VIDEO: In the harrowing moments after a rollover crash in Rancho Palos Verdes that left golfer Tiger Woods hospitalized on Tuesday, radio communications by the Los Angeles County sheriff's and fire departments reveal the efforts by deputies and firefighter-paramedics to assess the incident and respond to the scene. - PUB DATE: 2/24/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KABC-TV ABC 7 Los Angeles
VIDEO: Today marks 30 years since one of the worst high-rise fires in Philadelphia history.
The deadly fire at One Meridian Plaza took place on February 23, 1991, across from City Hall, where the Residences at the Ritz-Carlton now stands.
Firefighters David Holcombe, Phyllis McAllister and James Chappell lost their lives battling that blaze. - PUB DATE: 2/23/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPVI-TV ABC 6 Philadelphia
VIDEO: Crews with the Shreveport Fire Department were called to put out a fire in the Highland neighborhood on the morning of Tuesday, Feb. 23.
The call came in just before 6 a.m. to the 400 block of Jordan Street. That’s in the same block of Woody’s Home for Veterans. The first crew to get on the scene arrived within three minutes. - PUB DATE: 2/23/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WAFB-TV CBS 9 Baton Rouge
A Twin Cities company is doing something that hasn't been done anywhere else in the country, and it's all to take better care of our first responders.
Emergency Technical Decon (ETD) uses a new cleaning process using liquified carbon dioxide to get rid of toxins from gear that firefighters wear, including boots, leather gloves, jackets and helmets. - PUB DATE: 2/23/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KARE-TV NBC 11 Minneapolis
A new nationwide pilot program is putting doctors inside ambulances virtually. The MetroHealth System has partnered with three EMS agencies that provide emergency care to bring virtual care via video visits with a doctor in the back of an ambulance.
The Emergency Triage, Treat and Transport (ET3) agreement between MetroHealth, the Brecksville Fire Department, Life Care Ambulance and North Central EMS, is designed to offer more focused care for patients who call 911. - PUB DATE: 2/23/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WEWS-TV ABC 5 Cleveland
VIDEO: There is not an expiration date for honoring those lost to tragic events. That is why a local fire department has come together to honor victims of the Marshall County High School Shooting in 2018.
The Possum Trot-Sharpe Fire Department dedicated their new truck to Bailey Holt and Preston Cope. - PUB DATE: 2/23/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPSD-TV NBC 6 Paducah
A Stockton man was arrested in Richmond late Saturday on suspicion of attempted murder in the drive-by shooting incident that injured a firefighter and a paramedic in Antioch, and now authorities are searching for his girlfriend and 4-year-old son.
The arrest of Darryon Williams, 26, followed a pursuit that traversed two counties and ended moments after Williams' vehicle collided with a parked vehicle in Richmond. - PUB DATE: 2/22/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KNTV NBC 11 San Jose
VIDEO: A massive fire broke out in a hotel in Killeen, Texas, after the building's sprinkler systems failed to work due to frozen pipes.
On Friday night, the Killeen Fire Department arrived at the Hilton Garden Inn hotel in Killeen to find "fire coming from the roof above the fourth floor of the four-story hotel," according to a statement from the fire department. - PUB DATE: 2/22/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTRK-TV ABC 13 Houston
When Jersey City firefighters were jarred awake in the wee hours of a cool spring night to put out a blaze in a nearby building, they pretty much knew what to expect.
The call, which came in around 3:30 a.m. on May 4, 1949, was for a small fire that started on the first floor of a three-story tenement on Montgomery St. - PUB DATE: 2/22/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Daily News - Metered Site
The life of a firefighter means being ready for anything. For some, the burden of tragic calls wears on them, which is why the Sandy Fire Department has made focusing on mental health a priority.
For Firefighter EMT Tyson Astin, trying to keep his identities separate is of the utmost importance.
“I don’t wear my uniform home,” he said. - PUB DATE: 2/22/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSL-TV NBC 5 Salt Lake City
Trading professional hockey for a career as a Rome, New York firefighter is working well for Tim Sestito.
Particularly for athletes, life can appear to move quicker than for people in other professions. For Sestito, grinding out a career in hockey for 13 seasons went in what seemed in a flash. Training camps, regular seasons, playoffs (including the 2012 Stanley Cup Finals with the New Jersey Devils), off-season workouts, the battle for a roster spot was a continuous competitive cycle. - PUB DATE: 2/22/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WIBX-AM 950
VIDEOS: Firefighters are trying to take down a massive fire with little water in the Stone Oak area. The Bexar-Bulverde Volunteer Fire Department (VFD) responded to the fire first, which was reported at the Cortland View apartment complex off TPC Parkway around 1 p.m.
Bexar-Bulverde VFD Chief Jerry Bialick said his crews immediately began to investigate and could smell smoke. - PUB DATE: 2/19/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WOAI-TV NBC 4 San Antonio
VIDEO: Unbelievable video from WGN News’ Skycam 9 captured a firefighter jumping to safety while battling a massive fire in Chicago’s Bridgeport neighborhood.
The extra-alarm fire started around 7 a.m. Friday at a building in the 2700 block of South Lowe. Power lines in the area were catching fire, causing a bigger problem for firefighters to control the flames. - PUB DATE: 2/19/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WGN-TV 9 Chicago
On Louisville's South 13th Street stands an old brick building - like so many other brick buildings from a century ago. This one has a large "Eight" carved in stone at the top.
Many may drive right past it without knowing its history, but the building was the very first firehouse in Louisville to house African American firefighters. - PUB DATE: 2/19/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHAS-TV ABC 11 Louisville
Crime scenes, fire scenes and accident scenes eventually are cleared, but the spirit of service for those who respond to them remains.
“It’s just in our nature. Just because we clock out at the end of the day doesn’t mean our desire to help goes away,” said Charlie Phipps, with Chatham Emergency Services. - PUB DATE: 2/19/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTOC-TV CBS 11 Savannah
As part of President Biden’s push to get at least 100 million COVID-19 vaccine doses into the arms of people in the U.S. by the end of April, the White House announced February 9 it will begin shipping doses to 1,300 federally qualified community health centers. These organizations primarily serve patients from Black and brown communities who fall below the poverty line. - PUB DATE: 2/19/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Scientific American
Local firefighters braved the snowy and frigid conditions while they battled a large warehouse fire in Princeton Wednesday night.
The Princeton Fire Department responded to a structure fire at the old Leroi building on South Seminary Street shortly after 8:00 p.m. Caldwell County Emergency Manager Joey McCaslin tells the News Edge 24 firefighters responded to the fire with an aerial truck and two pumper trucks. - PUB DATE: 2/18/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKDZ Radio 106.5 FM
Decatur is offering an incentive package to get vaccinated for COVID-19 as an encouragement for hesitant city employees, especially first responders.
The DeKalb County city is offering extra vacation time, health insurance credits and raffled gift cards to try to increase vaccination rates. Fewer than half of the city’s 150 first responders — police officers, firefighters and public works employees — have gotten vaccinated, Deputy City Manager Hugh Saxon told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. - PUB DATE: 2/18/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Porterville Fire Department will honor the memory of two fallen firefighters one year after Capt. Ramon Figueroa and Patrick Jones died making sure nobody was trapped inside a burning library.
A virtual memorial service will be posted to the department's social media at 4 p.m. Thursday, officials announced. - PUB DATE: 2/18/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Visalia Times Delta - Metered Site
VIDEOS: Emergency crews rescued 12 people from boats in frigid conditions Wednesday night after the roof of a boat dock collapsed in Old Hickory.
Both the Nashville Fire Department and Office of Emergency Management responded to the Blue Turtle Bay Marina in the 2000 block of Riverside Road. Callers to 911 reported the roof of the boat dock collapsed on top of multiple houseboats with people inside. - PUB DATE: 2/18/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKRN-TV ABC 2 Nashville
