VIDEO: To help address the critical shortage of volunteer firefighters, Clearfield, Cambria and Indiana County fire departments are teaming up to launch a campaign.
The campaign, Everyday Heroes, showcases how everyday people can make an impact in their communities. Local fire departments are encouraging people to bring their strengths and experiences to the table. - PUB DATE: 6/25/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTAJ-TV CBS 10 Altoona
Two people were critically injured after their SUV collided with a trailer carrying barrels of oil near Giddings, authorities say.
According to Texas DPS, at around 10:49 a.m. on June 23, troopers responded to a crash that happened near the intersection of US 290 and FM 180 in Lee County.
DPS says a truck tractor towing a trailer carrying barrels of crude oil was attempting to enter the eastbound lane of US 290. - PUB DATE: 6/24/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KDFW-TV FOX 4 Dallas
VIDEO: The Dexter Fire Department celebrated its ‘Last Station’ project with a ribbon cutting Sunday.
The ‘Last Station’ is a miniature museum next to the Dexter Historical Society, dedicated to the history of the fire department.
It’s the final home for the department’s historic 1929 Brockway fire engine, the turnout gear work by Dexter’s first female firefighter and a plaque dedicated to the men and women who gave their lives for the Dexter Fire Department. - PUB DATE: 6/24/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WWNY-TV CBS 7 Carthage
PHOTOS/AUDIO: Patrick W. Stafford has no issues with standing on the top rungs of a Casper Fire Department ladder truck a few dozen feet above the earth or on a stage behind a six-string guitar playing a country song before a huge crowd.
The stage is exactly where Stafford and his band were in Kaycee, Wyoming, as they opened for Kyle Park and late country artist Chris LeDoux’s son, Ned, during Chris LeDoux Days, which was held June 14 - 15, 2024. - PUB DATE: 6/24/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Cowboy State Daily
An industrial fire southwest of Mansfield near Lillian sent balls of fire and plumes of smoke into the air Thursday.
The fire was reported after noon along the 12500 block of Farm-to-Market Road 917, about 2.5 miles west of Business U.S. Highway 287.
Several large balls of fire were seen bursting through the roof of the building in the industrial park. - PUB DATE: 6/21/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KXAS-TV NBC 5 Fort Worth
VIDEO: When Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department Chief Theresa Kinstle joined her first fire station at 27 years old, she was the only woman on the fire truck; she never thought she would end up as a chief down the road.
"I didn't originally think that I wanted to be a firefighter until I started EMT school," Kinstle told First Coast News. - PUB DATE: 6/21/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTLV-TV NBC 12 Jacksonville
VIDEO/PHOTOS: Longtime firefighter Dan Steffensen picks up the brightly colored orange book, holds it in his hands, flips through the pages and lands on a spot to read aloud.
“I had to remind him that he was strong,” Steffensen said. Those were words said to him at a critical time in his recovery in the summer of 2021 when he was badly burned while fighting the Harris Hill fire north of Joliet. - PUB DATE: 6/21/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPAX-TV CBS 8 Missoula
VIDEO: The destruction from a massive train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, spread far beyond the initial wreckage site, spewing "hazardous" pollution across 16 states, according to a newly released study.
On Feb. 3, 2023, a Norfolk Southern freight train carrying hazardous materials derailed in East Palestine -- a village on the border of Ohio and Pennsylvania -- sending toxic chemicals into the air, soil, creeks and lakes in the region, according to the study published in Environmental Research Letters on Wednesday. - PUB DATE: 6/21/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ABC News
A large fire creating huge amounts of smoke broke out at a building on Chicago's West Side Wednesday evening, the second massive fire in the city within two days—and even within 24 hours.
Fire crews sprayed water from multiple angles at the building in 2800 block of West Grand Avenue, near the intersection with California Avenue in the Humboldt Park neighborhood. - PUB DATE: 6/20/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBBM-TV CBS 2 Chicago
In 2023, 89 firefighters in the United States died from traumatic injuries, heart attacks, strokes, or aneurysms while on duty or within 24 hours of duty. This fatal injury count is a decrease over the 97 fatal injuries the previous year, but it is otherwise the second highest since 2013, during which there were 98 on-duty deaths. - PUB DATE: 6/20/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NFPA.org
VIDEO: Video calls with 911 dispatchers may soon be a reality in Albuquerque. The city’s fire rescue agency is looking to launch a new online video platform that they hope will help free up firefighter paramedics in the field. “This would give our dispatchers the ability to actually see the patient on scene,” said AFR’s EMS Division Chief Chris Ortiz. - PUB DATE: 6/20/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KRQE-TV CBS 13 Albuquerque
The U.S. Senate passed S.870, the Fire Grants and Safety Act of 2023, sending it to President Biden to be signed into law.
S.870 incorporates language from H.R. 4090, the Fire Grants and Safety Act of 2023, introduced by Science Committee member Tom Kean (R-NJ). The bill will support and advance firefighter and first responder services across the nation, providing a five-year reauthorization for the U. - PUB DATE: 6/20/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
A vacant building in northwest Atlanta caught fire late Monday afternoon, according to Atlanta fire officials.
The fire was reported at 350 Troy St. NW, near Joseph E. Boone Boulevard NW. First Alert Chopper captured scenes of the massive fire, including most of the flames being put out. Atlanta fire officials said crews launched a “defensive fire attack,” which officials said is for when fire conditions prevent firefighters from getting inside a building. - PUB DATE: 6/18/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WANF-TV CBS 46 Atlanta
VIDEO: For first responders, the difference between life and death can be a matter of seconds. For some fire and EMS departments in North Texas, an app can now help them treat patients more quickly.
At North Richland Hills, crews are launching the Pulsara app.
It starts with a coded wristband for each patient. - PUB DATE: 6/18/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KXAS-TV NBC 5 Fort Worth
PHOTOS: Firefighters responded to a call from their own as a blaze broke out in a Staten Island firehouse in Westerleigh late Monday afternoon.
According to the FDNY, a “verbal alarm” was received just after 5:30 p.m. for a report of a possible electrical fire in the basement at 875 Jewett Ave. — the location of Engine Co. - PUB DATE: 6/18/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: SILive.com
Sarah Reasoner, Martha Fecht and Megan Roesler Turner have very different backgrounds and came to consider careers as St. Paul firefighters in very different ways.
Reasoner was a track and field All-American and onetime bodybuilder and powerlifter who wanted a career with a deeper purpose. Fecht, a St. - PUB DATE: 6/18/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Star Tribune - Metered Site
PHOTOS: Last Monday morning, a fiery rollover crash off state Route 210 in Little Cottonwood Canyon closed the road for hours.
Witnesses didn’t think anyone could have survived the explosion, but one Unified police officer ran into the flames to make a daring rescue.
A supervisor from the Unified Police Department identified officer Wilson from the Canyon Patrol Unit as the hero who rushed in to rescue a driver pinned in the burning semitruck. - PUB DATE: 6/17/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSL-TV NBC 5 Salt Lake City
VIDEO/PHOTOS: Tuesday will mark 17 years since nine of Charleston’s bravest were killed while responding to a massive furniture store fire off Savannah Highway.
The Charleston Fire Department (CFD) will honor the fallen with a ceremony held annually at the Charleston 9 Memorial Park. The park was established where the Sofa Super Store once stood. - PUB DATE: 6/17/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCBD-TV NBC/CW+ 2 Charleston
VIDEO: We've all heard the saying, "I want to be like dad," but a firefighting family trio in Louisville are taking the phrase to the next level.
Major Bryan Stotts, a district chief for the Louisville Fire Department, is still actively serving on the team and so are his two sons Sergeant Caleb Stotts and Oliver Stotts. - PUB DATE: 6/17/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHAS-TV ABC 11 Louisville
VIDEO: The Northeast and Midwest, including New York City and Boston, are bracing for what could be the hottest stretch of weather in 30 years this week as a sweltering heat dome settles over a large part of the nation.
Over the next six days, 265 million people, or about 82% of the U.S. population, are likely to experience temperatures topping 90 degrees as the official first day of summer arrives on Thursday. - PUB DATE: 6/17/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ABC News
