VIDEOS: A training deadline is quickly approaching for EMTs in Massachusetts to be prepped on caring for police dogs — and it's all hands on deck to get all of them up to speed.
Nero's Law allows emergency crews to treat and transport police dogs if they are hurt in the line of duty, and also requires them to complete three hours of education on the basics of animal care. - PUB DATE: 12/21/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBTS-TV NBC 10 Nashua
A house exploded early Tuesday morning in a West Park neighborhood, reducing it to rubble.
It happened in the 5200 block of Southwest 20th Street, just south of Pembroke Road.
Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue received word of the blast around 12:30 a.m.
When firefighters arrived there was no fire, but there was debris all over the place. - PUB DATE: 12/20/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFOR-TV CBS 4 Miami
On Tuesday, Dec. 19, the Springfield City Council wasted little time in unanimously approving a set of four bills that joins the city with a statewide pool of funding that provides benefits for firefighters who get any of the 17 different types of cancer the program covers.
Known as the Missouri Fire Fighters Critical Illness Trust and Pool, the program was established by a pair of Senate Bills in 2021 and 2022 led by local State Senator Lincoln Hough. - PUB DATE: 12/20/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KYTV NBC 3 Springfield
VIDEO: Fire officials have rescued a man who was trapped under material at a Paulding County concrete plant.
The incident happened Tuesday at Wayne Davis Concrete along Hailey Path in Dallas, Georgia.
Paulding County fire officials confirmed to Channel 2 Action News that a man in his mid-30s became stuck in a hopper. - PUB DATE: 12/20/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSB-TV ABC 2 Atlanta
VIDEO: A local fire station is using a unique tool to educate the public on fire safety.
The Emporia Fire Department has a new inflatable safety house.
The department was awarded a grant from Clint Boyer’s 79 Fund in the summer, and now is ready to show this fire safety house to the public. Boyer’s 79 Fund is a grant supporting education, health and safety. - PUB DATE: 12/20/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSNT-TV NBC 27 Topeka
Two people were seriously hurt after flames ripped through a building in the Back of the Yards neighborhood.
Just before 1:30 a.m., firefighters responded to a multi-unit apartment complex in the 4700 block of South Wolcott Avenue. Heavy smoke poured from the front door and windows on the first floor. - PUB DATE: 12/19/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBBM-TV CBS 2 Chicago
PHOTOS: On a hot September day in Texas Hill Country, the fire picked up, its flames popping the Jeep’s burning tires and airbags like plastic chip bags. Thirty or 40 feet away, a crew of firefighters, law enforcement, and forensic anthropologists watched the burning wreckage from the safety of a white canopy, while a firefighter in full protective gear waited, his hose at the ready. - PUB DATE: 12/19/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: UNDARK
VIDEO: Two Grand Rapids firefighters are being credited for finding a case of human trafficking while attending a conference in Traverse City.
Battalion Chief Ed Brayman and Equipment Operator Nate Bazen were at an EMS instructor conference in March when they saw a woman who needed their help.
“It was much like today. - PUB DATE: 12/19/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WOOD-TV NBC 8 Grand Rapids
A creative holiday-themed video by the Red Wing Fire Department has officially gone viral.
As of Monday, December 18, the Facebook video has been seen more than 2.1 million times. - PUB DATE: 12/19/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Republican Eagle
Crews from Aurora Fire Rescue and surrounding agencies responded to a two-alarm fire at a construction site in Aurora on Saturday.
Smoke from the fire that was burning at an apartment construction site near E. Colfax Avenue and Peoria Street could be seen for several miles.
The Link Apartments Fitz, developed by Grubb Properties, is severely damaged. - PUB DATE: 12/18/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KMGH-TV ABC 7 Denver
A new legislative proposal promises to provide a significant boost in pension contributions for active first responders throughout Delaware.
House Bill 266, officially introduced Friday, December 15th, aims to expand the criteria for compensation taken into account when calculating pensions for retired members of the County and Municipal Police and Firefighter Pension Plan. - PUB DATE: 12/18/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WRDE-LD NBC 31 Salisbury
While businesses across every industry are in dire need of workers, the paramedic workforce is especially thin right now.
Spirit EMS in Greenville has struggled due to the shortage but got creative with finding a solution. That sent the company to another continent to find the employees it needs.
After partnering with an EMS recruiting firm, three Aussies are now Greenville residents, moving around the world to help address the emergency workforce shortage. - PUB DATE: 12/18/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDTN-TV NBC 2 Dayton
VIDEO: The sleigh from the movie "Elf" traveled through the seven levels of the candy cane forest, past the sea of twirly-swirly gumdrops and then down the Long Island Expressway and through the Midtown Tunnel.
The 18-foot, one-ton sleigh -- with the Clausometer on the dashboard and Kringle 3000 jet turbine engine mounted underneath -- returned to Manhattan on Sunday for the first time since Buddy the Elf helped save Christmas two decades ago. - PUB DATE: 12/18/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WNBC-TV NBC 4 New York City
PHOTOS: A plane making a forced landing on Interstate 26 in North Carolina Thursday night caught fire and snarled traffic for hours. Several News 13 viewers have called the newsroom, reporting a crash. And video showed the aircraft on fire.
Asheville fire officials confirmed the forced landing. According to the Buncombe County Sheriff's Office, multiple people were taken to the hospital. - PUB DATE: 12/15/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLOS-TV ABC/MyNetwork TV 13 Asheville
PHOTOS: The Evanston Fire Department today unveiled a new fire engine with a distinctive Northwestern University-inspired purple and white color scheme.
The university agreed two years ago to provide $800,000 to fund the purchase of the new engine.
And Fire Chief Paul Polep says he started work shortly after that — meeting with firefighters at Fire Station #3 on Central Street where the new engine is housed — to come up with the new design concept for the engine — the latest of several fire and ambulance vehicles donated to the city by the university. - PUB DATE: 12/15/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Evanston Now
Marking a significant milestone, a fire department in West Haven welcomed its first female firefighter, who was officially sworn in Tuesday at Minor Park Station.
Samantha Trayer, a 32-year-old resident of Milford, experienced a groundbreaking moment as she was sworn in by Iris Diaz, chairwoman of Allingtown's Board of Fire Commissioners. - PUB DATE: 12/15/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WVIT-TV NBC 30 New Britain
An Aurora construction site erupted into flames just after midnight Thursday. Crews continued to put out hotspots hours later.
The building is a planned multi-family complex off the intersection of S. Aurora Parkway and S. Addison Court. No one had moved in just yet, according to Aurora Fire Rescue. - PUB DATE: 12/14/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KMGH-TV ABC 7 Denver
VIDEO: Adults have surrendered children at fire stations in Fort Worth multiple times since September, prompting the fire department to update procedures and prepare stations for the possibility of more drop offs.
The surrenders have happened at least three times, involving a total of seven children, at stations on the south side of the city. - PUB DATE: 12/14/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTVT-TV CBS 11 Fort Worth
The greatest tragedy to befall the Fort Atkinson Fire Department occurred 100 years ago on Dec. 17, 1923. While responding to a call for help the City’s new 1923 American LaFrance fire truck and personnel were involved in a crash killing three firefighters and injuring three more.
The City of Fort Atkinson Fire Department will honor the fallen firefighters at the Highway 12 crash site Thursday, Dec. - PUB DATE: 12/14/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Watertown Daily Times
An initiative led by Indiana University is pushing the boundaries of technology to save first responders’ lives and expedite emergency response.
A collaboration between the IU Luddy School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering and University Information Technology Services, the Crisis Technologies Innovation Lab is facilitating private investment and entrepreneurship activity in technology that provides first responders’ precise locations inside structures during a crisis and while locating survivors. - PUB DATE: 12/14/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: News at Indiana University
