VIDEO: The sound of bagpipes and snare drums could be heard up and down Denver’s Market Street throughout St. Patrick’s Day weekend.
"We are raising money for what we do all year long,” said Paulette Diaz, member of Colorado Emerald Society Pipes and Drums. “It’s an honor because we’re honoring our fallen firefighters and fallen police officers and fallen medics. - PUB DATE: 3/18/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KUSA-TV NBC/MyNetworkTV 9 Denver
PHOTOS: The red paint of the 1923 Maxim fire engine glistened in the afternoon sunlight as it stood in front of the Northborough fire station.
“It’s more than just a truck. It’s more than just steel on wheels,” said Shay Bailey.
Members of the Northborough Firefighters Association are celebrating the engine’s 100th birthday. - PUB DATE: 3/18/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Community Advocate
Crews worked throughout the day Thursday to get a FedEx tractor trailer off I-90 and onto the road below, after a crash in the morning sent the truck over the railing on a bridge, barely hanging on above Pittsford Mendon Center Road. The truck was removed from I-90, the state Thruway, shortly before 5 p. - PUB DATE: 3/15/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHEC-TV NBC 10 Rochester
VIDEO: Some Tempe firefighters who were enjoying a pickleball game between calls Tuesday had to abruptly end their break when a car almost ran them over in their station’s parking lot.
The first responders quickly shifted from play to work mode to take care of the driver after he crashed into parked vehicles. - PUB DATE: 3/15/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTAR-FM 92.3 Glendale
VIDEO: Fort Myers Firefighter Sean McNamara said they're getting used to a special truck that can attack difficult situations unlike any in their fleet. It's been about 100 years since they had to use a truck like this, but this one is modern.
"This truck is a 107-foot straight stick ladder, it is different from our other ladder trucks," McNamara said. - PUB DATE: 3/15/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBBH-TV NBC 20 Fort Myers
VIDEO: Two first responders from southeast Wisconsin are competing on the 36th season of "The Amazing Race."
Sunny Pulver and Bizzy Smith are best friends and firefighters. Pulver works for the Madison Fire Department and Smith works for the New Berlin Fire Department.
The two quickly became best friends while receiving their training and are now ready to race into a new challenge. - PUB DATE: 3/15/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee
VIDEO/PHOTOS: Four Green Valley Volunteer firefighters were hospitalized after a fire truck crashed in rural Wayne County Wednesday. One was transported in a helicopter and three others by ambulance.
"Good to see you. I appreciate you," a Green Valley Volunteer Firefighter said to a Huntington Fire Department captain. - PUB DATE: 3/14/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCHS-TV ABC/FOX 8 Charleston
VIDEO: It’s a reconstruction of a machine that was key to fighting fires in New York in the 1700s. The Newsham engine was the first fire engine brought here from England in 1731.
“It may not look like much compared to today’s fire engines and everything, but compared to a bucket brigade throwing little buckets on the fire, this thing could throw 40 yards, 70 gallons a minute onto a fire,” Author Bruce Twickler said. - PUB DATE: 3/14/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Spectrum News 1 NY - Metered Site
VIDEO: Sixteen people were injured during an explosion at an FBI training facility in the Southern California city of Irvine Wednesday, officials said.
Orange County Sheriff's Department deputies were using the facility on Magazine Road when the incident occurred a little before 1 p.m., a department spokesperson told CBS Los Angeles. - PUB DATE: 3/14/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCAL-TV CBS 9 Los Angeles
Two Lehigh Valley fire departments are looking to swap firetrucks for firefighter training.
Easton City Council at its meeting Wednesday night was scheduled to consider a resolution to approve sending two pieces of fire apparatus, which are not currently in use, to the Allentown Fire Department. Allentown, in turn, would waive the tuition of two of six recruits Easton currently has in the Allentown Fire Academy, according to the proposal. - PUB DATE: 3/14/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Express-Times - LehighValleyLive.com
The White House has launched a nationwide call-to-action to save lives from opioid overdoses -- an election year effort to tackle the opioid crisis.
In its Wednesday announcement, the Biden-Harris Administration said it hopes the new effort will help get Naloxone, a drug meant to reverse opioid overdose, into as many communities as possible, increase training and broaden access to the drug. - PUB DATE: 3/14/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ABC News
VIDEOS: Two people were killed after a house exploded in Crescent Township, Allegheny County.
Authorities say the blast was reported shortly before 9 a.m. Tuesday. Units from Crescent, Moon and Sewickley responded to the scene, as well as responders from Ambridge. Two people, 87-year-old Helen H. Mitchell and 89-year-old David L. - PUB DATE: 3/13/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTAE-TV ABC 4 Pittsburgh
VIDEO/PHOTOS: Big Apple’s Bravest and Finest are about to come to blows.
FDNY firefighter Danny Quinn of Ladder 9 and NYPD Sgt. Jesse Peterford, of the 61st precinct, will slug it out Thursday when they face off in the boxing ring for a highly anticipated rematch during the Big Apple first-ever International Battle of the Badges. - PUB DATE: 3/13/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Post - Metered Site
First responders in Elliott County are mourning two of their own.
In a Facebook Post late Tuesday night Elliott County, Kentucky EMS posted that an EMT and a firefighter both lost their lives on the same day.
“It is with profound sadness that we inform you of the sudden and untimely passing of one of our EMTs, Drake Adams. - PUB DATE: 3/13/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WOWK-TV CBS 13 Huntington
Fire crews from across Steuben County are on the scene of a major fire in the village of Bath. Officials say the fire was under control as of 12:45 a.m. Tuesday.
Emergency calls began coming in around 9PM Monday, for a fire at 36 Delaware Avenue, locally known as the former Babcock Ladder Company. The building is currently operated by Clark Specialty, an equipment manufacturer. - PUB DATE: 3/12/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WENY-TV ABC/CBS/CW+ 36 Elmira
VIDEO: An Ohio firefighter is making history. She’s the first woman of color to be named a bomb technician at the Cincinnati Fire Department. Nykeba Banks is packing on about 70 pounds of gear just in case a bomb goes off. It’s part of what she’s been training to do at the Cincinnati Fire Department. - PUB DATE: 3/12/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Spectrum News 1 - Metered Site
Three children and two adults died after a school bus collided with a semitruck on U.S. Route 24 in Illinois on Monday, authorities said.
The fatal collision between the school bus and the semitruck carrying sand happened on the highway at 11:30 a.m., local time, in Rushville, Illinois State Police said during a press briefing. - PUB DATE: 3/12/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ABC News
The Oklahoma House of Representatives on Monday approved legislation that would offer free cancer screenings to all Oklahoma firefighters.
House Bill 3573, authored by Rep. Daniel Pae, R-Lawton, would cover screenings for lung, prostate, testicular, skin, colon and breast cancers for all firefighters, including volunteer firefighters. - PUB DATE: 3/12/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Ponca City Now
PHOTOS: Crews responded to a warehouse that was engulfed in flames Sunday afternoon, the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District announced. The warehouse is located at 1200 4th St. where heavy smoke was seen coming out of the building’s roof.
The warehouse was vacant at the time of the fire, officials said. - PUB DATE: 3/11/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KRON-TV The CW/MyNetworkTV 4 San Francisco
VIDEO/PHOTOS: A West Warwick fire engine crashed through a station on Sunday. Officials said no one was hurt.
Station 2, located at 834 Main St., was roped off with crime scene tape.
According to West Warwick Battalion Chief Eric Norberg a door on the side of the truck popped open as the fire engine was leaving the station on a call. - PUB DATE: 3/11/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJAR-TV NBC 10 Providence
