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
VIDEO: Lucas Oil Raceway brought the heat on Saturday as the racetrack hosted the world finals for Beat the Heat, Inc.
But behind the wheels of these drag cars weren’t professional racecar drivers. Instead, the “heat” burning rubber up and down the raceway were police officers and firefighters from across the nation. - PUB DATE: 8/24/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WXIN-TV FOX 59 Indianapolis
On September 11, 2001, members of the Islamic extremist group Al Qaeda coordinated four attacks using hijacked commercial airliners in the United States.
Two iconic towers fell. The Pentagon sustained major damage. Nearly 3,000 victims lost their lives. Countless more suffered immediate injuries and long-term health issues that are still being felt to this day. - PUB DATE: 8/24/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CBS News
Multiple houses under construction were damaged or destroyed after Phoenix firefighters battled a second-alarm fire Sunday morning. Arizona's Family cameras show several structures went up in flames near Bell Road and Tatum Boulevard.
Phoenix fire crews responded to the area around 9:30 a.m. for reports of a house fire. - PUB DATE: 8/23/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTVK-TV 3 & KPHO-TV CBS 5 Phoenix
Without the remains of the mangled cab in the middle of the photo, it may have been hard to even realize that a fire truck was involved in the Saturday night collision.
Even harder to believe is the fact that there were no injuries among the many first responders who were on the scene that night.
Nonetheless, the Flint Hill Fire Department wanted to share the image of destruction, not only to remind drivers to use caution but to show how dangerous a firefighter's job can be. - PUB DATE: 8/23/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLTX-TV CBS 19 Columbia
A report detailing the city of Waco’s response to February’s freeze recommends stockpiling fuel and supplies, developing emergency housing plans with designated shelters, investing in snow plowing equipment and arming more city facilities with backup generators.
The report details what happened when the unprecedented nine-day weather event caused havoc with the state’s power grid, the erratic and long-lasting power outages that put lives in danger throughout Texas and the ensuing water pipe ruptures that spread throughout the city, putting the water system in jeopardy until a combination of round-the-clock work and water conservation measures helped it recover. - PUB DATE: 8/23/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Waco Tribune-Herald
Firefighters already provide lifesaving services to people in Volusia County. Now, they're adding another service: scanning for microchips when people find pets they believe are lost.
The county’s animal services and fire department have launched a program to train firefighters in the use of microchip scanners. - PUB DATE: 8/23/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Daytona Beach News-Journal
PHOTO: Donnie Speer owns and operates The Big Hole Pizza Company in Wise River, Montana. What started as a creative dream a couple years ago led him to purchasing a retired fire truck with roots in Daviess County — nearly 1,800 miles away.
The fire truck, which still reads “Thruston-Philpot Fire Department,” dates back to 1978. - PUB DATE: 8/23/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Owensboro Times
Alicia Welch knew she wanted a career that would challenge her mentally and physically, leading her to become a firefighter three decades ago.
“I just wanted to help people and have a job where I would have to think and act,” the Lompoc Fire Department’s new chief told Noozhawk.
A badge-pinning ceremony for Welch occurred Tuesday night during the Lompoc City Council meeting, a week after she started her new job. - PUB DATE: 8/20/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Noozhawk
The Edina Fire Department, in partnership with the University of Minnesota, will soon help operate a first-of-its-kind truck specializing in treating cardiac arrests.
The fire-truck-sized vehicle, which will use a heart-lung bypass machine to treat patients who are experiencing a sudden cardiac arrest, will be stored and staffed by the Edina Fire Department. - PUB DATE: 8/20/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Sun Current - Metered Site
PHOTOS: The dark streets, the shuttered buildings, the nightmare sci-fi future — St. Louis had it all when director John Carpenter featured the city's downtown as the main setting for his 1981 action masterpiece Escape from New York.
The mix of devastation and grime wasn't a product of the city itself, but rather the aftermath of a firestorm that had consumed six buildings and left the area near Locust Street and North 21st Street looking like it had been carpet-bombed in 1976. - PUB DATE: 8/20/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Riverfront Times
PHOTOS: In a true blast from the past, an antique, 1938 hook and ladder truck that once served the Rome Fire Department for more than 30 years has been returned to the city from a collector in Canada.
The bright red fire truck is in “fantastic condition” after years of maintenance and “drives like a charm,” said Deputy Fire Chief Timothy W. - PUB DATE: 8/20/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Rome Sentinel
AstraZeneca scored a win on Friday as data showed its antibody cocktail is 77 percent effective at preventing symptomatic COVID-19 in high-risk populations.
The research found no one who took AstraZeneca’s combination, called AZD7442, developed severe COVID-19 or died due to the virus. In comparison, three participants who received the placebo endured serious illness, with two fatalities. - PUB DATE: 8/20/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Hill
VIDEOS: Firefighters put out a fire that engulfed two boats at a marina in Dania Beach.
7SkyForce hovered over the scene at 299 Lewis Lane, just south of Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, Wednesday afternoon.
The two boats could be seen fully engulfed in flames as heavy black smoke billowed from them. - PUB DATE: 8/19/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSVN-TV FOX 7 Miami
This year, we will mark 20 years since the Sept. 11 terror attacks.
For one retired firefighter, the tragedy and a firefighter’s helmet called him home to New York to help.
In the heart of the South Bronx is Engine 73, Ladder 42, and in the hearts of firefighters at the Prospect Avenue fire house are the heroes lost on Sept. - PUB DATE: 8/19/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLNY-TV 55 Riverhead
Chief Justin McKenzie leads the newly-formed, full time fire department in Fultondale, and he’s using flames in a unique way.
A master of the grill, McKenzie was recently a contestant on Food Network’s Guy’s Grocery Games – a show hosted by Guy Fieri in which different cooks compete for prize money. - PUB DATE: 8/19/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WIAT-TV CBS 42 Birmingham
Even when he works two consecutive 24-hour shifts, Chris Aberle rarely sleeps at the fire station.
Sometimes he tries. If he is lucky, he might pick up a couple hours of rest. But lately his shift has been getting calls at night.
“No one ever sleeps, you know, even if we had no calls from midnight to 8 a. - PUB DATE: 8/19/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Penobscot Bay Pilot
