentimes first responders must physically get out and open unmanned security gates in neighborhoods when there’s an emergency, but now technology is helping get them through much quicker.
For all the unmanned gates protecting communities in Palm Beach County, for years now they’ve been required to have Knox Boxes. - PUB DATE: 11/30/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPEC-TV CBS 12 West Palm Beach
VIDEO: Atlanta firefighters were back on Cheshire Bridge Road on Saturday after a fire broke out under an overpass less than a month after officials started demolishing another bridge on the same roadway. Atlanta Fire Company 29 shared videos of the fire where black smoke could be seen filling the sky. - PUB DATE: 11/29/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
PHOTOS/VIDEO: Christmas came early for Superior's firefighters.
"If you would have asked me two years ago if I would have been working in a brand new fire station with two new ladders, I would have said you're kidding," said Battalion Chief Howard Huber.
The Superior Fire Department has not one, but two new aerial ladder trucks. - PUB DATE: 11/29/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Superior Telegram - Metered Site
The Pleasant Valley Fire District, with mutual aid from other area departments and community members, loaded 600 live Christmas trees onto two FedEx trailers for the annual “Trees for Troops” drive on Saturday, November 27. The trailers were loaded at Hahn Farm on Salt Point Turnpike.
The nationwide movement began in 2005 when the National Christmas Tree Association formed the non-profit Christmas SPIRIT Foundation to unite local tree growers who were running small tree programs for troops. - PUB DATE: 11/29/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Mid Hudson News
The Seguin Police Department threw down a challenge to the Seguin Fire Department, along with its razors, to help raise money for a local teen and awareness about the cancer he is battling.
The pair of city departments are in the midst of the No Shave November “Stache-Off.” The firefighters and police officers are tasked with growing out their best mustache, or beard, to raise money for Navarro High School senior Triston Brashears, who was diagnosed with testicular cancer last month. - PUB DATE: 11/29/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Seguin Gazette
Omicron, the newest coronavirus variant, is also the quickest to be labeled a "variant of concern" by the World Health Organization because of its seemingly fast spread in South Africa and its many troubling mutations.
Its emergence has already led to travel restrictions, high-level government meetings and promises by vaccine makers to start working on strain-specific vaccines just in case. - PUB DATE: 11/29/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNN Health
A raging house fire in Cranford, New Jersey claimed the life of one person and injured another, local authorities said.
Chopper 4 captured images of the intense scene that unfolded on Beach Street near West End Place -- prompting several area fire departments to spring into action.
One woman died and two other people who were inside had to be rescued by a neighbor after the flames were reported around 7 a. - PUB DATE: 11/24/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WNBC-TV NBC 4 New York
PHOTOS: With the dust still settling after a red SUV mowed down Christmas parade marchers in a Milwaukee suburb Sunday, killing at least five people and injuring dozens – including children – law enforcement and witnesses at the scene are praising first responders’ handling of the chaos that unfolded. - PUB DATE: 11/24/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FOX News
New research by Cassandra Kwon, a research assistant professor at NC State’s Textile Protection and Comfort Center, and former Ph.D. student Meredith McQuerry, who is currently an associate professor at Florida State University, suggests that many women firefighters may struggle with poorly fitting gear that is designed with the male form in mind. - PUB DATE: 11/24/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Technician Online
Researchers at Columbia Engineering have teamed up with the Fire Department of New York (FDNY) to upgrade the FDNY's ambulance Emergency Medical Services (EMS) response operations and optimize hospital capacity balancing so that hospitals aren’t overwhelmed in the future by an unprecedented patient surge like the one that occurred in the early months of the pandemic. - PUB DATE: 11/24/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Newswise
Thursday marks the second Thanksgiving during the coronavirus pandemic. Many grandparents are excitedly planning to see their grandchildren. Friends are dressing their dining tables for turkey and loved ones. Some people have flights booked or road trips scheduled.
But in the background, COVID-19 case numbers are inching upward across the United States and millions of Americans remain unvaccinated -- leaving some people worried about the possible COVID-19 risks that could come with their Thanksgiving plans. - PUB DATE: 11/24/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNN Health
VIDEO/PHOTOS: Police are investigating after a house explosion in Flint on Monday night.
It happened on the 3900 block of Hogarth Avenue. According to Battalion Chief Ramsey Clapper, multiple people are injured.
A 3-year-old girl, that was in the house at time of the explosion, is missing at this time. - PUB DATE: 11/23/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WEYI-TV NBC 25 Saginaw
They’re our modern-day superheroes — charging into burning buildings without hesitation, rescuing those in peril, staving off destruction. But in risking their lives for us, firefighters pay a heavy price, with cancer rates that far outpace the public at large.
Derek Urwin, a longtime firefighter who expects to complete his Ph. - PUB DATE: 11/23/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: UCLA Newsroom
VIDEO/PHOTOS: His name may not be Griswold, but Justin Rhodes has mapped out a stunning show that debuts on Thanksgiving night outside his home at 93 Crayton Road in Asheville.
“One of the big reasons I do it is seeing the joy it brings to kids,” said Rhodes, who’s been working since Nov. 1.
“All of our props are custom made,” he explained. - PUB DATE: 11/23/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLOS-TV ABC 13 Asheville
PHOTOS: Murdo, South Dakota had only just gotten started as a town when disaster struck on a cold February night in 1910. A fire that was likely started by a hot stovepipe in a printing business on Main Street quickly spread to nearby buildings and destroyed an entire block of businesses before it finally burned itself out. - PUB DATE: 11/23/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: South Dakota Public Broadcasting
