VIDEO: Located on the upper part of Rivers Avenue in North Charleston sits a former fire station – Old Station 6 – that some believe carries a deeper history.
The building is now privately owned, but former employees of the old fire station say they have felt a presence while previously working on the property. - PUB DATE: 10/19/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCBD-TV NBC 2 Charleston
Phoenix firefighters battled a massive third-alarm blaze in at a warehouse early Wednesday morning.
Phoenix fire officials tell Arizona’s Family that crews were called out to 13th Avenue and Roosevelt Street just after midnight. When firefighters arrived, they found massive flames and large plumes of smoke billowing from a warehouse in the area. - PUB DATE: 10/18/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTVK-TV CBS 3 & KPHO-TV CBS 5 Phoenix (AZ Family)
VIDEOS/PHOTOS: In a 5 -2 decision, the Colorado Supreme Court on Monday ruled the controversial reverse Google keyword search warrant utilized by the Denver Police Department to track down suspects involved in a house fire that killed a Senegalese family of five in Denver's Green Valley Ranch neighborhood in 2020 could be admitted as evidence and remanded “the case to the trial court for further proceedings consistent with this opinion. - PUB DATE: 10/18/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KMGH-TV ABC 7 Denver
VIDEO: While dirt and traffic headaches turn into extravagant Las Vegas Grand Prix (LVGP) grandstands and world-class racing structures, first responders are preparing for potential obstacles to reach thousands of spectators and hotel guests during three days of street closures.
The track that’s in place today – nearly four miles of public roads, including the Las Vegas Strip – once looked much different. - PUB DATE: 10/18/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KLAS-TV CBS 8 Las Vegas
If you take a wrong turn here this weekend, you could end up lost in a haunted corn maze, or worse - you could be chased by one of the creepy characters that lurk in the dark. The Belfield Volunteer Fire Department is putting on its yearly haunted house fundraiser on Main Street.
“There's maybe one or two things that are the same, but everything else is completely different than it was last year,” Ashley Gross, volunteer firefighter said. - PUB DATE: 10/18/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Dickinson Press - Metered Site
Today marks one year since the massive fire on Morton Avenue tore through a warehouse in the early morning of October 17, 2022.
That fire burned across the block the entire morning, and smoldered for the next few days.
The Evansville Fire Department was called to the scene and spent several days there before that fire was completely out. - PUB DATE: 10/17/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFIE-TV NBC 14 Evansville
Frank Granados was training with the Tucson Fire Department when a new firefighting product was introduced at the site. After igniting a pool of JP-4 jet fuel, the crew deployed the product, a type of foam, and extinguished the fire in about 40 seconds, nearly twice as fast as anything they’d used before. - PUB DATE: 10/17/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Arizona Republic - Metered Site
Cleveland Browns tight end David Njoku revealed that he suffered serious facial injuries in a home fire pit accident and wants to raise money for burn victims and research.
In statements posted by the American Burn Association and on his own social media, the 27-year-old New Jersey native launched a merchandise brand, "Withstand," to generate those funds. - PUB DATE: 10/17/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC News
As one of the largest countries in the world, the United States is also one of the most geographically diverse — from forests to deserts to miles of coast line. While this comes with many advantages, this unfortunately leaves the country vulnerable to all kinds of natural disasters.
Different parts of the United States face different types of natural disasters. - PUB DATE: 10/17/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: 24/7 Wall St.
PHOTOS: An outside fire has been reported in a railroad yard in central Bakersfield on Sunday near California Avenue and Elm Street.
According to reports, the outside fire is burning in a train yard west of Bakersfield High School. Black smoke was reported to have been seen in the area. Bakersfield and Kern County fire crews are currently on scene assessing the blaze. - PUB DATE: 10/16/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KGET-TV NBC/CW+ 17 Bakersfield
VIDEO: October marks Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Statistics show one in eight women will develop the disease in their lifetime, and in some cases, environmental factors can cause or contribute to it.
Dori Booth recently joined the Sedona Fire District as the Division Chief Fire Marshal. But being exposed to potentially hazardous chemicals spans long before her new role. - PUB DATE: 10/16/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTVK-TV CBS 3 & KPHO-TV CBS 5 Phoenix (AZ Family)
VIDEO/PHOTOS: A fire chief restored a vintage fire truck for fallen firefighters' and first responders' "last alarm."
The chief, from Goldsboro, North Carolina, told WNCT that he wanted to build and maintain the vehicle so that it could be used in funeral processions. "Our goal is to build and maintain a funeral coach for firefighters and first responders, and to do that, we've obtained an antique firetruck that hopefully we can rebuild and restore into an appropriate transport for firefighters on their last alarm," Sean Quinby, the founder of Last Alarm Foundation of North Carolina and fire chief at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, told the station. - PUB DATE: 10/16/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WNCT-TV CBS/CW+ 9 Greenville
VIDEO: October is National Fire Prevention Month, and one local firefighter has a unique way of inspiring younger generations to take an interest in a firefighting career.
For the past 18 years, Bo Chaney has served with the Rockford Fire Department. Today, Chaney is a recruiter, looking for the next group of first responders to protect the city. - PUB DATE: 10/16/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTVO-TV ABC 17 Rockford
VIDEO: A 15-year-old allegedly threatened EMS workers with a gun at the Canton Township EMS station in Washington County on Wednesday night.
Police said the teenager walked through the garage doors with a loaded 9mm handgun.
"All the sudden, I see the red lights and blue lights," said Harold Plants, who lives nearby. - PUB DATE: 10/13/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KDKA-TV CBS 2 Pittsburgh
VIDEO: A Vacaville city firefighter is now a viral sensation after an image of him on the phone in a sea of San Francisco fans was broadcast during Sunday's blowout game.
Eugene Hernandez was sitting front row, decked out in his Dallas blue, when not long into the third quarter his phone started to ring. - PUB DATE: 10/13/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOVR-TV CBS 13 Sacramento
VIDEO: A growing North Idaho fire district is opening their doors to their neighbors in a bright new way.
At the Mica Kidd Fire District just south of Coeur d'Alene, when the red light is on outside the fire hall, it's an open invitation to the community to grab a cup of coffee, come inside, and meet their firefighters. - PUB DATE: 10/13/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4 Spokane
VIDEO: It’s been three months since a vicious attack at a Birmingham fire station that left one firefighter dead and another injured.
July 12 was when an assailant fired multiple shots into the bay of Fire Station 9, and to this day no arrests have been made.
Firefighter Jordan Melton died from injuries he suffered in that attack. - PUB DATE: 10/13/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBRC-TV FOX 6 Birmingham
VIDEO: Three years after a devastating fire destroyed her home, Rachael Ray is helping others who have lost theirs to disaster in a brand new show.
On Rachael Ray’s Rebuild — her first series since she ended her talk show after 17 seasons in March — the celebrity cook and Kitchen Cousins’ contractor Anthony Carrino team up to rebuild houses for families in need. - PUB DATE: 10/13/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: People
A video released by the Winston-Salem Fire Department on Wednesday shows two firefighters getting hurt while responding to a call for service.
On Oct. 5, fire officials were working at East Sprague Street in Winston-Salem when a part of the structure collapsed on two firefighters. Other firefighters on the scene rushed to help the two who were injured and pulled them out of the rubble. - PUB DATE: 10/12/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WGHP-TV FOX 8 High Point
VIDEO: A South Florida firefighter who is answering the call for volunteers is preparing to head to Israel to help people there.
Speaking with 7News on Wednesday, Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue Capt. Jason Friedman said he felt compelled to travel overseas following Hamas’ early Saturday morning’s surprise attack out of Gaza. - PUB DATE: 10/12/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSVN-TV FOX 7 Miami
