PHOTOS: As thick black smoke visible from miles away billowed above a chemical fire in downtown Omaha on Monday night, fire officials recommended residents in the nearby area evacuate.
Omaha Fire confirmed in a report Monday night that a fire broke out in an industrial building near 20th Street and Woolworth Avenue a few minutes before 7 p. - PUB DATE: 5/31/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WOWT-TV NBC 6 Omaha
For years, Albuquerque Fire Rescue has honored Memorial Day by completing the CrossFit “Murph” Challenge.
KOB 4 was at the AFR Training Academy early Monday morning to get an inside look at the annual tradition and to learn more about the national hero the workout is named after. “When you’re suffering, try to remember those that take care of us,” said Christopher Epley, captain of training at the AFR Training Academy. - PUB DATE: 5/31/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOB-TV NBC 4 Albuquerque
VIDEO/PHOTOS: Hundreds of motorcycle riders gathered in downtown Cleveland on Sunday to honor Ohio’s fallen firefighters who died in 2021.
The 18th Annual Firefighters Memorial Ride started with a ceremony at the Cleveland Firefighters Memorial in front of the Cleveland Science Center at 10:30 a.m. Following the ceremony, the processional ride began from downtown Cleveland at the Firefighters Memorial and traveled through the following communities: Cleveland, Cleveland Heights, South Euclid, Mayfield Heights, Willoughby, Mayfield Village, Eastlake and ending at Western Reserve Harley-Davidson in Mentor with food and entertainment. - PUB DATE: 5/31/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJW-TV FOX 8 Cleveland
May 28, 1977 is a date that may never be forgotten in the Tri-State. 165 people were killed and hundreds more were hurt in a fire at the Beverly Hills Supper Club in Southgate, Kentucky on that date.
The famed club near Cincinnati, which was known for entertainment, was hosting a huge crowd that night. - PUB DATE: 5/31/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCPO-TV ABC 9 Cincinnati
A home in Jackson’s Belhaven neighborhood appears to be a total loss after a massive fire overnight.
The house is at the corner of Pinehurst and Olive Streets, right across from Belhaven University and a few doors down from the historic Eudora Welty House.
There’s no word yet on how it started or whether anyone was inside at the time. - PUB DATE: 5/27/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLBT-TV NBC 3 Jackson
A firebug is wreaking havoc in south Sacramento, setting more than a dozen fires during the month of May near the same intersection.
Gesselle Pablo drove up on the flames and started snapping pictures. In one picture, fire lined Freeport Boulevard, but that wasn’t the only one. Pablo spotted another fire a block away off Florin Road. - PUB DATE: 5/27/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOVR-TV CBS 13 Sacramento
One family is celebrating more than a century of service to Milwaukee in 2022.
The Lipski family has been serving in the Milwaukee Fire Department for 110 years. It started back in 1912 when current Chief Aaron Lipski's great-grandfather's oldest brother started at Engine No 21 off of Palmer and Lloyd Street. - PUB DATE: 5/27/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee
The city of Charleston is having trouble retaining employees, especially those outside of the police and fire departments.
These workers, often referred to as “non-sworn” or “civilians,” are leaving at a higher rate than in years past, according to an internal survey conducted by the city.
So far in 2022, 62 percent of exiting employees cited pay as their main reason for leaving. - PUB DATE: 5/27/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Post & Courier - Metered Site
A bill to ensure condominium safety passed both chambers of the legislature and was signed Thursday by Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Within days of the special legislative session starting this week, both chambers passed bills to reform property insurance and increase safety measures for condominiums. Both bills, Senate Bill 2D, Property Insurance, and Senate Bill 4D, Building Safety, were sponsored by state Sen. - PUB DATE: 5/27/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Center Square
VIDEO: A school bus driver running their routes Wednesday morning spotted a house fire and quickly called 911 about 6:00am.
The house fire, in the 3900 block of Hooker Road, was in Walker County, but Chattanooga firefighters assisted in the task of extinguishing the fire and shared helmet cam video. - PUB DATE: 5/26/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WRCB-TV NBC 3 Chattanooga
Throughout the trailer for the upcoming CBS drama series, “Fire Country,” the words Cal Fire are written on fire trucks, uniforms, shirts and paperwork.
But Joe Tyler, director and 31-year veteran of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire), wants Cal Fire staff to know that the department is not affiliated in any way with the television show. - PUB DATE: 5/26/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Press Democrat - Metered Site
In the wake of the Uvalde, Texas elementary school shooting, KOIN 6 News talked to a former Oregon fire chief who responded to the 1998 Thurston High School shooting who also pioneered a program that worked to prevent school shootings for nearly a decade.
On May 21, 1998, 15-year-old Kip Kinkel, a freshman at Thurston High School in Springfield shot and killed two student and wounded 25 more. - PUB DATE: 5/26/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOIN-TV NBC 6 Portland
VIDEO: What started as a way to connect with kids during the pandemic has evolved into a national award-winning cable access show.
"Storytime with Chief Cassidy," starring Fire Chief Michael Cassidy and produced by Holliston Cable Access and station manager Bruce Gilfoy, was recently honored with an "Award of Excellence," at the 28th Annual Communicator Awards, presented by the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts. - PUB DATE: 5/26/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Metro West Daily News - Metered Site
Gov. Dan McKee had a special guest at his COVID-19 briefing Thursday morning.
White House COVID-19 Coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha joined McKee virtually to announce the nation’s first federally backed test-to-treat site is opening at the Clínica Esparanza/Hope Clinic in Providence.
The new site comes as the White House announced more steps Thursday to make the antiviral treatment Paxlovid more accessible across the United States. - PUB DATE: 5/26/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPRI-TV CBS 12 Providence
VIDEO: The 18-year-old gunman who slaughtered 19 children and two teachers at a Texas elementary school barricaded himself inside a single classroom and “began shooting anyone that was in his way,” authorities said Wednesday in detailing the latest mass killing to rock the U.S.
Law enforcement officers eventually broke into the classroom and killed the gunman, who used an AR-style rifle. - PUB DATE: 5/25/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KXAS-TV NBC 5 Fort Worth
VIDEO/PHOTOS: The Reno Fire Department fights hundreds of fires each year. There's a team focused on the dozens of fires that are intentionally set.
Arson cases are the least often, least effectively prosecuted criminal offenses in America even though they are the largest dollar loss crime, exceeding burglaries, thefts and armed robberies combined, according to the interFire website. - PUB DATE: 5/25/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KRNV-DT NBC 4 Reno
VIDEO: An 18-year-old gunman killed 19 children and two teachers as he went from classroom to classroom at a Texas elementary school, officials said, adding to a gruesome, yearslong series of mass killings at churches, schools and stores.
The gunman, armed with an "AR-style rifle," was also killed when law enforcement confronted him at Robb Elementary School. - PUB DATE: 5/25/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KXAS-TV NBC 5 Fort Worth
Firefighters have a 9 percent higher risk of being diagnosed with cancer and a 14 percent higher risk of dying from the disease than the general adult U.S. population, according to studies by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health and other agencies.
Recent research by scientists at Duke University could give doctors and public health officials a new tool for tracking firefighters’ exposures to cancer-causing chemicals and determining where and when the risks might be greatest. - PUB DATE: 5/25/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Duke - Nicholas School of the Environment
VIDEO/PHOTOS: The Memphis Fire Department is showing its Tiger Pride.
Monday, Mayor Jim Strickland, Memphis Tigers head basketball coach Penny Hardaway, and Fire Chief Gina Sweat helped to unveil a special new truck hitting the Memphis streets.
The fire engine is blue striped with the Tiger logo on the side. - PUB DATE: 5/25/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WATN-TV ABC 24 Memphis
Firefighters are still working to extinguish hotspots after a massive fire broke out inside a Newport hotel Monday evening.
Crews responded to the Wayfinder Hotel on Admiral Kalbfus Road shortly after 8 p.m. as heavy flames and smoke could be seen for miles pouring from the roof and windows.
Departments from six different communities were called in as mutual aid to help put out the flames at the four-story hotel, which is across the street from the old Newport Grand Casino. - PUB DATE: 5/24/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPRI-TV CBS 12 Providence
