VIDEO/PHOTO: The City of Hattiesburg has a new fire truck honoring the Hattiesburg Public School District.
The new Ladder 1 vehicle has been named “Purple Rain” and is painted in the purple-and-gold colors of Hattiesburg High School.
The truck was officially dedicated at a ceremony at Station No. 1 Thursday. - PUB DATE: 9/11/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLBT-TV NBC 3 Jackson
VIDEO/PHOTOS: A skateboarding event in Hollywood turned hostile and violent Saturday night when a crowd began setting fire to property and at least one vehicle.
The skateboarding competition started around 4:30 p.m. on the 1600 block of Cherokee Avenue and became violent around 7:22 p.m. when the crowd began acting up, police said. - PUB DATE: 9/11/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTLA-TV CW 5 Los Angeles
VIDEO: It’s estimated that more than 100,000 people in the U.S. are currently waiting for a kidney transplant with over 3,000 patients added to the list each month.
The National Fallen Firefighters Foundation and the Knox Company have launched the “Expand Your Legacy – Become a Living Kidney Donor” campaign to raise awareness on the life-changing impacts of becoming a living kidney donor. - PUB DATE: 9/11/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMC-TV NBC 5 Memphis
VIDEO: The number of first responders who have died from 9/11-related illnesses now almost equals the number of firefighters who died during the terror attacks themselves.
A total of 341 New York City Fire Department firefighters, paramedics and civilian support staff who died from post-911 illnesses are now memorialized at the FDNY World Trade Center Memorial Wall, according to the Uniformed Firefighters Association. - PUB DATE: 9/11/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNN
An arson investigation is underway after a raging inferno tore through a mechanic shop in Miami on Friday morning.
At 5:20 a.m., the City of Miami Department of Fire-Rescue responded to reports of a fire at the scene. Firefighters arrived to find a vehicle fire raging on the exterior of the mechanic shop located near the intersection of Northwest Seventh Avenue and 79th Street. - PUB DATE: 9/8/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSVN-TV FOX 7 Miami
VIDEO: As another anniversary of 9/11 sits on the horizon, officials at Seneca East Local Schools are paying tribute.
“As I’m taking my last breaths of life, I realized that my life was over and I did something I hadn’t done in a long time, I closed my eyes and said a prayer,” Joe Torrillo, a retired lieutenant with the New York City Fire Department said. - PUB DATE: 9/8/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTVG-TV ABC/CW 13 Toledo
VIDEO: Ten firefighters from Belgium are spending the week with the Fresno Fire Department.
“We have a small organization in Belgium that tries to bring firefighters to the U.S. to visit the fire department and to do some hands-on training, to do ride along to see how the job is done over here and to make a comparison on how we do it,” said Marc Opstal who is a Battalion Chief in Belgium. - PUB DATE: 9/8/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSEE-TV NBC 24 Fresno
Whelen Engineering, a global leader in the emergency warning industry for more than 70 years, Richard Childress Racing (RCR), and the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (NFFF) have teamed up to honor fallen fire heroes at the NASCAR Xfinity Series race on September 9, 2023, at Kansas Speedway.
RCR’s No. - PUB DATE: 9/8/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: RCR Racing
Fond du Lac County is making use of new, clever technology to get first responders to the right location.
The technology, called “what3words,” converts numeric GPS coordinates into words. The words are then decoded by first responders using the what3words app in the field.
Fond du Lac County Communications Director Amy Haase says this eliminates the risk of typing in a wrong number for GPS coordinates in degrees, minutes and seconds or decimal degrees. - PUB DATE: 9/8/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
PHOTOS: A rapidly spreading fire consumed as many as six rowhomes near Patterson Park.
SkyTeam 11, Baltimore's only news helicopter, reported that firefighters were called Wednesday afternoon to the 300 block of South Robinson Street. Baltimore City Fire Department said commanders on the scene found one two-story row home involved with flames eventually spreading to a total of six homes. - PUB DATE: 9/7/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBAL-TV NBC 11 Baltimore
VIDEO: The Wichita Fire Department hosted a special surprise presentation on Wednesday for a former Wichita firefighter.
Rebecca (Downum) Chandler became Wichita’s first female firefighter in 1983.
“It was a wonderful time. I didn’t really know how long I could do it, but I did it as long as I could,” she said, “I enjoyed doing it. - PUB DATE: 9/7/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KWCH-DT CBS 12 Hutchinson
VIDEO: New York and Nashville researchers studied blood cell mutations in 9/11 first responders and determined some cells were cloning out of control and causing cardiovascular disease.
Thanks to this research, an exercise fanatic discovered he had underlying and extensive heart disease.
Roger Grad exercises 90 minutes a day, five days a week. - PUB DATE: 9/7/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WISH-TV CW 8 Indianapolis
VIDEO: Fairfield firefighters gathered Thursday night to shave a mullet for a good cause.
The mullet had been growing out for 798 days by Lt. Lee Corbo.
Corbo decided to create a fundraiser and shave his hair in support of the Tommy Fund for Childhood Cancer.
He is also supporting a Norwalk firefighter who has been diagnosed with cancer. - PUB DATE: 9/7/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: News 12 Connecticut
One person was injured after a boat caught fire on City Island Tuesday just before 6 p.m.
The small powerboat sunk in the Long Island Sound shortly after firefighters were able to get the blaze under control. The boat was just off the fuel dock at 673 City Island Avenue in the Bronx when it went up in flames. - PUB DATE: 9/6/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WABC-TV ABC 7 New York
VIDEO: A volunteer firefighter in Ascension Parish is using his hobby of photography to bring the public into their world.
Blake Stone has what some could call a burning passion for capturing the moment. As a volunteer firefighter, he knows from firsthand experience what it takes to stand on the front lines and serve the community. - PUB DATE: 9/6/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBRZ-TV ABC 2 Baton Rouge
VIDEO: First responders can now make use of a new state law meant to help with post-traumatic stress disorder.
Senate Bill 24 includes PTSD as an occupational disease when diagnosed in first responders and establishes benefits under workers' compensation. The bill states there is no physical injury required for a first responder to receive benefits. - PUB DATE: 9/6/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KMIZ-TV ABC 17 Columbia
VIDEO/PHOTOS: A driver who plunged off a 100-foot cliff in a remote area of Southern California and spent five days "immobilized" in their wrecked pickup truck, was rescued this weekend by firefighters who formed a human pulley system to pluck the victim from the ravine, authorities said.
The rescue unfolded about 10:58 a. - PUB DATE: 9/6/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ABC News
VIDEO: A driver and passenger were killed in an apparent street race when their vehicle crashed into a firetruck, injuring four crewmembers, in West Compton Tuesday.
The crash was reported around 12:30 a.m. as the engine company was responding to a medical incident, Los Angeles County Fire Department spokesperson Craig Little said. - PUB DATE: 9/5/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTLA-TV CW 5 Los Angeles
VIDEO: A very scary situation, a 12-year-old boy now hospitalized after partaking in a TikTok challenge went wrong.
"I woke up to him just screaming and I woke up so fast that I kicked the dog gate out of my door frame, and then I saw him, he was on fire," Tiffany Roper mother of 12-year-old boy said. - PUB DATE: 9/5/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPNX-TV NBC 12 Mesa
VIDEO/PHOTOS: A Prince George's County fire station was damaged after an ambulance caught fire early Sunday morning, the agency said.
"We do have our share of fires in Prince George’s County, but running a fire within one of our own fire stations is very unique," Department Public Information Director Alan Doubleday said. - PUB DATE: 9/5/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJLA-TV ABC 7 Washington D.C.
