Firefighters in San Bernardino County found themselves running to safety after encountering a massive, boulder-filled mudslide barreling towards them Sunday as heavy rainfall from Tropical Storm Hilary battered the area.
KTLA learned that crews at Fire Station 99 in the Forest Falls area heard a loud noise that they went to check out. - PUB DATE: 8/21/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTLA-TV CW 5 Los Angeles
PHOTOS: More than a dozen apartments were destroyed by fire Thursday afternoon in Greenville County, South Carolina.
The fire started just before 1 p.m. at the Stoneledge Plantation Apartments at the corner of Roper Mountain Road and Garlington Road.
The Boiling Springs Fire Department said 16 apartments were burned and two other buildings were damaged by heat. - PUB DATE: 8/18/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WYFF-TV NBC 4 Greenville
VIDEO: According to the Orange County Sheriff's Office, a man has been arrested after a video showed a car racing around a fire truck with lights and sirens on in April.
Deputies said 25-year-old Elijah Grove-Thomas faces felony and misdemeanor charges.
According to Orange County Fire Rescue, the incident happened near Sand Lake and Winegard as they responded to a car fire. - PUB DATE: 8/18/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WESH-TV NBC 2 Daytona Beach
PHOTOS: Anthony Cardiff knows exactly where he was on Aug. 21, 1963, even though it was nearly 60 years ago.
It was the day he lost a leg; 19 other people were injured, and three Ashland firefighters were killed by an oil tank explosion at the Centre Coal Company off Route 9 in Framingham.
"I remember there was no pain and I sat up," said Cardiff, who was 12 at the time. - PUB DATE: 8/18/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Metro West Daily News - Metered Site
There were an estimated 42,795 fatalities due to motor vehicle crashes in 2022, down by 0.3% from the year prior, according to early estimates released in April 2023 from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. While a reduction in crash-related deaths, even one as slight as this, is generally positive, the facts remain deeply concerning: Crash-related deaths rose more than 10% in 2021 and more than 7% the year before that, marking a disturbing trend leading into and persisting through the COVID-19 pandemic. - PUB DATE: 8/18/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTVZ-TV NBC/CW+ 21 Bend
VIDEO: It’s been more than a month since the deadly attack at Birmingham’s Fire Station 9, and still there have been no arrests.
“Life changing, career changing, we’re just trying to get back to a sense of normalcy whatever that new normal may be,” says Captain Orlando Reynolds with Birmingham Fire and Rescue. - PUB DATE: 8/17/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBRC-TV FOX 6 Birmingham
VIDEO: Becoming a doctor is no easy feat. Now imagine doing it as a second career after an accident that nearly killed you.
One such South Florida physician is making Miami Proud with his passion and persistence.
"Emergency medicine is the heartbeat of the hospital and the community," said Dr. Christopher Nunez. - PUB DATE: 8/17/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFOR-TV CBS 4 Miami
A study published in the American Journal of Industrial Medicine found that among volunteer firefighters in the United States, there are gaps in skin cancer prevention efforts.
Among firefighters, rates of melanoma incidence and mortality are higher than that of the general population. This can be attributed to excess occupational exposure to ultraviolet rays and cancer-causing agents found in flame retardants. - PUB DATE: 8/17/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Dermatology Times
In the digital age, where smartphones have become an indispensable part of our lives, the practice of charging our devices overnight has become a norm. It offers the convenience of starting the day with a full battery, ready to tackle the challenges ahead. However, a recent warning from Apple sheds light on the potential dangers associated with charging your iPhone overnight. - PUB DATE: 8/17/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Microsoft Start
VIDEO: Firefighters from around the world will be in Kansas City this week.
It's part of a massive International Association of Fire Chiefs Fire-Rescue International Conference and Expo.
The 150th IAFC anniversary event, held in KC this year, draws in around 10,000 fire chiefs and company officers. - PUB DATE: 8/16/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSHB-TV NBC 41 Kansas City
A law that went into effect this month in New Hampshire makes all types of cancer among firefighters a presumptive occupational disease.
The new statute is aimed at making it easier for firefighters with cancer to receive workers' compensation.
Research shows firefighters are at a higher risk of contracting the disease than the general population, and they deserve the presumption that it was caused by their work, Brian Ryll, president of the Professional Fire Fighters of New Hampshire said in an interview. - PUB DATE: 8/16/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New Hampshire Public Radio
VIDEO: Wednesday marks 35 years since the deadliest plane crash in Michigan history. On August 16, 1987, Northwest Flight 255 took off from Romulus headed for Arizona — it didn’t make it far.
Investigators blame a number of pilot errors on the crash, but the most important takeaway is the lives lost: 156 people were killed that day, all but one person on board and two people who were in vehicles near I-94 and Middlebelt Road. - PUB DATE: 8/16/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WXYZ-TV ABC 7 Detroit
The American Clean Power Association (ACP) has launched a new guide aimed at helping first responders understand and deal with battery storage safety incidents.
Including recommendations for pre-incident planning and incident response, the guide addresses potential hazards such as fire, explosions, arc flash, shock and toxic chemicals. - PUB DATE: 8/16/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Energy Storage News
VIDEO: Milwaukee firefighters have found another way to help the community, using their green thumbs to grow fresh food year round.
It's part of a pilot program called "Gardens for First Responders," but fire crews aren't the only ones getting their hands in the soil.
"I knew that our community needed growth; I knew we had food deserts," said Andre Lee Ellis with Community Agricultural Growing Experiences. - PUB DATE: 8/15/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee
Akron, like many state and local governments, has used recent federal stimulus windfalls to grow its cash reserves during a pandemic that didn't hurt income tax receipts in the city the way some had feared.
Finance Director Steve Fricker has managed a cash reserve in the general fund that's nearly tripled since 2020. - PUB DATE: 8/15/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Akron Beacon Journal - Metered Site
VIDEO: Two volunteer firefighters in Laurens County are proving that age is just a number.
Jean Swanson and Ann Jenkins have a combined 62 years of volunteering at the Hickory Tavern Fire Department.
“Dedicated. Loving. Friends,” said Chief Lance Roper.
Swanson joined the department 44 years ago. Since then, her husband and son have served as chief. - PUB DATE: 8/15/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHNS-TV FOX 21 Greenville
U.S. auto safety regulators have sent a team to investigate a fatal crash in Virginia involving a Tesla suspected of running on a partially automated driving system.
The latest crash, which occurred in July, brings to 35 the number of Tesla crashes under investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration since June of 2016. - PUB DATE: 8/15/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WRC-TV NBC 4 Washington, D.C.
Five people were killed and several others injured in a house explosion Saturday in Plum, a suburb of Pittsburgh. The explosion destroyed three structures and damaged at least a dozen others, authorities said.
A person who was initially unaccounted for after the explosion was among the five dead, officials said Sunday. - PUB DATE: 8/14/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CBS News
PHOTOS: New Bedford Fire Chief Edward F. Dahill changed the way firefighters fight fires.
Dahill dedicated 59 years of service to the department from 1888 to 1947, and left behind an invention that made an extremely difficult job less difficult for all firefighters.
He invented the first aerial ladder hoist, called the Dahill hoist, in 1902. - PUB DATE: 8/14/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New Bedford Standard-Times (South Coast Times) - Metered Site
VIDEOS: A Maryland man led police on a wild chase from behind the wheel of two different trucks and then a stolen ambulance Saturday afternoon, striking multiple vehicles across three different highways, police said.
The suspect caused a multi-car crash on I-395 in a stolen truck before stealing an ambulance that was responding to the scene. - PUB DATE: 8/14/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WRC-TV NBC 4 Washington, D.C.
