The Spokane Fire Department is finding new ways to connect with families during COVID. They've recently launched a new webpage to teach young kids about fire safety. It's like a virtual classroom, with icons and avatars for kids to click on.
Jamie McIntyre, with the Spokane Fire Department, says firefighters really value that one-on-one connection they can have with the community. - PUB DATE: 2/5/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KHQ-TV NBC 6 Spokane
A Black Firefighters Association fundraiser in Indianapolis starts with t-shirt sales, but it ends with big dreams of owning the property right next door to their headquarters.
Capt. Corey Floyd serves as the recruitment officer for the Indianapolis Fire Department. He is also president of the Black Firefighters Association, which was created back in 1992 to help people of color at IFD fight against injustices and equality. - PUB DATE: 2/5/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTHR-TV NBC 13 Indianapolis
Frightening coronavirus variants have found footing in the U.S. Experts caution that the worst may still be yet to come. Super Bowl watch parties could be the next superspreader event. This is, without question, not the time to let one’s guard down. And yet, the COVID-19 picture in America at this moment in time is vastly improved from what it was just a few weeks ago. - PUB DATE: 2/5/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Intelligencer - Metered Site
A Greensboro firefighter is being recognized for his life-saving invention.
Capt. CJ Woody earned the city’s Innovator of the Year award for designing and creating a decontamination shower head that attaches to fire trucks.
The idea came to Woody after battling cancer.
Firefighters are at a high risk of exposure to cancer-causing toxins. - PUB DATE: 2/4/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WGHP-TV Fox 8 High Point
24-year-old Dejah Woods will make history when she begins her first shift as a firefighter in DeLand Thursday.
At that moment, Woods will officially become the city’s first ever black female firefighter. Of the 49 firefighters in the department, Woods is one of just three women, and four minorities. - PUB DATE: 2/4/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFTV ABC 9 News Orlando
Google asked the US Federal Aviation Administration for permission to test a drone for monitoring and fighting fires. However, its drone plans, which were published Thursday in the federal register, have since been extinguished.
The request came from Alphabet's Google Research Climate and Energy Group -- not the company's Wing subsidiary, whose drone delivery service was certified by the FAA in 2019. - PUB DATE: 2/4/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNET
PHOTOS: In nearly 50 years of reminiscing about his hometown of Park Ridge with fellow members of the Park Ridge Historical Society, a favorite topic for Ralph R. Bishop was his adventures with the Lil’ Pirsch fire truck, first bought by the city in 1921.
His father, Ralph E. Bishop, was fire chief when the city bought the pumper truck, built by Nash. - PUB DATE: 2/4/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Journal & Topics
Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft, recently commented in a blog post that a next pandemic could be 10 times worse than the one we are currently experiencing. In this context, the billionaire proposes to create "a squad of pandemic firefighters" to take action against such a threat.
“The unfortunate reality is that COVID-19 may not be the last pandemic. - PUB DATE: 2/4/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Hour
VIDEO: A Fort Meade voluntary firefighter is “responsive and talking” after being struck by a train while battling a brush fire Tuesday.
Polk County firefighters were on the scene of a 3-4 acre wildfire near 1491 14th St. NW in Fort Meade after it began threatening buildings in the area.
The fire was contained and buildings were saved but while working on the blaze, officials said a Fort Meade voluntary firefighter was struck by a train. - PUB DATE: 2/3/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFLA-TV NBC 8 Tampa
The swearing in last month of Dominick Trozzi as a new Parma Fire Department cadet marked a two-decades-old dream come true for the Parma native.
However, setting goals and reaching for dreams is nothing new to Trozzi, who has been competing as a world-class weightlifter around the globe for the last decade. - PUB DATE: 2/3/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Cleveland.com
VIDEO: Firefighters early Wednesday doused a two-alarm blaze at an abandoned building in West San Jose, near O'Connor Hospital, according to the fire department.
At about 2:20 a.m., multiple units responded to the scene of a structure fire in the 200 block of Bascom Avenue, near Forest Avenue, the San Jose Fire Department said. - PUB DATE: 2/3/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KNTV NBC 11 San Jose
A small Morgan County community is safer after getting a surprise that will save lives. In Rugby, a new donated fire truck is the talk of the town.
Rugby is mostly quiet, with few cars passing by the historic sign and the town's R.M. Brooks Store. But, on Tuesday night, the air was filled with sirens and the sky with flashing lights. - PUB DATE: 2/3/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBIR-TV NBC 10 Knoxville
VIDEO: Firefighters protected nearby buildings from flames that tore through an auto parts storage center early Tuesday in Cypress Park.
Over 100 firefighters were battling the fire in the community north of downtown Los Angeles.
Crews responded to the 1000 block of N. San Fernando Road at about 4 a. - PUB DATE: 2/2/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KNBC-TV NBC 4 Los Angeles
VIDEO: Dramatic video shows first responders rescue two people from a vehicle submerged into Long Island Sound during the nor'easter on Monday afternoon.
Two people were in the pickup truck when it went 35 feet out into the water. Only the bed of the truck was sticking out.
A woman in the truck got out through the rear window and was able to get onto the bed of the truck and out of the water, but a man in the truck was stuck. - PUB DATE: 2/2/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WABC-TV ABC 7 New York
The Goodyear Fire Department is one of the first fire departments in the country to take a major step toward preventing firefighters from getting cancer from the important work they do.
Goodyear opened up Station 186 near Willis and Rainbow Valley roads in early January.
The station is one of three that will be built with special air partitioning systems to keep carcinogens away from firefighters in between calls. - PUB DATE: 2/2/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPNX-TV NBC 12 Phoenix
With the Alabama state legislative session starting on Feb. 2, a bill has already been proposed to give more help towards first responders suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder.
When people hear the term PTSD, most do not think about firefighters, police officers, or other safety staff.
According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 30 percent of first responders are expected to develop some type of behavioral condition. - PUB DATE: 2/2/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDHN-TV ABC 18 Dothan
VIDEO: A huge fire broke out overnight inside a recycling plant in New Jersey.
The 11-alarm fire is contained but is still not under control at Atlantic Fiber Company that started just after midnight Saturday.
Firefighters from over 20 departments including Rutherford, Paterson, Lodi and Wallington responded to the fire on the brutally cold night. - PUB DATE: 2/1/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WABC-TV ABC 7 New York
PHOTOS: A crew from Lakeside Fire House was sent to the hospital Sunday morning when their firetruck rolled off the road while it was snowing.
Henrico Fire tweeted on Sunday, Jan. 31 around 10:50 a.m. that it received a call that one of its units -- Henrico Fire Engine 305 -- was involved in a rollover accident. - PUB DATE: 2/1/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WVEC-TV ABC 13 Hampton
Dylan Mercier was not unlike any number of boys growing up. He loved playing with toy cars and trucks.
The St. Anne man, who recently had his Mack semi-tractor and trailer wrapped to pay tribute to firefighters, is now stepping into a world he never could have imagined.
Mercier, who will soon turn the age of 20, was contacted by die cast toy manufacturer First Gear, Inc. - PUB DATE: 2/1/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Daily Journal - Metered Site
A Durham company is developing a new technology that will help fight COVID-19.
It’s what EmitBio said will potentially save millions of lives. The handheld device is inserted into the mouth aims precise wavelengths of targeted light at a spot in the back of the throat known as your oropharynx. It’s turned on for five minutes, and later that same day the treatment is repeated. - PUB DATE: 2/1/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBTW-TV CBS 13 Florence
