VIDEO: Thanks to efforts in recent years to educate drivers, we've all become familiar with the problem of work zone deaths and injuries.
Many public safety workers are also killed at the scene of accidents often by drivers who are paying attention to the crash rather than the road.
That's why the North Carolina Department of Transportation's development of a hands-on training facility that engineers expect will save lives at accident scenes has won an award. - PUB DATE: 3/2/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTVD-TV ABC 11 Durham
VIDEO: Multiple firefighter units and HAZMAT crews responded to a four-alarm fire at a warehouse on Saturday afternoon along SH-249 and the Beltway near Tomball.
It started at about 5:30 p.m. in the 62000 block of Tomball Parkway (SH-249) and lasted throughout the night.
Investigators are still unclear of the cause. - PUB DATE: 3/1/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KHOU-TV CBS 11 Houston
A Connecticut ambulance company employee was arrested and charged in a string of Molotov cocktail attacks across the state that targeted two emergency medical services agencies, a volunteer fire department and a private residence on the same day, authorities said.
Richard White, 37, of Torrington, Connecticut, was arrested around 10 p. - PUB DATE: 3/1/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ABC News
PHOTOS: Asheville Fire Department’s dual driver ladder truck is a tiller truck or a tractor drawn aerial (TDA). This hook-and-ladder truck features a specialized turntable ladder mounted on a semi-trailer truck. Ladder 1 was purchased for $1.2 million back in 2019. It runs out of the downtown station and responds to more than 2,800 calls per year. - PUB DATE: 3/1/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The City of Asheville
A team of investigators at the University of Kansas is collecting data and designing interventions to improve the quality of sleep for firefighters and paramedics in the Lawrence Douglas County Fire-Medical Department.
For these first responders, better sleep could improve their quality of life and boost their performance as they encounter life-and-death situations. - PUB DATE: 3/1/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Medical Express
On February 20, 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that the first person in the United States had died from COVID-19 — a man in his fifties living in Washington state.
Since then, close to 28 million Americans have been infected with the novel (new) coronavirus, officially known as SARS-CoV-2, according to the latest data from Johns Hopkins University. - PUB DATE: 3/1/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Everyday Health
VIDEO: Three workers were injured as a massive North Texas foam recycling plant fire burned all day Thursday and into the next day.
The fire broke out at the Richland Hills corporate headquarters and manufacturing facility for Advanced Foam Recycling at 2525 Handley Ederville Road, southwest of Texas 121 and Loop 820, at about 12:45 p. - PUB DATE: 2/26/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KXAS-TV NBC 5 Fort Worth
VIDEO/PHOTOS: A Brockton fire truck that has been missing for a number of years is making its way home where it will serve as a permanent memorial to the lives lost at a deadly fire decades ago.
The nearly 100-year-old Squad A truck was used to battle the massive Strand Theater fire in 1941 that claimed the lives of 13 firefighters, four of whom rode to the blaze in that very truck. - PUB DATE: 2/26/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHDH-TV ABC 7 Boston
PHOTO: Making a positive difference in people's lives is what motivates Laurel Countian Nathan Kirby.
So he took his artistic talents, his past and present experience and his passion for others and combined those qualities to enhance his interests to recognize his profession and the professionals who save lives. - PUB DATE: 2/26/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Sentinel Echo
The process of tracking down where COVID-19 vaccines are available could soon get a little easier, thanks to a tool backed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The goal of VaccineFinder website is to make it easier for the public to find information about locations that carry vaccines in their communities and how to make an appointment. - PUB DATE: 2/26/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WXIA-TV NBC 11 Atlanta
Sgt. Dan Carbonaro of the Port Authority Police was in the World Trade Center in New York in 1993 when a bomb went off.
He told the Staten Island Advance, “You couldn’t see your hand in front of your face. I was in Vietnam, and this was worse than any explosion I witnessed in Vietnam.”
At 12:17 p.m. - PUB DATE: 2/26/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Penn Live
VIDEO: A massive fire destroyed a commercial building in Historic South-Central Los Angeles early Thursday morning and spread to a second building, officials said.
Firefighters responded about 12:50 a.m. to the 3700 block of South Grand Avenue, near 38th Street, and found heavy fire coming from a one-story 100-foot-by-200-foot building, according to Margaret Stewart of the Los Angeles Fire Department. - PUB DATE: 2/25/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KABC-TV ABC 7 Los Angeles
VIDEO: If you’re swimming in the Gulf in Panama City Beach this summer, you may notice a small boat-like device bobbing through the water. The City’s Beach Safety Department is officially adding remote-controlled rescue boats to its fleet.
E.M.I.L.Y stands for Emergency Integrated Lifesaving Lanyard and Panama City Beach now owns two of them. - PUB DATE: 2/25/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMBB-TV ABC 13 Panama City
VIDEO: An 8-year-old boy in the front seat of a fire truck isn’t something you see everyday.
Conner Randell may be a little too young to reach the gas pedal, but he is old enough to ride along.
“He gets a little taste of what being a firefighter is all about,” said Eastland firefighter Amanda Woodley. - PUB DATE: 2/25/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Big Country Home Page
PHOTO: Growing up, Johna Denault spent hours on her homework due to her dyslexia. To find an escape from the stress, she turned to photography.
"When I was 12, I started taking photos with my parents' Sears35MM camera," she said. "I took photos of nature and really enjoyed taking action shots. From then on, I knew I wanted to explore photography as a career. - PUB DATE: 2/25/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Daily Herald - Metered Site
Despite the 95 percent effectiveness at preventing coronavirus infection after two doses of its vaccine, Pfizer is now seeing what a third dose might do.
The company announced Thursday that a booster dose is being studied among people who received their first doses of the vaccine more than six months ago. - PUB DATE: 2/25/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC News
An 18-wheel truck hit a train carrying chemicals and fuels in Cameron, Texas, early Tuesday, causing a huge explosion and starting a fire that is expected to burn for several days.
The Milam County town of 5,400, about 72 miles northeast of Austin, was rocked by the boom around 6:45 a.m., according to Cameron Sheriff Chris White. - PUB DATE: 2/24/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC News
The city of Orlando opened a brand-new fire station in the Rosemont community on Monday. Station 9, known as “Outpost Nine,” is the new home to 30 firefighters on Center Loop off of Shader Road.
The 12,000-foot building has private bunk rooms and restrooms for crews and it even includes a secure room for female firefighters. - PUB DATE: 2/24/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKMG-TV CBS 6 Orlando
It's been 48 years since three volunteer firefighters lost their lives battling a blaze in a downtown Palatine store, but the tragedy still resonates with the community and weighs heavy on its first responders.
And so firefighters, village leaders, community members and family of the fallen gathered Tuesday morning at the Palatine Firefighters Memorial to pay tribute to volunteer firefighters Warren "Auggie" Ahlgrim, 32, John Wilson, 40, and Richard Freeman, 25, and honor their ultimate sacrifice. - PUB DATE: 2/24/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Daily Herald - Metered Site
VIDEO: An artist's work is now on display at the Black Archives of Mid-America and it's a sense of pride for Sean Tiller. It's also his way of giving back and perhaps inspiring others.
"This is one of my more recent, made last year," Tiller said. He calls it space art. Tiller, 27, said painting brings him joy -- the colors, the texture and the fantasy of these imaginary planets. - PUB DATE: 2/24/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KMBC-TV ABC 9 Kansas City
