VIDEO: Firefighters protected nearby buildings from flames that tore through an auto parts storage center early Tuesday in Cypress Park. Over 100 firefighters were battling the fire in the community north of downtown Los Angeles. Crews responded to the 1000 block of N. San Fernando Road at about 4 a.
- PUB DATE: 2/2/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KNBC-TV NBC 4 Los Angeles

VIDEO: Dramatic video shows first responders rescue two people from a vehicle submerged into Long Island Sound during the nor'easter on Monday afternoon. Two people were in the pickup truck when it went 35 feet out into the water. Only the bed of the truck was sticking out. A woman in the truck got out through the rear window and was able to get onto the bed of the truck and out of the water, but a man in the truck was stuck.
- PUB DATE: 2/2/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WABC-TV ABC 7 New York

The Goodyear Fire Department is one of the first fire departments in the country to take a major step toward preventing firefighters from getting cancer from the important work they do. Goodyear opened up Station 186 near Willis and Rainbow Valley roads in early January. The station is one of three that will be built with special air partitioning systems to keep carcinogens away from firefighters in between calls.
- PUB DATE: 2/2/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPNX-TV NBC 12 Phoenix

With the Alabama state legislative session starting on Feb. 2, a bill has already been proposed to give more help towards first responders suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder. When people hear the term PTSD, most do not think about firefighters, police officers, or other safety staff. According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 30 percent of first responders are expected to develop some type of behavioral condition.
- PUB DATE: 2/2/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDHN-TV ABC 18 Dothan

La Crosse firefighters battled a fire Monday night and into early Tuesday morning in downtown La Crosse. The La Crosse Fire Department was dispatched for a fire on the back staircase at 304 Pearl Street, Casino Bar, with units responding to the scene in 3 minutes and 50 seconds. When crews arrived heavy fire and smoke were coming from the first and second floors, extending to the roof in the rear of the building.
- PUB DATE: 2/1/2021 11:35:05 PM - SOURCE: WKBT-TV CBS 8 La Crosse

The time finally came to replace the old truck at Fire Station 5 in Eau Claire, and the new truck they received last week has the firefighters excited. Captain David Whitehouse says station 5 received the new truck because they respond to some of the city’s tallest buildings where the platform will be most important.
- PUB DATE: 2/1/2021 12:23:40 PM - SOURCE: WLAX/WEUX Fox 25 La Crosse

VIDEO: Firefighters are battling a fire at Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding in Sturgeon Bay. Fire Chief Tim Dietman tells Action 2 News that crews are having trouble finding the source of the fire. Smoke can be seen on our Sturgeon Bay Skycam. Dietman says the fire is on a ship called the Roger Blough.
- PUB DATE: 2/1/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

Multiple northwest Wisconsin fire departments responded to battle a garage fire in Bayfield County on Sunday afternoon. The Ashland Fire Department responded to the fire at 30465 Chapek Road in the Township of Eileen around noon. The garage was "fully involved" and 7000 gallons of water was used to extinguish the fire.
- PUB DATE: 2/1/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDIO-DT ABC 10 Duluth

VIDEO: A huge fire broke out overnight inside a recycling plant in New Jersey. The 11-alarm fire is contained but is still not under control at Atlantic Fiber Company that started just after midnight Saturday. Firefighters from over 20 departments including Rutherford, Paterson, Lodi and Wallington responded to the fire on the brutally cold night.
- PUB DATE: 2/1/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WABC-TV ABC 7 New York

PHOTOS: A crew from Lakeside Fire House was sent to the hospital Sunday morning when their firetruck rolled off the road while it was snowing. Henrico Fire tweeted on Sunday, Jan. 31 around 10:50 a.m. that it received a call that one of its units -- Henrico Fire Engine 305 -- was involved in a rollover accident.
- PUB DATE: 2/1/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WVEC-TV ABC 13 Hampton

Dylan Mercier was not unlike any number of boys growing up. He loved playing with toy cars and trucks. The St. Anne man, who recently had his Mack semi-tractor and trailer wrapped to pay tribute to firefighters, is now stepping into a world he never could have imagined. Mercier, who will soon turn the age of 20, was contacted by die cast toy manufacturer First Gear, Inc.
- PUB DATE: 2/1/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Daily Journal - Metered Site

A Durham company is developing a new technology that will help fight COVID-19. It’s what EmitBio said will potentially save millions of lives. The handheld device is inserted into the mouth aims precise wavelengths of targeted light at a spot in the back of the throat known as your oropharynx. It’s turned on for five minutes, and later that same day the treatment is repeated.
- PUB DATE: 2/1/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBTW-TV CBS 13 Florence

VIDEO: Beautiful, hand-made wooden American flags to benefit local fire departments -- that’s the idea behind Flags for Frontlines. Michael Jolley is a 17-year-old volunteer firefighter at Ryegate Fire Department. “I just have a passion for volunteer firefighting, I went to emergency services and criminal justice at Riverbank Career and Technical Center in Bradford where I just really found my passion in Emergency Services through that,” he says.
- PUB DATE: 2/1/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCAX-TV CBS 3 Burlington

The Westby-Christiana Fire Department was dispatched to a house fire in Westby off of County X on Landis Road around 8:30 p.m. Saturday. Joe Devine with the Westby-Christiana Fire Department says the home belongs to one of the department’s firefighters. The firefighter, his wife and children were all in the house at the time the fire started.
- PUB DATE: 1/31/2021 1:37:47 PM - SOURCE: WKBT-TV CBS 8 La Crosse

Firefighters in Beaver Dam were on the scene of two separate factory fires on Friday morning. The first happened at Metalcraft of Mayville, and the second happened at the Kirsh Foundry facility less than two hours later. Fire Chief Alan Mannel said employees were evacuated at both facilities and no injuries were reported.
- PUB DATE: 1/30/2021 5:36:06 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison

Oak Creek firefighter Jerry Biggart, who is part of the of the Professional Firefighters of Wisconsin, wants legislators to know how critical it is to keep the mask requirement in place. First responders encounter people every day, in small, confined spaces, who need help and are not wearing masks. “Firefighters and EMS workers are dealing with the outcome of the COVID virus and with the amount of sick people that we are seeing, we’re very concerned should anything be done to decrease the amount of masks being worn by the citizens in our state,” Biggart said in a news conference Tuesday, adding that many firefighters and EMS workers in Wisconsin have contracted COVID.
- PUB DATE: 1/29/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Wisconsin Examiner

A 72-year-old man who just returned home from the hospital after battling COVID-19 died in a fire at the Burnham Hill Apartments near 29th and Mitchell in Milwaukee early Thursday, Jan. 28. More than 80 were displaced. FOX6 News spoke with the devastated family of Nathaniel Beal, found dead in a third-floor unit where the fire started.
- PUB DATE: 1/29/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee

Six people died and 10 were injured following a liquid nitrogen leak at a food processing facility in Gainesville. Fire crews from Hall County and Gainesville responded to a report of burns at Foundation Food Group around 10:12 a.m. When units arrived, Zach Brackett of Hall County Fire Services said they found a large group of employees that had evacuated, along with multiple people who were experiencing medical emergencies in and around the facility.
- PUB DATE: 1/29/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WGCL-TV CBS 46 Atlanta

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) National Response Team has been deployed to assist the Chula Vista Fire Department in the investigation into the shoe store fire that injured four firefighters Monday. The fire broke out at around 5:40 p.m., inside the Action Footwear, at 655 H Street, according to the Chula Vista Fire Department.
- PUB DATE: 1/29/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KNSD-TV NBC 39 San Diego

VIDEO: Firefighters were called to a fire Thursday evening at the Meredith Marina and Boating Center. Meredith police dispatch confirmed that a building was fully involved in flames. Witnesses said they heard and felt an explosion. Thick smoke could be seen coming from the area of the marina. "There was a loud explosion.
- PUB DATE: 1/29/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMUR-TV ABC 9 Manchester