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
The Tahlequah Fire Department took delivery of a hefty amount of Ragú pasta sauce on Tuesday, Jan. 11.
Tahlequah firefighters on Red shift were at Station 1 as the FedEx driver pulled up and unloaded 792 jars of the sauce. That shift caught the attention of the national company after crew members posted a video of them cooking while on duty, using Ragú sauce. - PUB DATE: 1/12/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Tahlequah Daily Press
The national blood supply is so low as the COVID-19 pandemic continues, the American Red Cross has declared its first ever national blood crisis. In the hopes of encouraging people to roll up their sleeves to donate, the organization is offering up a trip to this year's Super Bowl.
The Red Cross said Tuesday it's seen a 10% decline in the number of people donating blood since the pandemic began. - PUB DATE: 1/12/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFAA-TV ABC 8 Dallas
PHOTOS: The Firth fire station, part of the Shelley-Firth Fire District on Firth’s main street, suffered heavy losses Monday morning in a blaze which totaled equipment and sent one firefighter to the hospital where he was treated and released, with any apparent injuries mostly involving smoke inhalation. - PUB DATE: 1/11/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Bingham News Chronicle
PHOTOS: The City of Shakopee's Zamboni just got a red hot upgrade.
Last Thursday, the city debuted its firetruck-wrapped Zamboni at the Shakopee girls hockey game. Complete with a fire engine red design and details, the Zamboni also features the message "Become a Firefighter" across the side.
On top of giving first responder firefighters a well-deserved shoutout at games, city officials hope the design, which was created in partnership with SignPRO, helps raise awareness about the fire department's recruiting program. - PUB DATE: 1/11/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KARE-TV NBC 11 Minneapolis
PHOTOS: An apartment high-rise fire in the Bronx that killed 17 people and injured dozens of others on Sunday was one of the deadlier building fires in the city's history.
Some lists of New York City's most deadly fires include the 9/11 attacks at the World Trade Center. Two commercial airline flights crashed into the towers, leading to fires and collapses of both buildings that killed about 2,750 people. - PUB DATE: 1/11/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WNYW-TV FOX 5 New York
Comedian and actor Bob Saget passed away over the weekend in Florida.
The ‘Full House’ star died at the age of 65.
Tributes have poured in from everywhere including one fire department in Louisiana.
St. Tammany Fire Protection District #1 put together a touching video in honor of Saget and posted it to their Facebook page. - PUB DATE: 1/11/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WVLA-TV NBC 33 Baton Rouge
VIDEO: The team efforts at a harrowing 2021 fire in a Vernon tenement are being featured on a national documentary.
The fire took place at 80-82 Union Street last March. A raging inferno trapped residents on the third floor and the building was engulfed in smoke.
A rescue team that sprang to action spared no title — in addition to firefighters and police officers, a registered nurse from nearby Rockville General Hospital, an Air National Guard sergeant who lived next door and Vernon's town administrator and emergency management director sprang into action and the two people trapped on the third floor were rescued. - PUB DATE: 1/11/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Vernon Patch
VIDEO/PHOTOS: An electric space heater is being blamed for sparking the horrific high-rise Bronx apartment fire that killed at least 19 people, including nine children, city officials confirmed Sunday evening.
The fire originated in a duplex on the second and third floors of the building but never extended past the unit and the hallway nearest the apartment, FDNY Commissioner Dan Nigro revealed. - PUB DATE: 1/10/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WNBC-TV NBC 4 New York
The National Fire Sprinkler Association (NFSA), the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF), the National Fallen Fire Fighter Foundation (NFFF), International Association Fire Chiefs (IAFC), and the National Association of State Fire Marshals (NASFM) are calling on Congress to immediately pass critical legislation to improve fire safety in public housing and older high-rise buildings. - PUB DATE: 1/10/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Bakersfield.com
PHOTOS: As he stood in the third-floor corner room that served as his office from 2000 to 2010, retired Hartford Fire Chief Charles Teale reflected on some of the more historic moments that had taken place at the Pearl Street headquarters during his tenure.
He recalled firefighters coming into the room after the 9/11 attacks and dumping piles of money they had collected for the 343 firefighters who perished at Ground Zero out onto the long conference table that dominated the room. - PUB DATE: 1/10/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Hartford Courant - Metered Site
