Five buildings were destroyed during a fire at a former cereal factory in Orange Saturday.
According to State Fire Marshal’s Spokesperson Jake Wark, crews were called to 16 West River Street at around 11:45 a.m. Saturday for reported smoke and flames at the vacant mill building. Four additional buildings were also on fire, including one on East River Street. - PUB DATE: 6/6/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WIVB-TV CBS 4 New York
VIDEO: Dispatchers in Volusia County can now see an emergency in real time using a video 911 system the sheriff’s office unveiled this week.
Sheriff Mike Chitwood said they’re just starting to use it and an incident on Thursday is a great example of when Volusia residents would need it. Witnesses driving on I-4 Thursday afternoon called 911 and took video of a minivan that was swerving into the shoulder, the other lane, and even the median. - PUB DATE: 6/6/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKMG-TV CBS 6 Orlando
Indianapolis firefighters stopped a man with a knife who attacked them after chasing a woman into an east side fire station on Saturday.
At around 1 p.m., a firefighter was backing his fire department vehicle into a bay at IFD Station 11, located at 1715 E. Washington Street near Southeastern and South State avenues, when a woman ran past the vehicle and into the station. - PUB DATE: 6/6/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTHR-TV NBC 13 Indianapolis
PHOTOS: Iterations of Last Chance, Clayton’s fire boat, have been serving the north country for over 60 years, going where fire trucks can’t go.
As Clayton Fire Department treasurer and boat Capt. Justin Taylor boarded the boat recently, his pager went off, his phone sounded, and the fire whistle blared through the streets of Clayton. - PUB DATE: 6/6/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NNY 360 - Metered Site
Nearly every American, the CDC says 97%, has some level of “forever chemicals” in their blood because they are found in so many household products. Now, scientists in Arvada are making it easier for you to test your levels at home.
PFAS, or perfluoroalkyl substances, are commonly known as forever chemicals because they can build up in the body over time. - PUB DATE: 6/6/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCNC-TV CBS 4 Denver
VIDEO: Fire crews battled a large fire in a Port Richmond junkyard Thursday afternoon.
Crews were called to Aramingo Avenue and Wheatsheaf Lane about 4:30 in the afternoon. They were met with heavy flames.
Plumes of thick, black smoke could be seen billowing across the river and into New Jersey by drivers along northbound I95. - PUB DATE: 6/3/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTXF-TV FOX 29 Philadelphia
As more and more electric vehicles hit the road, first responders are preparing to adapt to the unique emergencies the new technology could bring.
Huntington firefighters had the opportunity on Thursday to get hands-on training in this and became the first career department in the country to do so with West Virginia University's unique program in high demand. - PUB DATE: 6/3/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCHS-TV ABC/FOX 8 Charleston
Within the past week, four more members of the FDNY have died of 9/11-related illnesses.
Supervising Fire Marshal John McCauley and firefighter Robert Reynolds passed away on Saturday. Firefighter Michael Verzi died Sunday, and Deputy Chief Vincent Mandala died two days after that.
Each served at least twenty years with the fire department, according to service records. - PUB DATE: 6/3/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WNBC-TV NBC 4 New York
Wake County is teaming up with Wake Tech Community College and six other fire departments to recruit more people to work for them.
The program is called “Career in a Year.”
The goal is to increase racial and gender diversity within its fire departments.
The county says right now 97 percent of staff with Wake County Fire Services are male. - PUB DATE: 6/3/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WRC-TV NBC 4 Washington, D.C.
VIDEO: On June 2, 1983, 23 passengers died in a fire onboard Air Canada Flight 797.
The flight was coming from Dallas, Texas, and heading to Toronto, Canada, when the cabin crew discovered smoke in a rear lavatory. According to the aircraft accident report, the crew attempted to extinguish the hidden fire before contacting air traffic control and declaring an emergency. - PUB DATE: 6/3/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPBF-TV ABC 25 Tequesta
VIDEO: Almost three dozen people were left without a home after flames tore through a Clayton County apartment on Wednesday evening. Firefighters spent several hours battling the massive blaze.
The first reports of the fire came in around 7:25 p.m. Fire crews were dispatched to the Ashford at Stone Ridge apartments off Flat Shoals Road. - PUB DATE: 6/2/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WAGA-TV FOX 5 Atlanta
Williamsburg teacher and coach Austin Mullikin runs with a purpose and a cause every single day.
Mulliken is running a 5k a day for 343 straight days in honor and remembrance of all 343 firefighters who died on 9/11.
He said he wanted to remember them because we all made a promise 20 years ago to never forget, and he felt like he should do more. - PUB DATE: 6/2/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCRG-TV ABC 9 Cedar Rapids
VIDEO: KGUN 9 spotlights a different local non-profit on the first Wednesday of every month. With Wildfires so prevalent in our region, this month we're focusing on the Greater Tucson Fire Foundation.
It's the latest installment of The Giving Project—Doing Well, by Doing Good.
The Foundation exists to support the needs of the firefighting community, providing firefighters and their families with health and wellness services. - PUB DATE: 6/2/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KGUN-TV ABC 9 Tucson
The FOX 8 I-Team has found more and more local first responders training for a new way to get medical help more quickly to victims of a gunman on a rampage.
The plan revolves around sending ambulance crews into scenes right behind the first officers.
While the officers search for the gunman, the paramedics search for victims. - PUB DATE: 6/2/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJW-TV FOX 8 Cleveland
Now that summer has (unofficially) arrived, the calendar of cool stuff to do outdoors in Boston is suddenly packed. That is certainly the case on the Harbor, where party boat and island ferry season is now in full force, the ICA Watershed is open, and a cliff diving competition in the Seaport is just around the corner. - PUB DATE: 6/2/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Boston Magazine
VIDEOS: A fire at a chemical production plant in downtown Omaha burned Monday night into Tuesday morning.
KETV NewsWatch 7 drone footage and Google Earth images show the damage to the Nox Crete facility, located near 20th and Center streets. The first call for help at the facility came at 6:53 p.m., according to Battalion Chief Scott Fitzpatrick. - PUB DATE: 6/1/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KETV ABC 7 Omaha
VIDEO: Vandals destroyed the Homewood Acres volunteer firehouse over Memorial Day weekend – and the break-in happened in broad daylight.
The discovery was made days later, and the vandals were kids caught on camera.
As CBS 2's Marissa Perlman reports, the firehouse at 3860 183rd St. in the unincorporated community of Homewood Acres was left looking like a tornado had ripped through it. - PUB DATE: 6/1/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBBM-TV CBS 2 Chicago
Firefighters are in the middle of a sleep study being conducted by the University of Wisconsin-Superior’s Health and Human Performance Department. The goal of the study is to improve firefighter health.
Smart watches worn by Superior crew members 24 hours a day, seven days a week are gathering data about their heart rate, blood pressure and sleep patterns at home and on the job. - PUB DATE: 6/1/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Superior Telegram - Metered Site
The Junction City Fire Department is hoping to stop bullying starting with schools in Boyle County.
Firefighters said after incidents in their own community and now the tragedy in Texas, the department is hoping to change lives, one student at a time.
It is called “Firefighters Against Bullies.” The program was started in Pennsylvania by a group of firefighters hoping to draw awareness to schools and to build an anti-bullying program. - PUB DATE: 6/1/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDKY-TV FOX 56 Danville
It was the single biggest loss of life in the history of the Houston Fire Department.
Nine years ago, the Southwest Inn fire ultimately claimed the lives of five firefighters. The four firefighters who died on the scene were Robert Bebee, Robert Garner, Mathew Renaud, and Anne Sullivan.
In March 2017, Captain Bill Dowling, who lost both of his legs in the fire, died of complications from the injuries sustained in the line of duty. - PUB DATE: 6/1/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTRK-TV ABC 13 Houston
