VIDEO: Half a dozen firefighters were hurt battling an overnight Queens fire that ripped through a strip of shops, burning for over four hours overnight, the FDNY said.
According to fire officials, they got a call just before 11 p.m. Thursday for a fire at 37-54 74th Street, a long strip of single-floor businesses in Jackson Heights. - PUB DATE: 3/5/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPIX-TV CW 11 New York
VIDEO: During Women's History Month, a firefighter in Pittsburgh is making her own type of history by becoming the highest-ranking female in the Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire.
Kari Burnham said, "This is something I love to do. It's like a dream come true." Burnham's passion is being a firefighter. Now she takes the title of lieutenant, which is an accomplishment that puts her in the history books as the highest-ranking woman in the Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire. - PUB DATE: 3/5/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTAE-TV ABC 4 Pittsburgh
VIDEO: Thursday marked 72 years since the Charleston Fire Department lost seven of their crew members in the tragic Woolworth fire.
The City of Charleston joined the Charleston Fire Department and the Charleston Firefighter’s Local Union 317 to honor those seven who died in a special ceremony this morning. - PUB DATE: 3/5/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WOWK-TV CBS 13 Huntington
The Wayne State University Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Sciences has teamed with the State of Michigan to develop a comprehensive behavioral and mental health training and support program for the state’s first responders and their families to address the stress they face in their duties protecting residents. - PUB DATE: 3/5/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Wayne State University
A year into the pandemic, COVID-19 still puzzles researchers, but the public release of a new database may help scientists solve some of the mysteries lingering around this devastating disease.
An international team of researchers from institutions including Boston Children's Hospital, Northeastern University and the University of Oxford has partnered with Google. - PUB DATE: 3/5/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTVD-TV ABC 11 Durham
VIDEO: Bob Stella is a self-taught painter.
“It’s a dying art. There’s not many people doing it anymore, it’s all done on computers now,” he said.
Stella makes the shields that go on firefighters’ helmets in his tiny Weymouth workshop and is one of the most renowned artists in his industry. “I started in 1988 and just took off from word of mouth. - PUB DATE: 3/4/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFXT-TV Fox 25 Boston
VIDEO: Bob Stella is a self-taught painter.
“It’s a dying art. There’s not many people doing it anymore, it’s all done on computers now,” he said.
Stella makes the shields that go on firefighters’ helmets in his tiny Weymouth workshop and is one of the most renowned artists in his industry. “I started in 1988 and just took off from word of mouth. - PUB DATE: 3/4/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFXT-TV Fox 25 Boston
When someone has a mental health crisis in Oakland, chances are good in the near future that police officers won’t be showing up to try to calm them down.
The City Council this week unanimously signaled that it wants the fire department to handle mental health crises and other non-crime calls by sending out paramedics and counselors. - PUB DATE: 3/4/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: East Bay Times - Metered Site
VIDEO: Students at a Garland ISD high school have come up with an invention that is now getting national attention.
Students at the Gilbreath-Reed Career and Technical Center designed a system to sanitize firefighters’ boots to prevent the spread of communicable diseases.
The design got the attention of the researchers at MIT. - PUB DATE: 3/4/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KXAS-TV NBC 5 Fort Worth
We’re not supposed to forget our heroes. But 25 years ago, the heroes themselves, the ones that helped save the city of Weyauwega, they couldn’t wait to forget.
A train derailment, 469,000 gallons of burning propane, and 14 days wondering if this day would be their last; they didn’t want to be heroes anymore. - PUB DATE: 3/4/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Spectrum News
When tragedy recently struck a Nashville firefighter and Tennessee Titans season ticket holder, Derrick Henry stepped up to lend a helping hand.
Local firefighter Jeremy Taylor, a father of four girls, recently lost his new Nashville home to a fire. After seeing the news on social media, Henry reached out to the Titans to ask how he could help. - PUB DATE: 3/4/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Saturday Down South
VIDEO/PHOTOS: A Jellico, Tennessee motel was destroyed after a large fire early Wednesday morning.
Fire crews were called to Parkway Inn just after 10 p.m. last night. Officials said the motel had been closed for remodeling and had just reopened a few days ago.
A handful of people were staying there but everyone was able to get out before firefighters arrived. - PUB DATE: 3/3/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHJL-TV CBS/ABC11 Johnson City
VIDEO: Being a firefighter means running into the burning building when everyone else is running out. It’s dangerous and requires courage, but for the brave men and women who train for it, it’s just another day on the job.
But even that can change quickly.
By all accounts, January 30, 2014, started as a typical day. - PUB DATE: 3/3/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WGHP-TV Fox 8 High Point
In just over a week, two incidents of drunken driving while on duty have occurred within the Detroit Fire Department, causing city leaders to reflect on the department's policies and resources for firefighters amid higher levels of pressure and stress caused by the pandemic.
Mayor Mike Duggan announced a partnership with national firefighter leaders to help guide Detroit in finding a solution, including launching an independent environmental audit and a review of the department's policies and employee assistance program. - PUB DATE: 3/3/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Detroit Free Press - Metered Site
Under the fluorescent lights of a vacant Sears department store near the state Capitol, officers from across the east Twin Cities metro area have been preparing for six weeks for potentially dangerous situations that could occur at a mass demonstration.
St. Paul police Cmdr. Tim Flynn has led 550 St. - PUB DATE: 3/3/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: MPR News
Health officials are urging Americans to not let their guards down against COVID-19 as researchers discover new variants that may already be more transmissible and could also be somewhat resistant to the vaccine.
“At this level of cases, with variants spreading, we stand to completely lose the hard-earned ground we have gained,” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Dr. - PUB DATE: 3/3/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: USA Today
VIDEO: A firefighter was injured while battling a 3-alarm blaze in Boston's Roxbury neighborhood on Monday afternoon.
The fire was first reported around 5 p.m. in a 6-family home at the corner of Southwood and Edgewood streets. Heavy flames and smoke could be seen upon arrival. Aerial video from the scene showed numerous ladder trucks and other fire apparatus surrounding the scene. - PUB DATE: 3/2/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBTS-TV NBC 10 Boston
VIDEO: All Colorado firefighters who are diagnosed with breast cancer will now receive benefits from the Colorado Firefighter Heart and Cancer Benefits (CFHCB) Trust, thanks to a Westminster fire lieutenant who appealed the denial of her claim.
“I needed to find the thing that will show them that breast cancer is a firefighter’s disease,” Lt. - PUB DATE: 3/2/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KUSA-TV NBC 9 Denver
VIDEO: A 115-year-old fire engine has been on display downtown since 2006, but today it returned to its rightful owner, the Utica Fire Department. It was the very first fire engine the city ever purchased back in 1906 and It took 3 horses to move the engine. It was sold for scrap in 1938, but was never dismantled. - PUB DATE: 3/2/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKTV NBC/CBS/CW+2 Utica
VIDEO: There's a new program at Toledo Public Schools TPS that aims to prepare high school students for a career in local law enforcement or firefighting and emergency medical services EMS.
The three-year program is called PS 419. The PS stands for public schools and public safety. It was developed in partnership with Owens Community College, Toledo Fire and Rescue and the Toledo Police Department. - PUB DATE: 3/2/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTOL-TV CBS 11 Toledo
