Three children and two adults died after a school bus collided with a semitruck on U.S. Route 24 in Illinois on Monday, authorities said.
The fatal collision between the school bus and the semitruck carrying sand happened on the highway at 11:30 a.m., local time, in Rushville, Illinois State Police said during a press briefing. - PUB DATE: 3/12/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ABC News
The Oklahoma House of Representatives on Monday approved legislation that would offer free cancer screenings to all Oklahoma firefighters.
House Bill 3573, authored by Rep. Daniel Pae, R-Lawton, would cover screenings for lung, prostate, testicular, skin, colon and breast cancers for all firefighters, including volunteer firefighters. - PUB DATE: 3/12/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Ponca City Now
PHOTOS: Crews responded to a warehouse that was engulfed in flames Sunday afternoon, the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District announced. The warehouse is located at 1200 4th St. where heavy smoke was seen coming out of the building’s roof.
The warehouse was vacant at the time of the fire, officials said. - PUB DATE: 3/11/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KRON-TV The CW/MyNetworkTV 4 San Francisco
VIDEO/PHOTOS: A West Warwick fire engine crashed through a station on Sunday. Officials said no one was hurt.
Station 2, located at 834 Main St., was roped off with crime scene tape.
According to West Warwick Battalion Chief Eric Norberg a door on the side of the truck popped open as the fire engine was leaving the station on a call. - PUB DATE: 3/11/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJAR-TV NBC 10 Providence
VIDEO: One person was taken into custody after an ambulance was stolen overnight in north St. Louis.
There was a very quick and sizable response from the authorities after the incident happened. City police were able to track down the stolen ambulance and take a woman into custody. It all happened about 2:30 a. - PUB DATE: 3/11/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTVI-TV FOX 2 St. Louis
Firefighters spent hours battling a huge fire at what is believed to be a former cardboard warehouse in South Jersey.
Fire crews responded to the large building along Sykes Lane in Monroe Township, before 10 p.m. Thursday.
As SkyForce10 hovered over the scene, thick smoke and heavy flames could be seen engulfing the Gloucester County building. - PUB DATE: 3/8/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCAU-TV NBC 10 Philadelphia
Raleigh is disciplining an unknown number of firefighters after a local rapper filmed a music video at Raleigh Fire Station 12. The city previously said it was investigating after the rapper known as CEO Shoutoutt filmed his “Fire Drill” freestyle rap in front of the station on Poole Road.
On Thursday, a group that represents local firefighters said those involved had been disciplined and that the group was looking into the matter. - PUB DATE: 3/8/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The News & Observer - Metered Site
VIDEO: The Ishpeming City Fire Department is trying to track down an antique fire truck it had decades ago.
The department traded in its 1951 Pirsch Pumper in 1995 for a truck the department still uses today. According to Ishpeming City Fire Chief Jason Annala, the truck changed hands several times until it was sold online in 2018 on the Fenton Fire Equipment website. - PUB DATE: 3/8/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLUC-TV NBC/FOX 6 Marquette
Product safety regulators are urging Evercross EV5 hoverboard users to find another ride, pronto.
The product is a fire hazard and led to a blaze that caused substantial property damage to a residential building in New York City in May of 2023, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced Thursday. - PUB DATE: 3/8/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CBS News
Crews closed a portion of East 55th Street in Cleveland early Thursday morning due to an overnight fire at a building on Lake Court.
3News' Austin Love reported live from the scene all morning where the flames have since been extinguished. We're told 11 fire companies responded to the incident. While nobody was hurt, the building's roof reportedly collapsed. - PUB DATE: 3/7/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKYC-TV NBC 3 Cleveland
VIDEO: Governor Kathy Hochul announced that there will be a new program designed to strengthen New York State's volunteer firefighter services.
The first training stipend of $10 million will offset the costs of training courses that firefighters are required to complete.
“Volunteer firefighters put their lives on the line to protect those in their communities, and it is time that we recognize and compensate them for the work that they have done,” Governor Hochul said. - PUB DATE: 3/7/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WGRZ-TV NBC 2 Buffalo
Fifteen people were killed in fires in the first two months of 2024 in Connecticut, making it the most deadly start to the year in at least a decade, according to data from state fire officials.
“A couple of years, we’ve had starts like this,” said Roger Nelson, a Bloomfield fire marshal and vice president of the Connecticut Fire Marshals Association. - PUB DATE: 3/7/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New Haven Register - Metered Site
PHOTOS: Travis Kelce and Jason Kelce are giving back. The brothers recently stepped out to visit Brookline Volunteer Fire Company in Havertown, Pennsylvania, after learning of a late man's fight with cancer.
Jess Viola tells ET that the NFL stars visited the fire station, at which her husband and father-in-law are both members, in the wake of her brother-in-law, Brendan McDermott's, death. - PUB DATE: 3/7/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Entertainment Tonight
PHOTOS: Early Tuesday morning about 5:30 a.m., fire was reported at the fire station in town.
“The firehouse has burned. It is a total loss,” Shannon County First Responders state in a release of information. “Devastating way to begin a day, Eminence Area Volunteer Fire Department lost their entire station and equipment this morning,” states Missouri State Fire Marshal Tim Bean. - PUB DATE: 3/6/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOAM-TV CBS 7 Pittsburg
VIDEO: There’s a new tool in the Tempe Fire Department’s arsenal that they hope will make the challenge of fighting electric vehicle fires a thing of the past. “It’s very easy to use and it has way less kick back than any of our firehoses,” said Tempe Fire Department Assistant Fire Chief Chris Snow.
It’s called the Coldcut Cobra, and like the reptile it references, it helps firefighters strike at the heart of a fire. - PUB DATE: 3/6/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTVK-TV CBS 3 & KPHO-TV CBS 5 Phoenix (AZ Family)
A museum documenting the history of the Harrisonburg Fire Department is now equipped with a video tour led by the agency's long standing leader.
On July 4th, 1944, an ice delivery truck had a short in its wiring, causing a vehicle fire. Another day, an oil stove blew up, causing over $1,500 in damage. - PUB DATE: 3/6/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMRA-FM 90.7 Harrisonburg
VIDEO: Nobody wants to get the axe, but in this case it’s a good thing. A Toledo firefighter can now add world champion to his resume.
Marcus Waugh is the World’s Strongest Firefighter. He took home that title at the Arnold Sports Festival in Columbus this past weekend.
“I’ve always been very passionate about lifting weights. - PUB DATE: 3/6/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTVG-TV ABC/CW 13 Toledo
One person was killed after an enormous fire Monday night at a suburban Detroit warehouse known to stock combustible materials ignited explosions, shook homes and rained down debris as far as a mile away, officials and residents said.
Emergency services were called at 8:50 p.m. Monday to a building in Clinton Township shared by a business named Goo and a distribution company named Select Distributors. - PUB DATE: 3/5/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC News
VIDEO: The Harristown Fire Protection District held a table talk for firefighters and retired chiefs from across the state. Participants from Niantic to Chicago were present to offer some advice and hear why they started the job in the first place.
"I'm just hoping to learn from other people and to make my fire ground and our fire ground, the calls that we run, hopefully a safer environment and be able to pass this along to our firefighters and chief officers," said Fire Chief of the South Wheatland Fire Protection District, Tom Williams. - PUB DATE: 3/5/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WAND-TV NBC 17 Decatur
PHOTOS: Two state-of-the-art fireboat stations housing new fire boats for emergencies in and near the Port of Long Beach were dedicated and opened up for media and guests during an open house on Friday, March 1.
Public officials were on hand also to hail the additions to the Long Beach port waterfront. - PUB DATE: 3/5/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Long Beach Press-Telegram - Metered Site
