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
VIDEO: Firefighters are warning parents after a Cocomelon children’s book caused a minivan fire in North Carolina.
The George Hildebran Fire & Rescue Department said Sunday that a child’s car seat caught fire soon after the child had gotten out.
After the flames were put out, the Fire Marshal’s Office determined that the fire was started by a “button battery” inside a children’s book that was left underneath the seat. - PUB DATE: 8/28/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCTV CBS/MyNetworkTV 6 Thomasville
At least nine people were injured in a four-alarm fire that swept across a cluster of buildings in Brooklyn late Monday night, according to the FDNY.
The fire broke out at a building on Dean Street between Mother Gaston Boulevard and Sackman Street around 10:40 p.m. Over 160 firefighters and EMS personnel responded to the scene, per fire officials. - PUB DATE: 8/27/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPIX-TV CW 11 New York City
VIDEOS: On Sept. 8, 1994, 132 people were killed in what is the deadliest air disaster in Pennsylvania's history: The crash of USAir Flight 427.
On this edition of Chronicle, we looked back at rarely seen video from the years-long investigation and spoke with the lead investigator who provided exclusive new insights into the crash. - PUB DATE: 8/27/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTAE-TV ABC 4 Pittsburgh
VIDEO: The 2024-2025 Tennessee Teacher of the Year has been crowned: Bryan Kerns of Dobyns-Bennett High School in Kingsport City Schools.
Kerns has spent 17 years of a 20-year teaching career as an Algebra 1, Geometry and Algebra 2 teacher at Dobyns-Bennett High School. However, Kerns also holds a unique position — fire management instructor. - PUB DATE: 8/27/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKRN-TV ABC 2 Nashville
VIDEO: Over 75 million Americans are being urged to take proper precautions as temperatures could top 100 degrees in parts of the Midwest on Tuesday.
The extreme heat comes as a new report published in JAMA shows that heat-related deaths have risen significantly in the U.S. in recent years. The report, which was compiled using data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, showed there were 21,518 fatalities from 1999-2023 citing heat as the underlying or contributing cause of death. - PUB DATE: 8/27/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Scripps News
PHOTOS: A large house fire that sent one to the hospital devastated a home in Skiatook, taking multiple departments and tanker trucks hours to put out.
2 News got a call from a viewer about the fire. By the time crews got there, the home was completely engulfed. It was a shocking scene in Skiatook on Aug. - PUB DATE: 8/26/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KJRH-TV NBC 2 Tulsa
VIDEO/PHOTOS: Firefighting is a tough, dangerous job, especially in Arizona where wildfires are prevalent and deadly.
Phoenix launched its first fire department in 1886 when a special bond raised $10,000 to purchase equipment and improve the water supply. In the decades after, the city worked to expand staff and upgrade equipment to effectively fight blazes around town. - PUB DATE: 8/26/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: AZ Central - Metered Site
VIDEO: Crews with Dallas Fire-Rescue (DFR) rescued 15 people associated with the Los Angeles Chargers -- both players and members of the team's traveling party -- who were trapped in an elevator at The Westin hotel in Downtown Dallas on Friday night.
The Chargers, in town for their final 2024 preseason matchup against the Dallas Cowboys on Saturday at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, acknowledged in a social media post Friday night that members of the team were stranded in an inoperable elevator in the team's hotel. - PUB DATE: 8/26/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFAA-TV ABC 8 Dallas
Near the end of an April workday in 2022, the Virginia International Raceway fire and rescue team was notified that a racecar driver had fallen and hit his head just after getting out of his vehicle.
The driver had collapsed while talking to his pit crew, and the response team soon learned that the situation was more serious than a simple fall. - PUB DATE: 8/26/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Cardinal News
PHOTOS: A fire broke out at a boat anchored to a Wildwood, NJ, fuel dock that had the fire department working on the scene for three and a half hours.
Firefighters were dispatched to a 42-foot vessel engulfed in flames, and the fire partially spread to the dock. The boat eventually sank from the large amount of water used to put out the fire, and the cause of the fire remains under investigation. - PUB DATE: 8/23/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPHL-TV CW 17 Philadelphia
VIDEO: An Inglewood woman was arrested after she was seen on video yelling and swatting at a Los Angeles County firefighter in Gardena before crashing her car into the firefighter's.
It happened around 1 p.m. Wednesday. Frank Rojas said he heard an argument outside his Gardena home before he took out his cell phone and started recording. - PUB DATE: 8/23/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTTV FOX 11 Los Angeles
