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
VIDEO/PHOTOS: A Fort Atkinson photographer captured history for his hometown during a warehouse fire earlier this month.
On August 10, Spencer Jelinek said he saw smoke from his balcony. Instead of running from the fire, he ran toward it.
“It was just a split reaction. ‘I need to go do this,’ and I did it,” he said. - PUB DATE: 8/25/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMTV NBC/CW+ 15 Madison
Throughout the response to the SARS-CoV-2 virus, and its ensuing illness COVID-19, fire and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel have consistently served on the front lines while caring for patients and responding to other calls for emergency service. These fire and EMS personnel place themselves in inherently dangerous positions while caring for patients in austere environments and responding to emergencies unrelated to whether a caller has COVID-19. - PUB DATE: 8/25/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: IAFC.org
VIDEO/PHOTOS: At least one person was hospitalized, and multiple properties were damaged as a mansion went up in flames in Upper Saint Clair Monday morning.
Emergency crews were called to the home, which was still being built on Scarlett Drive, shortly after 11 a.m.
“It sounded like this big thud, it must have been some type of explosion in the garage,” said neighbor Bryan Mathews. - PUB DATE: 8/24/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPXI-TV NBC 11 Pittsburgh
PHOTOS: Every fire department has its own customs and traditions that have been carried on through the years.
Some have different colored badges to distinguish officers or different colored turnout gear, but DeFuniak Springs firefighters wear theirs on their helmets. Stickers in the shape of an extrication tool known as the “jaws of life” can be spotted plastered around the black, empty spaces of their helmets. - PUB DATE: 8/24/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Northwest Florida Daily News
A Kentucky lawmaker plans to file a bill that would help the families of first responders who died from COVID-19.
Rep. Thomas Huff, a Republican from Shepherdsville, said his proposal is a result of the twin tragedy that occurred at the Zoneton Fire Department.
Chief Rob Orkies died in December 2020 after a battle with both cancer and COVID-19. - PUB DATE: 8/24/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDRB-TV FOX 41 Louisville
