"Time-restricted" eating is a popular way to lose weight, and a new study suggests it can offer shift-workers a way to eat more healthfully. Time-restricted eating is a form of intermittent fasting, where people limit themselves to eating within a certain time window each day. Outside of that window, they swear off everything other than calorie-free drinks. - PUB DATE: 10/7/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: US News
Florida officials said firefighters working in Hurricane Ian damage zones are encountering a new problem that is proving challenging - electric vehicle fires from corroded batteries.
Florida’s Chief Financial Officer & State Fire Marshal Jimmy Patronis took to social media Thursday to show the response by North Collier Fire Rescue to an EV that caught fire in the middle of a busy roadway. - PUB DATE: 10/7/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FOX Weather
For former running back Antonio Pittman, it's not the gridiron fueling his game anymore. He's traded in that sport for a spot with the Columbus Division of Fire.
"It's a really, really, great job. I mean that from the bottom of my heart," Pittman said.
ABC6/FOX 28 first spoke with Pittman about being a Columbus firefighter back in 2020, when he first started. - PUB DATE: 10/7/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSYX-TV FOX 28 Columbus
PHOTOS: Bay District Schools is reporting an explosion that happened during the lighting of a traditional homecoming bonfire at A. Crawford Mosley High School. BDS officials said they are investigating the cause of the fire and they followed their customary safety protocols. “We know that many people who live close to A. - PUB DATE: 10/6/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJHG-TV NBC 7 Panama City
VIDEO: For the last year, Suffolk Fire and Rescue has been training a new class of heroes. In that class is a one-of-a-kind recruit. When he graduates from training, there will be no other firefighter like him in Hampton Roads.
In three weeks, Chris Heater will become a Suffolk firefighter.
“I actually grew up watching Backdraft, so, I don’t know. - PUB DATE: 10/6/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WAVY-TV NBC 10 Portsmouth
Ventura County Fire Department's pump pod system now being adopted by other agencies for huge water savings during training.
We’re at Camarillo Airport, and at first glance, it looks like the scene of a fire. There are four Ventura County Fire trucks, hoses everywhere, and some firefighters pumping water. - PUB DATE: 10/6/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCLU-FM 102.3 Santa Barbara
In December 2020, a Tompkins High School football player fought for his life in the intensive care unit after a devastating crash. Now, two years later, he is aiming to help others.
Samuel "Sam" Mills was ejected from his vehicle on Dec. 26 after losing control and hitting a curb while driving home from his job at Chick-fil-A on Pin Oak Road. - PUB DATE: 10/6/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTRK-TV ABC 13 Houston
A unique property recently hit the market on the westside of Grand Rapids. The multi-unit property originally housed the Grand Rapids Fire Department Engine No. 8 back in the early 1900s. The home, located at 40 Lexington Ave. NW and listed for $899,999, is MLive’s House of the Week. - PUB DATE: 10/6/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: MLive
A massive fire erupted at a former bank building in Boyle Heights and authorities say a person of interest is being interviewed.
The blaze was reported at around 1:30 p.m. at a vacant, single-story structure located at 1308 S. Soto St, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.
AIR7 HD captured intense flames quickly burning through the roof of the building, sending a towering column of thick black smoke into the air. - PUB DATE: 10/5/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KABC-TV ABC 7 Los Angeles
They go from door to door, hoping to find survivors and accounting for the dead, a grueling mission that continues even as bright and sunny skies make monstrous Hurricane Ian seem like something out of our deepest nightmares. “We end up in this paradise — but next to us is an apocalypse,” one Miami-Dade firefighter assigned to a rescue team told the Miami Herald’s David Goodhue. - PUB DATE: 10/5/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Miami Herald - Metered Site
Two High Point firefighters are quickly recovering after coming face-to-face with a fire that caused first and second-degree burns to several parts of their bodies.
“I definitely feel like it was one of those situations that was kind of a freak accident and kind of the wrong place at the wrong time,” Josh Bryant said. - PUB DATE: 10/5/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WGHP-TV FOX 8 High Point
Chippewa Valley Technical College presented the Chippewa Falls Fire Station with a decontamination bucket to help prevent cancer in their first responders.
Firefighters have an increased risk of cancer because of the various carcinogens they are exposed to on the job. Money was raised by CVTC to provide these buckets to local fire departments. - PUB DATE: 10/5/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WEAU-TV NBC 13 Eau Claire
During Fire Prevention Week, Oct. 9-15, participating Domino's Pizza stores will highlight this year's safety campaign theme: "Fire won't wait. Plan your escape" with flyers on top of boxes. Domino's is planning the event in conjunction with the National Fire Protection Association, which is celebrating the 100th anniversary of Fire Prevention Week, according to a press release. - PUB DATE: 10/5/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Pizza Marketplace
Nearly 100 firefighters were needed to put out a large warehouse fire in north Houston early Tuesday.
The Houston Fire Department responded to the fire at Martin's Lumber & Roofing Supply on Jensen Drive just north of 610 near the Eastex Freeway around 5:30 a.m. as black smoke began billowing from every window in the business. - PUB DATE: 10/4/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KHOU-TV CBS 11 Houston
The Houston Fire Department is battling a large hardware store fire on the north side of town.
Firefighters are responding to the fire at Martin's Hardware & Lumber on Jensen Drive just north of 610 near the Eastex Freeway. Crews arrived around 5:30 a.m. to extinguish the flames, but continue battling the fire. - PUB DATE: 10/4/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KHOU-TV CBS 11 Houston
VIDEO: At Fire Station 2 in Forest Park, you would typically see the fire engine out on the driveway. The chief tells FOX 5 Atlanta, the department has canceled its open-door policy with the community after a thief stole the Jaws of Life off a fire truck.
"We have the fire station doors open. We have the fire trucks parked on our aprons because we want that open door policy," said Chief Latosha Clemons. - PUB DATE: 10/4/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WAGA-TV FOX 5 Atlanta
VIDEO: Behind the wheel of a fire engine is the last place Chase Vaughn ever thought he'd be.
"It's a whole different level of responsibility, and a lot more math involved," he said with a laugh.
It's a job he's grown to love. He just didn't think a guy like him could actually be a firefighter. "As a kid, you see firefighters, but as a young Black kid, I didn't see Black firefighters," Vaughn told CBS Colorado's Kelly Werthmann. - PUB DATE: 10/4/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCNC-TV CBS 4 Denver
VIDEO: Data from the National Fire Protection Association shows overexertion, stress and medical issues has been the leading cause of death for firefighters. A new state grant is helping fund a project to help keep them safe. Firefighters use a specific type of jacket on the job, but the University of Cincinnati is working on adding different elements to better protect them in their work environment, and it’s all thanks to a $1. - PUB DATE: 10/4/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Spectrum News 1 - Metered Site
VIDEO: A Louisiana firefighter has a new lease on life after she received a gift like no other from an unlikely hero thousands of miles away.
Our story starts with a Denmark woman named Marianne Poulsen. For more than two years, Marianne’s husband, Michael, was in desperate need of a kidney transplant but much to her dismay, she was not an organ donor match. - PUB DATE: 10/4/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WVLA-TV NBC 33 Baton Rouge
Firefighters from multiple departments worked overnight to knock down a massive fire at a well-known greenhouse in Maple Grove.
Fire crews were called out around 3:30 a.m. for the blaze at Lynde's Greenhouse and Nursery off 93rd Avenue North, east of Elm Creek Boulevard. As they arrived, firefighters saw large flames and a large pillar of smoke billowing out of the greenhouse, according to the department's Twitter feed. - PUB DATE: 10/3/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KMSP-TV FOX 9 Minneapolis
