As of Tuesday, some Colorado Springs residents may hear something different when they call 911.
"A unit will respond when a unit is available," call takers will say to residents in the south part of town who contact the emergency service for non-emergency situations — for example, when symptoms indicate the flu, a sprained ankle or a fractured hip. - PUB DATE: 3/2/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Gazette - Metered Site
Alarm of a different kind is what the Parma Heights Fire Department discovered late last year leading to emergency construction work at the Pearl Road fire station.
“The fire station was inspected by a qualified construction company,” Parma Heights Fire Chief Matt Bernard said. “It was under their recommendation that the building’s structural integrity needed to be addressed before a catastrophic failure. - PUB DATE: 3/2/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Cleveland.com
VIDEO: Officials with the Overland Park Fire Department are investigating what caused a massive blaze that destroyed three homes under construction in Johnson County, Kansas, early Monday. Firefighters were sent to a house fire call in the 11100 block of West 172nd Terrace around 4:20 a.m. on Monday. - PUB DATE: 3/1/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KMBC-TV ABC 9 Kansas City
VIDEO: Another People's Parade rolled with an interesting theme on the Eastern Shore in Daphne. The "Loyal Order of the Fire Truck" keeping the tradition alive.
The leading float of their parade -- not something you see every day. The 1950 Bon Secour fire truck is the inspiration behind Daphne's first Mardi Gras parading group. - PUB DATE: 3/1/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WALA-TV FOX 10 Mobile
PHOTOS: What now is a park, 20 years ago was a row of buildings with businesses on the ground floor and apartments on the upper levels.
During the early hours of March 2, 2002, the north side of the 200 block of State Street was engulfed in fire presumably caused by a malfunctioning wood-burning boiler in the basement of one of the buildings. - PUB DATE: 3/1/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NNY 360 - Metered Site
Indianapolis EMS were dispatched to nearly 70 overdoses over the course of three days this weekend, a grim reminder of Indiana’s drug epidemic that has surged throughout the pandemic.
According to officials, EMS paramedics and EMTs have administered the opioid reversing agent naloxone 255 times in the month of February. - PUB DATE: 3/1/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WXIN-TV FOX 59 Indianapolis
VIDEO/PHOTOS: A raging six-alarm blaze spread to three multi-family homes in East Boston early Monday morning, leaving dozens of people displaced.
Firefighters responding to a reported fire on Maverick Street around 3:30 a.m. found heavy flames on all three floors of one building and discovered that the fire had spread to two adjacent buildings, according to the Boston Fire Department. - PUB DATE: 2/28/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHDH-TV ABC 7 Boston
VIDEO: An Oakland hook-and-ladder fire truck crashed into a building Saturday near Lake Merritt, and it was all caught on camera.
The video shows one fire engine speed through the intersection. Then, a car tries to make a left turn, right in front of the ladder truck following closely behind. That ladder truck swerves to avoid the car, and goes straight into the storefront of a ground floor business at Grand Ave. - PUB DATE: 2/28/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KGO-TV ABC 7 San Francisco
Big crowds can also create big emergencies in Mobile. First responders are ready. A 14 hour day on Sunday starts with a meeting. Crews get their gear and start wheeling it out. All Mardi Gras Emergency calls are routed through a command center at the fire station on Francis Street. It creates a city within the city for greater speed. - PUB DATE: 2/28/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKRG-TV CBS 5 Mobile
If you’re wondering what the community level of COVID-19 is in your area, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has an updated map that makes the latest data easy to see. The U.S. COVID-19 Community Levels by County map covers all U.S. States and territories and breaks down the level of spread on a per-county basis. - PUB DATE: 2/28/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Fast Company
A small plane crashed and exploded in a Bucks County neighborhood on Thursday, killing both people on board.
The crash occurred around 5 p.m. on Morgan and Victoria lanes in Hilltown Township. A ring camera from Catherine LaPat's home captured the blast. "I heard the engine shut off and glanced up and it did a flip and a spiral over my head," LaPat told NBC10. - PUB DATE: 2/25/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCAU-TV NBC 10 Philadelphia
A firefighters union in Alexandria has won the right to collectively bargain on behalf of first responders in the city.
This win is being called ‘historic’ — it’s the first time in decades that a union will be able to collectively bargain contracts for public sector employees in the state of Virginia. - PUB DATE: 2/25/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDVM-TV 25 Hagerstown
Thirty-three years after two Orange County firefighters died while responding to a building fire, Orange County Fire Rescue Department continues to honor their contributions to the fire service.
Engineer Todd Aldridge and Firefighter Mark Benge paid the ultimate sacrifice while responding to a building fire near Lake Buena Vista on February 24, 1989. - PUB DATE: 2/25/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFTV ABC 9 Orlando
VIDEO: Twisted Sister vocalist Dee Snider was recently interviewed for "America's Deadliest Concert: The Guest List", a Reelz documentary about the infamous Great White concert fire nearly two decades ago that killed a hundred people and injured hundreds more. Featured on the documentary soundtrack is one of the most heartfelt, moving songs from Dee's latest album, "Leave A Scar", titled "Stand". - PUB DATE: 2/25/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Blabbermouth
VIDEO: A one-of-a-kind restoration project is finally complete. The Canton Volunteer Fire Department spent more than 25 years bringing one of its trucks back to life.
A piece of history has made its way home.
“History’s good for some things (laugh). It’s nice to let everybody reminisce how things were and how things have changed,” Canton Fire Chief Nate Laubach said. - PUB DATE: 2/25/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KELO-TV CBS 11 Sioux Falls
Two people jumped out of a second-story window to escape a fire in South Land Park Thursday morning. Sacramento Fire Battalion Chief Dave Lauchner said fire crews were called to the complex along Land Park Drive near 43rd Avenue around 4 a.m. Upon arrival, they discovered heavy fire on the backside of the apartment building. - PUB DATE: 2/24/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KXTV ABC 10 Sacramento
PHOTOS: It was a quiet Saturday evening, a little past 6 p.m., and Duane and Marlys Tieszen were just sitting down in their kitchen to enjoy a snack.
“We were sitting right at this table, and we had just gotten out a pail of ice cream and had bowls on the table,” Duane told the Mitchell Republic in a recent interview. - PUB DATE: 2/24/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Grand Forks Herald
VIDEO: They are the heroes we call when we need help. But firefighters need some help of their own.
They are getting cancer at a high rate because of the elements they are exposed to. “We have a 9% higher chance than the general public of getting cancer, and we have a 14% greater risk of dying of those cancers,” said Mark Munson, a captain with St. - PUB DATE: 2/24/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCCO-TV CBS 4 Minneapolis
The operator of a rogue drone that harassed Salem firefighters from the air was put on probation for two years Tuesday.
“It was an absolutely stupid mistake,” James Russell Weeks III said during a sentencing hearing in Roanoke’s federal court. “I totally regret the decision I made.”
Weeks, 40, had earlier pleaded guilty to operating an unregistered aircraft the day he piloted his drone over a Salem fire station, swooping down repeatedly on firefighters and police officers who were gathered outside. - PUB DATE: 2/24/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Roanoke Times - Metered Site
South Metro Fire Rescue (SMFR) covers 287 square miles and serves 540,000 residents of the southern metropolitan area of Denver. During 2021, SMFR responded to 44,760 in-district incidents and 29,422 or 66% of those were medical; 20,458 of the medical calls resulted in transport to the hospital. When safely possible, SMFR administers medical assistance in the field that assists and hastens patient care upon arrival at the hospital. - PUB DATE: 2/24/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Villager Publishing
