Firefighters from Fall River and Hyannis joined their colleagues on Nantucket Monday in an effort to begin understanding just how much of the PFAS chemicals in their turnout gear is absorbed into their bodies. “My involvement really stems from having to bury two 30-year-old firefighters from cancer,” said Jason Burns of the Fall River Fire Department.
- PUB DATE: 3/29/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Inquirer and Mirror

U.S. regulators on Tuesday authorized another COVID-19 booster for people age 50 and older, a step to offer extra protection for the most vulnerable in case the coronavirus rebounds. The Food and Drug Administration’s decision opens a fourth dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines to that age group at least four months after their previous booster.
- PUB DATE: 3/29/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KDAF-TV FOX 4 Kansas City

A massive fire broke out at a sprawling multi-million dollar property Saturday night in Bakersfield. Video shared with 17 News shows a fire ripping through the massive home in southwest Bakersfield on Buena Vista Road south of McCutcheon Road. City and county firefighters were called to the home at around 11 p.
- PUB DATE: 3/28/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KGET-TV NBC/CW+ Bakersfield

VIDEO: The arrival of the USS Orleck was not the only big move happening in the city on Saturday. The Jacksonville Fire Museum is setting up shop in its new (old) home along Bay Street. The museum rolled down Bay Street with the help of a large dolly, joining the Shipyards for a coming “Museum District,” serving as a neighbor to the newly arrived USS Orleck and the coming Museum of Science and History.
- PUB DATE: 3/28/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJXT-TV News 4 Jacksonville

A day after New York City Mayor Eric Adams doubled down on his controversial decision to lift the city's vaccine mandate for professional athletes and performers, but not city workers, FDNY unions demanded a meeting to discuss the contradiction in policy. The heads of two firefighter unions delivered a request of the mayor Saturday to sit down within a week's time to discuss the city's vaccine mandate.
- PUB DATE: 3/28/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WNBC-TV NBC 4 New York

A historic event occurred March 27, 2004, at the Equine Center north of Arkansas State University at Jonesboro. Nine helmeted racers sporting gloves and foam neck braces roared at speeds topping 40 mph around a dusty, lumpy dirt track, on riding lawn mowers. It was the inaugural race of the Arkansas chapter of the U.
- PUB DATE: 3/28/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette - Metered Site

A South Jersey fire company made history Saturday after every crew member on call for a shift was a woman. According to the volunteers at Union Fire Company, a branch of the Deptford Fire Department, having several females on call at once is normal. "It's for everybody. You don't need to be a male to do this field.
- PUB DATE: 3/28/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPVI-TV ABC 6 Philadelphia

The Madison Fire Department Hazardous Incident Team and other agencies responded to the scene of a fuel spill Saturday afternoon. Crews were dispatched to the 3700 block of Commercial Ave. around 1:39 p.m. Saturday after the diesel tank of a semi truck was accidentally punctured. The first crews on scene found a large leak coming from one of the semi’s fuel tanks.
- PUB DATE: 3/27/2022 7:09:46 PM - SOURCE: WMTV NBC 15 Madison

A Milwaukee firefighter rescued a family of four from an apartment fire on the city's northwest side this afternoon on March 27. It happened near 104th and Fond du Lac at about 1:30 p.m. Milwaukee Fire Department says two adults and two small kids were trapped inside their apartment due to smoke in the hallway.
- PUB DATE: 3/27/2022 4:38:35 PM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

Fond du Lac fire crews put out a small fire inside a Mercury Marine plant early Sunday morning. Crews responded to Mercury Marine Plant 17 in the 500 block of W. Pioneer Road for a reported fire near a machine inside the facility, according to a spokesperson with Fond du Lac Fire and Rescue. Firefighters found a small fire on the floor next to an industrial machine and some smoke throughout the plant.
- PUB DATE: 3/27/2022 1:19:07 PM - SOURCE: WGBA-TV NBC 26 Green Bay

Two people were displaced following an accidental apartment fire on the 2300 block of Cypress Way Saturday afternoon. According to Madison Fire Department, MFD crews were dispatched to the location around 4:37 p.m. Firefighters arrived to find black smoke banked to the floor and rolling over the eaves of the exterior.
- PUB DATE: 3/26/2022 6:45:30 PM - SOURCE: WMTV NBC 15 Madison

PHOTOS: A dog that was stuck on an icy lake in Beaver Dam is now safe and sound Friday after being rescued by firefighters. The Beaver Dam Fire Department posted on Facebook that its team’s ice rescue training came in handy to save the dog on Beaver Dam Lake. Crews used an inflatable boat attached to a rope to reach the dog that appeared to be stuck in the middle of the body of water.
- PUB DATE: 3/25/2022 12:17:17 PM - SOURCE: Wmtv-Tv Nbc 15 Madison

The city's Fire and Police Commission on Friday appointed a 24-year department veteran as the new fire chief. Peter Fletty took the oath of office at 8 a.m. Friday, shortly after the commission selected him with a unanimous vote. The Marshfield Fire and Police Commission could have hired someone from outside the department to be the next chief but chose instead to promote Fletty, said Mike Meyers, commission president.
- PUB DATE: 3/25/2022 7:40:24 AM - SOURCE: Marshfield News-Herald

A Gillett resident was found dead inside his home after a fire erupted in the residence on Wednesday. According to the Gillett Police Department, at around 7:14 p.m., multiple local police and fire personnel responded to a report of heavy smoke and flames coming out of a home located in the 100 block of S.
- PUB DATE: 3/25/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV CBS 5 Green Bay

Madison College is connecting its students and alumni with area first responder and emergency medical service employers. The college held its second-annual EMS/Fire Career Expo on Thursday, offering students a chance to learn more about jobs available in those fields. “There’s an extraordinarily high demand for first responders right now, especially EMS providers,” Chad Powell, the fire program director at Madison College, said.
- PUB DATE: 3/25/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WGLR-FM 97 Lancaster

A fire at Empower Field at Mile High Stadium in Denver was extinguished after it sparked a plume of smoke that could be seen for miles on Thursday afternoon. Investigators are holding a news conference at 3 p.m. to discuss the fire. Watch it live on CBS News Colorado. Fire crews arrived at the stadium to find heavy, thick black smoke and flames.
- PUB DATE: 3/25/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCNC-TV CBS 4 Denver

Trey Anthony Loomis might have died that horrible day 26 years ago. The 2-year-old was trapped in a 1995 Kansas City house engulfed in flames. A firefighter found the child in a closet and pulled him free. The firefighter who rescued him probably never thought the toddler, burned over 90% of his body, would live.
- PUB DATE: 3/25/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Kansas City Star - Metered Site

In 2021, ahead of the 20th anniversary it the 9/11 attacks, a Howell Township man penned his thoughts into a song and then recorded it and released it for all to hear. Vinnie DeMarinis focused on what happened that day and in the days, weeks, and months that followed in a song named 'Hold On (A Tribute to 9/11)' which was just one of the many ways people all over continue to grieve, remember, honor, and keep what happened that day in the front of everyone's minds.
- PUB DATE: 3/25/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WOBM-FM 92.7 Toms River

VIDEO: Thieves made off this week with thousands of dollars worth of life-saving firefighting equipment taken right off of a parked fire engine in Graham and the city's Fire & Rescue Department is working to find ways to protect its gear. The thefts have become more and more common across Western Washington in recent months.
- PUB DATE: 3/25/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle

Two-and-half years after a fatal propane explosion in Farmington, a federal agency is sharing new insight into the tragedy. The 73-page report from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) reveals new information on the moments leading up to the tragedy. It includes the clearest timeline to date of events leading up to the explosion which claimed the life of Captain Michael Bill and injured six firefighters.
- PUB DATE: 3/25/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMTW-TV ABC 8 Poland Spring