PHOTOS: A dozen hot air balloon pilots were in the air over Battle Creek Saturday to thank those working during the pandemic.
The flight was part of a world-wide effort by balloon pilots to honor front-line workers.
Called "Lifting Spirits Around the World," the flights were to say to front-line workers "that we are all very grateful and thankful for them," according to Tom Brown, one of the organizers of the Battle Creek flight. - PUB DATE: 10/5/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Battle Creek Enquirer
New Yorkers can now download a free app to their smartphones that will alert them if they come near people who test positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Thursday the launch of the state's new COVID Alert NY app. New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Delaware will offer their own versions of the app as well. - PUB DATE: 10/2/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Nyack-Piermont Patch
Officers with the Riverside Police Department had a woman in a pink dress stand up outside their patrol car for witnesses to identify after she allegedly stole a fire truck and took it on a joy ride Thursday night.
The 31-year-old woman is suspected of stealing a Riverside Fire Department truck and taking it on a joyride while first responders were handling a life-threatening medical emergency. - PUB DATE: 10/2/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCAL-TV CBS 9 Los Angeles
The City of Glendale has a new peer support program they hope will help end suicide growing rates among firefighters.
The program is one of the first of its kind in the state, addressing nationwide statistics that firefighters are more likely to die by suicide than on the job.
One hundred twenty times a day, that’s the amount firefighters here in Glendale are called to duty. - PUB DATE: 10/2/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KASW-CW6 & KTVK-3TV (azfamily.com)
Springfield firefighters have released a series of videos in honor of Fire Prevention Month.
According to the City of Springfield, the videos will be released throughout October on the Springfield Fire Department’s social media pages.
Here is a list of all seven of the educational videos:
Cooking Safety (by Firefighter Justine, for fourth and fifth graders);
Firefighters Are Our Friends (by Firefighter Tanner, for PreK-K);
Stay Away From Dangerous Things (by Firefighter Geoff, for PreK-K);
Recognizing Home Hazards (by Firefighter Tanner, for first-graders);
Escape Drills in the Home (by Firefighter Mark, for second-graders);
How and When to Call 911 (by Firefighter Mark, for third-graders); and
The Fire Triangle (by Firefighter Geoff, for fifth-graders). - PUB DATE: 10/2/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOLR-TV CBS 10 Springfield
A very cool historical look at the volunteer fire service in Maryland from WMAR-TV in Baltimore. The half-hour documentary is from October 10, 1969 and has film from fire companies in a number of counties throughout the state. There is also a section on University of Maryland’s Fire Service Extension, the forerunner to Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute. - PUB DATE: 10/2/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: STATer 911
A tractor-trailer driver was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter and reckless driving in Hanover County Circuit Court on Wednesday for a 2018 crash that left Hanover County Fire & EMS Lt. Brad Clark dead and several other firefighters injured.
The driver, Lester Labarge, faces up to 11 years in prison when he is sentenced. - PUB DATE: 10/1/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTVR-TV CBS 6 Richmond
Leaders in states across the country are sounding the alarm about rising
COVID-19 cases that experts say could foreshadow a coming surge.
In New York, several COVID-19 clusters have created "hotspot" zip codes, the governor said, with a positivity rate about five times more than the statewide figure. - PUB DATE: 10/1/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNN
Topeka’s first structure fire came soon after the city was founded.
The nine men who founded this city in December 1854 built a cabin here, which was destroyed in an accidental fire soon afterward.
Still, it wasn’t until March 1870 that Topeka created a fire department. This week’s History Guy video at CJOnline focuses on that department, which turned 150 years old this year. - PUB DATE: 10/1/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Topeka Capital-Journal
Water surrounds three sides of Logan International Airport, with all departures and arrivals flying over Boston Harbor.
There are a handful of coveted jobs on the Massachusetts Port Authority team that protects the harbor, the Massport Fire Department's Marine Unit.
The $7 million vessel is equipped with water guns that can pump up to 6,000 gallons of water per minute. - PUB DATE: 10/1/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCVB-TV ABC 5 Boston
In an emergency, seconds count. During a fire, choosing the right door to enter or pinpointing where someone is trapped can be a deadly guessing game.
In response to emergency situations, the first tool of its kind in Southwest Florida is helping to save lives.
When North Collier County firefighters head out on a call, they respond with a $5,000 drone packed in the chief’s truck. - PUB DATE: 10/1/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WINK-TV CBS 11 Fort Myers
VIDEO: The Bernalillo County Fire Department and Albuquerque Fire Rescue have contained a large fire at a recycling yard in the area of Edith and Montano on Tuesday.
“The smoke was very black, I don’t know if that means it’s hot or what; you could see the flames, they were probably higher than our building. - PUB DATE: 9/30/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KRQE-TV CBS/FOX 13 Albuquerque
The terrifying moment a gunman opened fire on a crowd of Las Vegas concertgoers is painfully etched into survivor Dean McAuley’s memory.
Now he and others who escaped the Oct. 1, 2017, mass shooting on the Strip are having healing images etched on their skin, something McAuley calls a “reminder of survival” and a “badge of honor. - PUB DATE: 9/30/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Las Vegas Sun
It started as a seemingly perplexing case of pneumonia.
From a wet market in Wuhan, China, COVID-19 has spread to nearly every country on the globe in just under nine months. It’s overturned daily lives, shuttered businesses and schools, and disrupted the world economy. It’s infected more than 33 million people worldwide and has killed at least 1 million people — a toll that’s likely to be far more than the official tallies show, global health officials say. - PUB DATE: 9/30/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNBC
Modern day firefighters benefit from high tech equipment and regular training but those measures do little to shield them from their number one killer: suicide.
"Our firefighters experience terrible things. Terrible things that they can't share with their families because it is just going to depress their families, quite honestly," said Los Angeles City Fire Chief Ralph Terrazas. - PUB DATE: 9/30/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KABC-TV ABC 7 Los Angeles
The foundation invites residents to watch the 45 minute special on the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation website and through the foundation’s social media platforms at 10 a.m. Sunday, as well as take a moment to read the 2020 Roll of Honor; a collection of stories about fire heroes submitted by their families, friends and fellow firefighters. - PUB DATE: 9/30/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Rolla Daily News
A fast-moving fire trapped three children inside a Bronx home on Monday morning. They had to be rescued by firefighters.
Police said the girls’ mother brought her 7-year-old son to the hospital for an unspecified injury and left the three girls, who range in age from 16 months to 6 years old, home alone. - PUB DATE: 9/29/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCBS-TV CBS 2 New York
Philadelphia is about to promote its first Black female battalion fire chief. CBS3 spoke exclusively with the trailblazing firefighter for our Justice and Understanding series.
“It kind of feels weird because I’ve been a captain for seven years so to hear chief, because people have already started, but I’m like no, that’s not me yet,” Capt. - PUB DATE: 9/29/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KYW-TV CBS 3 Philadelphia
Gov. Gavin Newsom has approved legislation prompted by the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant and eight others in Calabasas earlier this year.
The bill signed Monday makes it a crime for first responders to take unauthorized photos of deceased people at the scene of an accident or crime. Reports surfaced after the Jan. - PUB DATE: 9/29/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTLA-TV 5 CW Los Angeles
An explosion related to an earlier reported gas leak in Dubuque was the source of a large fire on Monday evening along Loras Boulevard.
Dubuque Fire Department Chief Rick Steines said that a house was destroyed in the explosion, but nobody who lives there was injured. One firefighter was hurt, though the extent of their injury was not released. - PUB DATE: 9/29/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KWQC-TV NBC 6 Davenport
