VIDEO: For six months now, the Philadelphia Fire Department and Drexel University have partnered to study the levels of stress and mental health of first responders in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Presently, they are crunching the data collected, but already there are preliminary findings that could help guide officials going forward. - PUB DATE: 10/27/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPVI-TV ABC 6 Philadelphia
VIDEO: BSO Fire Rescue has a new tool it is using to help the public and save lives.
Local 10 News got an exclusive look at their upgraded EMS rescue helicopters.
Meeting up at Pompano Beach Air Park, BSO showed Local 10 what the twin Eurocopter EC135 helicopters can do.
They are dedicated to EMS missions and have been branded as ‘Firestars’ with a completely different black, red and gold color scheme. - PUB DATE: 10/27/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPLG-TV ABC 10 Miami
VIDEO: DeKalb County firefighters saved one of their own after he fell through the floor while trying to put out an overnight hotel fire.
Firefighters responded to the Oyo Hotel near the Wesley Chapel Road and Interstate 20 exit around midnight Monday morning. They found smoke pouring out of the three-story building. - PUB DATE: 10/27/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WAGA-TV FOX 5 Atlanta
In 1974, the television program “Emergency!” made Paul Brouwer, 72, keen on becoming a firefighter.
“It was all the rage at the time,” he recalled.
The current township emergency manager since 1991, he spent about 30 years in the Clinton Township Fire Department before retiring in 2004 as deputy chief of operations. - PUB DATE: 10/27/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: C&G Newspapers
According to DHEC, South Carolina firefighters are reaching a milestone of 200 naloxone administrations for suspected opioid overdoses this year as of October 21st.
The Reducing Opioid Loss of Life (ROLL) program trains any fire department to administer the opioid antidote naloxone, including departments not staffed with emergency medical technicians. - PUB DATE: 10/27/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCIV-TV ABC 36 Charleston
VIDEO: A homeless man is facing murder charges in connection with an apartment fire that left two people dead and nine others injured on Sunday morning in Camden, New Jersey.
Firefighters were called out to the 3400 block of Cramer Street around 3:15 a.m. for reports of people trapped inside a three-story apartment. - PUB DATE: 10/26/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPVI-TV ABC 6 Philadelphia
The Trump administration will finally pay back millions the federal government took from the FDNY’s 9/11 treatment program over the last four years. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notified Rep. Pete King (R-Long Island) late Friday that an alphabet soup of federal agencies — including the Treasury Department — will return $3. - PUB DATE: 10/26/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Daily News - Metered Site
The Boston Police Department is asking for the public's help in identifying a man in connection with a fire that was set inside a ballot drop box in the city.
Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin contacted U.S. Attorney Andrew Lelling's office after he was notified of the incident Sunday morning. - PUB DATE: 10/26/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCVB-TV ABC 5 Boston
The latest surge of COVID-19 infections has pushed the seven-day average of new daily cases to heights not seen since the pandemic began.
The seven-day average of new cases hit 68,767 on Sunday, topping the previous peak of 67,293 reported on July 22. The two highest single days of new cases were Friday and Saturday, with more than 83,000 new cases added each day. - PUB DATE: 10/26/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNN
A San Pablo man was arrested on suspicion of striking an on-duty firefighter with his vehicle in Petaluma early Saturday, police said.
Petaluma police responded at about 3:11 a.m. to a call from their city’s fire department reporting that one of their firefighters “had just been intentionally stuck by a vehicle,” police said. - PUB DATE: 10/26/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Richmond Standard
VIDEO: A crash that sparked a brush fire forced the closure of part of Interstate 80 in Placer County for several hours Thursday.
A vehicle slammed into a power pole on westbound I-80 at Highway 193 in the Newcastle area, knocking powerlines onto the highway and Ophir Road and igniting a fire, according to the Placer County Sheriff's Office. - PUB DATE: 10/23/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCRA-TV NBC 3 Sacramento
On Thursday, Brittani Rawls became Passaic Fire Department's first female tillerman. That's the firefighter who sits in a seat in back and steers the tail end of a firetruck.
It's the kind of challenge she relishes, because in a city crammed with traffic, tight streets and double-parked cars, life for the tillerman is never dull. - PUB DATE: 10/23/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NorthJersey.com (Bergen County Record & Herald News) - Metered Site
This is the first year the Victoria Fire Department will administer flu shots for the homeless and low-income families and it’s all part of a long-range plan for the department to have more public health outreach.
“Due to COVID-19 we felt this was a great year and a great opportunity to start that,” said Tracy Fox, VFD Chief. - PUB DATE: 10/23/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KAVU-TV ABC 25 Victoria
Tifton fighters are trading in their boots for high heels to show support for the fight against domestic violence.
Kiefer Daughtry is an engineer at the Tifton Fire Department, and right before the interview, he traded in his work shoes for a pair of fuchsia-colored high heels.
“What’s going through your head right now? How does it feel?” asked Poitevint. - PUB DATE: 10/23/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WALB-TV NBC/ABC 10 Albany
Have you ever heard of a fire truck being raffled off? That's what one Schuylkill County fire company is doing.
"We've gotten some messages. I've gotten some messages from people saying, 'what are you guys thinking?' But honestly, it's a good truck, and we're going to give it a shot," said Sam Detweiler of Liberty Fire Company No. - PUB DATE: 10/23/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WNEP-TV ABC 16 Scranton
It was Tuesday, October 21, 1980, and Phillies fans, including New Castle County volunteer firefighters, were anticipating the start of what would be a Game 6 World Series clinching victory.
But everything changed around 6:30 p.m. when a massive explosion rocked the Amoco plant off of River Road in New Castle south of Dobbinsville, blowing out windows, and shaking houses and residents for miles around. - PUB DATE: 10/22/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDEL-AM 1150 & WDEL.com
The results of a workplace assessment recently completed for Tucson’s Public Safety Communications Department has caused concern among city leaders who are working to address “fundamental problems in the operation of the department.”
The department is responsible for dispatching 911 calls for police and fire departments. - PUB DATE: 10/22/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Arizona Daily Star
The lounge could pass for a college dorm, ignoring the vintage fire hats, canvass jackets and 1992 training record board hanging on the walls.
Half-empty Gatorade bottles and binders sit on end tables next to plush couches the twenty-somethings who live there found on the side of a road. They’ve got a PlayStation system and a kitchenette that, admittedly, they don’t use often, opting for fast food instead. - PUB DATE: 10/22/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Morning Call
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has changed the amount of time it would take for someone to be considered a close contact of a person with COVID-19.
Previous language defined a close contact as someone who spent at least 15 minutes within 6 feet of a confirmed case.
The CDC now defines a close contact as someone who was within 6 feet of an infected person for a total of 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period. - PUB DATE: 10/22/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NPR
A Farmington artist has become nationally known for the unique way in which she uses the helmets of firefighters as a canvas on which to honor them for their courage and sacrifice.
Miranda DeOrnellis grew up in Womack and has been painting for others since she was 18. “I’ve always been interested in art. - PUB DATE: 10/22/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Daily Journal Online
