Dozens of motorcycle riders hit the road on a cross-country ride to honor many of those first responders who died on September 11th. It's something every member of the Fire Hogs motorcycle club, and friends of the club feel strongly about.
2021 marks the 20th anniversary of 9-11...where 343 New York City firefighters lost their lives that fateful day while trying to save others. - PUB DATE: 8/31/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KABC-TV ABC 7 Los Angeles
Hurricane Ida has pummeled Louisiana's parishes, strapping hospital and health resources as thousands remain without power.
Experts worry Ida's impact will worsen COVID-19 spread in the state's low-lying parishes, where vaccination rates are low – in some only about a third of the population – and cases have surged to all-time highs. - PUB DATE: 8/31/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: USA Today
VIDEO: Several families were burned out of their homes during an early Sunday morning fire in Socorro.
It happened overnight in the 10000 block of Mirisa Street, where the multi-family residence was destroyed by flames. Video of the blaze taken by ABC-7 viewer Sixto Ramirez showed the dark sky lit up with an orange glow as fire consumed the home. - PUB DATE: 8/30/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KVIA-TV ABC/CW 7 El Paso
VIDEO: Several fire departments in the Finger Lakes region showed off their old fire trucks at the Emergency Vehicle & Antique Fire Show in Spencerport on Sunday.
The Ionia Fire Department in Ontario County had one of their firetruck that used from the mid-1950s until Hurricane Agnes in 1972 on display. - PUB DATE: 8/30/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Spectrum News 1
Hurricane Ida carved a path across Louisiana that cuts through a region packed with hazardous-chemical plants, raising risks of an environmental disaster along an industrial strip infamously nicknamed “Cancer Alley.”
About two thirds of Louisiana’s industrial sites with toxic chemicals were in Ida’s path, with the storm predicted to charge through 590 sites that produce or store those hazardous materials, according to an analysis of the U. - PUB DATE: 8/30/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Bloomburg Green - Metered Site
The Never Forgotten Games return to Redding for their third Cross Fit competition. The chairman of the Never Forgotten Games, Darren Hull, made sure the event went on this year after canceling last year due to COVID-19.
The event honors the lives of five first responders from Northern California who lost their lives in the line of duty. - PUB DATE: 8/30/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KHSL-TV CBS 12 Chico
COVID-19 is the illness that’s caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. To date, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has provided emergency use authorization to three different vaccines to help protect against COVID-19.
The vaccines that have been authorized for emergency use in the United States so far use two different types of technology:
Messenger RNA (mRNA) and
adenovirus vector. - PUB DATE: 8/30/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Healthline
VIDEO: Massive flames burned through the roof of a commercial warehouse Thursday night in west Louisville, completely destroying the building that required a large presence of firefighters and first responders.
The fire was initially reported just before 8:30 p.m. Thursday in the 3100 block of Del Park Terrace in the Russell neighborhood. - PUB DATE: 8/27/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLKY-TV CBS 32 Louisville
Move over Dalmatians, a little baby pig is taking the spotlight at a firehouse in Brooklyn.
Penny the fire pig is three months old and was adopted by FDNY firefighter Darren Harris.
Penny spends much of her time hanging with her dad and the other firefighters at Engine 239 in Park Slope.
She’s become somewhat of a local celebrity, as many people stop by to snap pictures with the cutie and feed her snacks. - PUB DATE: 8/27/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WWNY-TV CBS 7 Carthage
VIDEO: Every now and then, the internet opens a portal on a weird new trend. Enter the Milk Crate Challenge. You can find a growing collection of videos on TikTok, Instagram, Twitter and the like of people stacking milk crates, trying to climb them like a staircase, and taking terrible falls, because believe it or not, piles of milk crates are not structurally sound. - PUB DATE: 8/27/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNET
Firefighters statewide have threatened to quit instead of being vaccinated, but, for some local firefighters – it’s more complicated than that.
They want to know if their job will change if they ask for an exemption. For the past 20 years, Tim Archer has been on the frontlines. He’s also the president of the Spokane Firefighter’s Union and says he hasn’t gotten the vaccine for religious reasons. - PUB DATE: 8/27/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4 Spokane
Fire killed 3,700 and injured 16,600 people in 2019.
Direct property losses due to fire reached $14.8 billion a year.
Firefighters paid a high price for this fire record as well; in 2019, 62 firefighters died on duty.
America’s fire losses today represent a dramatic improvement from more than 40 years ago. - PUB DATE: 8/27/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: American Security Today
Tulsa firefighters are battling a house fire that broke out Wednesday evening near 81st and Mingo.
The Tulsa home has severe damage after the fire. A viewer sent video of the home completely engulfed in flames a little after 7 p.m. Witnesses said the fire spread quickly.
Osage Drone 6 captured footage of the smoke flowing from the house and the roof that had collapsed on the home. - PUB DATE: 8/26/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KWTV-DT CBS 9 Oklahoma City
When he joined the Worcester Fire Department 2½ years ago, Heath Tisdale knew that he'd be at higher risk than the general public of getting cancer.
His chances of dying from the disease would also be greater.
Did it give him pause about his career?
"Not one bit," he said. "Not at all."
Tisdale, Firefighter Casey Gates and Capt. - PUB DATE: 8/26/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Telegram & Gazette
PHOTO: First responders on the Northshore hope to use newly developed technology to monitor flooding in real-time.
The St. Tammany Parish Fire District No. 4 partnered with the city of Mandeville to place a solar-powered sensor at the intersection of Carondelet and Lakeshore Drive. That sensor records the depth of water in the area. - PUB DATE: 8/26/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDSU-TV NBC 6 New Orleans
At first glance, Napa artist Sam Tubiolo seems a quiet, unassuming man with a shy smile. Hidden beneath that façade, however, is a powerhouse of monumental artistic creativity and technical expertise.
“I wanted to be an architect when I was in school, but all the math was daunting,” he said with a soft laugh. - PUB DATE: 8/26/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Napa Valley Register - Metered Site
Video released by a team of federal investigators shows more evidence of extensive corrosion and overcrowded concrete reinforcement in a Miami-area condominium that collapsed in June, killing 98 people. The National Institute of Standards and Technology also announced Wednesday it will conduct a five-pronged investigation into the Champlain Towers South collapse, which will be led by Judith Mitrani-Reiser. - PUB DATE: 8/26/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: National Public Radio
A fifth alarm that burned through two Jersey City homes brought down a live power line on firefighters, injuring seven of them.
The fire broke out between the Irving Street homes just before 3 a.m. this morning and quickly spread.
As firefighters arrived, an energized power line came down on their fire truck, shocking at least four firefighters and a captain. - PUB DATE: 8/25/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WABC-TV ABC 7 New York
VIDEO/PHOTOS: At least five planes have made emergency landings on San Diego-area freeways in recent years, resulting in one death, multiple injuries and various amounts of damage.
The latest came Tuesday when a single-engine Piper PA-32 landed shortly after noon on Interstate 5 east of the Del Mar Fairgrounds, hitting a Kia sedan and losing part of a wing after it became lodged in the back of an Audi SUV. - PUB DATE: 8/25/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSWB-TV FOX 5 San Diego
A large crowd of firefighters took the podium at City Council on Tuesday, pleading for higher pay.
Mayor Kelly's budget is currently under review, and one measure focuses on a 24% salary increase for fire cadets. Right now, the starting salary is $32,524 . The increase would bump it up to $40,330.
It's an increase that firefighters say is sorely needed. - PUB DATE: 8/25/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTVC-TV ABC/FOX 9 Chattanooga
