VIDEO: A Goodyear firefighter is back in the Valley after spending three weeks in Ukraine where he was part of a team that helped hundreds of people as the crisis raged on.
Dan Freiberg is a captain with the Goodyear Fire Department and traveled to Ukraine as a volunteer with Team Rubicon, a nonprofit organization that uses the skills and experience of military veterans and first responders to provide aid during disasters and humanitarian crises across the globe. - PUB DATE: 4/25/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTAR-FM 92.3 Glendale
VIDEO: A massive fire ripped through a commercial building in east central Fresno early Friday morning.
The fire started before 4:30 am on Pine near Maple Avenue in an industrial area of the city. A cloud of heavy smoke could be seen from miles away along Highway 180 and Highway 168.
Firefighters used two hoses to attack the flames from above on a tall ladder. - PUB DATE: 4/22/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KFSN-TV ABC 30 Frenso/Visalia
VIDEO: Peoria firefighters celebrated the history and memories within the oldest fire station in the River City. It opened in 1952 and is expected to close next month.
“If you wanted to prove yourself as a firefighter, you came to Station 4,” said Interim Chief Shawn Sollberger.
The same message spread through all the firefighters who gathered Thursday night. - PUB DATE: 4/22/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHOI-TV ABC 19 Peoria
A new report by a task force studying PFAS, or “forever chemicals” commonly found in nonstick cookware, some clothing and firefighter gear, is being praised by the firefighting community.
“It was really shocking, both through testimony that we heard and coming to understand that PFAS is in all of the turnout gear that is used by our firefighters, and with the increase of PFAS in gear, we’ll also see increases in cancer rates,” said state Rep. - PUB DATE: 4/22/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Sentinel & Enterprise
What started as an activity for one firefighter to do with his kids is now earning him likes, follows, and comments on social media.
Chris Maleta and his family moved to Brunswick County nearly two years ago from Kansas where he served as a firefighter for 13 years. He’s continued his career in North Carolina and has now been in the fire service for 15 years. - PUB DATE: 4/22/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WWAY-TV ABC/CBS/CW+ 3 Wilmington
VIDEO: Two lawmakers are saying the Fern Hollow Bridge collapse in Frick Park in January reaffirmed why western Pennsylvania needs a top-tier urban search and rescue team. Thursday, they introduced legislation with the goal of making that happen.
Pittsburgh's assistant fire chief says they called in the state's only urban search and rescue team to help with search efforts when the Fern Hollow Bridge collapsed in Frick Park in January. - PUB DATE: 4/22/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KDKA-TV CBS 2 Pittsburgh
Two firefighters were injured while battling a 3-alarm blaze at a downtown building in Seymour, authorities said.
Fire officials said residents in two apartment buildings next door were evacuated as a precaution. About 13 residents are believed to be displaced, but officials believe they'll be able to return to their homes tonight. - PUB DATE: 4/21/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WVIT-TV NBC 30 New Britain
PHOTOS: Public art continues to be a priority in Lakewood, with Shaker Heights-based artist Scott Goss recently completing a mural on the eastern side of Fire Station No. 2.
“The basis for the design is incorporating symbols related to fire safety and EMS work as a way to kind of create an immediate connection to the viewer,” Goss said. - PUB DATE: 4/21/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Cleveland.com
The Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded off the tip of Louisiana’s Mississippi River delta 12 years ago -- a few minutes before 10 p.m. on April 20, 2010 -- killing 11 rig workers.
Two days later, the burning rig sank, snapping the steel piping connected to the blown out oil well and sending crude flowing unfettered into the Gulf of Mexico for 87 days. - PUB DATE: 4/21/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WWL-TV CBS 4 New Orleans
VIDEO: The excitement is in the air over in Vidalia as they get ready for the city’s annual Onion Festival that kicks off Thursday.
One of the event’s main attractions is the air show featuring the United States Navy Blue Angels.
While the Blue Angels are in town, some people who were nominated and selected will have the chance to fly with them. - PUB DATE: 4/21/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTOC-TV CBS 11 Savannah
The CDC is now tracking another subvariant of omicron -- BA.2.12.1.
BA.2 is still the dominant variant in the U.S., but BA.2.12.1 now accounts for nearly 20% of all new COVID-19 infections in the country, marking a quick increase from the 11% of cases reported last week, according to CDC data.
BA.2. - PUB DATE: 4/21/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KMGH-TV ABC 7 Denver
Three fallen Baltimore firefighters and the Clayton, Del. fire chief who last month died in a fall will be honored before the DuraMAX Drydene 400 at Dover Motor Speedway next month.
Family members of Baltimore firefighters Lt. Paul Butrim, Lt. Kelsey Sadler and Kenny Lacayo, and Clayton Fire Company Fire Chief John M. - PUB DATE: 4/20/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJZ-TV CBS 13 Baltimore
VIDEO: An Augusta firefighter is still in the hospital Tuesday after a storage facility fire on Monday.
Firefighters continue to check to make sure the fire does not start back up. They say there are steps to help reduce the risk of something like this from happening. We spoke with one storage facility owner down the street, who says this is something out of a nightmare. - PUB DATE: 4/20/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WRDW-TV CBS 12 Augusta
PHOTOS: It’s still sort of a mystery how six New Jersey teenagers fresh from the Rockin’ Jump Trampoline Park in Wayne on Friday got stuck in an exit elevator.
But Wayne Fire Department Commissioner William Rodriguez has a pretty good theory.
“They’ve got that jumping still in their system. And when they get in the elevator and they talk about their experience inside,” Rodriguez told Coffee or Die Magazine, “they may start jumping in the elevator, which whacks out the elevator. - PUB DATE: 4/20/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Coffee or Die Magazine
VIDEO: Twenty-five years ago, floodwaters could no longer be held back in Grand Forks and East Grand Forks leading to catastrophic loss of property.
It’s something people who lived there will never forget.
One man who still lives in Grand Forks was part of the National Weather Service at the time, a place some people and politicians blamed for a bad flood prediction. - PUB DATE: 4/20/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KVRR-TV FOX 15 Fargo
Three fallen Baltimore firefighters and the Clayton, Del. fire chief who last month died in a fall will be honored before the DuraMAX Drydene 400 at Dover Motor Speedway next month.
Family members of Baltimore firefighters Lt. Paul Butrim, Lt. Kelsey Sadler and Kenny Lacayo, and Clayton Fire Company Fire Chief John M. - PUB DATE: 4/20/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJZ-TV CBS 13 Baltimore
The Dundee Fire Department will celebrate the 182nd anniversary of the volunteer emergency responder group, Saturday, April 23. The event, which was originally planned to commemorate the 180th anniversary was delayed for two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m. will feature an open house with old department trucks, apparatus on display and a children's section. - PUB DATE: 4/20/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Observer Review & Express
Large flames and plumes of smoke can be seen from Interstate 10 near the Valencia Road exit after a large commercial fire ignited in the area Monday afternoon. According to Rural Metro Fire Department, crews were dispatched to the 5900 block of South Belvedere Avenue near Benson Highway and Valencia Road in reference to a fire at the UCC Recycling facility. - PUB DATE: 4/19/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KVOA-TV NBC 4 Tucson
VIDEO: Raleigh police officers and firefighters will come together Tuesday afternoon to amplify their call for better pay.
Firefighters told WRAL News better pay will support the Raleigh Fire Department's work to retain employees and recruit for nearly 60 vacancies.
The group of first responders plans to protest outside the municipal building at 228 West Hargett St. - PUB DATE: 4/19/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WRAL-TV NBC 5 Raleigh
PHOTOS: It’s one of those pivotal news stories in our lives many can remember where they were when hearing the news. At the time, it was the nation’s worst single act of domestic terrorism. It was years before the unimaginable tragedies of 9-11/September 11, 2001 occurred.
The country was stunned that two Americans, anti-government extremists with white supremacist, extreme right-wing sympathies; Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols had conspired to commit the crime. - PUB DATE: 4/19/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOAM-TV CBS 7 Pittsburg
