Every day, in communities across the country, Emergency Medical Service (EMS) providers put themselves on the line to save lives, safeguard dangerous situations, and deliver hope to families and communities in crisis. With selflessness, professionalism, and grace under fire, they provide essential care — never more so than during our battle with COVID-19 over the past year. - PUB DATE: 5/17/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The White House
On Thursday, May 13, Firefighters from across Southern Ocean County responded to a structure fire at an 8 unit apartment building in the Royal Timbers complex. According to the Little Egg Harbor Township Police Officers arrived approx 3pm to Wild Oaks Court where they immediately encountered the fire and began to evacuate and redirect traffic. - PUB DATE: 5/14/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: TAP into Little Egg Harbor & Tuckerton
The state of Michigan is taking blood samples from firefighters as part of a project to study how much exposure they receive to toxic PFAS chemicals.
This week, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) announced the launch of the PFAS in Firefighters of Michigan Surveillance (PFOMS) project, a multi-year $1 million biomonitoring effort to assess firefighter exposure to the “forever chemicals. - PUB DATE: 5/14/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Mlive
VIDEO: It was not business as usual at Storm Engine Company No. 2 in Derby. One day after the tragedy in New Haven that cost the life of fallen firefighter Ricardo Torres, who ran into a burning building, saving the lives of two people.
It would be his final heroic act.
Firefighters in Derby shared with News 8 what drives firefighters to do what most people would not — run towards danger?
“Somebody has to answer the call when somebody needs help,” said Capt. - PUB DATE: 5/14/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTNH-TV ABC 8 New Haven
VIDEOS: This weekend's graduation day marks 25 years since a tragic fire in a UNC fraternity house killed five students.
The painful date is etched in local memory: May 12, 1996.
It was graduation day – and Mother's Day.
A smoldering cigarette sent the Phi Gamma Delta house up in flames, killing five students and injuring three on what should have been a happy day of commencement. - PUB DATE: 5/14/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WRAL-TV NBC 5 Raleigh
Just 30% of Americans are worried about contracting COVID-19, the lowest fear level recorded by Gallup since the survey firm began tracking the pandemic in April 2020, and 69% of Americans said the pandemic was getting “better” in the U.S. as more Americans get vaccinated and states begin reopening parts of the economy. - PUB DATE: 5/14/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Forbes
VIDEO: A U.S. Customs and Border Protection helicopter crashed at an airport in Oklahoma City during a training flight Wednesday afternoon.
Emergency responders, including the Oklahoma City Fire Department, were called to the 1700 block of North Cimarron Road in the area of the Clarence E. Page Municipal Airport. - PUB DATE: 5/13/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KFOR-TV NBC 4 Oklahoma
Two Los Angeles County firefighters could be fired and a third suspended after some first responders took and shared graphic photos from the site of the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant, his teenage daughter and seven others, court documents say.
The court documents were filed Monday as part of widow Vanessa Bryant's federal lawsuit against Los Angeles County that alleges invasion of privacy. - PUB DATE: 5/13/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KABC-TV ABC 7 Los Angeles
Cory Roebuck, a volunteer firefighter with the Western Taney County Fire Protection District, is helping the families of first responders killed in the line of duty.
A ribbon cutting ceremony Wednesday at the Branson Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce launched the Taney County 100 Club. Roebuck said he nearly died eight years ago when he was left hanging from a tree while responding to flash flooding. - PUB DATE: 5/13/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KYTV NBC 3 Springfield
VIDEO: Firefighters put their lives on the line every day.
While we know the tremendous job they do to protect the community, sometimes they go above and beyond to save priceless items that would have been lost.
That’s what happened Monday in Bangor. “I had the clothes I was wearing, and I had my phone in my pocket,” said Jonathan Tenney. - PUB DATE: 5/13/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WABI-TV CBS/CW+ 5 Bangor
VIDEO: According to Gas Buddy about 7% of gas stations in Alabama are out of fuel.
Others are running low - or only have limited options.
As more and more gas stations continue to face a gas shortage, first responders are trying to make plans to keep their vehicles fueled.
Decatur Fire Chief Tracy Thornton said he's starting to see more gas stations with bags over the pumps to indicate they’re running low or completely out of fuel. - PUB DATE: 5/13/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WAAY-TV ABC 31 Huntsville
VIDEO: A multi-business plaza went up in flames in South Fargo.
“At 1:20, we had a report of a fire here at 3242 20th Street South. When crews arrived, they found smoke showing and fire in the attic of the building. They struck a second alarm to bring in additional crews and as you see here, there’s an extensive fire involved of the attic, so they were working to get that stopped. - PUB DATE: 5/12/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KVRR-TV FOX 15 Fargo
When firefighter Teresa Mauldin was diagnosed with bladder cancer in 2013, she attributed it to the dangers of the job. But Mauldin and more than four dozen San Jose firefighters now attribute the danger to the equipment they used and wore every day.
“I feel betrayed,” she said.
A group of 49 current and former San Jose firefighters, along with three of their spouses, filed two lawsuits in December and March against 27 manufacturing companies including 3M and DuPont. - PUB DATE: 5/12/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: San Jose Spotlight
Sheldon has a nose for solving arson cases, and he proved it on his very first day at work.
The dog — part golden retriever, part black Labrador — was trained by State Farm Insurance to use his incredibly sensitive snout to detect fuels and other accelerants, when authorities suspect that a fire was set on purpose and need evidence to support their case. - PUB DATE: 5/12/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Fort Worth Star-Telegram - Metered Site
VIDEO/PHOTOS: Both the West Bend and Town of Sheboygan fire departments recently added new vintage fire trucks to their fleets. The West Bend Fire Department recently refurbished a 1929 Model Ford A fire truck. According to the fire department, they believe it was originally owned by the Germantown Fire Department and then purchased by the West Bend FD in the 1940s. - PUB DATE: 5/12/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTMJ-TV NBC 4 Milwaukee
Scott Martin, a 12-year veteran with the Buffalo Fire Department, was fired from his job earlier this year because he tested positive for marijuana.
Martin doesn't deny using marijuana.
The 37-year-old firefighter who served with the Air Force in Iraq and Afghanistan said he is a certified medical marijuana patient who uses cannabis to treat post-traumatic stress disorder and back pain and that cannabis has greatly improved his health and well-being. - PUB DATE: 5/12/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Buffalo News
A massive fire destroyed a barn late Monday night in Dickerson, Maryland. Approximately $1.5 million in damages was caused by the fire, according to Montgomery County Fire officials.
Fire officials say no one was injured in the fire and 65 firefighters responded to the scene to battle the blaze.
The incident occurred at 511 Peach Tree Road near Barnesville Road and firefighters extinguished the fire. - PUB DATE: 5/11/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJLA-TV ABC 7 Washington DC
VIDEO: Up to 115 Austin firefighters were potentially exposed to asbestos during a three-alarm warehouse blaze in the St. John’s neighborhood of north Austin on May 6, according to Austin Fire Department spokesperson Michelle Tanzola.
The property, located at 7309 N. Interstate-35 at the corner of the service road and Blackson Avenue, is owned by the City of Austin, according to Travis Central Appraisal District records. - PUB DATE: 5/11/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KXAN-TV NBC 36 Austin
VIDEO: The Cumberland Trail Fire District needs to make upgrades to its building and is having a difficult time doing so without ownership.
"It would enable us to apply for some grants to make some modifications and upgrades to the facility without going through the city, or in the event that we need a low-interest loan," Fire Chief Tim Hall said. - PUB DATE: 5/11/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTOV-TV NBC/FOX 9 Steubenville
VIDEO: Today marks 25 years since ValuJet Flight 592 crashed in the Everglades, killing all 110 people on board.
The plane took off from Miami to Atlanta on May 11, 1996. But about 10 minutes later, it plunged into the Everglades after oxygen canisters ignited a fire in the cargo.
Lives were forever changed and the pain of the tragic day remains. - PUB DATE: 5/11/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTVJ-TV NBC 6 Miami
