Across the University of Iowa’s 175-year history, the campus community has experienced a wide-range of disasters including tornadoes, flooding, and fires.
The most impactful events include the 2008 flood and fires at South Hall, the old library building, and the Old Capitol Building.
The 2008 flood inflicted $750 million in damage to 22 campus buildings including the old Hancher Auditorium building, which was destroyed in 2013, and the Art Building, which has since been decommissioned. - PUB DATE: 2/23/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Daily Iowan
VIDEOS/PHOTOS: A massive fire early Monday morning in the Albany Park neighborhood destroyed two businesses and an apartment building, injuring one person and leaving several others homeless. More than 150 firefighters responded to the blaze at the corner of Montrose Avenue and Richmond Street.
The fire started around 3:30 a. - PUB DATE: 2/22/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBBM-TV CBS 2 Chicago
VIDEO: "These are people that are really serving our community and if they're not safe what has it really come to?"
A long-time Harrisburg resident and community advocate, Dr. Kevin Dolphin, asked that question as he reacted to another shooting this weekend in Harrisburg.
Authorities said it happened on Saturday just before 3 p. - PUB DATE: 2/22/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPMT-TV FOX 43 York
VIDEO: One local fire station has its very own mental health therapy dog. It’s the first therapy dog designated to firefighters in the Tampa Bay Area.
At the North River Fire District, the new mental health dog named Drew, right here, is changing the whole morale of the station, and officials say he’s helping firefighters after they respond to traumatic calls. - PUB DATE: 2/22/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTOG-TV CW 44 St. Petersburg
The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has released video showing who they call a 'person of interest' in a vacant rowhouse fire that killed three Baltimore firefighters in January. The video shows a man wearing a hoodie walking near South Stricker Street around 11:35 p.m. on Jan. - PUB DATE: 2/22/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTTG-TV FOX 5 Washington DC
Forty-nine states have announced plans to drop their indoor mask mandates as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations steadily decline across the country. The only holdout remains Hawaii.
The island state has taken strong precautions against the coronavirus from the beginning of the pandemic and is still requiring out-of-state American travelers to show proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test to avoid a mandatory quarantine. - PUB DATE: 2/22/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: USA Today
PHOTOS: Officials say the Thursday fire at Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Township has caused "extensive" damage. We're told the fire started around 10 a.m. Thursday morning and the roof of the clubhouse collapsed around 11 a.m.
Multiple fire departments responded to the scene, including Farmington Hills, Rochester Hills, Southfield, Madison Heights, Waterford, Bloomfield Township and Franklin. - PUB DATE: 2/18/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WXYZ-TV ABC 7 Detroit
VIDEO: An Omaha firefighter, who just graduated from the academy, almost lost his life even before he began his career.
Kevin Juszyk, 32, is one of the newest members of the Omaha Fire Department. But he got sidetracked for a while before taking his seat on a fire engine. "It's definitely the best job in the world," Juszyk said. - PUB DATE: 2/18/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KETV ABC 7 Omaha
VIDEO: Just this week, more than a dozen Massachusetts firefighters file a federal lawsuit against several companies that make their turnout gear and firefighting foam.
They allege companies knowingly used chemicals in those products that could cause cancer.
One of those firefighters is Dan Ranahan of Boston. - PUB DATE: 2/18/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBTS-TV NBC 10 Boston
A Cygnus cargo ship launching toward the International Space Station (ISS) this weekend will carry an experiment designed to improve fire safety on moon and Mars missions.
Called SoFIE (Solid Fuel Ignition and Extinction), the experiment is the latest in a series of in-orbit investigations that look at how fire behaves in microgravity. - PUB DATE: 2/18/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Space.com
An Oklahoma man says he is trying to change how fast first responders can make it to a house when someone is in need. His new invention is a special light bulb called “The Locator 911” and it launched this week for anyone to buy.
Johnathan Harrison was a paramedic for 25 years and said he was in many situations where they couldn’t find the person who needed help because the address didn’t come up properly in GPS systems. - PUB DATE: 2/18/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KWTV-DT CBS 9 Oklahoma City
A large fire tore through the Villa Hills Civic Club and destroyed it early Thursday, fire officials say.
A passerby reported the blaze at 2:46 a.m.
The club’s single-story building is located off Rogers Road near Lakeshore Drive and the Villa Hills Police Department.
Fire crews with the Crescent Springs Villa Hills Fire Department responded to find it fully engulfed in flames. - PUB DATE: 2/17/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WXIX-TV FOX 19 Cincinnati
Located at corner 14 North Monroe Street, the New York City Fire Department (FNDY) fire station was built in 1903 by Hook & Ladder Company 8. Initially, the building was designed to be the first in a series of Beaux-Arts-style firehouses by Alexander H. Stevens who was the city superintendent of buildings. - PUB DATE: 2/17/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Travel
On Monday, Feb. 14 the Helena Fire Department shared a sneak peek at their new fire trucks. The trucks truly stand out from their predecessors in that they are Helena’s signature Husky blue as opposed to the traditional red.
“Our love for the community is now on display,” the department wrote in a Facebook post. - PUB DATE: 2/17/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Shelby County Reporter - Metered Site
The Brockton Fire Museum was built to preserve the proud history of Brockton Firefighting which includes a special tribute to the 13 firefighters who lost their lives at the Strand Theatre fire in 1941.
Brockton Firefighters Local IAFF 144 was instrumental in purchasing the historic Squad A truck that made its return to Brockton in 2021. - PUB DATE: 2/17/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCVB-TV ABC 5 Boston
A tanker crashed into the front of a Rockville Centre business, going up in flames and closing Sunrise Highway for the Wednesday morning commute.
The driver of the tanker, carrying approximately 9,200 gallons of gasoline, lost control on Sunrise Highway at North Centre Avenue at around 1:10 a.m. The vehicle overturned and crashed into the front of a vacant storefront that until recently housed a La-Z-Boy showroom. - PUB DATE: 2/16/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WABC-TV ABC 7 New York
Along Blue Heron Boulevard and Congress Avenue, construction is officially underway for a new fire station in Riviera Beach.
On Tuesday, City leaders broke ground on a $17 million fire house that is expected to be up and running by the end of next year. The new station will be one of the most state-of-the-art fire stations in the county if not the state, Fire Chief John Curd said. - PUB DATE: 2/16/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPTV NBC 5 West Palm Beach
PHOTOS: Several days of ice rescue training for Monroe Fire Protection District firefighters last week proved useful when a call came in about what appeared to be a person's head visible above the ice near the Lake Monroe spillway.
Friday afternoon, firefighters from Station 21 were dispatched to the Lake Monroe spillway after receiving a report of a person’s head sticking out of the ice. - PUB DATE: 2/16/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Herald Times Online
VIDEO: Those who knew lifelong firefighter Donald E. Whitaker said he had a love for people and a passion for fire service.
“They didn’t call him by name, it was Chief, Chief Whitaker” Wife Ethel Whitaker said.
“Yea Chief Whitaker,” Niece Jane Jones said. “Chief what can I do? What do you need? It was Chief. - PUB DATE: 2/16/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFMY-TV CBS 2 Greensboro
The seven-day average of new Coronavirus infections in the United States has fallen to a number not seen since the delta surge of last summer began to die down, though cases remain higher than during much of the pandemic.
The country had an average of 153,029 cases per day as of Monday, according to tracking by The Washington Post. - PUB DATE: 2/16/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Washington Post
