Russell fire chief Dylan Riedel now owns the motorcycle gas tank that changed his life forever when it exploded and engulfed him in flames this summer. It’s “just as a constant reminder that your life can change in an instant, so don’t take it for granted,” he said. The explosion happened less than 30 seconds after he got out of his fire truck. - PUB DATE: 11/6/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Wichita Eagle - Metered Site
VIDEOS/PHOTOS: Nothing man-made can be added to the Lake Michigan shoreline and outshine the natural beauty of the lakeshore, but Hotel Ottawa arguably came the closest.
For its time, the luxury hotel — sandwiched between Lake Michigan and Lake Macatawa (then known as Black Lake) — was one of the state’s premiere tourist draws, attracting people from all across Michigan and the Midwest. - PUB DATE: 11/6/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WOOD-TV NBC 8 Grand Rapids
A fiery explosion rocked the Village of Wappingers Falls in Dutchess County on Thursday, injuring more than a dozen people.
Four row homes on Brick Row were reduced to piles of debris, smoldering as crews rushed to help those injured.
"I thought maybe something hit the house or the kids, so I'm running through the house. - PUB DATE: 11/3/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCBS-TV CBS 2 New York City
Will a self-driving car be able to get over for an emergency vehicle racing to a fire or car crash? Self-driving cars were put to the test in Ann Arbor on Monday morning.
May Mobility – a self-driving transportation service that shuttles passengers throughout Ann Arbor – tested their vehicles’ ability to detect sirens from emergency vehicles with help from the city’s first responders. - PUB DATE: 11/3/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: MLive Media - Metered Site
VIDEO/PHOTOS: Asheville Fire Department firefighters began the transition to the new Broadway Public Safety Station on Thursday, Nov. 2, the day after the new facility received its official certificate of occupancy on Wednesday.
The state-of-the-art facility located along Broadway Street in the Five Points neighborhood, will be home to Fire Station 13, a police substation, the relocated Emergency Operations Center and a small community conference room. - PUB DATE: 11/3/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLOS-TV ABC/MyNetworkTV 13 Asheville
A Ware County firefighter is facing multiple charges including DUI in a traffic crash that killed his coworker in June, according to jail records.
Luke Zimmerman, 26, faces charges of vehicular homicide in the first-degree, DUI, driving too fast for conditions, and failing to maintain lanes, according to Ware County jail records. - PUB DATE: 11/3/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: First Coast News
PHOTOS: ‘Tis almost the season and the firefighters at Owensboro Fire Department’s Station #5 are gearing up for another edition of holly and jolly hijinks. Over the last decade, the station has been creating some hilarious Christmas greetings and they’re already planning their 2023 card. Andy Shively, who’s a proud team member at Station #5, says, “This is a feel good story with everything that’s going on right now. - PUB DATE: 11/3/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WOMI-FM 99.1 Owensboro
VIDEO: WJZ has learned that the Baltimore Fire Department is making adjustments to how it fights fires.
The adjusted procedures were sent out in a memo to staff on Tuesday.
For the second week in a row, firefighters gathered outside the Duda-Ruck Funeral Home in Dundalk to pay respects to one of their fallen brothers. - PUB DATE: 11/2/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJZ-TV CBS 13 Baltimore
VIDEO: A rescue mission is underway in Eastern Kentucky. Crews are helping to rescue one person after an 11 story building collapsed in Martin County. One person has died.
Among the crews helping are Lexington firefighters.
Lexington firefighters left around three in the morning on Tuesday and arrived in Martin County around 5:30 a. - PUB DATE: 11/2/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKYT-TV CBS/CW 27 Lexington
VIDEO: First responders in Milwaukee are taking a challenge to bring awareness to veterans' mental health.
On Wednesday, Nov. 1, Milwaukee police, firefighters, and activists joined army recruits to begin 22 push-ups for 22 days, a challenge that raises awareness of the 22 veterans that commit suicide every day. - PUB DATE: 11/2/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee
Toyota is recalling roughly 1.9 million RAV4 sport utility vehicles in the U.S. because the batteries can shift during sharp turns and potentially cause a fire.
The recall, which Toyota announced Wednesday, affects certain RAV4s from the 2013 through 2018 model years. The Japanese automaker said in a statement that some replacement 12-volt batteries used in the SUVs have smaller top dimensions than others. - PUB DATE: 11/2/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CBS News
Fire officials battled a massive house fire in Roosevelt Wednesday morning.
Authorities say flames broke out at around 4 a.m. on Catlin Avenue.
Video shows fire officials battling the large flames that tore through the house.
Officials determined that burning incense ignited a mattress in the basement of the home. - PUB DATE: 11/1/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WABC-TV ABC 7 New York
VIDEO: A Seattle Fire Department crew was inside the Ballard Fred Meyer when a security guard rushed to warn them about people rummaging through their fire truck in the parking lot.
The firefighters noted the guard was "shaking" as he told them he had just been chased by a group of men after yelling at them in an attempt to interrupt the theft. - PUB DATE: 11/1/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle
VIDEO/PHOTOS: As night falls over El Paso on a spine-chilling Halloween, there sits El Paso Fire Station No. 9.
“It's over 100 years old, and we are haunted," said Jesse Esterline, EPFD Firefighter at station No. 9.
Now, this station isn't like most. It's home to one of the oldest ghost stories in the department's history. - PUB DATE: 11/1/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KFOX-TV FOX 14 El Paso
A massive fire burned through the abandoned Uplands Mansion in west Baltimore.
Video from SkyTeam 11, Baltimore's only news helicopter, showed the three-alarm fire burning through the structure off Old Frederick Road between Edmondson and Athol avenues. Baltimore City Fire Department officials told 11 News that firefighters were called around 5:30 p. - PUB DATE: 10/31/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBAL-TV NBC 11 Baltimore
VIDEO/PHOTOS: A special screening was held Monday night to celebrate Tulsa firefighters who are starring in Killers of the Flower Moon. The Tulsa fire union organized the showing, which is helping to raise money for the Osage Nation foundation.
It took place at Circle Cinema and the screening was packed out with around 100 people. - PUB DATE: 10/31/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOKI-TV FOX 23 Tulsa
VIDEO: The Professional Firefighters Association of South Carolina wants the Lowcountry to know the “tricks” to “treat” others with kindness this Halloween.
The group is encouraging more neighbors to go the extra mile in creating a more inclusive experience, whether that contribution is big or small. - PUB DATE: 10/31/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCSC-TV CBS 5 Charleston
Longtime Washingtonians will remember the major impacts that occurred 11 years ago with Hurricane Sandy. It set several records in the nation’s capital and ranks as one of the costliest natural disasters in U.S. history.
Sandy was the strongest hurricane of the 2012 hurricane season as a Category 3 storm with sustained winds of 115 mph and a minimum central air pressure of 940 millibars. - PUB DATE: 10/31/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WUSA-TV CBS 9 Washington, D.C.
New helmet camera footage obtained by FOX 25 shows a closer look at the battle firefighters had to face during a deadly apartment complex fire October 20 in northwest Oklahoma City.
According to the Oklahoma City Fire Department, crews responded to a three alarm fire at the Penn Station apartment complex around 7pm that Friday, seeing smoke billowing from the building miles away. - PUB DATE: 10/30/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOKH-TV FOX 25 Oklahoma City
VIDEO: A UC Berkeley researcher says that automatic gas shutoff devices, like those used in Los Angeles and Japan, could cut the number of post-earthquake fires in half in San Francisco.
But the city of San Francisco has yet to embrace shutoff technology, said Charles Scawthorn, an internationally recognized expert on fires after quakes. - PUB DATE: 10/30/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KNTV NBC 11 San Jose
