VIDEO: Beautiful, hand-made wooden American flags to benefit local fire departments -- that’s the idea behind Flags for Frontlines.
Michael Jolley is a 17-year-old volunteer firefighter at Ryegate Fire Department.
“I just have a passion for volunteer firefighting, I went to emergency services and criminal justice at Riverbank Career and Technical Center in Bradford where I just really found my passion in Emergency Services through that,” he says. - PUB DATE: 2/1/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCAX-TV CBS 3 Burlington
Six people died and 10 were injured following a liquid nitrogen leak at a food processing facility in Gainesville.
Fire crews from Hall County and Gainesville responded to a report of burns at Foundation Food Group around 10:12 a.m. When units arrived, Zach Brackett of Hall County Fire Services said they found a large group of employees that had evacuated, along with multiple people who were experiencing medical emergencies in and around the facility. - PUB DATE: 1/29/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WGCL-TV CBS 46 Atlanta
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) National Response Team has been deployed to assist the Chula Vista Fire Department in the investigation into the shoe store fire that injured four firefighters Monday.
The fire broke out at around 5:40 p.m., inside the Action Footwear, at 655 H Street, according to the Chula Vista Fire Department. - PUB DATE: 1/29/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KNSD-TV NBC 39 San Diego
VIDEO: Firefighters were called to a fire Thursday evening at the Meredith Marina and Boating Center.
Meredith police dispatch confirmed that a building was fully involved in flames. Witnesses said they heard and felt an explosion. Thick smoke could be seen coming from the area of the marina.
"There was a loud explosion. - PUB DATE: 1/29/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMUR-TV ABC 9 Manchester
On Thursday, Harris County officials outlined all the actions it has taken over the past two years to enhance environmental monitoring and enforcement.
Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo said since the ITC chemical fire that happened in Deer Park in March 2019, county officials have been taken numerous steps to protect the county's environment against threats to public health and safety. - PUB DATE: 1/29/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KHOU-TV CBS 11 Houston
More infectious COVID-19 variants have emerged around the world, and experts are saying the United States must adapt to a changed pandemic playing field.
According to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, these variants spread more easily, and it’s unknown whether the illness caused is more severe. - PUB DATE: 1/29/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC News
VIDEO: A female FDNY EMT was assaulted at the scene of a three-alarm fire in the Bronx that damaged seven businesses.
The fire broke out on Westchester Avenue in the Parkchester section just before 6:30 a.m. Thursday, right near the elevated subway tracks.
The fire appears to have started in a 99-cent store. - PUB DATE: 1/28/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WABC-TV ABC 7 New York
VIDEO: One NASA Kennedy Space Center firefighter went above and beyond in his rescue back in October.
A broken scaffolding left a team of painters hanging on the side of the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center. The painters were dangling 375-feet above ground while painting the flag on the VAB. - PUB DATE: 1/28/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WOFL-TV FOX 35 Orlando
The Bourne Fire Department has been selected to take part in a nationwide program with a goal of building a digital tool that will share information on community risk factors.
Assistant Fire Chief David S. Pelonzi announced that Bourne Fire/Rescue and Emergency Services was selected by the National Fire Protection Association to participate in the second phase of the pilot program. - PUB DATE: 1/28/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Cape News - Metered Site
Scientists around the world are on the lookout for new COVID-19 variants, which are caused by mutations of the virus when its replication machinery makes an error. Experts say these mutations and the new variants are normal and to be expected.
In recent months, so-called variants of concern have been identified in the U. - PUB DATE: 1/28/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ABC News
When we need help, first responders are the ones who answer the call. Firefighters, EMTs, and police officers put their health and lives at risk every day to serve those in their community.
During the pandemic, those risks have only become more pronounced as first responders venture into dozens of homes each week, many of them for COVID-19-related calls. - PUB DATE: 1/28/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KERO-TV ABC 23 Bakersfield
A fiery crash between a pickup truck and an antique Chevrolet was captured on camera on Sunday near Atlantic City, New Jersey.
According to Galloway Township police, a Ford F-150 pickup truck hit the back of a 1956 Chevrolet Bel Air about 8 p.m.
Footage from multiple security cameras and broadcast on NBC News Philadelphia showed the antique vehicle burst into flames. - PUB DATE: 1/27/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC News
A former Kansas City firefighter believes he’s developed a product that could be a game-changer in getting COVID-19 vaccines to people at the temperatures in which the doses need to be stored.
On Tuesday, Edward Collins gave FOX4 an exclusive, behind-the-scenes look at his company, Vaccine Pods.
“We assure that these vaccines are making it to the end user and the shot in the arm and the proper temperature the entire time,” Collins said. - PUB DATE: 1/27/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDAF-TV Fox 4 Kansas City
AUDIO: Rescue 42 CEO Tim O’Connell describes how agency-owned Compact Rapid Deployable (CRD) units can provide an easy-to-deploy FirstNet cell tower that can be transported to an incident site with first responders, typically sooner than deployable can arrive from FirstNet, built by AT&T. AT&T cited the CRD program as part of its innovation announcement on Tuesday. - PUB DATE: 1/27/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: IWCE's Urgent Communications
Every day at work for 15 years, Sean Mitchell, a captain in the Nantucket Fire Department, has put on the bulky suit that protects him from the heat and flames he faces on the job. But last year, he and his team came across unsettling research: Toxic chemicals on the very equipment meant to protect their lives could instead be making them gravely ill. - PUB DATE: 1/27/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The New York Times - Metered Site
A piece of Sheridan history will soon return home.
According to Sheridan Fire-Rescue Chief Gary Harnish, a 1919 American LaFrance Fire Engine used by the city more than a century ago has been located more than 2,000 miles away in Surfside Beach, South Carolina. Even better, the Surfside Beach Fire Department is dedicated to helping the fire engine return home, and Harnish said he is excited for the engine to become part of the Sheridan community again. - PUB DATE: 1/27/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Sheridan Press
An FDNY firefighter was knocked unconscious when an air conditioner fell from a window and struck him in the head while he was battling a Brooklyn blaze on Monday morning, sources said.
The shocking incident took place outside a home in Bensonhurst and sent the smoke eater from Ladder 172 to the hospital where he was in serious condition, according to FDNY sources. - PUB DATE: 1/26/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Post
After 36 years of service, a new Maritime Emergency Response Vessel is in the works with the help of a $750,000 allocation from Washington state.
Last week, South King Fire and Rescue announced the department received the final contract appropriating $750,000 from the 2020 Washington state operating budget to pay for a major portion of the new fire rescue boat. - PUB DATE: 1/26/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Federal Way Mirror - Metered Site
VIDEO: Four firefighters were injured including one with second-degree burns as crews Monday battled a fire at a commercial building in Chula Vista.
Four workers also were inside the Action Footwear retail store in the 600 block of H Street, though all made it out safely on their own, according to the Chula Vista Fire Department. - PUB DATE: 1/26/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSWB-TV Fox 5 San Diego
Minutes — and even seconds — can make a difference in a medical emergency. But the global pandemic has first aid services across the globe trying to figure out how to balance disinfecting for COVID-19 and quickly returning ambulances back to service.
Neptune thinks it solved the problem after they became the first town in the country to equip its fleet with a system that drastically cuts down the time it takes to sanitize ambulances after calls for COVID-19 and other infectious diseases. - PUB DATE: 1/26/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Asbury Park Press
