The Tennessee Senate passed a bill that would aid volunteer firefighters in the state.
Senate Bill 778 would provide volunteer firefighters with an annual payment of $600 upon completion of at least 30 hours of training.
“Our volunteer firefighters put their lives on the line and give up their time to keep our communities safe,” said Bell, a former volunteer firefighter in Tennessee. - PUB DATE: 4/29/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WYMT-TV CBS 57 Hazard
A deck fire at a historic home in Downtown Concord kept Concord firefighters busy on Wednesday and eventually led to four alarms and — and fire crews from around the capital region assisting city firefighters.
Around 12:30 a.m., firefighters were sent to 32 Merrimack St., a four-unit building, for a report of flames seen from a deck. - PUB DATE: 4/28/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Concord Patch
This year, the Austin Fire Department said it has gotten a 10% increase in interested African Americans compared to 2019.
Its largest demographic group is Hispanic candidates — a more than 21% increase.
Overall, nearly 75% of people who submitted a cadet interest card are diversity targets, which means they belong to a minority group. - PUB DATE: 4/28/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KXAN-TV NBC 36 Austin
VIDEO: A church in Vermont's Orange County spent Tuesday working to salvage what it could following a massive overnight fire.
One of the artifacts pulled from the rubble of the Williamstown Federated Church is linked to a famous name in American history. "That's an incredible historic artifact," Stephen Morse, a church organist and historian, said of the bell that was removed from the site and stored for safe-keeping. - PUB DATE: 4/28/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPTZ-TV NBC 5 Plattsburgh
PHOTOS: Two inches of water filled what was once the poker space in the old Bonita Springs Greyhound Racing building off Bonita Beach Road. "We're going straight into the room on the left," one Estero firefighter said into his mask radio. An ominous orange glow bled from a back office. "Moving in," another replied. - PUB DATE: 4/28/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Naples Daily News
PHOTOS: There's not much left.
There's one less McLaren 765LT in the world after one went up in flames in Upper Gwynedd Township, Pennsylvania, which is just north of Philadelphia. The fire took place while the car was filling up at a gas station. There were no injuries, except for the owner's broken heart from losing this limited-run machine. - PUB DATE: 4/27/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Motor1.com
Firefighters didn’t worry about getting cancer when Tim Downes joined the Syracuse Fire Department in 1985.
He’d wear a helmet and other gear caked in soot, carbon and other toxic residue from fires and think nothing of it. “You were supposed to be salty,” he says.
But in 2008 Downes was diagnosed with stage 4 lymphoma, a cancer of the lymphatic system, part of the body’s germ fighting network. - PUB DATE: 4/27/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Syracuse.com
VIDEO: An ambulance ride, when you don't really need one, can be expensive for you. It also ties up crews that could be responding to life threatening emergencies.
As part of our Show Me Your Bill project, Trouble Shooter Jaie Avila demonstrates how the San Antonio Fire Department is trying to reduce unnecessary ambulance runs. - PUB DATE: 4/27/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WOAI-TV NBC 4 San Antonio
A La Crosse fire station is now a historical landmark, throwing a wrench into the La Crosse Fire Department’s redevelopment plans.
Fire Station No. 4 has been standing at the corner of Gillette and Liberty Streets since 1940.
It’s the oldest active fire station in La Crosse, but demolition and reconstruction plans put it at risk until a historic preservation group stepped in. - PUB DATE: 4/27/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WEAU-TV NBC 13 Eau Claire
States across the country are reporting large numbers of people getting their coronavirus shots, and according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly 95 million doses have been administered over the last month alone.
Regardless, the number of newly reported COVID-19 cases in the U. - PUB DATE: 4/27/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ABC News
VIDEO: A fire at the Lone Star Brewery late Saturday night seems “suspicious,” according to San Antonio Fire Department Chief Charles Hood.
The incident happened inside of the commercial brewery located at 600 Lone Star Boulevard.
According to Hood, firefighters arrived at the building, saw the fire through the building’s roof and called for a second alarm. - PUB DATE: 4/26/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSAT-TV ABC 12 San Antonio
For more than five years now, the Vail Police Department, the Eagle County Sheriff’s Office and the Gypsum Fire Department have worked with a national company called FirstNet to evaluate its high-speed broadband emergency communications platform.
Now other agencies can view their testimonials regarding the service and associated equipment in a series of YouTube videos produced by the company to promote its product. - PUB DATE: 4/26/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Vail Daily
Healthy, balanced meals were harder to come by for firefighters in the D.C. region until Food on the Stove came along. But starting next month, the nonprofit will beta test a new app that will pave the way for a healthier lifestyle among firehouses in Prince George’s County and beyond. Jonathan Tate founded the organization in July 2017 to help firefighters live healthier lives through nutrition and exercise. - PUB DATE: 4/26/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Washington City Paper
VIDEO: "The camaraderie on this thing was fantastic, we spent a lot time busting each other's chops and a lot of emotion when we got to the top."
Chief Tom Shannon, along with a group of Scottsdale firefighters and a few close friends, wanted to pay tribute to Austin Peck.
Peck was a former crew member who lost his battle with occupational cancer. - PUB DATE: 4/26/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPNX-TV ABC 12 Phoenix
Nearly 60 years ago, 100 homes were destroyed, as three different fires simultaneously burned through multiple Staten Island neighborhoods.
On April 20, 1963, also known as Black Saturday, a total of three large brush fires began in Rossville, Tottenville, and Mariners Harbor. In their wake, the fires caused more than $2 million of property damage and left over 500 people homeless. - PUB DATE: 4/26/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Staten Island Advance
VIDEO: A two-alarm fire in Gerritsen Beach left two people injured Thursday, fire officials say.
The fire started at a house on the corner of Knapp Street and Avenue W at around 8 p.m.
Citizen app footage shows the fire tearing through the home.
Crews were eventually able to get the fire under control and extinguish it. - PUB DATE: 4/23/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: News 12 The Bronx
VIDEO: Members of Mount Pleasant Fire Station #5 are staying in unique temporary living quarters while the station undergoes renovations. Over the last month, fire crews have been living out of a villa at Somerby Senior Living in Mount Pleasant.
Christie Gauldin, the Director of Sales and Marketing, says she was a little surprised when Mount Pleasant Fire asked if their crews could stay there while their station underwent renovations, but she knew it was something they had to make work. - PUB DATE: 4/23/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCSC-TV CBS 5 Charleston
VIDEO: Like all too many public service organizations, Williamsport Fire and EMS in Maryland is cash crunched by COVID.
“COVID really messed with things this year,” Michael Nokes, the Deputy Chief, said.
Not only were funds down, but expenses went way up.
“We just purchased a ladder truck, we have a ladder truck that’s over thirty years old, it was well overdue for a replacement,” Nokes said. - PUB DATE: 4/23/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHTM-TV ABC 27 Harrisburg
There is a huge gender gap in the world of firefighting.
Only 8% of firefighters in the United States are female according to the National Fire Protection Association.
The Greensboro Fire Department wants to bridge the gender gap through a new program.
Camp Spark is the department's new initiative aimed at changing the narrative to get more women into fire stations. - PUB DATE: 4/23/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFMY-TV CBS 2 Greensboro
It’s a boy!
An explosion that rattled homes within a 20-mile radius Tuesday night is being blamed on a gender reveal celebration at a Kingston quarry that police say involved more than a pound of Tannerite and blue chalk.
Many residents in communities across southern New Hampshire and northern Massachusetts reported hearing the explosion just after 7 p. - PUB DATE: 4/23/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New Hampshire Union Leader - Metered Site
