Brownouts for local fire stations have been taken off the table as county officials plan to use one-time funds to bolster deficits in the Kern County Fire Department budget.
Citing the need to save $6.5 million annually, Fire Chief David Witt prepared a plan that would have temporarily closed an average of three fire stations per day for the next year. - PUB DATE: 8/12/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Bakersfield.com
Hawaii is regularly seeing triple-digit increases in COVID-19 infections, a situation that underscores just how fast the virus is spreading in Hawaii.
Scientists actually track that rate of spread ? or reproduction rate.
And experts say that Hawaii now has the highest reproduction rate in the nation, at 1. - PUB DATE: 8/12/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Hawaii News Now
VIDEO: The driver of a big rig was seriously hurt in a Tuesday morning crash involving three fire trucks that shut down a portion of Interstate 85 in Rowan County for hours.
The crash happened shortly before 5 a.m. in the southbound lanes near mile marker 82, north of Long Ferry Road and near the Yadkin River. - PUB DATE: 8/11/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSCO-TV ABC 9 Charlotte
North Metro firefighter Matt Chan was crowned champion during Monday night's season finale of "The Titans Games" on NBC.
Chan and Dani Speegle each took home the title after competing among a field of elite athletes in a series of intense athletic competitions.
Along with the title, Chan and Speegle are each taking home a $100,000 cash prize. - PUB DATE: 8/11/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KUSA-TV NBC 9 Denver
VIDEO: The images shot from above Rachael Ray's Lake Luzerne home offer some perspective of the damage. Most of it, according the county fire coordinator, was contained to the second floor of the two-story, 12-year-old home.
"The kitchen wasn't touched at all, so pretty much the whole first floor is in good shape," said Warren County Fire Coordinator Brian LaFlure. - PUB DATE: 8/11/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WNYT-TV NBC 13 Albany
Nearly 600 children in the United States have been diagnosed with a medical syndrome linked to COVID-19 and 10 of those children have died as a result, according to new data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The CDC released updated information Friday as it continues to track the prevalence and effects of multi-system inflammatory syndrome in children, known as MIS-C. - PUB DATE: 8/11/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPIX-TV CW 11 New York
Chief G. Edward Bradley is pleased to announce that the Plymouth Fire Department assisted local and state agencies to provide an escort for the renovated Mayflower II ship into Plymouth Harbor on Monday, Aug. 10.
The ship, which is a replica of the original Mayflower that brought the Pilgrims to America 400 years ago this year, docked at Pilgrim Memorial State Park following a month-long journey up the coast from Connecticut. - PUB DATE: 8/11/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The CapeCod.com NewsCenter
VIDEO: One person has died and at least three others are critically injured after several houses exploded in Baltimore on Monday morning, officials say.
The explosion happened in the area of 6500 blk Reisterstown Rd 21215. Firefighters have rescued three critically injured patients. Special Rescue Operations are searching for more victims. - PUB DATE: 8/10/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJLA-TV ABC 7 Washington DC
Another Houston firefighter is in the ICU with COVID-19 as of Friday night, according to the firefighters union president.
According to the union president, Captain Tommy Searcy was in the ICU as of Friday night. The news comes as Houston firefighters prepare to bury 17-year HFD veteran Jerry Pacheco, who died on August 3 from coronavirus. - PUB DATE: 8/10/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KHOU-TV CBS 11 Houston
The New Bedford firefighter’s union rallied on Sunday to oppose the mayor’s proposal to take an engine off the road.
The rally started and ended at Station 8 in the city’s north end.
The union argues that public safety would be compromised if the cuts are made.
The proposal cuts engine 8 and ten vacant firefighter positions. - PUB DATE: 8/10/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJAR-TV NBC 10 New Bedford
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released new guidance on wearing face coverings during the coronavirus pandemic.
The CDC still encourages people to wear masks so they don’t infect others, but they should not have valves or vents that could allow the virus to escape the mask. - PUB DATE: 8/10/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WRBL-TV CBS 3 Columbus
Only a handful of San Francisco Fire Department members tested positive for COVID-19 antibodies in a recent UCSF study, even though nearly half of those surveyed said they had probably or definitely been around people infected by the virus.
Just three of 1,223 people who were tested had antibodies for the virus, according to a summary of the results made public by UCSF. - PUB DATE: 8/10/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle - Metered Site
Statesville City Council approved this week a $15 per hour minimum wage for all city employees. However, some Statesville firefighters have been voicing their displeasure this week because they are not included in the wage increase.
Statesville City Manager Ron Smith told FOX 46 Thursday that firefighters work different hours, 24 on and 48 off, so their pay structure is different. - PUB DATE: 8/7/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJZY-TV Fox 46 Charlotte
If Fire Chief Jeff Rowe were headed to Bangor, or somewhere out of state for a conference, he would likely know the most efficient way to get there. He might not know where the charging stations were though, should he need one, for the new Tesla 3 command vehicle.
He could soon find out, by using the car’s GPS, which not only plots the course, but also marks the charging stations — and how long he would have to be there for the charge to complete. - PUB DATE: 8/7/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Portland Press Herald - Metered Site
Ammonium nitrate (AN) became infamous when convicted bomber Timothy McVeigh used it in the Oklahoma City bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building on April 19, 1995.
Ammonium nitrate is back in our collective consciousness with the horrific Beirut, Lebanon, blast, and its reminders of the explosion at a West, Texas, fertilizer plant that claimed at least 15 lives, caused 200 injuries and destroyed more than 50 homes. - PUB DATE: 8/7/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Fire Rescue 1
As health experts gather more data and continue to learn about COVID-19, certain protocols and regulations are changing.
According to the CDC and local health experts, it’s now okay to go back to work just 10 days after testing positive for the virus.
That’s not the only change — Requiring a negative test result to return to work is no longer encouraged. - PUB DATE: 8/7/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KRON -TV 4 San Francisco
PHOTOS: It was just after 9 AM and already the temperatures were in the 90s.
A work crew was pin-welding insulation onto a gigantic 5-million-gallon fuel storage tank in the tank farm next to the Canal Electric Plant.
But the crew had not properly grounded the tank before they began work. That mistake would cause one of the largest fires the Sandwich Fire Department has ever battled. - PUB DATE: 8/7/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Sandwich Enterprise - Metered Site
Gov. Brian Kemp signed legislation Wednesday aimed at protecting police and other first responders from bias-motivated crimes in Georgia, capping a series of controversial moves by state Republican leaders that nearly derailed passage of a separate bill outlawing hate crimes.
The bill Kemp signed into law sets out punishments for those who commit crimes against police officers, firefighters and medics because of their “actual or perceived employment as a first responder. - PUB DATE: 8/6/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Jackson Progress
Four firefighters were overcome by fumes after stumbling onto a drug mill operating in the basement of a Paterson home.
The firefighters were responding to a small fire in the basement of the Illinois Avenue home when they were overcome just before 1:30 a.m. Thursday.
They evacuated the structure and collapsed on the driveway. - PUB DATE: 8/6/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WABC-TV ABC 7 New York
PHOTOS: On Tuesday, Lebanon’s capital city of Beirut was rocked by a massive explosion at the city’s port. Thousands were injured and at least 100 people are known to have died so far. While citizens and government officials there are still evaluating the extent of the damage, others are pointing out similarities between this disaster and one that happened in a small Texas town in the 1940s. - PUB DATE: 8/6/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Spectrum News
