VIDEO/PHOTOS: The memory of the victims of the September 11th, 2001 attacks was on the minds of dozens of people at AT&T Field in Chattanooga Monday morning. With a week before the 22nd remembrance of that dark day, first responders and the public climbed stairs in their memory.
2,977 people lost their lives in the 9/11 terrorist attack. - PUB DATE: 9/5/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTVC-TV ABC/FOX 9 Chattanooga
VIDEO: State officials had been warning Florida residents about the threat posed by storm surge to electric vehicles since Monday, days before Hurricane Idalia made landfall.
In the aftermath of the destructive storm, Pinellas officials report at least two incidents of electric vehicles combusting after their lithium-ion batteries were exposed to the saltwater. - PUB DATE: 9/1/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTVT-TV FOX 13 Tampa Bay
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the creation of a new Inter-Agency Fire Safety Working Group meant to ensure the safety and security of energy storage systems across the state, following fire incidents at facilities in Jefferson, Orange, and Suffolk Counties this summer.
State agencies will begin immediate inspections of energy storage sites, and the working group is intended to help prevent fires and ensure emergency responders have the necessary training and information to prepare and deploy resources in the event of a fire. - PUB DATE: 9/1/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: POWER Engineering
Firefighters who battled the deadly Lahaina wildfires on August 8 have earned immense gratitude for their efforts to fend off the historic inferno fed by hurricane force winds and large swaths of fire prone bone-dry brush.
Chris Frueh, a psychology professor at the University of Hawaii at Hilo provides insight into short- and long-term medical, psychological and social risks firefighters can sustain in their line of work. - PUB DATE: 9/1/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: University of Hawaii News
VIDEO: Killeen’s Fire Station 9 held an auction to raise donations for two firefighters who are currently battling cancer.
The station has an allotted pool of donations named the Benevolence fund, which goes to taking care of firefighter’s financial stability when they leave work due to medical or personal issues. - PUB DATE: 9/1/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KWTX-TV CBS 10 Waco
Two Chicago firefighters were rescued after being lured into a home and attacked by a man armed with a knife Tuesday afternoon, fire officials said.
Chicago police said the incident occurred in the 7700-block of South Marshfield Avenue at about 12:18 p.m.
Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford said firefighters were called to a garage fire. - PUB DATE: 8/31/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLS-TV ABC 7 Chicago
VIDEO/PHOTOS: Idalia isn't finished with the Southeastern coastal states yet.
Idalia made landfall Wednesday morning as a powerful Category 3 hurricane over Keaton Beach, located along Florida's Gulf Coast near Tallahassee. After rapidly intensifying on its path through the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico and briefly registering as a Category 4 storm, the hurricane hit Florida's Big Bend area with maximum sustained winds of 125 miles per hour. - PUB DATE: 8/31/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CBS News
VIDEO: Some University of Maryland students were in the spotlight Wednesday after winning more than $150,000 in a national drone competition.
What the team from the university's Autonomous Micro Air Vehicle Team has achieved is especially important to first responders, who turned out in big numbers Wednesday to take a look at the specialized drone students at the University’s Clark School of Engineering created. - PUB DATE: 8/31/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WUSA-TV CBS 9 Washington, D.C.
VIDEO: From the first bucket brigades of New Amsterdam in the 1620s to state-of-the-art firefighting now, the Fire Museum of New York City tells the story of fire protection, fire prevention, and firefighting in New York, over the years.
The telling of a vital chapter of that story just got more in-depth with the museum’s acquisition of new materials related to 9/11. - PUB DATE: 8/31/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPIX-TV CW 11 New York City
A fire broke out in a two-story building in downtown Los Angeles' Fashion District, sending flames and clouds of black smoke into the air Wednesday morning.
The fire was reported just before 6 a.m. in the 1100 block of South Los Angeles Street. A large plume of smoke could be seen across the downtown LA area. - PUB DATE: 8/30/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KNBC-TV NBC 4 Los Angeles
VIDEO: One of the biggest challenges of putting out an electric vehicle (EV) fire is trying to get inside the battery to flood the battery.
"They're very difficult to put out," said Avondale Fire Department Battalion Chief Garry Siler. Now, there is a new device that punctures holes in an EV's battery, and floods it with water. - PUB DATE: 8/30/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSAZ-TV FOX 10 Phoenix
VIDEO: A long-time firefighter in Lancaster County has created an epic book highlighting firefighters of New York City.
Glenn Usdin hopes the photographs and stories are inspirational to first responders and anyone who might need their help.
"This is a very unique profession in American society, that when everybody else is running out of burning buildings, firefighters — whether they be professional or volunteer — firefighters are running into the building," Usdin explains about the men and women featured in the pages. - PUB DATE: 8/30/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WGAL-TV NBC 8 Lancaster
VIDEO: Hurricane Idalia made landfall Wednesday morning as a powerful Category 3 storm in Keaton Beach, located along Florida's Gulf Coast near Tallahassee. After rapidly intensifying on its path through the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico, and briefly registering as a Category 4 storm, the hurricane hit Florida's Big Bend area with maximum sustained winds of 125 miles per hour. - PUB DATE: 8/30/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CBS News
PHOTOS: Fire crews are battling a large blaze in Newport that broke out late Monday. As of 8 a.m. Tuesday, the fire at Scott Recycling was still active and the Cocke County Sheriff’s Office said the building is a total loss.
The Cocke County Emergency Management Agency called the incident response “a sight to see” in a Tuesday morning update and commended the leadership among the agencies that responded to the scene. - PUB DATE: 8/29/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WATE-TV ABC 6 Knoxville
Dearborn and Ann Arbor have agreed to rent each other’s ambulances and other emergency vehicles on an as-needed or emergency basis.
Both cities agreed to the deal in August.
“This would occur if Rescue 1-1 is out of service for an extended period of time or if we wanted to add a second transport unit during peak demand times such as night, home football games,” The Ann Arbor Fire Department posted on Facebook. - PUB DATE: 8/29/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Press & Guide - Metered Site
Acting Governor Nicholas Scutari on Monday signed A-5275/S-3671, providing municipal governing bodies more flexibility in appointing chaplains to their fire departments.
Under current law, the governing body of any municipality, by ordinance, may provide for the appointment of one or more ordained members of the clergy as chaplains to the paid or part-paid fire department and force of the municipality, with the rank of battalion chief and their salaries fixed by the governing body. - PUB DATE: 8/29/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: State of New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy
A Broward Sheriff’s Office Fire Rescue helicopter crashed into an apartment building in Pompano Beach Monday morning, killing two people and injuring four others, authorities confirmed.
According to the National Transportation Safety Board, one person onboard the helicopter was killed, along with another person on the ground. - PUB DATE: 8/28/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPLG-TV ABC 10 Miami
A Broward Sheriff’s Office Fire Rescue helicopter crashed into an apartment building in Pompano Beach Monday morning, authorities confirmed.
The crash was reported just after 8:45 a.m. in the area of North Dixie Highway and Atlantic Boulevard, southwest of the Pompano Beach Airpark. The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed that three people were onboard the Eurocopter EC135 helicopter that “crashed into a structure. - PUB DATE: 8/28/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPLG-TV ABC 10 Miami
VIDEO: Identical twins Manuel and Emmanuel Zuaznabar broke through barriers to achieve their goal of becoming New York City firefighters, and now they're sharing their story of success in hopes of inspiring the next generation.
Coined the "Z brothers," the 29-year-old, half-Dominican half-Cuban twins were born on Staten Island and raised in Brownsville, Brooklyn. - PUB DATE: 8/28/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCBS-TV CBS 2 New York City
VIDEO/PHOTO: The people who've spent days helping Mt. Charleston residents after destructive floodwaters swept through their community now need some help themselves.
Flood waters that brought destruction to Mt. Charleston over the weekend also dealt a heavy blow to the local volunteer fire department. - PUB DATE: 8/28/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTNV-TV ABC 13 Las Vegas
