VIDEO: November 14, 2020, started off just like any other day for the Harrisonburg Fire Department in Virginia. At 10:07 am, everything changed.
The department was alerted for a structure fire, not an uncommon occurrence for the four-station department – serving approximately 52,000 residents and home to James Madison University. - PUB DATE: 6/16/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: National Fallen Firefighters Foundation
VIDEO: From lifeguards to 911 dispatchers, women are behind the scenes for Walton County emergency operations.
HERricane week brings a sea of pink to the concrete shelter in DeFuniak Springs, filled with young women on summer break.
“We’re so excited to host these girls and just teach them all about the different fields within public safety as well as just give them empowering skills that they can take throughout their lives,” Walton County Emergency Management Operations Coordinator Catie Feeney said. - PUB DATE: 6/16/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMBB-TV ABC 13 Panama City
The head of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced plans Thursday to hold a public meeting to further investigate safety issues with lithium-ion batteries in e-bikes following a sting of deadly fires.
"Lithium-ion battery fires are deadly and destructive, as we have all learned from recent e-bike fires in New York and around the country," Alexander Hoehn-Saric, chair of the CPSC, tweeted. - PUB DATE: 6/16/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FOX Business
Video of a cement tanker engulfed in flames near U.S. 75 in Richardson showed the vehicle explode.
The cement tanker was near the intersection of East Collins Boulevard and North Glennville Road. The Richardson Fire Department told WFAA the boom on a cement tanker hit a power line, which caused it to catch fire. - PUB DATE: 6/15/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFAA-TV ABC 8 Dallas
VIDEO: During the Denver Nuggets championship parade today, the team and their families will ride on Denver fire trucks.
Nikola Jokic, number 15, will be on a rig from Station 15. Jamal Murray, number 27, will be on a rig from Station 27. Station 35 doesn’t know who they will be assigned, but the crew is excited. - PUB DATE: 6/15/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KDVR-TV FOX 31 Denver
PHOTOS: Jeff Lewis was a freshman at George Mason University in 1986 when a moment of helplessness led him to his life’s calling. Driving home from class, he was one of the first to stop at the scene of a car accident where he found four seriously injured teenagers. Two boys had been ejected, and two girls remained belted inside the vehicle. - PUB DATE: 6/15/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Northern Virginia Magazine
VIDEO: Commuters in Philadelphia and commercial truckers alike are bracing for what could be months of traffic disruptions due to the destruction of a section of Interstate 95, a critical artery for regional transportation.
An elevated section of I-95 collapsed Sunday after a tanker truck carrying 8,500 gallons of gasoline flipped over on an off-ramp and caught fire, igniting a blaze that caused the northbound lanes to collapse and severely damaging the southbound lanes. - PUB DATE: 6/15/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCAU-TV NBC 10 Philadelphia
An extremely aggressive fire broke out Tuesday afternoon on Chicago's South Side.
The Bronzeville building fire has since been put out, though firefighters have continued to pour water on it and are keeping an eye on hot spots.
The Chicago Fire Department got the call around 3:40 p.m., and by then, the fire was on all floors of the three-story home in the 4500 block of South Michigan Avenue. - PUB DATE: 6/14/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLS-TV ABC 7 Chicago
Two Maine firefighter organizations hope to enroll volunteers from the state’s more than 400 departments in a new retirement program by the end of this year.
Three quarters of the state’s fire departments are run by volunteer fire chiefs, who along with other volunteers, are not eligible for retirement benefits because they do not work as full-time firefighters, according to the Maine Fire Chiefs Association. - PUB DATE: 6/14/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Bangor Daily News - Metered Site
The Brewster Fire Department has a message for the motorists who “screamed at, cursed at and flipped the bird” at firefighters while they were working the scene of a car crash last week.
On Wednesday, June 7, crews shut down a road near the intersection of state Route 241 and U.S. Route 30 and rerouted traffic after a minivan struck a motorcycle, seriously injuring one person. - PUB DATE: 6/14/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJW-TV FOX 8 Cleveland
In a Stanislaus County town with a population of 23,000 people, there’s one thing families may not know. Oakdale has a rich history in the fire engine industry, with one family business in town being the only fire engine manufacturer on the West Coast.
In fact, Stanislaus County recently celebrated the centennial of the fire engine industry. - PUB DATE: 6/14/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCRA-TV NBC 3 Sacramento
PHOTOS: One hundred firefighters battled a fire at a vacant warehouse in Louisville's Smoketown neighborhood.
Heavy black smoke could be seen billowing into the sky when the fire was reported around 4:22 p.m. Monday at the intersection of South Jackson and East Caldwell streets.
Louisville Fire Battalion Chief Maj. - PUB DATE: 6/13/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDRB-TV FOX 41 Louisville
It happens after all the big fires — the Nashville Fire Department calls a news conference and gives tips on ways to prevent this from happening again.
"Turning off that stove, not grilling within 10 feet of a home, or not grilling on that balcony patio," said Kendra Loney, Public Information Officer for NFD. - PUB DATE: 6/13/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTVF-TV CBS 5 Nashville
VIDEO/PHOTOS: The community relies on its first responders to save lives in an emergency. Remaining calm during chaotic situations is imperative and it's a skill being taught at a first-of-its-kind training for the Washington metro region.
As a Level 1 trauma center, the ambulance bay for the emergency room at Inova Fairfax Hospital is always busy. - PUB DATE: 6/13/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJLA-TV ABC 7 Washington, D.C.
Gary Weiland vowed that his leg amputation wouldn’t be his end. The Denton firefighter went in for partial knee replacement surgery in 2018, where complications during the operation resulted in the decision to amputate his left leg to save his body. And just like that, Weiland’s entire life changed. “I made the decision pretty early on that this wasn’t going to beat me,” Weiland said. - PUB DATE: 6/13/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Fort Worth Star-Telegram - Metered Site
Hennepin EMS will now carry Suboxone, a drug effective in treating opioid withdrawal symptoms, in its ambulances.
Dr. Nicholas Simpson, an emergency and Hennepin EMS physician, highlighted this step as significant for patients experiencing opioid withdrawal after they are administered naloxone, the antidote that reverses opioid overdoses. - PUB DATE: 6/13/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KMSP-TV FOX 9 Minneapolis
Repairs on Interstate 95 are expected to take "months" after an elevated section collapsed in Philadelphia on Sunday morning when a tanker truck carrying flammable cargo caught fire beneath the overpass, officials said.
"With regards to the complete rebuild of I-95 roadway, we expect it to take some number of months," Pennsylvania Gov. - PUB DATE: 6/12/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ABC News
When Greg Rhinehart, a 37-year-old firefighter/paramedic at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, woke up at 5:30 the morning of Jan. 7, he found he couldn't speak. Not a word.
Rhinehart, who was sleeping on base because he was on duty, was the victim of a stroke. But even as a paramedic, he said it took a while to put together the symptoms he was experiencing. - PUB DATE: 6/12/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Seacoast Online - Metered Site
VIDEO: A new 20-minute video has been released by the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board involving the 2018 Husky refinery explosion and fire in Superior.
The goal of the board is to “drive chemical safety change through independent investigations to protect people and the environment.”
The 2018 incident injured 36 workers, caused roughly $550 million in damage to the facility and released 39,000 pounds of flammable hydrocarbon vapor into the air. - PUB DATE: 6/12/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KQDS-TV FOX 21 Duluth
As the 2023 hurricane season officially begins, state legislatures have so far kept pace with related legislative activity of prior years. Disaster resilience bills enacted so far reflect a range of topics both similar to and divergent from 2021-22 trends. These results, and the methodology behind them, can be found in a December report on the 2022 legislative session from Columbia Climate School’s National Center for Disaster Preparedness. - PUB DATE: 6/12/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Columbia Climate School
