Two-and-half years after a fatal propane explosion in Farmington, a federal agency is sharing new insight into the tragedy.
The 73-page report from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) reveals new information on the moments leading up to the tragedy. It includes the clearest timeline to date of events leading up to the explosion which claimed the life of Captain Michael Bill and injured six firefighters. - PUB DATE: 3/25/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMTW-TV ABC 8 Poland Spring
VIDEO: Two of Baltimore’s firefighters were injured as they battled separate two-alarm fires on Wednesday, the local firefighters union said.
The first fire started in Northwest Baltimore and emitted heavy smoke. Firefighters had to close off part of Reisterstown Road as they battled the blaze. The union said shortly before 5 p. - PUB DATE: 3/24/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJZ-TV CBS 13 Baltimore
The Move Over Law in Pennsylvania is meant to protect police, fire, and workers from being injured, and it's important for drivers to be aware.
All the Scranton Fire Department's vehicles now have an added layer of protection, with the addition of new technology.
"Anything that we could do to alert drivers out on the highway that we're operating on a scene. - PUB DATE: 3/24/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WNEP-TV ABC 16 Scranton
PHOTOS: Four milk jugs filled with gasoline were wrapped in detonation cord outside a Las Vegas Fire Department training center on Wednesday.
Bomb Squad technician Mark Duncan yelled “fire in the hole!” three times.
A loud bang sent a fireball about 10 feet into the air of the eastern valley and a large plume of black smoke even higher into the clear desert sky. - PUB DATE: 3/24/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Las Vegas Review Journal - Metered Site
Broken Arrow is celebrating one of its firefighters. He’s become the department’s first Smoke Diver.
The Oklahoma Smoke Diver Association is one of only three Smoke Diver programs in the United States.
Oklahoma’s program is in its second year and now 11 more firefighters have the designation including Broken Arrow’s own Wade Ambrose. - PUB DATE: 3/24/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KJRH-TV NBC 2 Tulsa
On Wednesday, March 30, 1977 one of the largest disasters to hit Lyons occurred when a massive fire completely destroyed the historic four-story Paaske Furniture building at 65 Main Ave.
The strong winds spread the fire onto the adjoining Potts Jewelry Store at 71 Main Ave. That historic building also was destroyed. - PUB DATE: 3/24/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Clinton Herald
Two firefighters are hurt after a massive fire at a Pepsi warehouse in Piscataway, New Jersey. At one point, the blaze was so big, several people in the neighborhood said they heard loud explosions.
As CBS2's Elijah Westbrook reported, firefighters worked throughout the night to put out hotspots.
One was treated at the hospital for heat exhaustion, and the other for a shoulder injury. - PUB DATE: 3/23/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCBS-TV CBS 2 New York
VIDEOS: Multiple fire departments were on the scene of a very large fire at the PepsiCo factory in Piscataway on Tuesday evening.
The fire broke out just after 6 p.m. outside the factory on New Brunswick Avenue. The fire sent large plumes of black smoke into the sky, which could be seen for miles.
Bright orange flames were also seen on the roof of the building. - PUB DATE: 3/23/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: News 12 Westchester
PHOTOS: See Spot run. See Spot fight fires?
The New York Fire Department announced that they will begin using robot dogs made by engineering company Boston Dynamics in the department’s search-and-rescue missions.
Each $75,000 robot dog, known as Spot, will be controlled by a human operator and will be able to collect images and data. - PUB DATE: 3/23/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The New York Post
When the siren goes off, Fire Chief Terry Schadt says that's a sign that help's on the way.
But those not in the know, or who aren't longtime residents of West Peoria, might instead think a tornado's on the way.
To the untrained ear, the siren West Peoria's Fire Department uses to call its volunteer force to the firehouse on Waverly Avenue sounds a lot like the shrill tone that tells people to take cover. - PUB DATE: 3/23/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Journal Star - Metered Site
Milton firefighters returned Monday to an upgraded Fire Station 41, having spent months being hosted by their Roswell colleagues while needed mold remediation work was completed.
Station 41, at the intersection of New Providence Road and Arnold Mill Road/State Route 140, closed last November after an air quality assessment found high levels of black mold spores in its bunk room and elevated levels in its common areas. - PUB DATE: 3/23/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Alpharetta-Milton Patch
Most of the early day buildings around the Enid downtown square in 1901 were built of southern hard pine. A few painted walls and some brick walls were beginning to be used. Wooden sidewalks were the standard.
According to the Enid Fire Department history, the Enid City Council on Dec. 28, 1893, approved the appointment of a fire warden and assistant fire marshal, plus each business around the downtown square would be required to keep a barrel of water for protection against fire and six fire hand grenades (glass spheres containing carbon tetrachloride) to help put out any fires that occurred. - PUB DATE: 3/22/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Enid News & Eagle
The Coeur d’Alene Fire Department wants you to help it name some of its newest team members.
Fire Rescue crews just got their two new water rescue training dummies and they need to be named. One of the dummies is child-sized and the other is adult-sized. The Coeur d’Alene Fire Department posted pictures of the new dummies to its Facebook page and asked for help picking out names. - PUB DATE: 3/22/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4 Spokane
VIDEO: Brownsburg firefighter Jason Stumm, in the industry for more than 20 years, says each day is unpredictable.
“There are days, weeks and months sometimes that you go on runs and it’s not really stressful. It’s a daily event, but then you have that one run in the middle of the month that you remember. - PUB DATE: 3/22/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTHR-TV NBC 13 Indianapolis
The omicron subvariant BA.2 is continuing to gain ground in the U.S., according to Covid-19 tests sequenced over the last two weeks.
Helix, a San Diego-based genomics firm, has been watching the BA.2 variant since it first popped up in the U.S. in early January. Although it was initially slow to take hold, Helix now estimates that 50% to 70% of all Covid cases nationwide are BA. - PUB DATE: 3/22/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Bloomberg
Five people have been left without a home after a house fire on St. Cecelia Drive in Chesterfield, leading the Chesterfield Fire Department to issue a warning to other residents. The fire department received a call at 8 am and the first crews arrived on scene within 4 minutes.
There, they found flames emerging from the roof of the home. - PUB DATE: 3/21/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WRIC-TV ABC 8 Richmond
VIDEO: Two Sparks firefighters are now providing a piece of equipment to fire stations all over the country.
‘We came up with an idea of trying to find a way to protect the lens of our SCBA mask,” said co-owner Cody Cavin.
What started as an idea became BA Shields, where they manufacture shields that cover the lens of a firefighter’s self-contained breathing apparatus. - PUB DATE: 3/21/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOLO-TV ABC/CW+ 8 Reno
PHOTOS: The city of Highland Park has added a $1 million truck to its firefighting fleet, the first new vehicle for its Fire Department since a private resident donated one nine years ago. The city received about $850,000 from the state to buy Ladder 1 with the help of state Rep. Helena Scott, D-Detroit, according to Highland Park Mayor Hubert Yopp. - PUB DATE: 3/21/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Detroit News - Metered Site
Some familiar faces to the first-responder industry this week announced the Public Safety Towers Company (PSTC), which enters the competitive wireless-infrastructure space while promising to take a public-safety-centric approach in an effort to find synergies between government-owned assets and commercial-carrier needs. - PUB DATE: 3/21/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: IWCE's Urgent Communications
PHOTOS: The Baltimore City Fire Department’s largest boat could be used to rescue a cargo ship that has been stuck in the Chesapeake Bay since mid-March, according to the local firefighters’ union.
The Baltimore Firefighters IAFF Local 734 said in a social media post on Sunday that the fireboat has the ability to help with operations to safely remove the Hong Kong-flagged ship Ever Forward from the bay. - PUB DATE: 3/21/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJZ-TV CBS 13 Baltimore
