A family of six and two other people are without a home this morning after a fire in a Franklin County home this morning.
Franklin County firefighters say the fire began around 3 a.m. Wednesday morning at the intersection of Metcalf Rd. and Sagemoor Rd. When crews arrived they said the fire had spread to a nearby power pole and crews had to tend to the pole before the house. - PUB DATE: 6/23/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KNDO-TV NBC 23 Yakima
Wednesday, Gov. Andy Beshear ceremonially signed House Bill 562, relating to mental health for first responders.
The bill establishes 48 hours of time off for police officers and firefighters following critical incidents.
The bill also redefines a critical incident. It includes officer-involved shootings, serious vehicle crashes, the death of a colleague or partner and other circumstances. - PUB DATE: 6/23/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHAS-TV ABC 11 Louisville
UT Health East Texas EMS paramedics will teach roughly 20 EMTs from Guam this summer about specialized clinical training to become accredited in advanced life support techniques.
“They’re going to experience high performance 911 training through UT Health East Texas EMS and receive training from paramedics who are actively working in the field,” said TC Howard, chief operating officer of the School of EMS, which helped coordinate the effort. - PUB DATE: 6/23/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KYTX-TV CBS 19 Nacogdoches
One hundred years ago, on a distant Feb. 16 evening, a blaze erupted at the Prospect School.
The tragedy that occurred during the blaze has become a part of village lore. And the firefighter who gave his life was memorialized during a Tuesday evening ceremony at the location.
It was freezing cold outside when the village’s firefighters responded. - PUB DATE: 6/23/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Daily News - Metered Site
PHOTOS: Usually, looking up while walking around Boston is the way to go.
But if you find your eyes turned to the ground in the coming days and weeks, be sure to keep an eye out for a handful of delightful mice-sized storefronts that have popped up around the city.
AnonyMouse has so far revealed two Boston installations on Instagram — a bookstore and a fire station — but there are a handful more still out there, according to the group. - PUB DATE: 6/23/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Boston.com
A plane carrying 126 people caught fire after landing at Miami International Airport Tuesday, leaving three people hospitalized with minor injuries.
Red Air Flight 203 from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, had landed around 5:30 p.m. when the landing gear in the nose of the plane collapsed, Miami International Airport officials said. - PUB DATE: 6/22/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTVJ-TV NBC 6 Miami
Every traffic light in St. Charles County will soon automatically turn green for first responders heading to emergencies — the latest move in a $17 million effort to create "smart intersections" across the county.
Emergency vehicles now get priority at 210 of the more than 350 traffic lights in St. - PUB DATE: 6/22/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Government Technology
An important event for first responders is scaling back this year. Texas A&M Extension Service (TEEX) announced their Spanish Fire School will no longer be happening in-person.
The loss of this year’s Spanish Fire School is a disappointment for TEEX as well as tourism officials. The school not only provides valuable training to firefighters, but also brings big money to the area. - PUB DATE: 6/22/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KBTX-TV CBS 3 Bryan
Bob Shank’s mother asked him to help run Shank’s Tavern in Marietta in 1968, which got him involved in the family business and Lancaster County’s oldest tavern established in 1814.
Four years later in 1972, Shank had to deal with the aftermath of the destruction wrought by Tropical Storm Agnes.
Shank recalled in detail what the tavern looked like in the wake of the storm. - PUB DATE: 6/22/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Lancaster Online
Starting July 7 through August 25, ten talented home cooks will grace our screens and compete in Rhode Island PBS’s search for “the Great American Recipe.” Amongst those chosen to share their signature dishes with the world is Rhode Island’s very own Dan Rinaldi. We caught up with the Providence firefighter by day and meal maker by night ahead of the premiere to learn a little more about his Italian cooking roots, his time on the show and his favorite Rhode Island eats. - PUB DATE: 6/22/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Rhode Island Monthly
VIDEO: Local firefighters battled what Las Vegas Fire & Rescue reports to be the largest fire involving occupied buildings in the city of Las Vegas in 25 years. At least ten buildings were either damaged or destroyed in the massive fire in Downtown Las Vegas early Sunday morning.
As the fire jumped from building to building, several vehicles were also destroyed. - PUB DATE: 6/21/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSNV-TV NBC 3 Las Vegas
VIDEO: Hennepin County is relying on a growing network of special weather stations to aid emergency managers in planning for and responding to heat-related emergencies.
"We want to know in what areas are going to require the greatest amount of resources," said Eric Waage, the county's director of emergency management. - PUB DATE: 6/21/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCCO-TV CBS 4 Minneapolis
VIDEO: The city of Bristol has launched a new, life-saving program so firefighters can move quicker and smarter when they respond to calls.
It's called Community Connect and the city just launched it last week. It's a secure, encrypted website, like the ones run by banks, where neighbors and business owners can upload information to help first responders. - PUB DATE: 6/21/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTIC-TV FOX 61 Hartford
Gettysburg Fire Department Firefighter Doug Kahn recently packed up his gear and jetted off to Israel for a week as part of the Emergency Volunteer Project (EVP).
EVP is a nonprofit rescue program whose mission is to be able to deploy aid and volunteers to Israel at a moment’s notice. Through a partnership with the Israeli government, EVP has trained thousands of volunteers across the United States and Israel. - PUB DATE: 6/21/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Gettysburg Times - Metered Site
PHOTO: It stood tall among the smoking debris surrounding it.
A cross was all that remained of Balsora Baptist Church in Bridgeport, Texas, after a fire swept through the building Friday, leading to a response from a dozen area agencies.
The Boonesville–Balsora Volunteer Fire Department described the church fire as a “devastating loss” to the community but noted that the cross was a “sight to behold. - PUB DATE: 6/21/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSPA-TV CBS 7 Spartanburg
Several agencies were heavily engaged with a massive fire that broke out at a tire yard in Montebello Friday morning.
The fire was first reported just after 2:15 a.m. on Bluff Road near Maynard Road, prompting a long battle between firefighters and the massive flames.
According to Montebello Fire Department, the fire was very stubborn due to the burning rubber and was expected to continue for hours. - PUB DATE: 6/17/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCBS-TV CBS 2 Los Angeles
After wrapping up a 24-hour shift as a firefighter in Toledo, Ohio, this past weekend, Myles Copeland went to New York to suit up for his other job, a player for Toledo Glass City of The Basketball League, for a playoff game against the Jamestown Jackals.
But his two worlds collided near the end of the first quarter of Saturday's game when a referee, John Sculli, passed out on the court and became unresponsive. - PUB DATE: 6/17/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ESPN
PHOTOS: Fred Sullivan stood in complete darkness on the fourth floor of the Hotel Vendome, a rookie Boston firefighter waiting for orders as the remnants of a four-alarm fire were being extinguished at the once-elegant building on Commonwealth Avenue and Dartmouth Street.
It was the afternoon of June 17, 1972, and Sullivan could hear his experienced colleagues about 25 yards away, talking among themselves, some leaning against a wall. - PUB DATE: 6/17/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Boston Globe - Metered Site
Houston Life went on the hunt for deserving dads to give a hobby upgrade in time for Father’s Day, and we found them at Katy Fire Department.
Teaming up with Academy Sports + Outdoors in Katy, we called upon store director James Bage to lean on his hobby upgrading skills.
Dad No. 1, Captain Matthew Ondruch, has two little girls and not only is Katy Fire Department’s very first Training Captain, he also teaches EMS classes at the local colleges. - PUB DATE: 6/17/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPRC-TV NBC 2 Houston
A decades-old Avondale mural painted to memorialize firefighters who died in a massive arson fire is getting a facelift.
Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa (35th) is teaming up with the city to restore the large Fireman’s Memorial Park mural overlooking the busy intersection of Diversey, Milwaukee and Kimball avenues. - PUB DATE: 6/17/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Block Club Chicago
