VIDEO: It was a steamy day across Central Virginia on Wednesday and many were looking for a little relief from the heat. First responders in Petersburg came up with a unique way to keep kids cool. As temperatures flirted with the 100 degree mark, the city’s police and fire department created their own splash park giving kids the chance to slide into summer with some fun.
- PUB DATE: 7/1/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WRIC-TV ABC 8 Richmond

VIDEO: Firefighters battled high temperatures as they fought to extinguish a large, seven-alarm house fire in Revere Tuesday evening. Crews were called to the scene on Hyde Street where smoke and flames could be seen pouring out of the top of the home. The back side of the structure was charred. At least one other home caught fire due to constantly changing wind directions.
- PUB DATE: 6/30/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHDH-TV ABC 7 Boston

VIDEO: Four people have been arrested and two others charged in connection with a fire at a Spring Valley assisted living facility that claimed the lives of a resident and a firefighter earlier this year. District Attorney Thomas Walsh and New York State Fire Prevention and Control officials detailed the arrests and the results of the three-month long investigation at a Tuesday afternoon news conference.
- PUB DATE: 6/30/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WABC-TV ABC 7 New York

New machine learning algorithms could soon help firefighters forecast dangerous flashover ignition events using sensor data from burning buildings. Called P-Flash, the system was developed by Thomas Cleary and colleagues at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the US and Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
- PUB DATE: 6/30/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Physics World

VIDEO: Jordan Pinol is never too far away from his fire hat. The French child, who leaves on the border near Geneva, Switzerland, has fond memories of a family trip to Florida in 2018. “He loves everything about firefighters,” said his dad, Alex. Jordan, now 6, begged his family to stop at the fire station while visiting Clearwater.
- PUB DATE: 6/30/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTSP-TV CBS 10 Tampa

VIDEO: Capt. Michael Renn had a few minutes before dinner with the rest of the crew at Louisville Fire Department’s Engine 2. With diving gear from training that day drying out behind him, he sat down for a quick jam session with Sgt. Alex Eckert — fellow firefighter and fellow band mate. "I think it started off with me kind of probably just playing guitar, bringing my guitar up to the fire house, and then bumping into actually…our lead singer,” said Renn.
- PUB DATE: 6/30/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Spectrum News 1 - Metered Site

VIDEOS/PHOTOS: Officials say they have multiple people they're interested in speaking with, but no suspects, after several Ogden homes and businesses were destroyed in a massive four-alarm fire. Early Tuesday, FOX 13 saw police taking a woman into custody with handcuffs. She was originally described as a person of interest by fire officials, but was eventually released.
- PUB DATE: 6/29/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSTU-TV FOX 13 Salt Lake City

VIDEOS/PHOTOS: A woman has been taken into custody as a person of interest after several homes and construction site in Ogden were destroyed in a fire Monday night. Fire officials believe the fire was human-caused, but did not provide any details as to why the woman is considering a person of interest.
- PUB DATE: 6/29/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSTU-TV FOX 13 Salt Lake City

PHOTOS: The town of Daytona organized its volunteer fire department in 1909. It took some work, though. "Daytona needs a fire department; Daytona wants a fire department and Daytona will have a fire department. But the citizens must awake to the fact that the matter needs their cooperation. 'Tis time to get busy," The Daytona Daily News exhorted on Dec.
- PUB DATE: 6/29/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Daytona Beach News Journal

The stress and trauma that first responders experience can build up if it isn’t addressed. The city of Huntington, West Virginia, is focusing on this concern with COMPASS, a wellness program that provides first responders and their families with mental and physical health services. It began with a grant of a million dollars through the Bloomberg Philanthropies’ 2018 U.
- PUB DATE: 6/29/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: West Virginia Public Broadcasting

A city of Pharr Firefighter, and author, is hoping the subject of his latest children’s book will help make a difference in the perception of law enforcement officers. Many Valley residents are familiar with the questionable but sometimes effective form of discipline that inspired Santos Vallejo’s, 32, new children’s book titled ‘Protect and Serve’.
- PUB DATE: 6/29/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KVEO-TV NBC/CBS 23 Brownsville

The face mask that you wear in the future could alert you of a coronavirus diagnosis, thanks to researchers at Harvard University and MIT. Researchers have created wearable biosensors that can detect the presence of the virus in a person’s breath. These button-activated masks give COVID results within 90 minutes in a simple-to-read format similar to an at-home pregnancy test.
- PUB DATE: 6/29/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Boston Herald - Metered Site

VIDEO: Crews rescued residents and knocked down flames at the scene of a five-alarm fire at a Salt Lake City apartment building Monday morning. Residents on the fourth and fifth floors of the Incline Terrace Apartments near 1000 East and 400 South reported the fire about 2 a.m., according to Salt Lake Fire Capt.
- PUB DATE: 6/28/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSL-TV NBC 5 Salt Lake City

City detectives are investigating a shots-fired incident near the Fire Department's Central Station that resulted in a firefighter being grazed by shrapnel or pavement. Police said that about 8:45 a.m. Saturday, someone fired a handgun from inside a vehicle traveling in the area of 6th Avenue and Jacob Street.
- PUB DATE: 6/28/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Times Union

If your childhood dream was to own a fire truck, then it might come true. The Pennsylvania National Fire Museum in Harrisburg is hosting a raffle to provide one person with a chance to win a vintage fire truck. Tickets are $100 to enter the raffle. Museum officials say they plan to sell 200 tickets before closing sales.
- PUB DATE: 6/28/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPMT-TV FOX 43 York

There has been a lot of recent movement in the upper ranks for the Manchester Fire Department, including the departure of Fire Chief Dan Goonan. Whenever that happens, a reshuffling takes place as people move up in rank. That means that several city firehouses saw new captains this year. Captains run the firehouses.
- PUB DATE: 6/28/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New Hampshire Union Leader - Metered Site

VIDEO: The pandemic caused a lot of events and activities to transition to virtual platforms. Sioux Falls Fire Rescue got creative when the pandemic hit, taking their fire education program virtual. “We weren’t allowed to get into the classrooms. So we’ve got a virtual program now. So we sit down with the kids virtually, they watch a short program and then we interact with the kids.
- PUB DATE: 6/28/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KELO-TV CBS 11 Sioux Falls

PHOTOS: It was quite a sight to see the Fireboat John D. McKean arrive at Pier 25. On one of the most beautiful days of the year, there were bagpipers from the FDNY to welcome it on the pier, and its (her?) cousin, the John J. Harvey, which is docked in Hudson River Park at Pier 66 Maritime, gave a water display as a welcome.
- PUB DATE: 6/25/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Tribeca Citizen

The abrupt, deadly collapse of part of the Champlain Towers South apartment building in Surfside, Fla., is prompting new calls for enhanced oceanfront construction safety protocols and inspections. "Buildings like this do not fall in America," Surfside Mayor Charles Burkett told Fox News’ Tucker Carlson Thursday night.
- PUB DATE: 6/25/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FOX NEWS

AT&T and the FirstNet Authority announced the addition of 19 deployable assets to the dedicated FirstNet fleet of mobile LTE vehicles, with Communications Vehicles and Micro SatCOLTs providing different operational features and flexibility than was available previously. Fred Scalera, AT&T’s associate director for FirstNet, said he believes the new deployables will help AT&T—the nationwide contractor building the FirstNet nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN)—deliver “next-level” communications support to public safety during emergency-response efforts.
- PUB DATE: 6/25/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: IWCE's Urgent Communications