Actress and talk show host Drew Barrymore welcomed the Long Beach Fire Department to the “Drew Barrymore Show” last month. Barrymore recognized the entire department, highlighting firefighter Catherine Lewis.
Lewis, who is known as Cat to her fellow firefighters, was sworn in as the first paid female firefighter in the department’s 111-year history in March, which Barrymore noted. - PUB DATE: 12/3/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: LIHerald.com
VIDEO: A long-awaited addition to the Hermon Fire Department has finally arrived. A new training prop is helping firefighters be better prepared to enter burning buildings.
“We’ve been getting pictures of this as it’s been built over the months, so it’s kind of like a baby. We’ve been waiting for it to arrive,” said Hermon Fire Chief Frank Roma. - PUB DATE: 12/3/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WABI-TV CBS/CW+ 5 Bangor
VIDEO: In the darkness that comes earlier these days, flames lit up the sky for miles long in north suburban Kildeer following a massive fire.
According to fire officials, a multi-story home caught fire and is uninhabitable. Officials say the structure may be a total loss.
The size of the fire necessitated a mutual aid response from a dozen neighboring communities. - PUB DATE: 12/2/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WGN-TV 9 Chicago
PHOTOS/VIDEO: Twelve men made history in 1955 as the first African Americans firefighters in Memphis. They faced and pushed through poor living conditions and discrimination with being forced in segregated quarters at Fire Station 8 at Mississippi and Crump and the institutional racism due to them being second-class citizens
Wednesday, the Fire Museum of Memphis opened a new exhibit to honor those men along with current and previous African American firefighters. - PUB DATE: 12/2/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WATN-TV ABC 24 Memphis
San Francisco firehouses will light up again for the holidays, formally reviving a station decoration tradition that started in the 1940s, then was brought back last year to add some joy during bleak pandemic times.
With less than two weeks’ notice in 2020, 17 stations set up elaborate decorations, including a winning house (Station 38 in Pacific Heights) that produced snow. - PUB DATE: 12/2/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle - Metered Site
Overdoses from synthetic opioids like fentanyl are steeply rising in Connecticut and across the country. The 12-month period ending in April 2021 was the deadliest year yet, with U.S. overdose deaths reaching a record high of over 100,000, reports the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). - PUB DATE: 12/2/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: UConn Today
The 788th Civil Engineer Squadron Fire Department always aims for lofty milestones to make sure it is prepared to safeguard people and infrastructure in an emergency.
“We conduct formal training three days a week, and informal training as opportunities arise,” said Bryan Weeks, the Fire Department’s assistant chief for training. - PUB DATE: 12/2/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: DVIDS
VIDEO:An explosion blew through the lower levels of a home in the Cypress Hills section of Brooklyn, injuring six and leaving dozens homeless.
The blast, which was caught on camera, collapsed the first floor of the Vermont Street home into the cellar just after midnight.
Six residents were treated for remarkably minor injuries, two of them taken to Brookdale University Hospital. - PUB DATE: 12/1/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WABC-TV ABC 7 New York
Hall County plans to spend up to $300,000 for rebranding the fire department to Hall County Fire and Rescue.
In a video announcing the changes, Hall County Fire Chief Chris Armstrong said the impetus to transition from Hall County Fire Services was a $10,000 pay incentive for paramedics adopted in March. - PUB DATE: 12/1/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Gainesville Times
PHOTO: A 1954 fire truck that was used by the Chippewa Falls Fire Department until it was sold in 1987 is returning to the city, and when the public gets a chance to see it, the antique vehicle will look shiny new.
The fire truck has been restored and will be on display at the new Chippewa Area History Center that is under construction along Bridgewater Avenue. - PUB DATE: 12/1/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Chippewa Herald
Millions of financial support for North Carolina firefighters fighting cancers will be available at the start of 2022 as part of the newly approved state budget.
Studies show firefighters are 9% more likely to get cancer compared to everyone else, and 14% more likely to die from cancer.
With the use of $15 million, the goal is to save firefighters' lives by helping to cover the cost of the cancer treatments that are necessary. - PUB DATE: 12/1/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCNC-TV NBC 36 Charlotte
VIDEO: People who dial 911 from a cell phone in San Antonio may video chat with an emergency dispatcher.
To connect, callers must only click on the link the dispatcher sends, sometimes seconds after they pick up the phone.
This 'GoodSAM' technology allows trained paramedics to coach bystanders through life-saving procedures while first responders are en route. - PUB DATE: 12/1/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KENS-TV CBS 5 San Antonio
VIDEO: Fire engulfed the center building at Maid-Rite Steak Co. Inc. in Scott Township, sending flames high into the night sky.
The fire broke out around 5:30 p.m. on Monday.
Explosions rocked the ground as firefighters from 17 local departments tried to knock down the fire inside the meat processing facility. - PUB DATE: 11/30/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WNEP-TV ABC 16 Scranton
John H. Oates, former fire chief of the East Hartford Fire Department in Connecticut, has been named the new CEO of the International Public Safety Data Institute by the organization’s board of directors. Oates replaces Dr. Lori Moore-Merrell, who was appointed to lead the U.S. Fire Administration by President Joe Biden in October. - PUB DATE: 11/30/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: IPSDI
The holidays after losing a loved one can be a difficult time, which is why the Buchanan-based non-profit, Sirens and Salutes is honoring those who lost their lives this year in the line of duty.
In front of the Buchanan Volunteer Fire Station, there is a white Christmas tree with a special meaning. - PUB DATE: 11/30/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSLS-TV NBC10 Roanoke
PHOTOS: Oftentimes first responders must physically get out and open unmanned security gates in neighborhoods when there’s an emergency, but now technology is helping get them through much quicker.
For all the unmanned gates protecting communities in Palm Beach County, for years now they’ve been required to have Knox Boxes. - PUB DATE: 11/30/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPEC-TV CBS 12 West Palm Beach
VIDEO: Atlanta firefighters were back on Cheshire Bridge Road on Saturday after a fire broke out under an overpass less than a month after officials started demolishing another bridge on the same roadway. Atlanta Fire Company 29 shared videos of the fire where black smoke could be seen filling the sky. - PUB DATE: 11/29/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
PHOTOS/VIDEO: Christmas came early for Superior's firefighters.
"If you would have asked me two years ago if I would have been working in a brand new fire station with two new ladders, I would have said you're kidding," said Battalion Chief Howard Huber.
The Superior Fire Department has not one, but two new aerial ladder trucks. - PUB DATE: 11/29/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Superior Telegram - Metered Site
The Pleasant Valley Fire District, with mutual aid from other area departments and community members, loaded 600 live Christmas trees onto two FedEx trailers for the annual “Trees for Troops” drive on Saturday, November 27. The trailers were loaded at Hahn Farm on Salt Point Turnpike.
The nationwide movement began in 2005 when the National Christmas Tree Association formed the non-profit Christmas SPIRIT Foundation to unite local tree growers who were running small tree programs for troops. - PUB DATE: 11/29/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Mid Hudson News
The Seguin Police Department threw down a challenge to the Seguin Fire Department, along with its razors, to help raise money for a local teen and awareness about the cancer he is battling.
The pair of city departments are in the midst of the No Shave November “Stache-Off.” The firefighters and police officers are tasked with growing out their best mustache, or beard, to raise money for Navarro High School senior Triston Brashears, who was diagnosed with testicular cancer last month. - PUB DATE: 11/29/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Seguin Gazette
