VIDEO: The St. Louis Fire Department is showing off its newest fire truck, all thanks to Ameren Missouri. The truck costs about $1 million dollars and it took 9 to 10 months to design and another to build. Ameren Missouri helped with the design and donated the truck to the fire department. St. Louis City has two to three significant underground every year that can burn for hours, which can extensive damage and outages.
- PUB DATE: 6/3/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KMOV-TV CBS 4 St. Louis

VIDEO/PHOTOS: Firefighters were able to return a woman's American flag from her apartment after losing her home to a 4-alarm fire in Myrtle Beach Wednesday morning. The flag was all she had left. It was emotional devastation for firefighters, and the people who stood watching the fire destroy their homes.
- PUB DATE: 6/3/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPDE-TV ABC 15 Florence

A Los Angeles County firefighter appeared to have a longstanding job-related dispute with the colleague he shot and killed at their small fire station in what became California’s second deadly workplace shooting in less than a week, authorities said Wednesday. The gunman also wounded a fire captain at the station about 45 miles (72 kilometers) north of Los Angeles on Tuesday before setting his house on fire in a nearby community and apparently killing himself, officials said.
- PUB DATE: 6/2/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTLA-TV 5 CW Los Angeles

A firefighter killed a co-worker and wounded another at their small fire station before setting his own home ablaze and apparently killing himself in California’s second deadly workplace shooting in days. The gunman, a firefighter specialist and engineer, was off-duty when he apparently drove the 10 miles (16 kilometers) from his home in Acton, north of Los Angeles, and opened fire Tuesday morning at Los Angeles County Fire Station 81, authorities said.
- PUB DATE: 6/2/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTLA-TV 5 CW Los Angeles

VIDEO/PHOTOS: Horry County Fire Rescue responded to a two-alarm fire at an apartment building in the 9000 block of Shore Drive Tuesday night before it turned into a four-alarm fire. Crews were initially dispatched at 11:01 p.m. when a second alarm was sent. Firefighters were pulled from the Ocean Bridge apartment building around 6:30 a.
- PUB DATE: 6/2/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPDE-TV ABC 15 Florence

Sometimes careers start from the most unusual beginnings. So it was for Aaron Knotts, now chief of the Chillicothe Fire Department. “The summer between my eighth- and ninth-grade years,” he began, “I went to South Carolina with a friend and his family for a weeklong vacation. While down there, we had purchased some fireworks that were legal in SC.
- PUB DATE: 6/2/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Chillicothe Gazette

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition caused by experiencing a traumatic event and effects both military and civilians alike. According to WebMD, nearly eight percent of adults will develop PTSD at some point in their lives. Doctor Sam Fiala, an Associate Professor at Texas A&M University Central Texas, said the last 15 months has been hard on a lot of people.
- PUB DATE: 6/2/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCEN-TV NBC 6 Temple

FDNY hero Abraham Miller, on a roof six stories above a Manhattan street, heard the screams before spotting something through the flames and billowing smoke: A child’s tiny hand, extended from an apartment window. As a colleague lowered Miller down by hand with a rope, with the screams of other residents echoing through the darkness, the five-year veteran tried to put the 5-year-old girl at ease.
- PUB DATE: 6/2/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Daily News - Metered Site

VIDEO: Firefighters put out a massive blaze at a warehouse in Huntington Park on Monday night, officials said. The fire was reported around 8:29 p.m. at a shoe factory located at Salt Lake Avenue and E. Gage Avenue, the Los Angeles County Fire Department said. Aerial video from Sky5 showed heavy fire and smoke could be seen emanating from the commercial structure.
- PUB DATE: 6/1/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTLA-TV 5 CW Los Angeles

VIDEO: Eight years ago on Monday, the Houston Fire Department endured its darkest day in history. The Southwest Inn fire and building collapse eventually claimed the lives of five firefighters, and it was the single deadliest day for the Houston Fire Department. Their fellow firefighters gather at the site each year to make sure the fallen lost that day in 2013 aren't forgotten.
- PUB DATE: 6/1/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTRK-TV ABC 13 Houston

VIDEO: Greensboro firefighters are taking a significant step toward restoring a tradition that honors colleagues who have died. The inspiration centers around the Firemen’s monument in Green Hill Cemetery. “We’ve got so much that we take for granted just like this statue here. A lot of the firemen were not even familiar with it or really knew what the history of it was,” Retired Battalion Chief Carl Eller said.
- PUB DATE: 6/1/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WGHP-TV FOX 8 High Point

Newark firefighters will be dispatched to all life-threatening calls beginning this weekend, officials announced Friday — a change that prompted the city’s fire and police unions to raise concerns about training, equipment and compensation. University Hospital will continue to provide ambulance services to the city, but firefighters will also be dispatched in life-threatening situations.
- PUB DATE: 6/1/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New Jersey Journal

PHOTO: A large mural honoring a firefighter and other Detroit public employees who died from COVID-19 has been unveiled next to a fire station. Capt. Franklin Williams of the fire department dominates the painting. But there are images of a bus driver who made an emotional plea for protection from COVID-19 before he caught the virus, and 5-year-old girl Skylar Herbert, who was the daughter of a firefighter and police officer.
- PUB DATE: 6/1/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJBK-TV FOX 2 Detroit

VIDEO: At least one firefighter was hurt in a crash involving a fire engine responding to a call along Girard Avenue in North Philadelphia on Thursday afternoon. Police said firefighters and civilians were injured when Engine 29 crashed about three blocks from its Girard Avenue station. At least one firefighter could be seen getting removed from the rubble.
- PUB DATE: 5/28/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCAU-TV NBC 10 Philadelphia

VIDEO: A huge fire broke out Thursday night at the site of the former "Just For Fun" roller rink in north suburban McHenry. The roller rink at 914 N. Front Street closed last fall. The rink closed last fall after more than 70-years in business. It started out as a dance hall and was converted into a roller rink a few years later.
- PUB DATE: 5/28/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLS-TV ABC 7 Chicago

VIDEO: It's not the oldest fire station in the Buffalo Fire Department but it is one of the most spectacular. Firefighter James Rice says "It was built during Buffalo's industrial era. They were very proud of their fire service and fire departments." The structure was built in 1897. In those days it was horses that pulled the engines.
- PUB DATE: 5/28/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKBW-TV ABC 7 Buffalo

VIDEO: A Manitowoc teenager donated metal American flags to the Green Bay Metro Fire Department and Police Department Wednesday. Justis Henderson started making metal art with his father in their garage when he was 10 years old. What was a hobby turned into a business. He’s 17 now and just branched off of his dad’s business, Metal Art of Wisconsin, to start his own metal art company - Flags by Justis.
- PUB DATE: 5/28/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Spectrum News 1

As a veteran Allen firefighter and paramedic, Jason Denton knew the signs of a stroke. He just never expected to experience those symptoms himself. He and his physicians are bringing attention to the warning signs and lifesaving treatment for National Stroke Awareness Month. In early March, after helping with a COVID-19 vaccine clinic in Allen, Denton called his brother as he was leaving.
- PUB DATE: 5/28/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Allen American

VIDEO: An off-duty Rochester firefighter came to the rescue during a recent boat fire – using an unconventional means to help extinguish it. Rochester firefighters’ union IAFF107 says firefighter Oscar Herrera stepped in to help fight the fire on May 20 at Mayer’s Marina on Irondequoit Bay. Video captured him using his jet ski to help get the fire under control.
- PUB DATE: 5/27/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHAM-TV ABC/CW 13 Rochester

Anyone having a heart attack at the nation’s busiest airport should be prepared to wait. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport’s average response time in 2020, from the 911 center receiving a medical call to the first unit reporting on scene, was 11 minutes and 48 seconds. Even if a 911 operator at the airport knows CPR or has previous medical training, they are prohibited from giving life-saving instructions to 911 callers.
- PUB DATE: 5/27/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WXIA-TV NBC 11 Atlanta