VIDEO: First responders deal with traumatic events every day. And soon, more of them will get the mental health help they might need, thanks to nearly $1 million in federal funding coming to the Vegas valley.
Previous research shows elevated rates of suicides among first responders, compared to the rest of the adult population. - PUB DATE: 9/5/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KVVU-TV FOX 5 Henderson
VIDEO/PHOTOS: The annual Miami Valley Antique Fire Apparatus Show was held on Saturday, August 31. This was the fifth year the show was held at Carillon Historical Park. It is hosted by the Miami Valley Antique Fire Apparatus Association (MVAFAA). Over 30 pieces of firefighting antiques displayed 150 years of firefighting history. - PUB DATE: 9/5/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKEF-TV ABC/FOX/MyNetworkTV 22 Dayton
A stubborn five-alarm fire burned for hours through a tire shop in Jamaica, Queens on Tuesday.
Firefighters responded to 150-17 Liberty Ave. around 5:15 p.m.
The fire started in the rear of a two-story tire shop where flames were seen billowing 20 feet into the air.
Part of the building and roof collapsed. - PUB DATE: 9/4/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WABC-TV ABC 7 New York City
VIDEO: When you call 911, the first responders who come to your rescue have gone through rigorous training to get there. Firefighters at Bonita Springs Fire Control and Rescue District are training up.
Jordan Green is the Lieutenant Paramedic and leads operations. He says in the case that someone is stuck in a car, firefighters go through a specific process to safely get them out. - PUB DATE: 9/4/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFTX-TV FOX 4 Cape Coral
VIDEO: Eight-year-old Romeo Weaver had a dream of being a firefighter, and the Gulfport Fire Department made that happen.
Though there have been several tests, Romeo is technically still undiagnosed, but his mother says they are labeling it cerebral palsy.
She added that before he caught COVID, Romeo was able to feed himself and use his walker, but after that, things went downhill. - PUB DATE: 9/4/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLOX-TV ABC/CBS 13 Biloxi
A massive fire destroyed the Wolf Lodge Inn near Coeur d'Alene Monday.
The fire was reported around noon and multiple fire trucks and ambulances responded.
Firefighters upgraded to a four-alarm fire requesting assistance from Idaho Department of Lands, Idaho State Police, Spokane County, and Shoshone County. - PUB DATE: 9/3/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4 Spokane
PHOTOS: George C. Hale served as the Chief of the Kansas City, Missouri, fire department for 31 years. At the end of the 19th century, he revolutionized firefighting with his more than 60 patented inventions, including the Hale Water Tower and the telephone fire alarm, and helped bring the country's fire departments into the modern era. - PUB DATE: 9/3/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCUR-FM 89.3 Kansas City
PHOTOS: The Anne Arundel County Fire Department officially welcomed the newest addition to its maritime fleet with the first of two state-of-the-art 50-foot Defiant NXT Fireboats on Tuesday at Sandy Point State Park. Representatives from Metal Shark, which manufactured the boat, delivered the first fireboat via waterways from Louisiana to Maryland. - PUB DATE: 9/3/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Bay Net
As a massive plume of black smoke permeated the sky above Fort Wayne Wednesday, the blaze reminded some of a historic fire that happened in southeast Fort Wayne nearly 27 years ago.
On Aug. 30, 1997, a fire broke out at an abandoned tire warehouse on Bowser Avenue in southeast Fort Wayne. The fire happened less than a mile from Wednesday’s fire at the intersection of Wayne Trace and New Haven Avenue. - PUB DATE: 8/30/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WANE-TV CBS 15 Fort Wayne
A national report indicates Kansas is one of the leading states for arson incidents.
Last year, there were 5,440 arson incident reports made to the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms (ATF). Kansas made up 6% of the nation’s arson reports with 307 cases. Kansas had the fifth most cases of incendiary fires in the U. - PUB DATE: 8/30/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSNT-TV NBC 27 Topeka
VIDEO/PHOTOS: The Henderson Fire Department traded in fire hoses for sledgehammers this week.
The department kicked off the "extreme makeover" of a former motorhome dealership into a new fire station for the city.
Henderson announced back in the fall that the city purchased the former Camping World property on Boulder Highway near Racetrack Road, intending to convert it into the new Fire Station 81. - PUB DATE: 8/30/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSNV-TV NBC 3 Las Vegas
VIDEO: Tucson Fire Department and the University of Arizona have been partnering for nearly a decade to study just how much a firefighter’s job increases their risk for serious health issues, like cancer.
Their research has led to nationwide safety changes in the firefighting industry and the recognition of more cancers presumed to be caused on the job. - PUB DATE: 8/30/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KGUN-TV ABC 9 Tucson
PHOTOS: There are many reasons why you might want to call the fire department. Your house might be on fire, or a petrol tanker may have just overturned. Or, like this one driver of a Ford F-150, you might be stuck 10 feet in the air and in serious need of rescue.
This came to our attention thanks to a Facebook post from Station 41 of the Wolfhurst Fire Department in Bridgeport, Ohio. - PUB DATE: 8/30/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Autopian
Two people were injured in a boat explosion at a New Jersey marina Wednesday afternoon.
Old Bridge Township Police said officers were sent to the Raritan Marina just before 3:30 p.m.
Video from Chopper 2 shows firefighters spraying water on a boat engulfed in flames in the creek. The flames sent plumes of black smoke billowing into the air. - PUB DATE: 8/29/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCBS-TV CBS 2 New York City
VIDEO/PHOTOS: The city of Hartselle says two firefighters were taken to the hospital after a fire truck hit a house Wednesday afternoon.
In a post on social media, the city said that while returning from a fire call Wednesday, the driver of fire engine two experienced a medical emergency and lost control of the vehicle near the Dollar General on Highway 36 West. - PUB DATE: 8/29/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHNT-TV CBS 19 Huntsville
VIDEO/PHOTOS: There was a celebration in San Jose for a milestone birthday of a retired fire captain.
Sam Seibert turned 105 years old on Tuesday.
And to honor him, a party was held at the San Jose Fire Museum, which he helped create years ago. Seibert served with the department from 1946 to 1976 and he is the oldest known living former San Jose firefighter. - PUB DATE: 8/29/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTVU-TV FOX 2 Oakland
VIDEO: Firefighters in Maitland had to battle an early morning fire at their own station on Wednesday.
Officials say the flames destroyed three vehicles parked behind Fire Station 47 on Fennell Street, but luckily, no one was hurt. The station is next to the Maitland Police Department and both buildings were surrounded by caution tape after the fire. - PUB DATE: 8/29/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WESH-TV NBC 2 Daytona Beach
Plumes of smoke filled the night sky after a massive barge caught fire overnight Tuesday.
The smell of smoke continues to linger in Queens where the fire broke out.
Officials say they were able to put out the flames at the Sims Metal Facility in just under two hours.
The video of the scene shows the intensity of the flames, which looked like a large ball of fire with heavy smoke rising and billowing into the air. - PUB DATE: 8/28/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WABC-TV ABC 7 New York
PHOTOS: New recruits with the Oklahoma City Fire Department are having their sweat tested.
NMotion, a sports and human performance center based out of Norman, is partnering with the department to help firefighters understand their sweat composition.
It will help optimize hydration and maintain peak performance in high-temperature environments. - PUB DATE: 8/28/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOKH-TV FOX 25 Oklahoma City
PHOTOS: Saturday marked the 50th anniversary of the infamous 1974 Main Avenue Fire in downtown Durango that destroyed six buildings and killed two first responders.
The tragic event lives in the minds of Durango’s first responders and helped evolve Durango Fire Protection District’s downtown fire suppression tactics. - PUB DATE: 8/28/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Durango Herald - Metered Site
