VIDEO: The Boston Fire Department’s alarm boxes are the same as they ever were – 170 years on the job, and they still work.
They are brightly colored, well-marked and appear every 1,000 feet on Boston streets. Still, the vast communications system has, through time and familiarity, become almost invisible — hidden in plain sight. - PUB DATE: 9/21/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCVB-TV ABC 5 Boston
Following concerns about the rise of e-bike and e-scooter fires in the US, firefighters hosted a national event to raise awareness about the potential risks posed by lithium-ion batteries.
Hosted by the Fire Department of New York in mid-September, the symposium was attended by 300 people from across North America, including the National Bicycle Dealers Association president Heather Mason. - PUB DATE: 9/21/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: BikeBiz
September 24 marks a dark day for Sacramento. It was 50 years ago that 22 people died — 12 of them children — when a jet taking off from Sacramento Executive Airport overran the runway and slammed into Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlour.
Witness accounts indicate about 100 people were inside the popular eatery when the inexperienced pilot who had participated in the Golden West Sport Aviation Show changed their lives forever. - PUB DATE: 9/21/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: UC Davis Health
PHOTOS: A woman is in critical condition Monday, Sept. 19, after being rescued from her back deck during a raging house fire.
The woman, whose name has not been released, was trapped on the deck of the Cutlerville home.
Kent County sheriff’s deputies could not reach the woman but firefighters from Cutlerville, Dutton Township and Kentwood were able to rescue her while deputies sprayed water from fire hoses. - PUB DATE: 9/20/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: MLive .com
VIDEO: An elderly volunteer firefighter underwent surgery Monday and remains in a hospital in Columbus after a rollover crash that happened Sunday.
Middleport Fire Chief Jeff Darst tells WSAZ the 72-year-old firefighter suffered fractures in his lower leg.
Darst says this could’ve easily been fatal, and they’re just grateful it wasn’t worse. - PUB DATE: 9/20/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSAZ-TV NBC 3 Huntington
VIDEO: Kevin Woyjeck, 21, was one of the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshot firefighters killed while trapped in a fire in Arizona in 2013.
Released in 2017, a movie called “Only the Brave” highlighted the men’s bravery, making Woyjecks father especially proud.
“Kevin was the ninth firefighter in our family. - PUB DATE: 9/20/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSAT-TV ABC 12 San Antonio
Denver firefighters now have a second option for covering cancer-related medical costs.
The Denver City Council unanimously approved a bill that allows firefighters to join the Voluntary Cancer Benefits Award Program (VCAP) set up by the Colorado Firefighter Heart and Cancer Benefits Trust.
This measure would exist in place of the existing workers' compensation program set up by the city, but there are a few key differences between the two programs that make the new one more attractive to city employees, city officials said. - PUB DATE: 9/20/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Denver Gazette
Five people will need somewhere to stay after a fire ripped through the third floor and back porch of a multi-family home in Everett, Massachusetts Monday morning.
Firefighters with the Everett Fire Department spent hours battling the fire on Woodlawn Street Monday, where they were met with towering flames when they first arrived. - PUB DATE: 9/19/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBTS-TV NBC 10 Nashua
VIDEO: A Lauderhill fire rescue has been left damaged after someone shot at it while crews responded to a call.
A paramedic saw the gunman, and it turned into quite a scare for the first responders.
On Friday, the crew of Rescue 30 of Lauderhill Fire Rescue’s fire truck was en route to help a person who was suffering chest pains when it was shot multiple times in the area of Northwest 19th Street and 31st Avenue. - PUB DATE: 9/19/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSVN-TV FOX 7 Miami
VIDEO: A Navy arson trial is about to get underway, more than two years after fire destroyed the USS Bonhomme Richard. The trial comes as the Navy continues to unravel why the fire became one of the worst peace-time disasters in Navy history.
Beginning on July 12, 2020, the USS Bonhomme Richard burned for nearly five days in the San Diego Bay. - PUB DATE: 9/19/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPBS-TV 15 San Diego
Chief William “Bill” Feehan kept a photo on his desk at the FDNY headquarters in Brooklyn. He and his young grandson Connor stand beaming in the photo on a fireboat in New York Harbor. The chief’s burly hands rest on Connor’s shoulders and the two brace a gust of wind that has made the boy’s hair into a wild nest. - PUB DATE: 9/19/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal - Metered Site
VIDEO: The 36th annual International Association of Fire Fighters Fallen Fire Fighter Memorial ceremony returned to Colorado Springs Saturday. Approximately 8,000 guests were in attendance for the first of the event since the pandemic began.
“The inability to be together took its toll on all of us," IAFF President Edward Kelly said. - PUB DATE: 9/19/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KRDO-FM 105.5 Colorado Springs
After a nearly two-hour long firefight, crews in Stockton have gotten a handle on a two-alarm fire that destroyed a shuttered warehouse in downtown Stockton Thursday.
Around 11:30 a.m. Thursday, flames erupted inside of a building, formerly an auto shop, near Hunter and Oak Streets in Stockton, officials with the Stockton Fire Department said. - PUB DATE: 9/16/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KXTV ABC 10 Sacramento
For the first time since the pandemic's start, firefighters from across the United States and Canada will gather in Colorado Springs to memorialize those lost due to service to their communities.
This weekend will mark the 2022 IAFF Fire Fighter Memorial and it will be a big one as the International Association of Fire Fighters is inviting all the families impacted by cancellations in 2020 and 2021 to join in person for the event. - PUB DATE: 9/16/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOAA-TV NBC 5 Pueblo
The Westchester County Volunteer Firemen's Association swore in its first female president Thursday night.
The gathering of volunteer firefighters at a small banquet hall in Cortlandt also celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Mohegan Volunteer Fire Association.
New President Angela Outhouse's instinct to respond to emergencies was also on full display. - PUB DATE: 9/16/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: News 12 Westchester
VIDEO: Sometimes fire departments run across what could become a future employee at the scene of a fire, but that doesn’t happen very often. Well, that’s just what happened at a recent Longview fire. But, it may be a while before he receives a paycheck since he’s six years old.
When there’s a fire, it catches the neighborhood’s attention, but six-year-old Spencer Laster, who was home sick, was absolutely fascinated by the firefighters putting that fire out. - PUB DATE: 9/16/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KLTV ABC 7 Tyler
Opioid related overdoses continue to rise in Milwaukee County. The county’s medical examiner reports that 80% of confirmed drug deaths this year involved fentanyl, with the county on track for 700+ drug related deaths this year.
Now, local law enforcement agencies like the Oak Creek Fire Department are working to slow down those numbers by handing out Narcan Hope Kits. - PUB DATE: 9/16/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTMJ-TV NBC 4 Milwaukee
A fire broke out and destroyed two homes in New Eagle after police said a man was burning weeds with a propane torch in his yard and went back inside.
A neighbor who saw the fire on First Avenue alerted homeowner Randy Leach, who tried to put the fire out with a garden hose.
One of the homes, which is used for storage and recreation and was unoccupied, burned to the ground. - PUB DATE: 9/15/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KDKA-TV CBS 2 Pittsburgh
VIDEO: A San Antonio Fire Department program is now the gold standard across the country, making whole blood available on ambulances and at trauma scenes.
Three years ago, San Antonio mom Tiffany Kieschnick was driving to the store to get her son iced tea.
“I ended up having a stroke on my way home, and I flipped my car into a ditch and coded in the car. - PUB DATE: 9/15/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSAT-TV ABC 12 San Antonio
First responders are training together for an active shooter on campus.
Their focus is saving lives faster.
For the exercise, it’s an active shooter on campus and first responders from the Honolulu Police Department and Honolulu Fire Department carried mock victims from the building into an ambulance. - PUB DATE: 9/15/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Hawaii News Now
