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
Doctors at UPMC are trying to raise awareness about the benefits of napping for first responders.
KDKA’s Meghan Schiller found out this new napping study applies to everyone looking to make informed decisions about rest but especially applies to first responders, police officers, firefighters, pilots, train operators and other high-risk jobs. - PUB DATE: 6/25/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KDKA-TV CBS 2 Pittsburgh
President Joe Biden may have already conceded that the U.S. will fall short of reaching his July 4 goal to have vaccinated at least 70% of the adult population against COVID, but the stakes for advancing the nation’s vaccine drive remain high as the Delta variant—the highly transmissible and concerning strain of the virus that first emerged in India—swiftly makes inroads across the country. - PUB DATE: 6/25/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Fortune
VIDEOS/PHOTOS: At least one person was killed, 99 people were unaccounted for and a massive search and rescue effort was underway for survivors following the partial collapse of a 12-story condominium building in Surfside early Thursday.
The collapse sent a cloud of debris through the neighborhood, coating cars up to two blocks away with a light layer of dust. - PUB DATE: 6/24/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTVJ-TV NBC 6 Miami
VIDEOS/PHOTOS: At least one person was killed and a massive search and rescue effort was underway for survivors following the partial collapse of a 12-story condominium building in Surfside early Thursday.
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue officials said more than 80 units responded to the beachfront condo near 88th Street and Collins Avenue just north of Miami Beach around 2 a. - PUB DATE: 6/24/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTVJ-TV NBC 6 Miami
VIDEO: Virginia Beach investigators have not released the cause of a massive fire that destroyed a multi-million dollar home on McCullough Lane.
Firefighters faced several challenges, including its remote location across the water from First Landing State Park. There are only two fire hydrants in that area. - PUB DATE: 6/24/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WVEC-TV ABC 13 Hampton
PHOTOS: Tiffany Hyde has been an emergency room nurse for 31 years, almost 13 of those at Williamson Medical Center. She also taught nursing and emergency medical services (EMS) courses at Ravenwood High School for eight years.
Seven years ago, Hyde, her husband and their son, Clark, moved to Arrington. - PUB DATE: 6/24/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Williamson Herald
VIDEO: Some kids who say they want to be a firefighter when they grow up got to do just that this week.
The Indianapolis Fire Department is hosting its Firefighter For a Day camp, offering children aged 7-12 a chance to get hands-on and learn new skills.
The camp includes the opportunity to learn about CPR, hazardous materials at home, and more. - PUB DATE: 6/24/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WXIN-TV FOX 59 Indianapolis
A man suspected of being a serial arsonist was arrested in Mound House while in the process of starting another fire.
According to the Nevada Department of Public Safety (DPS), 29-year-old Kevin Critor from Dayton was arrested on June 21 in the area of Cash Drive and Carry Way in Mound House. In addition to the intentionally set fires, Critor was tied to multiple fire station burglaries across Washoe, Douglas and Lyon counties, according to DPS. - PUB DATE: 6/24/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KRNV-DT NBC 4 Reno
