The wake-up call came Feb. 3 in eastern Ohio.
A Norfolk Southern freight train rumbling through the village of East Palestine jumped the track. Damaged tank cars spewed toxic chemicals into the air and water. A massive fire lit up the sky. More chemicals were burned days later. Polluted runoff flowed into waterways. - PUB DATE: 7/25/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Louisville Courier Journal - Metered Site
Edmond will now waive utility charges for the surviving spouses of first responders killed in the line of duty.
The City Council just made the vote on Monday night. The Edmond City Council approved the measure unanimously with city officials saying it really wasn’t a hard decision to make. f a police officer or firefighter is killed in the line of duty, their surviving spouse will never receive a utility bill from Edmond ever again, for the rest of their lives. - PUB DATE: 7/25/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOCO-TV ABC 5 Oklahoma City
VIDEO: First responders don't hesitate to enter a dangerous situation to make sure our community members are safe.
Often, they are so busy protecting the community, they forget to make sure they're protecting themselves by addressing their mental health.
"We feel like we have to be the people who are handling everything and addressing all of the issues and then we go on about our business to the next - the next call, the next incident," said Clark County Deputy Fire Chief Kelly Blackmon. - PUB DATE: 7/25/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSNV-TV NBC 3 Las Vegas
VIDEO: In an effort to save more lives in the event of a cardiac arrest, UR Medicine and the American Heart Association are introducing a CPR training station on-the-go.
The mobile CPR station is the first of its kind in New York State, and only the second in the U.S.
“The places where they’re in health care, or clinics, is not enough. - PUB DATE: 7/25/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WROC-TV CBS 8 Rochester
Authorities responded to a boat fire at a marina in Coconut Grove Friday night.
Dispatchers with Miami Fire Rescue told Local 10 News that firefighters responded to the scene of a boat fire around 9:30 p.m. near the 2500 block of South Bay Shore Drive.
“It took a little time to put extra sections of hose together, but we were able to set that up quickly and the combination of the fireboat and the crews that were on the marina were able to keep that fire from spreading,” said Cpt. - PUB DATE: 7/24/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPLG-TV ABC 10 Miami
VIDEO/PHOTOS: “Way to put that fire out.”
The message to Southside native and former major league reliever Cla Meredith came from then-Baltimore Orioles bench coach Terry Crowley.
Meredith — a sinker-ball throwing, right-handed pitcher with a low three-quarters delivery who always excelled under pressure in his six-year big league career — had just helped the O’s beat the Boston Red Sox by working out of a tense late-game jam. - PUB DATE: 7/24/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Richmond Times-Dispatch - Metered Site
VIDEO: A man was saved by technology late Friday evening after he drove off a cliff in the Mt. Wilson area, plummeting nearly 400 feet before his car finally came to a stop.
According to deputies with the Crescenta Valley Station of Los Angeles Sheriff's Department, they were contacted by an iPhone communication center at around 10:30 p. - PUB DATE: 7/24/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCBS-TV CBS 2 Los Angeles
Prior to his sudden resignation last week, former Champaign fire Chief Gary Ludwig was investigated for harassment allegations made by his employees, largely involving “inappropriate statements about women or sexually explicit content.”
According to documents obtained by The News-Gazette in a Freedom of Information Act request, City Manager Dorothy David conducted nine interviews between June 27 and July 5 with two victims/complainants and six witnesses concerning Ludwig, and interviewed Ludwig on July 6. - PUB DATE: 7/24/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The News-Gazette - Metered Site
VIDEO: There have been eight arson arrests already this year, and 30 fires that the Reno Fire Department said were arson.
Generally, Reno Fire Department Fire Investigators arrest 10 to 13 people total for arson in a year, but with July only being a little over halfway into this year, there is cause for concern. - PUB DATE: 7/24/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOLO-TV ABC/CW+ 8 Reno
VIDEOS/PHOTOS: Phoenix Fire investigators are looking into a fire involving exploding propane tanks during the afternoon hours of July 20.
The fire happened near 40th Street and Van Buren. According to Phoenix Fire officials, crews were called to the scene at around 5:00 p.m., and when they arrived at the scene, they found a large propane yard with five gallon propane tanks exploding over 500 yards in all directions. - PUB DATE: 7/21/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSAZ-TV FOX 10 Phoenix
VIDEO: There is new attention to the dangers of fires aboard ships after two Newark firefighters died at Port Newark.
News 12 New Jersey was given an exclusive look at the United States Coast Guard training center in Cape May, where recruits are taught how to fight shipboard fires as part of boot camp. - PUB DATE: 7/21/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: News 12 New Jersey
VIDEO: Emond Johnson, who was charged with starting a fire that killed San Antonio firefighter Scott Deem in 2017, was sentenced Wednesday to 30 years in prison on two charges.
Johnson pleaded no contest in the 186th District Court to charges of murder and arson. The sentences will run concurrently and he will be credited for six years of time served in the Bexar County Jail. - PUB DATE: 7/21/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSAT-TV ABC 12 San Antonio
VIDEO: As firefighters in Weymouth, Massachusetts, rushed to a house fire on School Street earlier this month, they were already ahead of the game by the time they got there.
"Gaining awareness is the number one thing that is occurring in the first initial minutes of a fire response," said Weymouth Fire Lt. - PUB DATE: 7/21/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBTS-TV NBC 10 Nashua
VIDEO: A man has been arrested after he allegedly stabbed an EMT Wednesday night in Manhattan.
Officials say 48-year-old Rudy Garcia was picked up at 94th Street and Amsterdam at around 8:50 p.m., after a call about cardiac arrest.
The ambulance was on 59th Street when Garcia allegedly pulled out a knife and stabbed the EMT multiple times in the abdomen and leg, officials said. - PUB DATE: 7/20/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WABC-TV ABC 7 New York
VIDEO/PHOTOS: Important pieces of fire prevention equipment have once again become the target of thieves in some Philadelphia neighborhoods.
Brass Fire Department Connections (FDC) are being stolen throughout Northern Liberties and Fishtown neighborhoods.
Authorities suspect they are being sold for scrap, creating an expensive and potentially hazardous problem for home and business owners. - PUB DATE: 7/20/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPVI-TV ABC 6 Philadelphia
VIDEO: One former Coastal Bend softball player is still keeping her love for the sport of baseball alive by earning a spot on the Women's National Baseball Team roster.
Valerie Perez was a star softball player for Calallen and the Islanders. She eventually became a Corpus Christi firefighter, but never gave up on her love for playing baseball just like her brothers. - PUB DATE: 7/20/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIII-TV ABC 3 Corpus Christi
VIDEO: A swath of the United States is facing a dangerous combination of extreme heat and wildfire smoke this week.
More than 85 million Americans across 15 states -- from California to Florida -- are under heat alerts for Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service. The consecutive days of record-high temperatures combined with high overnight temperatures makes this heat wave especially threatening, as the longer it lasts, the more dangerous it becomes. - PUB DATE: 7/20/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ABC News
As temperatures neared 110 degrees in North Texas Tuesday, Dallas fire crews felt the heat—and then some—while battling what amounted to a six-alarm blaze at an east Oak Cliff church.
Just before 2 p.m., Dallas Fire-Rescue (DFR) responded to reports of a fire at the Saintsville Church of God, located at 2200 South Marsalis Ave. - PUB DATE: 7/19/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTVT-TV CBS 11 Fort Worth
VIDEO: Friday’s tragedy has impacted the entire Fargo-Moorhead community, especially our first responders. Firefighters were on-the-scene for what seemed like a routine fender bender. They were about to leave the scene and let Fargo police take over, when a man opened fire. The shooter ended up killing a Fargo police officer, critically wounding two others, and injured a bystander. - PUB DATE: 7/19/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Valley News Live
Tumwater Fire Chief Brian Hurley is joining a countywide mission to show it’s OK for firefighters, EMTs and other frontline workers to talk about their mental health.
It’s being done through the Peer Support Program, a confidential opportunity to debrief with colleagues.
Hurley and Rian Winter, lead of the Peer Support Group and EMS lieutenant, gave a presentation to the Tumwater Public Health and Safety Committee on July 11. - PUB DATE: 7/19/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Yahoo! Sports
