VIDEO: Firefighters have been battling a blaze at an apartment in Westland since Wednesday evening.
Three connected buildings encompassing dozens of living units are now wrapped in a blaze that's been moving through the structure since about 11:20 p.m. last night. No one was hurt in the blaze, but many families from the 36-unit structure are now displaced as a result of the fire. - PUB DATE: 8/5/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJBK-TV FOX 2 Detroit
VIDEO: Along with the bikers headed to Sturgis, a one-of-a-kind, portable Extreme Fire Station arrived right across from the Buffalo Chip.
“Just an amazing building. A great piece of equipment to bring out here and to let the fire department, ambulance, and police force used for a few of these Sturgis Rally’s that we’re all excited for,” said Dustin Lee, Production Manager for L&H Industrial. - PUB DATE: 8/5/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOTA-TV ABC 3 Rapid City
Most dogs know a trick or two, but in Santa Clarita, we found a Labrador named Echo, who has one that can bring even the toughest firefighters down to their knees every single time.
“It’s one fell swoop,” said Echo’s handler, firefighter Jake Windell. “She’ll be standing on all fours and [all of a sudden] she’s just on her back, ready to go, and I think it’s hard for anybody not to smile when they see a dog on their back waiting for a belly rub. - PUB DATE: 8/5/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Spectrum News 1
VIDEO: The sailor charged with starting a fire that destroyed the USS Bonhomme Richard last year was assigned to the ship after dropping out of training to become a Navy SEAL, and he was described by some fellow sailors as a person who had disdain for the Navy, according to investigators.
Details of 20-year-old Ryan Mays and the early investigation into the worst U. - PUB DATE: 8/5/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSWB-TV FOX 5 San Diego
At least four fires were ignited near North Park overnight, according to San Diego police.
The costliest of the fires, most of which were sparked between 1-2 a.m., involved a Tesla parked near Utah and Capps streets. In that fire, someone lit a car cover on fire, resulting in the destruction of the vehicle. - PUB DATE: 8/4/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KNSD-TV NBC 7 San Diego
Many pet owners teach their dogs how to sit, roll or shake hands, but rarely do they ever train their pets to guide firefighters out of a burning building. A group of doctoral students led by Eric Jing Du, a professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Florida, have trained and developed robotic dogs with the intent of helping first responders virtually see through walls in situations that they would otherwise be blindsided by. - PUB DATE: 8/4/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WUFT-TV PBS 5 GAINESVILLE
It was an honor that was years in the making on Tuesday for one special local hero.
On Aug. 3, 1939, John Harris — who served in the latter part of the 19th Century as the first Black firefighter with the Kokomo Fire Department — died and was buried on a small plot of land at Crown Point Cemetery, just north of Carter Street. - PUB DATE: 8/4/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Kokomo Tribune
My name is Lieutenant Roger Bayne, Jr. I have been a firefighter/paramedic with Addison Fire Protection District No. 1 for 25 years. Giving back to my community has always been something I have been very passionate about.
About 10 years ago, I knew I wanted to do something more, something bigger than only supporting my local community. - PUB DATE: 8/4/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Daily Herald - Metered Site
Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber’s lockdown-inspired single, “Stuck With U,” has now raised over $3.5 million for the First Responders Children’s Foundation, going directly to thousands of first responders’ families around the U.S.
The single, which released on May 8, 2020, was recorded in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and donated 100% of its profits from streaming and sales to the foundation. - PUB DATE: 8/4/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Variety
In a scary scene on a crowded Chicago expressway this past weekend, a motorcycle crash ended in a blaze of flames.
What happened was brazen, risky, and illegal – to select three relevant adjectives. And CBS 2’s Charlie De Mar spoke Monday with a woman who got trapped in the middle of the mess. The motorcyclists didn’t perform their stunts on closed roads or a professional course Saturday afternoon – they did it right on the Stevenson Expressway. - PUB DATE: 8/3/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBBM-TV CBS 2 Chicago
PHOTOS: On this day more than four decades ago, an inferno at a Sheepshead Bay supermarket claimed the lives of six firefighters — and today, as in years past, the first responders’ friends and families convened at St. Brendan’s Roman Catholic Church on Avenue O to commemorate the occasion and remember those who paid the ultimate sacrifice that fateful day. - PUB DATE: 8/3/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Brooklyn Paper
VIDEO: A fire truck crashed with another car en-route to a call, causing the back cab of the truck to crash into a building. The impact injured a firefighter who was steering the back end of the truck at the time.
There were terrifying moments Outside Riggs Real Estate in Stockton early Monday morning. - PUB DATE: 8/3/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOVR-TV CBS 13 Sacramento
With the COVID-19 Delta variant spreading and moving fast in Texas, first responders are once again getting infected.
Dallas Fire-Rescue and the Dallas Fire Fighters Association reported Monday that 31 members of the department are now quarantined due to the virus.
Per DFFA, 21 firefighters as of Monday have active cases, and 10 others have had recent exposure to the virus. - PUB DATE: 8/3/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFAA-TV ABC 8 Dallas
VIDEO/PHOTOS: The driver of a fuel tanker truck was killed after, authorities said, the vehicle fell off a ramp on Interstate 595 in Davie and exploded.
Florida Highway Patrol and Davie Fire Rescue units responded to the scene of the crash near the Florida Turnpike, at around 3:45 p.m., Sunday.
Investigators said the driver was heading westbound when he struck the concrete wall on the right shoulder and flipped over. - PUB DATE: 8/2/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSVN-TV FOX 7 Miami
About a dozen local firefighters are about to embark on a long journey to mark the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
“We got 42 days until 9/11,” said Batt. Chief Buck Buchanan, a retired LA County firefighter. “I’d really like to see a groundswell of patriotism come back.” Buchanan helped organize the cross country bike ride that got underway Sunday at the Santa Monica Pier and was expected to take 40 days to reach New York. - PUB DATE: 8/2/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCAL-TV CBS 2 Los Angeles
PHOTOS: The rambling stone clubhouse at Elks Country Club along the Kankakee River northeast of Aroma Park was engulfed by flames on the morning of Dec. 5, 1968.
Ironically, the building was destroyed less than 24 hours after serving as the site of a banquet honoring the man who had been the club’s golf pro for the preceding 20 years. - PUB DATE: 8/2/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Daily Journal - Metered Site
Firefighters doused the blaze before it tore through the rest of the building, but the damage was done.
The Violet Street apartment fire late Tuesday drove 10 people — six of them children — out of house and home.
A few days later, another apartment erupted in flames.
This time, a few miles northward, just off Plank Road and south of Highway 190 in Baton Rouge, where firefighters again beat it back before it could spread and before it could hurt anyone. - PUB DATE: 8/2/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Advocate
The term "hero"‘ is a well-worn term these days, but the final actions of Firefighter Thomas Royds seem to fit the bill.
As an alleged drunk driver hurdled towards first responders at the scene of an auto accident on Interstate 76 in Lower Merion early on the morning of July 24 Royds, covering a shift at Belmont Hills Fire Co. - PUB DATE: 8/2/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Mainline Media News
VIDEO: Three Honolulu aircraft rescue firefighters are talking for the first time about their role in helping save two pilots earlier this month after engine failure caused their Boeing 737 cargo plane to crash in the ocean off Kalaeloa.
On July 2, the pilot of Transair Flight 810 to Kahului alerted air traffic control it was headed back to Honolulu’s airport because of an in-flight emergency. - PUB DATE: 7/30/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Hawaii News Now
VIDEO: When tragedy or disasters strike, first responders rush to the scene — often putting their own lives in danger.
Now there's a renewed focus in Boston to make sure that when emergency personnel head home, the traumatic images they witness on the job don't have dangerous or potentially deadly impacts on their mental well-being. - PUB DATE: 7/30/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCVB-TV ABC 5 Boston
