U.S. auto safety regulators have sent a team to investigate a fatal crash in Virginia involving a Tesla suspected of running on a partially automated driving system. The latest crash, which occurred in July, brings to 35 the number of Tesla crashes under investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration since June of 2016.
- PUB DATE: 8/15/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WRC-TV NBC 4 Washington, D.C.

Five people were killed and several others injured in a house explosion Saturday in Plum, a suburb of Pittsburgh. The explosion destroyed three structures and damaged at least a dozen others, authorities said. A person who was initially unaccounted for after the explosion was among the five dead, officials said Sunday.
- PUB DATE: 8/14/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CBS News

PHOTOS: New Bedford Fire Chief Edward F. Dahill changed the way firefighters fight fires. Dahill dedicated 59 years of service to the department from 1888 to 1947, and left behind an invention that made an extremely difficult job less difficult for all firefighters. He invented the first aerial ladder hoist, called the Dahill hoist, in 1902.
- PUB DATE: 8/14/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New Bedford Standard-Times (South Coast Times) - Metered Site

VIDEOS: A Maryland man led police on a wild chase from behind the wheel of two different trucks and then a stolen ambulance Saturday afternoon, striking multiple vehicles across three different highways, police said. The suspect caused a multi-car crash on I-395 in a stolen truck before stealing an ambulance that was responding to the scene.
- PUB DATE: 8/14/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WRC-TV NBC 4 Washington, D.C.

VIDEO: An apartment fire in Whitewater sent one person to the hospital. The fire, at 137 W Center St., began around 2:20 p.m. Saturday. It began on the roof of the building and was contained there, Whitewater Fire Department explained. A witness said he was walking his dog when the fire broke out. “Next thing you know, it’s truck after truck after truck, ambulance safety team and response team, EMS, all that left and right, and I mean just filled the surrounding blocks,” Matthew Richardson said.
- PUB DATE: 8/12/2023 11:23:00 PM - SOURCE: WMTV NBC 15 Madison

A local Fond du Lac restaurant sustained damage in a fire Friday, August 11, 2023. About 6:25 PM, the Fond du Lac Fire/Rescue Department was dispatched to Boda’s Restaurant at 277 south Pioneer Road for a report of smoke alarms going off and smoke in the basement. Upon arrival fire crews encountered light smoke and found there had been a fire located in the mechanical room in the basement.
- PUB DATE: 8/12/2023 7:56:20 AM - SOURCE: KFIZ-AM 1450 Fond du Lac

VIDEO: A heartfelt video about a Coral Springs-Parkland firefighter who beat cancer has won a prestigious Telly Award. Produced by the City of Coral Springs Communications and Marketing Department, Driver Engineer Brian Hobson was presented with the award on August 3. A survivor of thyroid cancer, considered occupational for firefighters, Hobson was diagnosed early and treated quickly after an annual Life Scan physical – a comprehensive medical test covered by the city for all first responders.
- PUB DATE: 8/11/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Coral Springs Talk

PHOTOS: Cañon City Area Fire Protection District’s shiny new Headquarters & Fire Station No. 3 is state-of-the-art, contemporary and, frankly, a long-time coming. What personnel and administrators value most, they say, is its functionality. The new nearly $12 million facility, located at 3016 E. Main St.
- PUB DATE: 8/11/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Canon City Daily Record

During the attack at the Covenant School, emergency calls to 911 show at least one teacher stepped into the hallway after hearing alarms go off, thinking it could be a fire drill. One proposal in Tennessee’s upcoming special legislative session would change how schools react when the alarm sounds. According to the bill, HB7002, guns fired inside a school could produce smoke that sets off fire alarms.
- PUB DATE: 8/11/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPLN-FM 90.3 Nashville

PHOTOS: After three years of raising money, the Vintage Fire Museum’s capital campaign has been completed with over $600,000 contributed for the purchase and restoration of its building. The museum, at 706 Spring St., Jeffersonville, has been at its location since 2020. It had been at other sites, including just across the street from the current spot.
- PUB DATE: 8/11/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: News and Tribune - Metered Site

There is something about watching firefighters work that is naturally dramatic and exciting to witness. Life and death situations, danger, physical feats, and the men and women working hard in service of others make for a powerful combination. Which perhaps is why firefighters make for great TV. Audiences cannot get enough of firefighters on television, and some fantastic pulse-racing, heart-wrenching firefighter shows have been produced over the years.
- PUB DATE: 8/11/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Collider

Onalaska has a new fire chief. The city announced that Peter Fletty is the new head of it's fire department. Chief Fletty is currently the the head of the Marshfield Fire Department. He's spent his career with Marshfield where he began as a firefighter/paramedic and moving up through Lieutenant, Deputy Chief, and finally Chief.
- PUB DATE: 8/10/2023 11:22:00 PM - SOURCE: WXOW-TV ABC 19 La Crosse

The Chief of Neenah and Menasha Fire Rescue Kevin Kloehn announced his plan to retire after nearly thirty-two years of service, according to a written statement issued by Amy J. Fairchild, Director of Human Resources and Safety, City of Neenah. “This fire department has been my whole life;” Kloehn wrote in his resignation, “I have put everything I have into this department with great pride and accomplishment! I have worked alongside a group of dedicated employees that helped set the bar high.
- PUB DATE: 8/10/2023 11:18:00 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

As the popularity of electric vehicles continues to grow, the Green Bay Metro Fire Department is adding tools to its trucks to help crews respond to the hazards associated with E-V crashes and fires. The new tools were made possible by a grant from AAA’s Auto Club Group Foundation. It was just days ago when an electric vehicle spontaneously combusted in Massachusetts.
- PUB DATE: 8/10/2023 7:02:00 PM - SOURCE: WNFL-AM 1440/101.9 FM Green Bay

Seven people need to find another place to stay after a fire caused about $100,000 damage to their home early Thursday morning. Sheboygan firefighters were called for a chimney fire on the 2500-block of Leon Court shortly before 12:30. What they found were heavy flames coming from the back of the home, and people were still inside the house.
- PUB DATE: 8/10/2023 3:09:00 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

Recently developed artificial intelligence software can determine whether firefighters may be about to experience a potentially fatal cardiac event. That’s what a team of researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the University of Rochester, and Google contend in a report that details their machine-learning model.
- PUB DATE: 8/10/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Safety and Health Magazine

VIDEO: At times, Dan Jensen feels like he’s caught between two worlds. One world is on display in his corner office, where he hangs artifacts from his career — his old career, back when he could barely sleep more than an hour or two before the nightmares jolted him awake. There are a few shields from his old firefighter helmets in Pine Beach and Seaside Heights, along with a few award plaques and older, turn-of-the-century firefighting antiques.
- PUB DATE: 8/10/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Asbury Park Press - Metered Site

VIDEO: It’s a side of Portland Fire & Rescue many in the community don’t see unless they’re on one of Portland’s local rivers. At Station 21 along the Eastbank Esplanade in Southeast Portland, there’s a dock that houses a fire boat and a rescue boat. This is one of three locations that house these types of boats as part of Portland Fire & Rescue’s Marine Program.
- PUB DATE: 8/10/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPTV FOX 12 Portland

VIDEO/PHOTOS: Silvis firefighters are taking on a new project: restoring an 84-year-old fire engine to its former glory. The city purchased the American LaFrance engine in 1939 and it was used as a frontline fire engine until 1964. Faded paint on the side shows it was engine #2. "It was traded in and it kind of disappeared," Silvis Fire Chief John Winters said.
- PUB DATE: 8/10/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WQAD-TV ABC/MyNetworkTV 8 Moline

While Kale Geiswite spends his days teaching criminal justice to high schoolers, most of his time off is dedicated to the real world of public safety — fighting fires and aiding search and rescue missions. He’s a volunteer firefighter for the New Berlin Fire Department in Pennsylvania, but recently his work has centered around a tool that might look more like a video game controller his students might use.
- PUB DATE: 8/10/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Government Technology