Black fire hydrants scattered throughout the county might go largely unnoticed by the public, but firefighters know what they mean, and many make it a point to know exactly where they are.
Ink-colored fireplugs are a signal for firefighters not to hook up water hoses there because of low water volume and the possibility that infrastructure put in place by developers might collapse under the strain. - PUB DATE: 7/14/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Hood County News
VIDEO: Police have released new footage showing the moment a tanker truck driver lost control and slammed into a median on Interstate 75 in Troy, causing an explosion.
The incident happened at about 1:15 p.m. on Monday near Big Beaver Road. Authorities said a section of the freeway is expected to be closed through at least Tuesday morning’s rush hour. - PUB DATE: 7/13/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDIV-TV NBC 4 Detroit
Police and firefighters were injured Monday, one seriously, in an accident involving a downed power line, according to authorities.
Around 4 p.m., following an intense thunderstorm, Valdosta’s fire and police departments responded to a call of a power line down on the Madison Highway near Dampier Street, a statement from the city stated. - PUB DATE: 7/13/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Valdosta Daily Times
Chicago firefighter Chris King will make his professional debut July 16-18 at the Dodge//SRT Mile-High NHRA Nationals in Denver. King, who has experience in both Top Alcohol Funny Cars and Nostalgia Nitro Funny Cars, will pilot a Toyota for Mark Howard's Papillion, Neb.-based Howard Motorsports Funny Car operation. - PUB DATE: 7/13/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NHRA
PHOTOS: David Ebarle pulls a tiny lever on the familiar red apparatus in front of him, shaped like a Monopoly house made of iron. It emits a mechanical, grinding noise that drones over his voice — it’s almost a static-like sound.
We’re standing inside the currently shuttered San Francisco Fire Department Museum, an unremarkable burgundy building adjoining Station 10 on Presidio Avenue. - PUB DATE: 7/13/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: SF Gate
VIDEO: On most days, you can find the Chattanooga Fire Department's Lt. Michael Battle working out at the Sports Barn.
On a typical day, he will bench press anywhere from 400 to 500 lbs.
While he's been inspiring others in the gym for years, he's now reaching more people on the app TikTok. Videos of his workouts have gone viral. - PUB DATE: 7/13/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WRCB-TV NBC 3 Chattanooga
VIDEO: Firefighters responded to a fire at a business in Concord at Willow Pass Road and Waterworld Parkway.
According to the Contra Costa Fire Protection District, they got a call regarding the fire around 2:40 a.m. Monday morning. When crews arrived on scene, they found fire shooting through the roof of the building. - PUB DATE: 7/12/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KABC-TV ABC 7 Los Angeles
On the corner of East Duval and North Fifth Street, city leaders and members of the Richmond Fire Department gathered for a ceremony celebrating the 71st hiring anniversary of the first Black career firefighters in the city.
Out of 500 applicants, ten men were chosen to serve for the fire department under Engine Company No. - PUB DATE: 7/12/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WWBT-TV NBC 12 Richmond
PHOTOS: Dedicated in 1975 and opened the following year, the New York City Fire Academy is a world-class training facility. Also known as “The Rock,” the fire academy is the hub of training for the Fire Department of New York (FDNY). Indeed, every FDNY firefighter begins their career here in our probationary firefighter school. - PUB DATE: 7/12/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Fire Engineering
Three feet of water was in the basement of the Monongahela Fire Department after Thursday’s rainstorm.
Images posted to the fire department’s Facebook page showed how bad the flooding was. Crews are now in clean-up mode and searching for answers. On Friday, restoration crews tore down drywall and pulled out soaked insulation. - PUB DATE: 7/12/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KDKA-TV CBS 2 Pittsburgh
A North Carolina firefighter is sharing his brutal battle with COVID-19, warning others to take the virus seriously and get vaccinated.
26-year-old Corey Spencer, a firefighter with the Pinecroft Sedgefield Fire Department, is now regaining strength in a rehabilitation center after spending 41 days hospitalized with 33 days in the ICU, on a ventilator, and in and out of a coma. - PUB DATE: 7/12/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFMY-TV CBS 2 Greensboro
VIDEO: Numerous public safety agencies are working around the clock to keep tens of thousands of fans safe at the MLB All-Star Game and all the events surrounding it in Downtown Denver.
Usually, agencies start preparing for an event of this magnitude up to two years ahead of time. But this year, Denver had just three months notice. - PUB DATE: 7/9/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KDVR-TV FOX 31 Denver
As he arrived at Fire Station 13 in Tampa to spend 12 hours shadowing some of Tampa's firefighters, Luis Viera kept his reasoning simple: "I’m looking in this city’s budget for some robust and significant help for this fire station," he said.
The Tampa city councilman has been working for more than a year to ease the stress on the crews of Fire Station 13 – the city's busiest – a location plagued by nearly never-ending calls for service. - PUB DATE: 7/9/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTVT-TV FOX 13 Tampa
PHOTO: The Athens Cultural Affairs Commission has announced the installation of new public art work for Athens-Clarke County Fire Station #2, located at 265 Cleveland Road.
“Hero’s Path”, by Baton Rouge-based artist Aaron Hussey, was installed by the artist on Friday, June 18, 2021 and funded by Athens-Clarke County SPLOST. - PUB DATE: 7/9/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Classic City News
Over 13 years ago, Arlington’s fire and police departments first teamed up to better address active shooter situations.
Since then, their partnership — called the Rescue Task Force — has become the standard for when police and fire personnel respond together to high-threat situations, according to The National Fire Protection Association. - PUB DATE: 7/9/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ARL Now
Twenty-four states have seen an uptick of at least 10% in COVID-19 cases over the past week, Johns Hopkins University data shows, as health experts and the federal government keep pressing for more people to get vaccinated.
The rapid spread of the Delta variant of the coronavirus has only ratcheted up the pressure. - PUB DATE: 7/9/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNN Health
Dash camera video captured someone throw a lit firework into a car stopped at a Midtown intersection on the night of July 4.
Kathy Kirby told News 2 that a car pulled up next to her son’s convertible, as he was stopped at a traffic light along Church Street at 17th Avenue North Sunday night. Someone in that car then tossed a “large, lit firework” into the convertible, which had the top down, striking her son in the back of the head, Kirby explained. - PUB DATE: 7/8/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKRN-TV ABC 2 Nashville
Some Toledo firefighters battling cancer are now battling something else. It’s the City of Toledo itself.
That’s because the city is taking them to court over Worker’s Comp claims that have already been accepted. It’s a fight that could affect their long term health but in the short term it’s causing lots of stress
It all starts with a state law saying firefighters who contract cancer are presumed to have contracted it through their job and can get worker’s compensation. - PUB DATE: 7/8/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTVG-TV ABC/CW 13 Toledo
At the suggestion of Commissioner Michael Siers, the Nags Head Board of Commissioners during its July 7 meeting formed a task force to address fire safety issues in large oceanfront homes. The move comes several weeks after a two-alarm structure fire destroyed an 18-bedroom home on the oceanfront in Kill Devil Hills where more than 40 occupants had to be evacuated. - PUB DATE: 7/8/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Outer Banks Voice
A man has been arrested after he reportedly taped a road flare to a propane tank, lit it and threw it at people outside a Boulder fire station.
Mark Stephen Szyperek, 58, was arrested Monday on suspicion of four counts of attempted first-degree assault with a deadly weapon, fourth-degree arson and possession of explosives. - PUB DATE: 7/8/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Boulder Daily Camera
