Mooresville Fire-Rescue has new technology to help them arrive at a 911 call faster, when seconds count most.
The new tech is called AVL (Auto Vehicle Locator) and it works in conjunction with CAD (Computer-Aided Dispatch) to ensure the closest firefighters and EMT's get to the call quickly.
Mooresville already averages a fire truck arriving at a call within five minutes, 85 percent of the time, but AVL will help improve that number. - PUB DATE: 1/19/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Mooresville Patch
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention breaks the opioid epidemic into three waves. The first wave began with the introduction of OxyContin—the highly addictive painkiller made by Purdue Pharma and introduced in 1996—and an increase in prescribing opioids. Spiked opioid addiction rates quickly followed. - PUB DATE: 1/19/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KNDO-TV NBC 23 Yakima
The United States has not yet reached a national peak of the omicron variant, the nation’s top doctor said, urging caution even as the explosion of cases has started to plateau in some areas.
“We shouldn’t expect a national peak in the next coming days — the next few weeks will be tough,” U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. - PUB DATE: 1/19/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Washington Post - Metered Site
VIDEO: Officials launched an investigation after several buildings in Salisbury were destroyed by a nine-alarm fire as whipping wind gusts battered the seaside town early Monday morning.
Firefighters responding to a reported fire in the area of Central Avenue and North End Boulevard around 2 a.m. found heavy flames tearing through Michael’s Oceanfront Motel. - PUB DATE: 1/18/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHDH-TV 7 Boston
VIDEO: There's creative and then there's creative. The Newberry Fire Department was trying to come up with ideas to help get more people interested in applying to be a volunteer firefighter. Gene Shealy, captain of recruitment for the fire department in Newberry said, "the thought came up why don't we try to put a sign on these concrete trucks. - PUB DATE: 1/18/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLTX-TV CBS 19 Columbia
VIDEO: Firefighters in New Jersey are still trying to determine what caused a massive fire in Passaic on Friday night.
Hundreds of firefighters battled the 11-alarm blaze in an industrial complex where flames shot 70 feet into the air.
The fire was just a few feet away from igniting the Qualco Chemical Plant which was filled with potentially hazardous materials such as chlorine. - PUB DATE: 1/18/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WABC-TV ABC 7 New York
In weather conditions like we saw Monday, getting around can be very difficult for anyone let alone emergency crews trying to help others. We all assume that if we call 911 for help, we'll get it and we will but it doesn't just magically happen.
Pat Donovan is the guy who helps first responders help you if you need it in this weather. - PUB DATE: 1/18/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHEC-TV NBC 10 New York
VIDEO: 114 years ago, Pennsylvania experienced one of its worst tragedies.
"Every fire will change the lives of the people, who they are related to, people that knew them," said Luann Zambanini with the Boyertown Area Historical Society.
On Sunday, the Boyertown Area Historical Society commemorated a fatal fire that happened at the Rhoads Opera House in 1908. - PUB DATE: 1/18/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFMZ-TV 69 Allentown
VIDEO: Fire crews responded to a house fire in the 200-block of Ocean Boulevard West in Holden Beach Thursday evening.
The structure appeared to be fully enveloped in flame by 6:30 p.m. according to witnesses on the scene.
According to Holden Beach Police Department, two people were at home at the time and were able to exit the building without injury. - PUB DATE: 1/14/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WECT-TV NBC 6 Wilmington
New York firefighters battled a fire with "great volumes of smoke" nearly 36 years ago at the same Bronx apartment building that caught fire Sunday, leaving 17 dead -- all from smoke inhalation, officials said.
The March 1986 fire was documented in FDNY's official training publication, WNYF, in which members of the department write about fire incidents, highlighting protocols and training, according to a FDNY spokesperson. - PUB DATE: 1/14/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNN
Cy-Fair Fire Department supervisor vehicles will now be equipped with whole blood for patients experiencing rapid blood loss from trauma.
The department began providing pre-hospital whole blood for patients at the point of injury on Jan. 6, a collaboration with Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center.
Justin Reed, assistance chief of EMS for CFFD, said the project has been three years in the making with GCRBC. - PUB DATE: 1/14/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Houston Chronicle - Metered Site
PHOTOS: It’s been a year in the making, but the DeLand Fire Department’s new fire station, Fire Station 81, is set to open its doors for regular operations Tuesday, Jan. 18. The new station, at 343 W. Howry Ave., will replace the current fire station at 201 W. Howry Ave.
So what’s new about the city’s newest fire station? The new Fire Station 81 is 16,000 square feet, an improvement over the old Fire Station 81, which totaled around 9,000 square feet. - PUB DATE: 1/14/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The West Volusia Beacon
The Alabama Department of Public Health and the University of Alabama at Birmingham are in the midst of a multi-year project to enhance the statewide stroke response system and are now letting other states know how to follow their lead and build their own.
The Trauma Communications Center Coordinated Severity-Based Stroke Triage project is funded by a $2. - PUB DATE: 1/14/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: UAB News
PHOTOS: Firefighters battled a massive fire that broke out at a large commercial building in Adelanto.
The fire started Wednesday afternoon at a commercial courtyard near the intersection of Baldwin Street and Bartlett Avenue, just east of Highway 395.
The San Bernardino County Fire Department was the lead agency battling the fire with help from the Apple Valley Fire Protection District and the Victorville Fire Department. - PUB DATE: 1/13/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KABC-TV ABC 7 Los Angeles
Weight loss is a common new year resolution.
If making the pledge has proven easier than achieving it, a Collin County woman’s weight loss journey might serve up some inspiration.
For Penny Leaver, looking back at photos of some of the more memorable moments of her life makes her cringe.
“I hate the way I look and it makes me remember how horrible I felt also,” Leaver said. - PUB DATE: 1/13/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KXAS-TV NBC 5 Fort Worth
REELZ has announced the network’s original documentary America’s Deadliest Rock Concert: The Guest List premieres Sunday, February 20th at 8 pm ET/ 5 pm PT presenting the deeply personal stories of lives forever altered by the tragic Station nightclub fire that left 100 people dead, more than 200 injured, and devastated the tight-knit community of West Warwick, Rhode Island. - PUB DATE: 1/13/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Music Universe
As a record number of Americans are infected with Covid-19, largely due to the rapidly spreading Omicron variant, some states' health care systems are beset with nearly full intensive care units.
Nineteen states have less than 15% remaining capacity in their ICUs. Four of them have less than 10%: Kentucky, Alabama, Indiana and New Hampshire, according to data Wednesday from the US Department of Health and Human Services. - PUB DATE: 1/13/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNN Health
VIDEO: Fire crews had their hands full with a two-alarm apartment fire in southwest Houston Tuesday night.
This happened around 8 p.m. at the Amritta Apartments located in the 7800 West Airport Boulevard just west of Fondren.
Fire officials said it took at least 50 firefighters about an hour to get the fire out. - PUB DATE: 1/12/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KHOU-TV CBS 11 Houston
August Schell Brewing Company is bringing back its Firebrick for Firefighters program, donating a portion of sales from every case and keg of Firebrick Vienna Lager sold in 2022.
“Giving back has always been part of our DNA here at Schell’s,” Ted Marti, president of Schell’s said in a press release. - PUB DATE: 1/12/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Free Press
The chain of events that led to the tragic deaths of a young crewmember and all 33 passengers aboard the Conception dive boat in 2019 are directly addressed in new rules from the Coast Guard, which are proposed to take effect March 28, 2022.
The 33 divers were on a Labor Day weekend trip to the Channel Islands, having chartered the Conception out of Santa Barbara Harbor’s Truth Aquatics. - PUB DATE: 1/12/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Santa Barbara Independent
