VIDEO: A fire quickly consumed a string of row homes in West Philadelphia on Tuesday, putting over a dozen people out of their homes.
Velice Hids, who lives on the 200 block of North Hobart Street, says she smelled smoke and heard a loud smack before running to the window to see where the startling noise could have come from. - PUB DATE: 10/12/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTXF-TV FOX 29 Philadelphia
Catholic Health has started using an app that helps EMTs better communicate with emergency rooms, and says it may be a potential saver, especially when seconds count.
It's called Pulsara and installed on an EMTs smartphone or tablet, allowing them to engage in real-time consultation with emergency room doctors and nurses to triage and assess patients while they are en route to the hospital. - PUB DATE: 10/12/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WGRZ-TV NBC 2 Buffalo
VIDEO: The Louisville Water Company held a demonstration Tuesday in honor of Fire Prevention Week, showing how crucial its hydrants are around the city.
Louisville Water owns and maintains around 25,000 fire hydrants throughout the city. It has an entire team that tests, services and maintains the hydrants year-round. - PUB DATE: 10/12/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDRB-TV FOX 41 Louisville
PHOTO: The fire department is having an open house on Saturday, and the department plans to have a very special visitor.
After it was rebuilt in Washington state, a 1934 Seagrave fire truck will arrive in Beverly on Wednesday and be prepared before it comes home to Ipswich, completing an almost 90-year journey that saw it owned by people in Massachusetts, Vermont, New York, and Washington. - PUB DATE: 10/12/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Ipswich Local News
October 12th marks the start of what is still known as the worst natural disaster to ever hit Minnesota.
The Minnesota Historical Society says more than 450 people died in the Cloquet, Duluth and Moose Lake fires. More than 1,500 square miles were scorched and towns and villages burned flat.
The whole event lasted less than 15 hours from beginning to end. - PUB DATE: 10/12/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJON-FM 95.3 St. Cloud
Monday evening, Oct. 10, the Waco Fire Department responded to a call about a large commercial fire near Imperial Drive.
Firefighters were responding to another call when they were dispatched to the fire, and were reportedly on the scene less than a minute after the call was placed. The fire took place at the Sunbright Recycling Plant at 701-A Texas Central Parkway, where large piles of material were ablaze. - PUB DATE: 10/11/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCEN-TV NBC 6 Temple
A dream became a reality Monday for one brave 7-year-old in Hanover County.
Javi Guzman anxiously waited for his Make-A-Wish day for months due to the pandemic. Now, he is officially sworn in as the newest and youngest addition to the Hanover County firehouse.
“He’s been waiting for this day to come,” his mom, Amy Guzman said. - PUB DATE: 10/11/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHSV-TV ABC 3 Harrisonburg
VIDEO: A heroic story tonight, one woman went from taking care of someone trapped in a car after a car wreck, to welcoming her new born baby. All in the span of 24 hours.
Megan Warfield splits her time serving others and volunteering at the Bowleys Quarters Volunteer Fire and Rescue and working as a firefighter at Baltimore County Fire Department. - PUB DATE: 10/11/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMAR-TV ABC 2 Baltimore
PHOTOS: Did you know Birmingham has a firetruck museum? The Southern Vintage Fire Apparatus Association (SVFAA) hosts the Birmingham firetruck museum with over 70 vintage firetrucks. Keep reading to see how to enjoy this hidden gem in the heart of The Magic City.
I had the chance to visit the SVFAA warehouse during their latest open firetruck museum event. - PUB DATE: 10/11/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Bham Now
VIDEO: Three firefighters were injured while battling a fire at a Long Beach strip mall.
Firefighters responded to the 5600 block of Atlantic Avenue just before 4:30 a.m. Saturday and saw heavy smoke and flames coming from one of the buildings.
Dozens of firefighters took defensive Three firefighters were injured while battling a fire at a Long Beach strip mall. - PUB DATE: 10/10/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTTV FOX 11 Los Angeles
The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) and the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) celebrate the progress of the City’s “Keeping Homes Fire Safe” campaign reaching over 60,000 New Yorkers with life-saving fire safety information and strengthening ties between the City agencies overseeing fire and housing safety enforcement. - PUB DATE: 10/10/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The City Life Org
Two dozen Boston Police officers are shedding the blue for the red this year, switching over to Boston Fire in an unusually large swing among the city’s first responders.
Data provided by the city shows that 24 Boston police officers have transferred to the fire department in 2022, enrolling in the academy to become firefighters. - PUB DATE: 10/10/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Day - Metered Site
Derek Kaplan has had a passion for baking since the age of 15, but he never imagined that his side hustle would turn into a staple in the Wynwood dessert scene.
Known by many as Fireman Derek, Kaplan opened his first bake shop in 2014. Eight years later, Fireman Derek's has customers traveling to Miami from across the country for a taste of their one-of-a-kind pies. - PUB DATE: 10/10/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTVJ-TV NBC 6 Miami
During the 1990s and well into the 2000s, Las Vegas gained a worldwide reputation for imploding older hotels and casinos to make way for newer and bigger resorts.
In true Las Vegas tradition, the building implosions were an event — an epic show with each one appearing to out-implode the previous.
Between 1993 to 2016, 13 major properties were imploded, and others were just torn down. - PUB DATE: 10/10/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSNV-TV NBC 3 Las Vegas
Crews say 80 people will be displaced after huge apartment fire broke out in north Phoenix on Thursday evening. The flames broke out around 7 p.m. at a complex near Cave Creek Road and Cinnabar Avenue, north of Dunlap Avenue. One man had minor burns, firefighters said. Residents will be taken to temporary housing, but it’s still unknown what sparked the fire. - PUB DATE: 10/7/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTVK-TV 3 & KPHO-TV CBS 5 Phoenix (AZ Family)
VIDEO: The Holyoke Fire Department is working to restore a piece of the city’s history.
“Firefighting is steeped in history and tradition and this is our, if you will, this is our connection to our forefathers that were here before us, that build the Holyoke Fire Department to what is today,” said Holyoke Fire Capt. - PUB DATE: 10/7/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WGGB-TV ABC 26 Springfield
"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
