Firefighters, EMS and police nationwide are taking notice of the Village of New Haven’s fire department, as the facility has been authorized as a National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT) Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC) training center.
“We are the only NAEMT authorized facility in metro Detroit,” New Haven Fire Chief Daniel Stier said. - PUB DATE: 3/14/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Voice
VIDEO: Authorities in Cedar Rapids released body camera footage showing what happened inside Geneva Tower during the Feb. 20 fire that displaced more than 100 residents.
It is clear from watching the video one of the major challenges in evacuating the building was the many people with disabilities and mobility issues. - PUB DATE: 3/14/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCRG-TV ABC 9 Cedar Rapids
Things seem to be looking up as the US crosses into year three of the Covid-19 pandemic. Vaccines still do a good job of keeping people alive and out of the hospital. There's increasing access to tests and treatments. The numbers of cases, hospitalizations and deaths are heading in the right direction. - PUB DATE: 3/14/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNN Health
A Sullivan County firefighter is recovering from his injuries after he was forced to dangle from a window during a fire at a senior living complex - and it was all caught on camera.
The Liberty volunteer firefighter is seen in the viral video clinging for safety to a fifth-story window Tuesday night. - PUB DATE: 3/11/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: News 12 Westchester
VIDEO: KWWL news is currently on scene of a fire at the Lost Island Theme Park, currently under construction at the south edge of Waterloo, near the Isle Hotel and Casino, on the south side of Shaulis Road.
The fire began between 7-8 p.m. There are no injuries.
Eric Bertch, owner of the Lost Island, says an approximately 1500-square foot queue shelter building caught on fire at the far southwest edge of the park. - PUB DATE: 3/11/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KWWL-TV NBC/CW 7 Waterloo
A Lafayette firefighter was injured after being forced over the ledge of an overpass when a semi-truck hit a nearby firetruck.
The Lafayette Fire Department was on the scene Thursday night of a crash on Interstate 10 westbound near the Interstate 49 split. The firetruck was parked on the road while fire personnel helped with that crash, said Lafayette Police Department spokesperson Sgt. - PUB DATE: 3/11/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Lafayette Daily Advertiser - Metered Site
The St. Louis Fire Department is creating a software database that will track the condition of vacant buildings. Thousands of vacant buildings lie in the city, and they often pose a threat to firefighters.
But assembling the information for a database is a process.
While the program has been in the works for years, recent events pushed it to the forefront after vacant building fire claimed the life of St. - PUB DATE: 3/11/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSDK-TV NBC 5 St. Louis
Another new COVID-19 variant has been detected.
The World Health Organization has confirmed that the new variant, dubbed Deltacron — a combination of Delta and Omicron — has been detected in the France, Denmark and the Netherlands.
"The hybrid genome harbors signature mutations of the two lineages," said IHU Méditerranée Infection's Philippe Colson in a study published Tuesday. - PUB DATE: 3/11/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: People
VIDEO: A Forsyth County environmental official was shocked when he learned how much pollution an inferno at a Winston-Salem fertilizer plant was sending into the air. Between midnight and 6 a.m. on Feb. 2, an Environmental Protection Agency air monitor set up at the Wake Forest University Police Station detected that particulate matter, called PM2. - PUB DATE: 3/10/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The News & Observer
Some city employees will no longer be tested for marijuana on their drug screenings, and if the contract between the city and the firefighters union is approved, the list of exempt employees could soon grow longer.
If the contract is ratified, firefighters will not be tested for marijuana when they go in for drug tests. - PUB DATE: 3/10/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WICS-TV ABC 20 Springfield
PHOTOS: More than two years, $50 million and one ocean crossing later, San Francisco has its newest fire station. And it floats. The San Francisco Fire Department's two-story Fireboat Station 35 opens for operations Thursday on the Embarcadero at Pier 22½, more than a year after it was floated across the bay at low tide in the predawn dark from Treasure Island, where the superstructure was constructed. - PUB DATE: 3/10/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle - Metered Site
Two Phoenix firefighters took him big titles just days ago at The Arnold Classic. Daniel Camacho was named the World’s Strongest Firefighter and even got a shout-out from Arnold Schwarzenegger on Instagram.
“We all grew up watching him, admiring him, so yeah, it’s hard to explain that feeling, you know,” said Camacho. - PUB DATE: 3/10/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KASW-CW6 & KTVK-3TV (azfamily.com)
Four months after the deadly Astroworld tragedy that killed 10 concertgoers, rapper Travis Scott announced a $5 million initiative dubbed "Project HEAL" that he says will be a "catalyst for real change" to heal in the aftermath.
Scott, 30, detailed Tuesday a four-pronged project that includes solutions to address "challenges facing today's youth, especially those from marginalized and at-risk communities": $1 million in academic scholarships to historically black colleges and universities, free mental health resources, a creative design education program and a new tech-driven solution for event safety. - PUB DATE: 3/10/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: USA Today
PHOTO: NASCAR teams know the next time a driver gets inside the car, it might be their last time. Traveling at such high speeds, death is, unfortunately, a part of the sport. On Tuesday, the NASCAR community was shocked with news that one of the team haulers traveling to this weekend’s races in Phoenix was involved in a fatal accident in Texas, killing the driver. - PUB DATE: 3/9/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Sportscasting
The only woman employed as a firefighter in the city of Fargo needed four tries to pass the entrance exams and finally get the job offer.
That was 13 years ago for Dawn Stollenwerk, who’s worked her way up to battalion chief and assistant fire marshal.
Fargo Fire Chief Steve Dirksen said since then, only one other woman has passed the physical agility test to be a firefighter and was offered a position, but ultimately turned it down. - PUB DATE: 3/9/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: INFORUM - Metered Site
VIDEO: A North Andover teenager is on a mission to build Lego fire trucks for every city in Massachusetts.
Cristian Sciaudone, 16, started building the sets with his dad when he was just 4-years-old.
He starts by designing each truck with a computer program then spends about three hours building each one. - PUB DATE: 3/9/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHDH-TV ABC 7 Boston
PHOTOS: After cigar ashes ignited a fire in Wenatchee’s Central Market the evening of July 6, 1909, dry winds propelled the flames through several downtown streets. Most of the buildings were made of wood and easily caught fire. Dozens of businesses and residences burned — as did Wenatchee’s first fire station, next to the jail on Columbia Street. - PUB DATE: 3/9/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Foothills
A father and his 2-year-old were safe after the toddler was tossed to safety from a second-story window during an apartment fire in New Jersey on Monday, authorities said.
The rescue, which was was captured on video from different angles, involved officials from the South Brunswick Township Police Department and Chief Chris Perez of the Monmouth Junction Fire Department. - PUB DATE: 3/8/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC News
Though the Alexandria Fire Department doesn’t have any female firefighters, the city’s Board of Works and Safety on Monday voted unanimously in favor of a contract that would double the number of weeks for paid maternity leave from four to eight.
Capt. Adam Matson said the newly approved contract also provides three days of paternity leave. - PUB DATE: 3/8/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Herald Bulletin
VIDEO: A firefighter drill in Georgia turned into a surprise marriage proposal. Two Savannah fire stations partnered for a training session Wednesday, but unbeknownst to one firefighter, that wasn't the real purpose of the day. In fact, there wasn't going to be a drill at all.
Tyler Carlson was blindfolded and sent into a burn building to find a downed firefighter. - PUB DATE: 3/8/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMUR-TV ABC 9 Manchester
