VIDEO: First responders have used virtual reality to train for certain emergencies for years, but those simulations are usually limited to a screen and don’t give responders hands-on experience.
A new one-of-a-kind training center opened in Boulder, Colorado, to take virtual reality training for first responders to the next level. - PUB DATE: 8/4/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KMGH-TV ABC 7 Denver
PHOTOS: The Oak Creek Fire Department has a new member named HOSE-A.
Made out of old rubber fire hose, HOSE-A, named in part by the community, is a training dummy firefighters can use during drills for various scenarios.
Firefighter Aaron Krukowski said many departments donate old fire hose to area zoos where it’s used to weave chairs and beds for animals or just hung in monkey exhibits. - PUB DATE: 8/4/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Metered Site
VIDEO: May 31, 2013, was a day of heartbreak for the Bayou City.
"It's something that's near and dear to all of us firefighters. It's the worst day we ever had in the Houston Fire Department," said Chris Hill, HFD District Chief in charge of cadet training. A total of five firefighters died while battling a blaze at the Southwest Inn at 6855 Southwest Freeway. - PUB DATE: 8/4/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KRIV-TV FOX 26 Houston
VIDEO: What's the first thing you should do in the event of a fire? The New York City Fire Museum wants to teach you.
By collecting and preserving the history of the city's fire service, the museum aims to educate the public — especially children — on fire prevention and safety.
The building alone is part of history, as it's a renovated firehouse from 1904. - PUB DATE: 8/4/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WNBC-TV NBC 4 New York
VIDEOS/PHOTOS: The site of an unusual and dangerous discovery in West Philadelphia has been decimated by fire less than 12 hours after the initial investigation began.
More than 150 jugs of gasoline were found in the vacant home on the 100 block of 59th Street near Arch Street around 8 p.m. Monday.
At 9:50 a. - PUB DATE: 8/3/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPVI-TV ABC 6 Philadelphia
VIDEO: Last week's Kentucky flood disaster was America's deadliest non-tropical flash flood in 45 years.
At least 37 were killed in eastern Kentucky after 6 to 9 inches of rain fell in just 12 hours last Thursday, triggering record flooding on the North Fork Kentucky River in Jackson and Whitesburg, and damaging flooding in several other towns. - PUB DATE: 8/3/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Weather Channel
Truckee Meadows Fire & Rescue (TMFR) announced Tuesday that one of their fire stations will be temporarily closed due to a bat infestation.
Fire Station 30 located at 3905 Old Highway 395 will shut down for an undetermined amount of time.
Bats have been found in the living quarters and apparatus bay of the fire station, causing a health and safety risk to fire crews. - PUB DATE: 8/3/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KRNV-DT NBC 4 Reno
With degrees in chemical engineering, and graduate study at Princeton University’s Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Maximillian Nguyen thought that becoming a volunteer firefighter was out of his “normal wheelhouse.” But he considers himself “a resident of the town of Princeton and not just a University student,” so he decided to give back to the community in appreciation for enjoying what Princeton has to offer. - PUB DATE: 8/3/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Town Topics
Canton firefighter Maureen Stoecklein has switched gear from public safety to professional sports as the Detroit Tigers nutrition coordinator.
She was invited to become a crucial member of the professional baseball team’s support network in late 2021 and officially retired from firefighting duties this summer to focus on the Tigers’ fuel from food. - PUB DATE: 8/3/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Hometown Life
Sioux Falls police say a man is facing multiple charges after crashing a car into a gas station.
Police spokesman Sam Clemens said around 2:30 a.m. on Saturday, a man was driving south on Minnesota avenue and tried to turn left onto 41st street. The driver did not complete the turn but instead drove through a gas station parking lot, hitting a gas pump before hitting the front of the building. - PUB DATE: 8/2/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSFY-TV ABC 13 Sioux Falls
VIDEO: Aug. 1, 2022 marks 15 years since the Interstate 35 bridge in Minneapolis collapsed, killing 13 people and injuring over a hundred others. For at least one Iowan who was responding in the aftermath, it still feels recent.
Ankeny Fire Chief James Clack started the job back in 2014, but before that, he held the same job in Minneapolis. - PUB DATE: 8/2/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WOI-DT ABC 5 Ames
When a business owner and beloved member of Denver’s East Colfax neighborhood was shot outside her apartment late July 15, four calls to 911 — including the first one made — went to Aurora’s emergency operations center, most likely because the callers were using Verizon as their wireless carrier.
Technology exists to more accurately route 911 calls from cellphones to the correct 911 communications center, but Verizon — one of the three major carriers in the United States — has refused to install it in Denver and other parts of the country. - PUB DATE: 8/2/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Denver Post - Metered Site
Ray Olsen has had it with the pictures.
He’s been leaning against the front bumper of a 1966 American LaFrance fire truck, posing for photos as best he can, but there’s a limit, and Ray, a man for whom vanity is not a strong point, has reached it.
“That’s it,” he says as Deseret News photographer Ben Braun pauses to check the latest digital images on his camera. - PUB DATE: 8/2/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Deseret News
Two firefighters were taken to an area hospital after they were injured while battling a two-alarm house fire in New Castle County, Delaware.
According to officials, the fire began at about 9:45 p.m. in the 100 block of Belmont Drive in Pike Creek.
When crews arrived, heavy smoke was showing from a two-story home. - PUB DATE: 8/1/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPVI-TV ABC 6 Philadelphia
PHOTOS: It has raced to fires, rolled through parades, is part of a museum and still works.
One hundred years after “Old Engine One” first rolled into Caribou, the 1922 American LaFrance pumper is still the pride and joy of the city’s fire and EMS department.
In a time when old vehicles end up in metal compactors, the city of Caribou sees the treasure in its first fire truck and works hard to preserve it. - PUB DATE: 8/1/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Bangor Daily News - Metered Site
Firefighters, their families, departments and community leaders gathered in Sacramento on Saturday to pay tribute to the 82 California firefighters who lost their lives in the line of duty with a memorial ceremony at the Safe Credit Union Convention Center.
“It’s solemn, but we also want it be as uplifting as it can be to help those family members remember,” said Rick Martinez, the executive director of the California Fire Foundation. - PUB DATE: 8/1/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCRA-TV NBC 3 Sacramento
It’s rare for an electric bus to burst into flames in the way a state-operated one did last month at a Hamden bus depot, but the same can’t be said for all electric vehicles, according to industry experts.
And the National Transportation Safety Board, a federal agency that investigates significant transportation accidents, has joined the efforts to determine the exact cause of the fire. - PUB DATE: 8/1/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CT Insider
VIDEO: Fire departments across the country are using various different tactics to recruit more females.
Efforts are happening at a boot camp in Boise, Idaho, a girl’s summer camp in Charlotte, North Carolina, to recruiting college athletes in Columbus, Ohio, and changing public perception in Lexington, Kentucky. - PUB DATE: 8/1/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KMGH-TV ABC 7 Denver
PHOTOS: State transportation crews have reopened all southbound lanes of Interstate 5 in Seattle Thursday evening after a vehicle carrying liquid oxygen caught fire and exploded, snarling traffic for motorists through the midday and afternoon commute.
No injuries were reported during the incident, which resulted in the closure of both north- and southbound lanes near downtown Seattle for over an hour. - PUB DATE: 7/29/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle
If you’re not one for heights, then this view may not be for you. Rural Metro Fire – Knox County gave WATE’s Bo Williams an inside look at its newest and biggest addition.
In June, Rural Metro added a new $1.2 million aerial truck to its fleet to serve North Knox County for the next 20 years.
“This aerial is 107 feet. - PUB DATE: 7/29/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WATE-TV ABC 6 Knoxville
