VIDEO: A massive fire broke out in a hotel in Killeen, Texas, after the building's sprinkler systems failed to work due to frozen pipes. On Friday night, the Killeen Fire Department arrived at the Hilton Garden Inn hotel in Killeen to find "fire coming from the roof above the fourth floor of the four-story hotel," according to a statement from the fire department.
- PUB DATE: 2/22/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTRK-TV ABC 13 Houston

When Jersey City firefighters were jarred awake in the wee hours of a cool spring night to put out a blaze in a nearby building, they pretty much knew what to expect. The call, which came in around 3:30 a.m. on May 4, 1949, was for a small fire that started on the first floor of a three-story tenement on Montgomery St.
- PUB DATE: 2/22/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Daily News - Metered Site

The life of a firefighter means being ready for anything. For some, the burden of tragic calls wears on them, which is why the Sandy Fire Department has made focusing on mental health a priority. For Firefighter EMT Tyson Astin, trying to keep his identities separate is of the utmost importance. “I don’t wear my uniform home,” he said.
- PUB DATE: 2/22/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSL-TV NBC 5 Salt Lake City

Trading professional hockey for a career as a Rome, New York firefighter is working well for Tim Sestito. Particularly for athletes, life can appear to move quicker than for people in other professions. For Sestito, grinding out a career in hockey for 13 seasons went in what seemed in a flash. Training camps, regular seasons, playoffs (including the 2012 Stanley Cup Finals with the New Jersey Devils), off-season workouts, the battle for a roster spot was a continuous competitive cycle.
- PUB DATE: 2/22/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WIBX-AM 950

The Kenosha Fire Department’s plans for a new station and training facility moved one step closer to reality after a mostly favorable review from city officials Thursday. Interim Fire Chief Christopher Bigley and other staffers within the department discussed plans for Fire Station No. 4, 4810 60th St.
- PUB DATE: 2/21/2021 1:02:39 AM - SOURCE: Kenosha News - Metered Site

Jen’s Sweet Treats in Cudahy decided to do something sweet for a couple of first responders on Saturday, Feb. 20. The First Responders Women's Weekend Fundraiser allowed the community to give back through their appetites. The bakery is treating two families of first responders. Rochester Assistant Fire Chief Cathy Wagner passed away earlier this month.
- PUB DATE: 2/20/2021 11:08:35 PM - SOURCE: WITI-TV Fox 6 Milwaukee

When you think of firefighters.. most of the time you’d think of an adult… But the Onalaska Fire Department is looking to change that. Some high school students will soon have the opportunity to become certified firefighters. “I know when I was in high school I wasn’t thinking too much about what I wanted to be when I grow up, but I think this is an amazing career,” said Onalaska Fire Chief Troy Gudie.
- PUB DATE: 2/20/2021 10:29:06 PM - SOURCE: WKBT-TV CBS 8 La Crosse

The Waunakee Fire Department will take part in live fire training this weekend. Officials said firefighters will train in structures owned by Dane County Parks. The buildings are on the northeast corner of the Highway 19 and River Road roundabout. Firefighters will be doing a few live burns Saturday and will burn down four of the structures, including the house and one of the barns.
- PUB DATE: 2/19/2021 1:42:37 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison

The Green Bay Metro Fire Department responded to a building fire near Cluster Ct. in Allouez Thursday. When firefighters arrived around 6 p.m., a release says they saw smoke coming from a single-family basement. The fire department says they were able to control the fire and extinguished it within 10 minutes of arriving at the scene.
- PUB DATE: 2/19/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV CBS 5 Green Bay

VIDEOS: Firefighters are trying to take down a massive fire with little water in the Stone Oak area. The Bexar-Bulverde Volunteer Fire Department (VFD) responded to the fire first, which was reported at the Cortland View apartment complex off TPC Parkway around 1 p.m. Bexar-Bulverde VFD Chief Jerry Bialick said his crews immediately began to investigate and could smell smoke.
- PUB DATE: 2/19/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WOAI-TV NBC 4 San Antonio

VIDEO: Unbelievable video from WGN News’ Skycam 9 captured a firefighter jumping to safety while battling a massive fire in Chicago’s Bridgeport neighborhood. The extra-alarm fire started around 7 a.m. Friday at a building in the 2700 block of South Lowe. Power lines in the area were catching fire, causing a bigger problem for firefighters to control the flames.
- PUB DATE: 2/19/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WGN-TV 9 Chicago

On Louisville's South 13th Street stands an old brick building - like so many other brick buildings from a century ago. This one has a large "Eight" carved in stone at the top. Many may drive right past it without knowing its history, but the building was the very first firehouse in Louisville to house African American firefighters.
- PUB DATE: 2/19/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHAS-TV ABC 11 Louisville

Crime scenes, fire scenes and accident scenes eventually are cleared, but the spirit of service for those who respond to them remains. “It’s just in our nature. Just because we clock out at the end of the day doesn’t mean our desire to help goes away,” said Charlie Phipps, with Chatham Emergency Services.
- PUB DATE: 2/19/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTOC-TV CBS 11 Savannah

As part of President Biden’s push to get at least 100 million COVID-19 vaccine doses into the arms of people in the U.S. by the end of April, the White House announced February 9 it will begin shipping doses to 1,300 federally qualified community health centers. These organizations primarily serve patients from Black and brown communities who fall below the poverty line.
- PUB DATE: 2/19/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Scientific American

A local family has been displaced after a structure fire Thursday afternoon in the Putnam Heights neighborhood. Eau Claire firefighters responded at 12:41 p.m. to the fire at 1013 Bradley Ave., according to a news release from the Fire Department. Two fire engines, two ladder trucks, one medic unit and two chief officers responded to the call.
- PUB DATE: 2/18/2021 8:27:15 PM - SOURCE: Eau Claire Leader-Telegram

With snowbanks reaching head-height along Kenosha’s streets, the Kenosha Fire Department is asking residents’ help in digging out fire hydrants on the parkway. Guy Santelli, fire prevention division chief at the department, said there are nearly 3,300 fire hydrants in the city. City residents are asked to dig out the hydrants on their parkway as they clear sidewalks in front of their homes.
- PUB DATE: 2/18/2021 1:16:35 AM - SOURCE: Kenosha News - Metered Site

Local firefighters braved the snowy and frigid conditions while they battled a large warehouse fire in Princeton Wednesday night. The Princeton Fire Department responded to a structure fire at the old Leroi building on South Seminary Street shortly after 8:00 p.m. Caldwell County Emergency Manager Joey McCaslin tells the News Edge 24 firefighters responded to the fire with an aerial truck and two pumper trucks.
- PUB DATE: 2/18/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKDZ Radio 106.5 FM

Decatur is offering an incentive package to get vaccinated for COVID-19 as an encouragement for hesitant city employees, especially first responders. The DeKalb County city is offering extra vacation time, health insurance credits and raffled gift cards to try to increase vaccination rates. Fewer than half of the city’s 150 first responders — police officers, firefighters and public works employees — have gotten vaccinated, Deputy City Manager Hugh Saxon told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
- PUB DATE: 2/18/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The Porterville Fire Department will honor the memory of two fallen firefighters one year after Capt. Ramon Figueroa and Patrick Jones died making sure nobody was trapped inside a burning library. A virtual memorial service will be posted to the department's social media at 4 p.m. Thursday, officials announced.
- PUB DATE: 2/18/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Visalia Times Delta - Metered Site

VIDEOS: Emergency crews rescued 12 people from boats in frigid conditions Wednesday night after the roof of a boat dock collapsed in Old Hickory. Both the Nashville Fire Department and Office of Emergency Management responded to the Blue Turtle Bay Marina in the 2000 block of Riverside Road. Callers to 911 reported the roof of the boat dock collapsed on top of multiple houseboats with people inside.
- PUB DATE: 2/18/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKRN-TV ABC 2 Nashville