VIDEO: A massive fire broke out in a hotel in Killeen, Texas, after the building's sprinkler systems failed to work due to frozen pipes.
On Friday night, the Killeen Fire Department arrived at the Hilton Garden Inn hotel in Killeen to find "fire coming from the roof above the fourth floor of the four-story hotel," according to a statement from the fire department. - PUB DATE: 2/22/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTRK-TV ABC 13 Houston
When Jersey City firefighters were jarred awake in the wee hours of a cool spring night to put out a blaze in a nearby building, they pretty much knew what to expect.
The call, which came in around 3:30 a.m. on May 4, 1949, was for a small fire that started on the first floor of a three-story tenement on Montgomery St. - PUB DATE: 2/22/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Daily News - Metered Site
The life of a firefighter means being ready for anything. For some, the burden of tragic calls wears on them, which is why the Sandy Fire Department has made focusing on mental health a priority.
For Firefighter EMT Tyson Astin, trying to keep his identities separate is of the utmost importance.
“I don’t wear my uniform home,” he said. - PUB DATE: 2/22/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSL-TV NBC 5 Salt Lake City
Trading professional hockey for a career as a Rome, New York firefighter is working well for Tim Sestito.
Particularly for athletes, life can appear to move quicker than for people in other professions. For Sestito, grinding out a career in hockey for 13 seasons went in what seemed in a flash. Training camps, regular seasons, playoffs (including the 2012 Stanley Cup Finals with the New Jersey Devils), off-season workouts, the battle for a roster spot was a continuous competitive cycle. - PUB DATE: 2/22/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WIBX-AM 950
VIDEOS: Firefighters are trying to take down a massive fire with little water in the Stone Oak area. The Bexar-Bulverde Volunteer Fire Department (VFD) responded to the fire first, which was reported at the Cortland View apartment complex off TPC Parkway around 1 p.m.
Bexar-Bulverde VFD Chief Jerry Bialick said his crews immediately began to investigate and could smell smoke. - PUB DATE: 2/19/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WOAI-TV NBC 4 San Antonio
VIDEO: Unbelievable video from WGN News’ Skycam 9 captured a firefighter jumping to safety while battling a massive fire in Chicago’s Bridgeport neighborhood.
The extra-alarm fire started around 7 a.m. Friday at a building in the 2700 block of South Lowe. Power lines in the area were catching fire, causing a bigger problem for firefighters to control the flames. - PUB DATE: 2/19/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WGN-TV 9 Chicago
On Louisville's South 13th Street stands an old brick building - like so many other brick buildings from a century ago. This one has a large "Eight" carved in stone at the top.
Many may drive right past it without knowing its history, but the building was the very first firehouse in Louisville to house African American firefighters. - PUB DATE: 2/19/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHAS-TV ABC 11 Louisville
Crime scenes, fire scenes and accident scenes eventually are cleared, but the spirit of service for those who respond to them remains.
“It’s just in our nature. Just because we clock out at the end of the day doesn’t mean our desire to help goes away,” said Charlie Phipps, with Chatham Emergency Services. - PUB DATE: 2/19/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTOC-TV CBS 11 Savannah
As part of President Biden’s push to get at least 100 million COVID-19 vaccine doses into the arms of people in the U.S. by the end of April, the White House announced February 9 it will begin shipping doses to 1,300 federally qualified community health centers. These organizations primarily serve patients from Black and brown communities who fall below the poverty line. - PUB DATE: 2/19/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Scientific American
Local firefighters braved the snowy and frigid conditions while they battled a large warehouse fire in Princeton Wednesday night.
The Princeton Fire Department responded to a structure fire at the old Leroi building on South Seminary Street shortly after 8:00 p.m. Caldwell County Emergency Manager Joey McCaslin tells the News Edge 24 firefighters responded to the fire with an aerial truck and two pumper trucks. - PUB DATE: 2/18/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKDZ Radio 106.5 FM
Decatur is offering an incentive package to get vaccinated for COVID-19 as an encouragement for hesitant city employees, especially first responders.
The DeKalb County city is offering extra vacation time, health insurance credits and raffled gift cards to try to increase vaccination rates. Fewer than half of the city’s 150 first responders — police officers, firefighters and public works employees — have gotten vaccinated, Deputy City Manager Hugh Saxon told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. - PUB DATE: 2/18/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Porterville Fire Department will honor the memory of two fallen firefighters one year after Capt. Ramon Figueroa and Patrick Jones died making sure nobody was trapped inside a burning library.
A virtual memorial service will be posted to the department's social media at 4 p.m. Thursday, officials announced. - PUB DATE: 2/18/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Visalia Times Delta - Metered Site
VIDEOS: Emergency crews rescued 12 people from boats in frigid conditions Wednesday night after the roof of a boat dock collapsed in Old Hickory.
Both the Nashville Fire Department and Office of Emergency Management responded to the Blue Turtle Bay Marina in the 2000 block of Riverside Road. Callers to 911 reported the roof of the boat dock collapsed on top of multiple houseboats with people inside. - PUB DATE: 2/18/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKRN-TV ABC 2 Nashville
Scientists have identified seven new coronavirus variants that have emerged in the United States, according to a study awaiting peer review.
All seven variants contained a similar mutation and were found to have emerged as early as July 2020. Scientists say it's not surprising that they're just now identifying new viral variants in the U. - PUB DATE: 2/18/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ABC News
VIDEO: Firefighters battled a large fire in Duncanville that could be seen from Texas Sky Ranger.
The fire engulfed five townhomes at 1408 Crosspointe in Duncanville near Clark and Wheatland Road.
Michelle Monterro's home was destroyed by the fire. She said her neighbors had work crews in the home doing some sort of repair work when the fire broke out. - PUB DATE: 2/17/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KXAS-TV NBC 5 Fort Worth
An agreement was reached Tuesday to protect firefighters with more safety on film sets throughout New York City
Eileen Davidson, the widow of a firefighter killed on a movie set in 2018, has pushed hard for the safety crackdown.
Michael Davidson, 37, was killed on the set of "Motherless Brooklyn" on March 23, 2018 in Harlem. - PUB DATE: 2/17/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WABC-TV ABC 7 New York
Glasgow Assistant Fire Chief Adam Maulden said in his 19-years of service, he has never been as scared as he was Monday at a massive fire when that nearly killed his colleague.
At around 4:30 p.m., the Glasgow Fire Department responded to a fire at Hughes HVAC Supply on West Main Street.
The building is a complete loss. - PUB DATE: 2/17/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WNKY-TV NBC/CBS 40 Bowling Green
The Coal Township Rescue Squad's fire station was temporarily turned into a bakery as members continued a longtime tradition of making doughnuts for Fat Tuesday.
"The amount of years I've been here and the last couple of years, this is the most I've seen us make," Kayla Hoffman said.
The volunteer firefighters started cooking thousands of doughnuts at midnight and have been here all day. - PUB DATE: 2/17/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WNEP-TV ABC 16 Scranton
A 29-year-old firefighter who worked for departments in Iredell and Rowan Counties died from COVID-19 last week. Now his family at home and in the fire service have a message they want the community to hear.
They spoke very candidly about taking COVID seriously. They say their hope is that their experience will save another family from having to go through the pain they have endured for the last five weeks. - PUB DATE: 2/17/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBTV CBS 3 Charlotte
Eight families were displaced by an intense fire that destroyed a Passaic multi-family home Friday night.
No injuries were reported.
Flames blew through the roof, part of which collapsed less than a half-hour after the four-alarm blaze broke out on the second floor of the wood-frame building at Hope and Highland avenues around 8 p. - PUB DATE: 2/16/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: South Passaic Daily Voice
