PHOTOS: The entrance to Pride Park in Taylor Mill will soon be the home to a special monument honoring Firefighters from three different volunteer departments no longer in existence: Forest Hills, Winston Park and Taylor Mill.
Most of the monument is ready. The last thing to go in will be the statue. - PUB DATE: 8/10/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Link NKY
A Lexington transformer exploded Monday afternoon, sparking a three-alarm fire and sending those in the area running for cover, according to Lexington Fire Department.
“I saw this big poof of smoke and then boom, big orange fireball,” said witness Alexandra Schweitzer.
The explosion happened just before 6:00 p. - PUB DATE: 8/9/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHDH-TV ABC 7 Boston
With firefighter shortages emerging in Bedford County, one man decided he wanted to get involved in the action, regardless of his age.
Rusty Mansel recently received his “Firefighter 1” course completion certificate at the age of 67 from the Virginia Department of Fire Programs and the Virginia Fire Services Board, all with no prior firefighting experience. - PUB DATE: 8/9/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFXR-TV FOX 27 Roanoke
VIDEO: A Detroit firefighter was trapped for hours as other firefighters rushed to get him out after a home collapsed.
No major injuries were reported. Detroit firefighters believed they were dealing with a suspected serial arsonist.
The same crew had been called to three vacant houses on West Hollywood Avenue just that week. - PUB DATE: 8/9/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDIV-TV NBC 4 Detroit
PHOTOS: In a garage near Littlerock sits the second firetruck to ever be used by Olympia firefighters, among other decommissioned trucks, gear and most importantly, a couple dozen firefighters who have worked to create this makeshift museum.
Retired firefighters continued to trickle in throughout the late morning. - PUB DATE: 8/9/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Chronicle
A massive fire burns down an old manufacturing building in Chickasha.
Chief Tony Samaniego with the Chickasha Fire Department estimates 1.5 million gallons of hand sanitizer fueled the fire at the Chickasha Manufacturing Building on Sunday. The intense flames and black billowing smoke drew a crowd.
“They were tall, they were big, and they were hot,” said Alicia Musshafen, who lives nearby. - PUB DATE: 8/8/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KWTV-DT CBS 9 Oklahoma City
VIDEO: The Ground Zero 9/11 Flag Team was in Northampton Sunday, making an appearance in western Mass. just before the flag’s retirement.
The flag is set to retire on November 2, the anniversary of when it was removed from Ground Zero. Sunday, first responders, bikers and more gathered to reflect and remember. - PUB DATE: 8/8/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WGGB-TV ABC/FOX/My Network 40 Springfield
VIDEO: With one on each arm, eyewitness video showed a Denver firefighter rescuing two children from flood waters Sunday evening.
The rescue was just one of several at this location along at a flood-prone underpass at 38th and Blake. The video showed a firefighter going into the floodwaters where a vehicle was nearly submerged and coming out with two children as people recorded cell phone video along the interstate. - PUB DATE: 8/8/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KMGH-TV ABC 7 Denver
VIDEO: Firefighters from different departments tested their skills on Saturday in a competition during the Western Pennsylvania Firemen’s Association’s annual conference, held for the first time in 22 years at Somerset Volunteer Fire Department.
The name of the game was “battle of the barrel.” The team that could use its hose to blast a barrel on a pulley along a cable above Union Street to the opposing team’s side won. - PUB DATE: 8/8/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Tribune Democrat
A Meridianville man stole three vehicles, including an ambulance and fire truck early Sunday, according to the Limestone County Sheriff’s Office.
According to a spokesman from the Athens Police Department, police responded to a call about a suspicious man at the Circle K gas station on Highway 31 North in Athens. - PUB DATE: 8/8/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHNT-TV CBS 19 Huntsville
A fire broke out at a Cabarrus County home after an intense lightning storm Thursday night, authorities said.
Paul Lof shared video with Channel 9 of the flames shooting through the roof of the house on Fairmeade Drive. Cabarrus County emergency communications said the call for the fire came in just after 8 p. - PUB DATE: 8/5/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSOC-TV ABC 9 Charlotte
VIDEO: On the 10th anniversary of the Sikh Temple shooting, a top Fitchburg firefighter remembers the role he played on that harrowing day.
“We were fortunate enough to the point that we had a police department and a fire department of paramedics that worked very well together,” current Fitchburg Fire Chief and former Oak Creek Battalion Chief Joe Pulvermacher said after witnessing the aftermath of that unthinkable situation. - PUB DATE: 8/5/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Spectrum News 1 - Metered Site
VIDEO: A former firefighter has found a creative way to show his appreciation for first responders, and he does all the work from his bed.
“I got into it because I was told I physically couldn’t do it. And can’t is not in my vocabulary.”
Meet Michael Olson, a former fighter, who suffered a severe back injury. - PUB DATE: 8/5/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMBB-TV ABC 13 Panama City
VIDEO: An eight-passenger private plane took off from Lafayette Regional Airport on the morning of Dec. 28, 2019, at around 9:20 a.m. with six people on board. By 9:21 a.m., the plane had crashed near the U.S. Post Office on Feu Follet Road, killing five of the plane’s passengers and sending a total of four people — including the plane crash’s sole survivor — to local hospitals. - PUB DATE: 8/5/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJTV CBS 12 Jackson
VIDEO: Emergency crews are rushing to distribute bottled water to flood-ravaged eastern Kentucky. The deadly flooding damaged water systems and the availability of clean drinking water is scarce.
To make matters worse, forecasters warn that more rain is coming to the region. Here at home, a Bucks County fire department is doing its part to help first responders in Kentucky. - PUB DATE: 8/5/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KYW-TV CBS 3 Philadelphia
Intense flames tore through the loading zone of a commercial building in Ontario late Wednesday, forcing employees still in the building to run and leaving firefighters searching for the cause of the fire.
The Ontario Fire Department responded to a fire burning near the external area of a building on Proforma Avenue, near the Ontario Airport, at around 11 p. - PUB DATE: 8/4/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KNBC-TV NBC 4 Los Angeles
VIDEO: First responders have used virtual reality to train for certain emergencies for years, but those simulations are usually limited to a screen and don’t give responders hands-on experience.
A new one-of-a-kind training center opened in Boulder, Colorado, to take virtual reality training for first responders to the next level. - PUB DATE: 8/4/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KMGH-TV ABC 7 Denver
PHOTOS: The Oak Creek Fire Department has a new member named HOSE-A.
Made out of old rubber fire hose, HOSE-A, named in part by the community, is a training dummy firefighters can use during drills for various scenarios.
Firefighter Aaron Krukowski said many departments donate old fire hose to area zoos where it’s used to weave chairs and beds for animals or just hung in monkey exhibits. - PUB DATE: 8/4/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Metered Site
VIDEO: May 31, 2013, was a day of heartbreak for the Bayou City.
"It's something that's near and dear to all of us firefighters. It's the worst day we ever had in the Houston Fire Department," said Chris Hill, HFD District Chief in charge of cadet training. A total of five firefighters died while battling a blaze at the Southwest Inn at 6855 Southwest Freeway. - PUB DATE: 8/4/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KRIV-TV FOX 26 Houston
VIDEO: What's the first thing you should do in the event of a fire? The New York City Fire Museum wants to teach you.
By collecting and preserving the history of the city's fire service, the museum aims to educate the public — especially children — on fire prevention and safety.
The building alone is part of history, as it's a renovated firehouse from 1904. - PUB DATE: 8/4/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WNBC-TV NBC 4 New York
