VIDEO: A former Dayton firefighter is sharing his life experiences in his new book which came out May 1.
“Overcoming Tuesday” tells the personal story of former firefighter Jim Burneka with co-author Hilary Hawkins. The book title was inspired by an interview with 2 NEWS anchor Brooke Moore about first responders’ mental health. - PUB DATE: 5/3/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDTN-TV NBC 2 Dayton
VIDEO: Tucked away in the mountains of Grand County is C Lazy U Ranch, a guest ranch that's been around since 1919. The land is stunning in a quintessential Colorado fashion — with a burn scar still visible throughout the property.
The burn scar is from the 2020 East Troublesome Fire.
The Director of Ranch Operations, Mike Cullen, remembers that fire vividly. - PUB DATE: 5/3/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KMGH-TV ABC 7 Denver
PHOTOS: A major truck fire on I-95 south between exits 15 and 14 in Norwalk has shut down the interstate.
State police say it happened around 5:30 a.m.
The large fire involved a petroleum tractor-trailer, a tanker and a car. The tanker truck was carrying 8,500 gallons of petroleum, fire officials say. - PUB DATE: 5/2/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: News 12 Connecticut
Governor Ivey signed a proclamation recognizing Dothan’s HeartSafe initiative, Tuesday.
Leaders from the Southeast Health Medical Center and Dothan Fire Department visited the state capitol for Governor Ivey to recognize Dothan as the state’s first HeartSafe city.
The HeartSafe program has trained over 7,000 people for CPR. - PUB DATE: 5/2/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTVY-TV CBS 4 Dothan
PHOTOS: What may be the largest structure fire in Tri-Cities history is continuing to burn 10 days after it started, sending toxic smoke from burning plastic and other materials drifting over nearby homes.
Fire officials still don’t know what sparked the destructive blaze at Lineage Logistics’ Kennewick cold storage warehouse, but Benton Fire District 1 has asked for help from the U. - PUB DATE: 5/2/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: AOL.com
A scuba dive boat captain was scheduled to be sentenced by a federal judge Thursday on a conviction of criminal negligence after 34 people died in a fire aboard the vessel nearly five years ago.
The Sept. 2, 2019, blaze was the deadliest maritime disaster in recent U.S. history, and prompted changes to maritime regulations, congressional reform and several ongoing lawsuits. - PUB DATE: 5/2/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC News
A person was rescued after their car fell over the side of a cliff on the Angeles Crest Highway in La Cañada Flintridge on Tuesday morning.
Los Angeles County firefighters along with personnel from the Montrose Search & Rescue Team responded to Angeles Crest Hwy near mile marker 32 around 6:30 a.m. for a sole vehicle accident. - PUB DATE: 5/1/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTTV FOX 11 Los Angeles
VIDEO: First responders become victims of a drive-by shooting in Shreveport.
The personnel are okay and were not injured. Despite being shaken, they quickly rushed back into action.
Stray bullets struck an innocent bystander and a fire station on Monday night. Police said two vehicles were driving down David Raines and Martin Luther King Drive, shooting at each other or outside their vehicles. - PUB DATE: 5/1/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTAL-TV NBC 6 Texarkana
VIDEO: The Rapid City Fire Department announced the opening of its new state-of-the-art training tower with the hopes of training the best firefighters statewide.
The Rapid City Fire Department’s new five-story training tower was unveiled Tuesday. The facility is only the second live fire training tower West River other than Ellsworth Air Force Base and will allow for more complete and efficient training to be done whenever firefighters need it. - PUB DATE: 5/1/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KEVN-LD FOX 7 Rapid City
Fire crews are still on scene in Concord blocking off roads, several hours after a large fire gutted a commercial building.
The fire broke out near the BART station on East Street and Sunset Avenue. That is right across the street from the BART station and in a stretch of commercial buildings.
Overnight, the front part of the building collapsed in flames. - PUB DATE: 4/30/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KGO-TV ABC 7 San Francisco
PHOTOS: Firefighters are used to getting to their destinations in a hurry. Hubie Widmer took 10 years to complete his quest.
“I said, ‘You know, I want to get my picture taken in front of every fire department in the state,’” Hubie said.
In March, the Watertown firefighter completed his task. Over a decade, Hubie visited 775 fire departments – as best as he can tell relying on state records – every fire department in Minnesota. - PUB DATE: 4/30/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KARE-TV NBC 11 Minneapolis
Monday, The Milwaukee Fire Department announced they are partnering with Ignite the Spirit to provide essential mental health resources for firefighters through fully funded therapy sessions facilitated by licensed mental health professionals. The program is launching under the All-Hands Initiative, and Fire Lieutenant Joseph Flick founded Ignite the Spirit in 2018. - PUB DATE: 4/30/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTMJ-TV NBC 4 Milwaukee
A massive fire broke out at an apartment complex in Randolph, Massachusetts, on Sunday night, prompting large-scale evacuations and warnings from police and town officials about smoke in the area, as well as low water pressure.
The Randolph Fire Department was called to the multi-family residential blaze at 60 Bridle Path Circle just after 6 p. - PUB DATE: 4/29/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBTS-TV NBC 10 Nashua
The National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (NFFF) will host the 43rd National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend (Memorial Weekend) on May 4-5, 2024 in Emmitsburg, Maryland. This year’s national tribute will honor 89 firefighters who died in the line of duty in 2023 and 137 firefighters who died in previous years. - PUB DATE: 4/29/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Tri-State Alert
VIDEO: Multiple tornadoes tore across Oklahoma on Saturday night, leaving a wide trail of destruction, leveling homes and buildings and knocking out power for tens of thousands of residents and businesses. At least four people were killed in the state, including a child.
The region remained on high alert for severe weather after thunderstorms and tornados rolled through Friday and Saturday from Texas to the Great Lakes. - PUB DATE: 4/29/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CBS News
VIDEO: University of Texas students created a robot that can help protect firefighters. Their startup is called Paradigm Robotics.
The technology is meant to assist with search and rescues in structure fires or other dangerous situations.
Recently, the Austin Fire Department reported two firefighters were injured after searching for a person inside a house fire. - PUB DATE: 4/29/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KXAN-TV NBC 36 Austin
PHOTOS: Firefighters were called out Thursday afternoon to battle an inferno at the far end of the iconic Oceanside Pier.
The fire was reported shortly after 3 p.m. and the firefight stretched overnight and into Friday.
A massive plume of smoke quickly filled the sky, and two firefighting boats arrived on scene shooting water cannons at the structure at the end of the pier, where it broadens to support two structures and is called the hammerhead. - PUB DATE: 4/26/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KNSD-TV NBC 7 San Diego
VIDEO: The town of Vernon is proudly billing itself as the first community in the country to adapt what is called the VRNA EMS System to assist first responders.
The system, created by nearby East Hartford-based VRSim, uses virtual reality to better train firefighters, EMTs, paramedics, and police officers for an array of medical incidents. - PUB DATE: 4/26/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTIC-TV FOX 61 Hartford
VIDEOS: It's been an interesting couple of days for a Holladay neighborhood.
On Tuesday, resident Robert Eliasoff and many others were told to evacuate after old dynamite was found at a home near 6200 South and 2300 East.
"An officer approached my door and told me I needed to evacuate and I asked him, 'How much time do I have?' and he said, 'Just get what you can and let's go'," Eliasoff recalled. - PUB DATE: 4/26/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSTU-TV FOX 13 Salt Lake City
Grand Junction Fire Department Captain James Kavanaugh has recently taken on a new and novel job for a firefighter: podcast host.
”Going Interior,” GJFD’s new wellness podcast, aired its first episode April 1.
Kavanaugh, who oversees GJFD’s academy, said the department’s communications staff has had the idea for a podcast for a while, they just didn’t know the format. - PUB DATE: 4/26/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel - Metered Site
