Even though the pace of vaccination has picked up dramatically and the number of daily new COVID-19 cases continues to decline in all regions of the United States, the emergence of new strains of the disease remains cause for serious concern. The COVID Tracking Project has reported that seven-day average cases in the U. - PUB DATE: 2/10/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Forbes
VIDEO: Firefighters responded to a four-alarm fire in Pleasantville, New Jersey that destroyed a warehouse and injured two firefighters.
Crews were called to the 100 block of Main Street shortly before midnight Tuesday. Twenty companies responded from the surrounding areas.
The warehouse, filled with auto parts and tires, collapsed in on itself after an intense fire raged for hours overnight. - PUB DATE: 2/9/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPVI-TV ABC 6 Philadelphia
VIDEO/PHOTOS: Jacksonville firefighters saved a 27-year-old man in a dramatic rescue Saturday evening in the St. Johns River, hoisting him out of the water after his car fell over the Dames Point Bridge.
Photos from the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department show a captain harnessing the man as crews on the bridge pulled him to safety. - PUB DATE: 2/9/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJXT-TV News 4 Jacksonville
PHOTOS: The emptiness across the block still unsettles Elsa Reyes after midnight, when she returns from work to her North 13th Street home in Allentown.
During the first five years Reyes lived on the east side of the 500 block, eight row homes stood across the street.
Her son Joel would walk to school with a girl, Katherine Cruz, who lived at 542 N. - PUB DATE: 2/9/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Morning Call - Metered Site
As first responders are busy reporting to multiple accidents across the metro, officials say the cold temperatures and slick spots are wreaking havoc on rescue efforts. Batt. Chief Benny Fulkerson, with the Oklahoma City Fire Department, told KFOR that crews had already responded to 32 wrecks before 8:30 a. - PUB DATE: 2/9/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KFOR-TV NBC 4 Oklahoma
One person is dead and four firefighters suffered injuries after a car crashed into the back of a fire truck early Saturday morning in Vermilion. According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, crews were responding to a separate rollover crash on State Route 2 near Baumhart Road around 3:12 a.m. when a Honda Insight slammed into the rear of the engine. - PUB DATE: 2/8/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKYC-TV NBC 3 Cleveland
VIDEO: The Abilene Fire Department said an early morning fire at an apartment complex was intentionally set.
Kevin Earl Spurlock, 31, is charged with arson and terror threat of family or household.
His bond has not yet been set.
The fire at the Briarwood Apartments started around 6:15 a.m. Sunday. - PUB DATE: 2/8/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTXS-TV ABC 12 Abiline
About 10 p.m. on the night of Feb. 8, 1933, guests staying on the fourth floor of the Millard Hotel in downtown Omaha began to notice flames licking out of windows on floors below. Minutes later, the hotel’s lights went dark. By 10:04 p.m., the first alarms were called into Omaha fire stations, according to World-Herald archives. - PUB DATE: 2/8/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Omaha World-Herald
The newest Franklin firefighter is the second female firefighter in the city’s history, and the first in a while.
Diversity is a priority of the Franklin Fire Department, and one that is starting to come to fruition.
Casey Whitaker is not new to Franklin or public safety. She worked for Seals Ambulance Service since 2016, and was an EMT for nine years. - PUB DATE: 2/8/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Daily Journal
The mutant coronavirus strain first identified in the United Kingdom remains at low levels in the United States but is doubling its reach approximately every 10 days, according to a study published by researchers on Sunday.
The study bolstered modeling done by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which predicted last month that the more contagious variant could be the dominant strain in the U. - PUB DATE: 2/8/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNBC
VIDEO: Videos and photos are circulating of the historic Mason County Courthouse engulfed in flames. County Judge Jerry Bearden said the building is destroyed.
In the overnight hours of Feb. 5, multiple volunteer fire departments including the Brady Fire Department were called to Mason County to respond to "multiple structure fires" including the Mason County Courthouse, the Brady Fire Department said on Facebook. - PUB DATE: 2/5/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KHOU-TV CBS 11 Houston
I have no doubt we've all done it. We're watching a movie or TV show and they're doing something that we personally know really well.
Maybe you're a dancer and this person is supposed to be a prima ballerina and you're thinking, "Nope. No way." Maybe you pitched in college and watch an actor try to throw a fastball and you can't help but laugh. - PUB DATE: 2/5/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSL-TV NBC 5 Salt Lake City
The Spokane Fire Department is finding new ways to connect with families during COVID. They've recently launched a new webpage to teach young kids about fire safety. It's like a virtual classroom, with icons and avatars for kids to click on.
Jamie McIntyre, with the Spokane Fire Department, says firefighters really value that one-on-one connection they can have with the community. - PUB DATE: 2/5/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KHQ-TV NBC 6 Spokane
A Black Firefighters Association fundraiser in Indianapolis starts with t-shirt sales, but it ends with big dreams of owning the property right next door to their headquarters.
Capt. Corey Floyd serves as the recruitment officer for the Indianapolis Fire Department. He is also president of the Black Firefighters Association, which was created back in 1992 to help people of color at IFD fight against injustices and equality. - PUB DATE: 2/5/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTHR-TV NBC 13 Indianapolis
Frightening coronavirus variants have found footing in the U.S. Experts caution that the worst may still be yet to come. Super Bowl watch parties could be the next superspreader event. This is, without question, not the time to let one’s guard down. And yet, the COVID-19 picture in America at this moment in time is vastly improved from what it was just a few weeks ago. - PUB DATE: 2/5/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Intelligencer - Metered Site
A Greensboro firefighter is being recognized for his life-saving invention.
Capt. CJ Woody earned the city’s Innovator of the Year award for designing and creating a decontamination shower head that attaches to fire trucks.
The idea came to Woody after battling cancer.
Firefighters are at a high risk of exposure to cancer-causing toxins. - PUB DATE: 2/4/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WGHP-TV Fox 8 High Point
24-year-old Dejah Woods will make history when she begins her first shift as a firefighter in DeLand Thursday.
At that moment, Woods will officially become the city’s first ever black female firefighter. Of the 49 firefighters in the department, Woods is one of just three women, and four minorities. - PUB DATE: 2/4/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFTV ABC 9 News Orlando
Google asked the US Federal Aviation Administration for permission to test a drone for monitoring and fighting fires. However, its drone plans, which were published Thursday in the federal register, have since been extinguished.
The request came from Alphabet's Google Research Climate and Energy Group -- not the company's Wing subsidiary, whose drone delivery service was certified by the FAA in 2019. - PUB DATE: 2/4/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNET
PHOTOS: In nearly 50 years of reminiscing about his hometown of Park Ridge with fellow members of the Park Ridge Historical Society, a favorite topic for Ralph R. Bishop was his adventures with the Lil’ Pirsch fire truck, first bought by the city in 1921.
His father, Ralph E. Bishop, was fire chief when the city bought the pumper truck, built by Nash. - PUB DATE: 2/4/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Journal & Topics
Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft, recently commented in a blog post that a next pandemic could be 10 times worse than the one we are currently experiencing. In this context, the billionaire proposes to create "a squad of pandemic firefighters" to take action against such a threat.
“The unfortunate reality is that COVID-19 may not be the last pandemic. - PUB DATE: 2/4/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Hour
