Brent Vanfossan has been a firefighter in Christopher, Illinois for over 20 years. And he has wanted to buy his own firetruck for quite some time.
"This engine belonged to the Sesser fire protection district. They had it for sale for a while. And I had been looking for something to honor my son Kody," said Vanfossan. - PUB DATE: 9/24/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSIL-TV ABC 3 Carbondale
Ongoing staffing shortages at the York County 911 Center have caused the center's director to reduce the frequency and kinds of nonemergency services that dispatchers have been providing to police, fire and EMS agencies.
The York Dispatch has obtained a copy of a two-page letter dated Sept. 18 that was sent to all York County police chiefs, fire chiefs and EMS officials by 911 Director Matthew Hobson. - PUB DATE: 9/23/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: York Dispatch
Yesterday evening, the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation to provide critical resources to local fire and EMS personnel. The Helping Emergency Responders Overcome (HERO) Act (H.R. 1646) will develop peer mental health training programs and resources to educate mental health professionals about active and retired firefighters' needs. - PUB DATE: 9/23/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: IAFC.org
The Tennessee State Fire Marshal’s Office (SFMO) proudly announces a new fire safety awareness campaign highlighted by new public service announcements (PSAs) starring country music artist Tracy Lawrence. These PSAs are designed to educate Tennesseans and help reduce fire fatalities across Tennessee. - PUB DATE: 9/23/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance
VIDEO: A tractor that backfired Tuesday afternoon in Maryland Line may be to blame for a large barn fire, according to the Baltimore County Fire Department. Chopper 13 was over the scene of the fire along the 3500 block of Baker School House Road. "We looked up and it was big billowing smoke, and I said, ‘Oh my God. - PUB DATE: 9/23/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJZ-TV CBS 13 Baltimore
Ogdensburg City Hall and public safety officials say a new fire dispatch policy won’t endanger the public. Firefighters beg to differ.
It’s just a line. On one side is Ogdensburg fire territory and on the other is Heuvelton’s. It runs near the intersection of Routes 68 and 37.
Until this week, Ogdensburg firefighters never hesitated to cross over the line when needed. - PUB DATE: 9/23/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WWNY-TV 7 FOX 28 Watertown
VIDEO: Fire crews are working to get a large fire under control at AAM Metal Forming/Colfor Manufacturing. The factory is on Alliance Rd. NW in Malvern.
The fire broke out sometime early Tuesday morning.
The Carroll County Sheriff’s Office tells FOX 8 they have not had any reports of injuries.
There is no word on what caused the fire. - PUB DATE: 9/22/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJW-TV FOX 8 Cleveland
VIDEO: With Tropical Storm Beta bashing the Gulf coast, first responders may get a chance to put some unique training to the test.
Inside a warehouse near Austin, Rick Cummins trains the next generation of water rescuers at his Fathom Academy. Since it opened two and a half years ago, Cummins has trained about 300 first responders, with more than 90% of them from the Houston area. - PUB DATE: 9/22/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPRC-TV NBC 2 Houston
Manatee County officials are pushing for new and more efficient ways to be able to respond to emergencies. They are partnering with a private company to bring more eyes in the skies to not only solve crimes, but also save lives.
“We’re on the edge of something that would be very very beneficial to our community,” said Jake Saur, the Public Safety Director for Manatee County. - PUB DATE: 9/22/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WWSB-TV ABC 40 Sarasota
Last Monday, when I called the cardiologist Amy Kontorovich in the late morning, she apologized for sounding tired. “I’ve been in my lab infecting heart cells with SARS-CoV-2 since 6 a.m. this morning,” she said.
That might seem like an odd experiment for a virus that spreads through the air, and primarily infects the lungs and airways. - PUB DATE: 9/22/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Atlantic
A new device could help save lives. It’s called, “The Locator.” It helps first responders find the exact location of an emergency.
Johnathan Harrison, founder of the product, was a paramedic in Tennessee in 2009. A new paramedic at the time, he responded to a call of a two-year-old in cardiac arrest in a mobile home park. - PUB DATE: 9/22/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KJRH-TV NBC 2 Tulsa
While evading police, a vehicle narrowly avoided colliding into a team of firefighters battling a three-alarm fire, putting a dramatic end to the chase and resulting in their apprehension Friday night, Paterson Police Director Jerry Speziale said.
The chase began when Paterson police stopped a sedan around 9:30 p. - PUB DATE: 9/21/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New Jersey Journal
Researchers at The Ohio State University College of Medicine and The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center have been awarded a five-year, $10 million grant from the National Cancer Institute in the National Institutes of Health to study the long-term, longitudinal impact of COVID-19 on first responders, healthcare workers and the general population. - PUB DATE: 9/21/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Mirage News
VIDEO: A father and his son were rescued off a cliff at Fort Funston on Saturday, San Francisco fire officials say.
Firefighters used ropes and pulleys to rescue the toddler and his dad from a steep and sandy cliff just after 11:30a.m.
The father described what happened, after they stepped off a marked trail, near the cliff's edge when they realized they were 70 feet below. - PUB DATE: 9/21/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KGO-TV ABC 7 San Francisco
As authorities in two D.C.-area counties investigate a flawed emergency response to a June drowning, new documents show the 911 center in Montgomery County had an automatically generated map that showed precisely where the call for help had come from.
Emergency dispatchers in Maryland sent firefighters to the Potomac River after a teen called to say her friend had slipped underwater while the group was swimming in a “river. - PUB DATE: 9/21/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Washington Post - Metered Site
When a fellow Glendale firefighter in despair approached Ashley Losch on the job about struggles with mental health, Ashley found herself in an unfamiliar place.
Firefighters are highly trained and highly skilled thinkers and problem solvers by trade.
Not this time.
“I didn’t feel prepared. I didn’t know how to help them in a way that would be effective other than listening,” Ms. - PUB DATE: 9/21/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Daily Independent
Using technology that most everyone already has, regional dispatchers hope to give first responders the ability to see what they will encounter even before they arrive at the scene of an emergency. “When you make a phone call often to 9-1-1 its in a stressful environment or the rate of anxiety is high for the caller, so they are not good information providers at least not at the detail level that we would like to have,” said Roddy Walter, director of WARCOG, a consolidated dispatch center that serves the communities of Ashland, Orrville, Wooster and the fire service for Kidron Ohio. - PUB DATE: 9/18/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJW-TV FOX 8 Cleveland
A new peer-to-peer program is providing St. Lucie fire personnel with much-needed resources during difficult times.
"Firefighters know what other firefighters go through," St. Lucie County Fire District Division Chief Aaron Shaw said. "And if nothing else, it's just a way for us to vent and speak to each other. - PUB DATE: 9/18/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFLX-TV FOX 29 West Palm Beach
Firefighters don’t just fight fires, many are also paramedics, EMTs, and registered nurses.
Now, they’re also COVID first responders.
Firefighters are used to quickly evolving situations. That’s why they were able to jump into action once the COVID-19 pandemic hit.
“We hope for the best, but prepare for the worst," said Jaime Lopez. - PUB DATE: 9/18/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KGNS-TV NBC/ABC 8 Laredo
You would think axes or power tools would be a favored tool in firefighting. But for the Waterloo Fire Department, that's not the case. They put a lot of value into their washing machine.
With their jobs involving putting themselves at risk daily, Battalion Chief Bill Beck said that also includes the risk of cancer. - PUB DATE: 9/18/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KWWL-TV NBC/CW 7 Waterloo
