As President-elect Joe Biden prepares to take office in two months, he heard Wednesday from a firefighter, nurses and a caregiver who described chronic shortages of protective equipment, tests and contact tracing to combat the coronavirus pandemic.
The virus, combined with rebuilding the economy, is the biggest challenge facing Biden. - PUB DATE: 11/19/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Daily Journal
VIDEO: A raging fire in Queens forced families out of their homes Wednesday night as temperatures fell below freezing for the first time since last winter.
The fire started around 8 p.m. at a seven-story building on New Haven Avenue and Beach 22nd Street in Far Rockaway.
CBS2’s Cory James reports it took about 100 firefighters two hours to get the blaze under control. - PUB DATE: 11/19/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLNY-TV CBS 55 Riverhead
Hiram's fire chief Bruce Pyburn is proud to show off the town's first fire truck.
"This is the original lettering, all gold leaf, original hoses, original ladder," Pyburn said. "It's a '37 Dodge that has been with the department since day one."
The truck was purchased in 1937, the same year the Hiram Fire Department was started. - PUB DATE: 11/19/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTHR-TV NBC 13 Indianapolis
The Wisconsin Rapids Fire Department is celebrating 100 years of full-time service to the community.
The city of Wisconsin Rapids was developed as a consolidation of Grand Rapids, which sat on the east side of the Wisconsin River and Centralia, which was situated in the west side. The two municipalities combined in the spring of 1900 and bore the name of Grand Rapids, until the name was changed to Wisconsin Rapids to correct and freight/mail confusion with Grand Rapids, MI. - PUB DATE: 11/19/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Wisconsin Rapids City Times
Rep. Joe Morelle is calling on a federal agency to reverse a new rule that allows railroad tankers carrying liquefied natural gas to roll through Monroe County.
The rule went into effect on Aug. 24, though it faces several legal challenges. It allows trains to carry up to 100 tankers of liquefied gas on American railroads, as long as the gas is stored in a specifically-designed tanker whose safety as a container for the gas has been largely untested. - PUB DATE: 11/19/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Rochester City Newspaper
VIDEO: On the surface, Bob Halberstadt's roles as a volunteer EMT and firefighter in his native Blairstown are not all that unusual.
But considering he is old enough to be the father or even the grandfather of his fellow first responders, the 80-year-old stands out for his service and his sense of duty to keep his community safe. - PUB DATE: 11/18/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New Jersey Herald - Metered Site
A South Carolina lawmaker has partnered with a fellow congressman from Illinois to introduce a bill to designate October 28 as "National First Responders Day".
Republican Congressman Ralph Norman who serves South Carolina's 5th District partnered with Democratic Congressman Bobby Rush of Illinois to introduce the bill. - PUB DATE: 11/18/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHNS-TV Fox 21 Greenville
VIDEO: The NYPD is investigating after a video on social media surfaced showing a man shooting a flamethrower into the air as he was on top of an MTA bus with people inside — but it may have all been a part of an unsanctioned stunt.
The incident took place Nov. 8 along the B-26 bus route near Franklin Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant. - PUB DATE: 11/18/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WNBC-TV NBC 4 New York
Coronavirus cases have increased in all 50 states plus Washington, D.C., the U.S. Virgin Islands and Guam over the past 14 days, the latest NBC News data showed Tuesday. And in a dozen of those states — Vermont, Maine, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Iowa, Ohio, Colorado, Michigan, Nebraska, Kansas, Pennsylvania and New York — infections have spiked in the last two weeks, meaning there has been a 100 percent or more increase in confirmed cases over 14 days. - PUB DATE: 11/18/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC News
Welcome to the “Roaring 20s!” Main Journey (Leap!), Anton (Paddington), and Caramel Films have joined forces to create Fireheart, the animated tale of a fearless young girl vying to become the first female firefighter in 1920s New York. The heartwarming film boasts an all-star cast, with Kenneth Branagh (Tenet, Death on the Nile), Olivia Cooke (Thoroughbreds, Ready Player One), William Shatner (Star Trek), and Laurie Holden (The Americans) serving as lead voice actors. - PUB DATE: 11/18/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Animation World Network
Eight firefighters were swept into Lake Michigan during a dramatic rescue attempt late Sunday, Nov. 15, on the south pier at Pere Marquette Park.
Nine firefighters were injured. One suffered serious injuries and was hospitalized.
The search resumed Monday morning for the body of Lance Jenkins, 29, of Fruitport Township. - PUB DATE: 11/17/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: MLive
A veteran firefighter in Arlington County, Virginia, is breaking barriers as she rises through the ranks.
Tiffanye Wesley is the first African American woman named deputy fire chief in all of Northern Virginia.
"You can do anything that you put your mind to. I mean, look at what we're looking at in America today having a African-American female as vice president-elect,"
Wesley said. - PUB DATE: 11/17/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WRC-TV NBC 4 Washington, D.C.
You don’t know what you don’t know.
Hornell Fire Chief Frank Brzozowski didn’t know what to expect a year ago today, when the department was toned out for a fire on Preston Avenue in the city. Each call is treated as a structure fire until proven otherwise, though most don’t keep firefighters busy for long — a small oven fire that tripped a smoke detector, perhaps, or maybe leaves burning in a backyard. - PUB DATE: 11/17/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Evening Tribune - Metered Site
A group of local firefighters pivoted when the pandemic hit to help in the fight against COVID-19.
Their Lake County business is creating custom testing and vaccination trailers for counties across the country.
Adapt and overcome: that is a motto firefighters say they live by. When COVID spiked in the U. - PUB DATE: 11/17/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLS-TV ABC 7 Chicago
VIDEO: A fast-moving fire tore through three buildings overnight in the Bronx.
The flames broke out around 1:30 a.m. on Harding Avenue near Emerson Avenue in Throggs Neck.
Neighbors told CBS2 the strong winds caused the fire to spread. “I looked out the window, and I saw the houses were on fire, and the wind was blowing. - PUB DATE: 11/16/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCBS-TV CBS 2 New York
PHOTOS: Not long after the fire burst out of the deli, sending columns of thick black smoke shooting up inside the MGM Grand hotel tower, then-Nevada Gov. Robert List arrived at the flooded casino floor to survey the damage.
It was dim, and the debris was blackened and torched. Bodies were on the ground or slumped over gaming tables and chairs. - PUB DATE: 11/16/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Las Vegas Review Journal - Metered Site
Alabama State Troopers continue to investigate a two-vehicle crash at about 8:16 a.m. Sunday that resulted in a man's death.
A 2005 Nissan Armada struck the back of a Reece City fire truck, killing a passenger in the Nissan. The unidentified man was pronounced dead at the scene, Senior Trooper Brandon Bailey said in a press release. - PUB DATE: 11/16/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Gadsden Times
VIDEO: With volunteer firefighter numbers dwindling in Pennsylvania, some fire companies said they're seeing a positive new trend when it comes to new recruits.
"We have to be ready for the unexpected," said Lexi Thompson, a volunteer firefighter with Earl Township Fire Company, "ready for anything to take on. - PUB DATE: 11/16/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFMZ-TV 69 Allentown
If there was ever a year where real-life heroes were needed most, 2020 might be it. The past 11 months have brought with them challenges requiring resilience, courage, and most importantly love to overcome them, and heroes to inspire all of us to put our best foot forward.
SoCal-based global lifestyle brand UGG wants to celebrate these heroes, introducing three courageous Californians in their FEEL LOVE holiday campaign. - PUB DATE: 11/16/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: V Magazine
VIDEO: A Civil Air Patrol pilot was killed when a small plane slammed into multiple vehicles that were parked on a residential street in Pacoima on Thursday morning, igniting a fire near several homes, officials said.
No other injuries were reported in the crash, which occurred shortly after 11:30 a. - PUB DATE: 11/13/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KABC-TV ABC 7 News Los Angeles
