VIDEO: Active railways are littered throughout south-central Pennsylvania, making the likelihood of an accident almost inevitable.
To stay proactive, Norfolk Southern Railway is traveling the east coast to educate first responders on proper response strategies using its own safety train.
“We take them out of the classroom and put them on the train itself,” said Connor Spielmaker, the communications manager with Norfolk Southern Railway. - PUB DATE: 7/28/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPMT-TV FOX 43 York
New video shows the explosion and impact at an apartment building in Newark that injured six people and left 31 people displaced.
There is still no word on what caused the explosion on South Pine Lane.
The building, managed by Newark Housing Authority, was all but destroyed about 6 p.m. Friday after an explosion rocked the building. - PUB DATE: 7/27/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WABC-TV ABC 7 New York
When a fire broke out in the suspended operator’s cab of a massive construction crane in New York City early Wednesday, it didn’t take long for the structure, which was 45 stories high, to come crashing down. Within minutes, the top of the crane’s boom arm careened over like a falling tree, slamming its tip into the top of a building across the street before swinging down and crashing into the side of the building it had been constructing. - PUB DATE: 7/27/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Fast Company
Thousands of people are in Chicago to attend the National Homeland Security Association Conference.
The grand opening ceremony for the conference was held Tuesday at the Hyatt Regency downtown. The event brings together people across various industries such as security, law enforcement, fire rescue and more. - PUB DATE: 7/27/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFLD-TV FOX 32 Chicago
VIDEO: Sitting in the middle of a moulage training class is Anthony Saldivar, pouring vaseline, tissue and make-up on his model’s arm, making it look like it’s severely injured.
It’s part of a basic moulage training class Saldivar volunteers to teach.
“I get to make the living look dead and the dead look living,” said Saldivar, who’s also an embalmer and funeral director. - PUB DATE: 7/27/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSAT-TV ABC 12 San Antonio
A crane went up in flames Wednesday morning high above Manhattan, then partially collapsed onto the street below.
The fire broke out shortly before 7:30 a.m. on top of a 50-story building that was under construction on 10th Avenue between West 41st and 42nd streets in Hell's Kitchen. Mayor Eric Adams was on the scene to provide an update, along with the FDNY and Department of Buildings. - PUB DATE: 7/26/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCBS-TV CBS 2 New York
VIDEO: The San Antonio Fire Department is returning to cartoons to help educate children and their families on the importance of fire safety.
The newest cartoon comes a day after Fire Chief Charles Hood held a news conference regarding a deadly house fire over the weekend. Hood stressed the importance of having working smoke alarms. - PUB DATE: 7/26/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSAT-TV ABC 12 San Antonio
VIDEO: WESH 2 News reporter Nancy Alvarez got an exclusive look at the fire station headquarters located in the central part of its jurisdiction behind Epcot.
Deputy Fire Chief Eric Ferrari showed WESH 2 the range of emergency services his department provides to Disney and the rest of the district. - PUB DATE: 7/26/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WESH-TV NBC 2 Orlando
PHOTOS: The Boston Firefighters Burn Foundation brought a little extra cheer to Shriners Hospital for Children Tuesday for their annual Christmas in July visit.
Santa and Mrs. Claus joined firefighters as they raised the ladder to wave to child patients and greet staff, including doctors and nurses. - PUB DATE: 7/26/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBTS-TV NBC 10 Nashua
Why is Washington the epicenter of the fentanyl crisis?
U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell posed the question at a Seattle round table she convened Monday about the deadly drug, where speakers talked about innovations happening locally and the challenges that lay ahead. The senator pointed to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention numbers showing the state had the biggest increase in the nation—more than 21%—in fatal overdoses reported between February 2022 and February 2023. - PUB DATE: 7/26/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Medical Express
PHOTOS: A hotel in Clarksville, Indiana was engulfed in flames on Sunday, according to the Clarksville Fire Department.
WLKY had a crew on the scene where much of the length of the Best Western off Lewis and Clark Parkway could be seen roaring with fire.
Some hotel workers on site said that all staff and guests got out safely and that guests who were staying at the hotel are being taken care of. - PUB DATE: 7/25/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLKY-TV CBS 32 Louisville
The wake-up call came Feb. 3 in eastern Ohio.
A Norfolk Southern freight train rumbling through the village of East Palestine jumped the track. Damaged tank cars spewed toxic chemicals into the air and water. A massive fire lit up the sky. More chemicals were burned days later. Polluted runoff flowed into waterways. - PUB DATE: 7/25/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Louisville Courier Journal - Metered Site
Edmond will now waive utility charges for the surviving spouses of first responders killed in the line of duty.
The City Council just made the vote on Monday night. The Edmond City Council approved the measure unanimously with city officials saying it really wasn’t a hard decision to make. f a police officer or firefighter is killed in the line of duty, their surviving spouse will never receive a utility bill from Edmond ever again, for the rest of their lives. - PUB DATE: 7/25/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOCO-TV ABC 5 Oklahoma City
VIDEO: First responders don't hesitate to enter a dangerous situation to make sure our community members are safe.
Often, they are so busy protecting the community, they forget to make sure they're protecting themselves by addressing their mental health.
"We feel like we have to be the people who are handling everything and addressing all of the issues and then we go on about our business to the next - the next call, the next incident," said Clark County Deputy Fire Chief Kelly Blackmon. - PUB DATE: 7/25/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSNV-TV NBC 3 Las Vegas
VIDEO: In an effort to save more lives in the event of a cardiac arrest, UR Medicine and the American Heart Association are introducing a CPR training station on-the-go.
The mobile CPR station is the first of its kind in New York State, and only the second in the U.S.
“The places where they’re in health care, or clinics, is not enough. - PUB DATE: 7/25/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WROC-TV CBS 8 Rochester
Authorities responded to a boat fire at a marina in Coconut Grove Friday night.
Dispatchers with Miami Fire Rescue told Local 10 News that firefighters responded to the scene of a boat fire around 9:30 p.m. near the 2500 block of South Bay Shore Drive.
“It took a little time to put extra sections of hose together, but we were able to set that up quickly and the combination of the fireboat and the crews that were on the marina were able to keep that fire from spreading,” said Cpt. - PUB DATE: 7/24/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPLG-TV ABC 10 Miami
VIDEO/PHOTOS: “Way to put that fire out.”
The message to Southside native and former major league reliever Cla Meredith came from then-Baltimore Orioles bench coach Terry Crowley.
Meredith — a sinker-ball throwing, right-handed pitcher with a low three-quarters delivery who always excelled under pressure in his six-year big league career — had just helped the O’s beat the Boston Red Sox by working out of a tense late-game jam. - PUB DATE: 7/24/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Richmond Times-Dispatch - Metered Site
VIDEO: A man was saved by technology late Friday evening after he drove off a cliff in the Mt. Wilson area, plummeting nearly 400 feet before his car finally came to a stop.
According to deputies with the Crescenta Valley Station of Los Angeles Sheriff's Department, they were contacted by an iPhone communication center at around 10:30 p. - PUB DATE: 7/24/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCBS-TV CBS 2 Los Angeles
Prior to his sudden resignation last week, former Champaign fire Chief Gary Ludwig was investigated for harassment allegations made by his employees, largely involving “inappropriate statements about women or sexually explicit content.”
According to documents obtained by The News-Gazette in a Freedom of Information Act request, City Manager Dorothy David conducted nine interviews between June 27 and July 5 with two victims/complainants and six witnesses concerning Ludwig, and interviewed Ludwig on July 6. - PUB DATE: 7/24/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The News-Gazette - Metered Site
VIDEO: There have been eight arson arrests already this year, and 30 fires that the Reno Fire Department said were arson.
Generally, Reno Fire Department Fire Investigators arrest 10 to 13 people total for arson in a year, but with July only being a little over halfway into this year, there is cause for concern. - PUB DATE: 7/24/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOLO-TV ABC/CW+ 8 Reno
