VIDEO: Like many states, Texas still faces a shortage of people in emergency medical services.
As a way to help get more to join the field, Acadian Ambulance is offering a short 11-day, entry-level course.
“The more credentialed individuals that we have on the street means that there’s more trucks on the street. - PUB DATE: 4/12/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSAT-TV ABC 12 San Antonio
A November investigation by the United States Department of Labor has uncovered that a Pennsylvania Dollar General willfully exposed workers to dangerous safety standards.
The store, located in Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania, subjected workers to safety hazards that included blocked emergency exit routes and electrical panels. - PUB DATE: 4/12/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJET-TV ABC 24 Erie
On April 15, 2013, Dzhokar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev walked to a crowded area near the finish line of the Boston Marathon with backpacks containing homemade pressure-cooker shrapnel bombs filled with BBs and nails.
The two brothers separated, each finding a spot packed with spectators to place their bombs. - PUB DATE: 4/11/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Republican - MassLive
VIDEO: The EF3 tornado in Whiteland didn't just damage homes and businesses.
It also made a direct hit on public safety, tearing through the community's fire station, causing serious damage.
"It picked up all kinds of debris. It ripped the roof off the front side," said Whiteland Fire Chief Eric Funkhouser. - PUB DATE: 4/11/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTHR-TV NBC 13 Indianapolis
VIDEO: Louisville Metro Police Officer Nickolas Wilt had been with the department less than two weeks before a mass shooter opened fire at a downtown bank Monday morning. He "ran towards the fire" to "save lives", and was shot in the head in the process, police said.
Five victims were killed and several others -- including Wilt -- were injured in the shooting at Old National Bank. - PUB DATE: 4/11/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHAS-TV ABC 11 Louisville
VIDEO: A firefighter's shift is unpredictable. After calls, they can physically clean off debris. But the things they see can often leave a mental stain.
According to Dallas Fire-Rescue, six Dallas firefighters have attempted suicide since 2018.
Four of them died.
In their honor, the department and union are pushing for improved mental health resources. - PUB DATE: 4/11/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFAA-TV ABC 8 Dallas
Three fires broke out across Nassau County within hours of each other on Easter Sunday.
Two homes and one flower shop were badly damaged by the flames.
In Brookville, a two-alarm fire ripped through the upper floors of a large home on Fruitledge Road on Sunday afternoon, destroying the upper floors. - PUB DATE: 4/10/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WABC-TV ABC 7 New York
VIDEO: National Donate Life Month is celebrated every April and encourages organ donor registration.
In 1994, Dave Shafer was diagnosed with polycystic kidney disease.
“Eventually, through the testing and everything else, it was determined that I needed to be on dialysis, and I was put on the waitlist and I got on the waitlist here at UPMC Harrisburg,” said Dave Shafer, kidney recipient. - PUB DATE: 4/10/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHTM-TV ABC 27 Harrisburg
PHOTOS: The nightmares have eased, but the images remain singed in Michael Irving’s mind.
The blown-out apartment complex, its walls and roof sheared off and refrigerators and mattresses still visible inside. The mushroom cloud billowing menacingly into the North Texas sky. The single severed leg poking out of the rubble, boot still firmly on foot. - PUB DATE: 4/10/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: USA Today
PFAS exposure can pose a significant cancer risk. And it's present in the moisture barrier firefighters wear under the rest of their gear to repel water and oils that could pose a risk to their safety.
PFAS , also known as “forever chemicals,” are human-made chemicals found in everything from carpets, to fast food wrappers, to firefighting foams on military bases — like Grissom Air Reserve Base near Kokomo. - PUB DATE: 4/10/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WVPE-FM 88.1 Elkhart
11 people have been hospitalized amid a 3-alarm apartment fire in Detroit. The incident happened at a 5-story apartment building on La Salle Blvd. Fire crews have been battling this fire since at least 3:30 a.m. The fire was still active at 6:25 a.m. Friday and at around 7 a.m., crews were finally able to get the flames under control. - PUB DATE: 4/7/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WXYZ-TV ABC 7 Detroit
VIDEO: Firefighters in Fire Station 5 helped rescue the California Highway Patrol officer hit by an active shooter Thursday afternoon in Roseville.
The shooting happened outside the front doors of Station 5.
Firefighters heard the shots and put on their tactical gear to find the officer and bring that officer back into the station to start treating them. - PUB DATE: 4/7/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOVR-TV CBS 13 Stockton
VIDEO: A lieutenant with Atlanta Fire Rescue is usually the one doing the rescuing, but yesterday he thanked the crew who rescued him.
Channel 2’s Berndt Petersen was at the Shepherd Center in Buckhead where he met the team of fellow firefighters who saved the lieutenant’s life. It was a reunion of sorts outside the Shepherd Center Thursday. - PUB DATE: 4/7/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSB-TV ABC 2 Atlanta
PHOTOS: Trisha Dello Iacono was preparing to host a children’s playdate on Nov. 30, 2012, when she received a phone call from her mother, telling her to tune in to the news.
A train carrying a colorless flammable gas called vinyl chloride derailed less than four miles from her home, in Paulsboro, N. - PUB DATE: 4/7/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHYY-TV PBS 12 Philadelphia
VIDEO: A Massachusetts police department is issuing a warning about a new TikTok challenge — after it put almost a dozen students in the hospital.
Southborough police warned students not to try Trouble Bubble gum, which is sold on Amazon. Police say it contains the same active ingredient as police pepper spray, oleoresin capsicum. - PUB DATE: 4/7/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCVB-TV ABC 5 Boston
A massive two-alarm fire destroyed a former Elks Lodge in northeast Portland early Thursday morning.
The fire started at about 2 a.m. at a building on Northeast 100th Avenue, near Northeast Irving Street. PF&R said crews are very familiar with this building as there have been multiple fires at the building over the past few years. - PUB DATE: 4/6/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPTV FOX 12 Portland
VIDEO: A retired firefighter is breaking records in weightlifting competitions and he’s doing it with only one arm.
“I was a firefighter for the city of Franklin and we had just come back from a fire, I was guiding the truck back into the bay for the driver and it was just a freak accident I got pinned in between the truck and the wall,” said Mike Diehl. - PUB DATE: 4/6/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDTN-TV NBC 2 Dayton
VIDEO: Every second matters for first responders, and Martin County Fire Rescue now has another tool that will help heighten its response time during emergencies.
"Once our emergency lights are activated, it communicates through a transmitter within the vehicle, that’s going to communicate wirelessly through GPS as well to the traffic preemption cabinet," Division Chief Christian Montoya of Martin County Fire Rescue told WPBF 25 News. - PUB DATE: 4/6/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPBF-TV ABC 25 Tequesta
PHOTOS: In the eighteenth century, fire protection was usually by citizens rallying around the fire battling the flames with bucket brigades. Winchester required buckets on each floor of every building and fifty-gallon tubs of water placed about the town. If a fire broke out, a bell was rung and the towns folk were expected to turn out and fight the flames including women and children. - PUB DATE: 4/6/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Royal Examiner
Firefighters are asking for help from the community with clearing fire hydrants of snow in case of an emergency. The Kaysville City Fire Department has been spreading the word for months with humorous posts, hoping to bring more attention to the message.
Cameron McKinnon, public information officer for the Kaysville Fire Department, said it’s really helpful if people can take the extra second to clear space around the fire hydrants in their neighborhoods (preferably 3 feet around the hydrant) as they do with sidewalks and driveways. - PUB DATE: 4/6/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSL-TV NBC 5 Salt Lake City
