Hundreds of safe e-bike and scooter charging and storage stations will soon be installed across New York City’s public housing buildings as a way to prevent battery fires. Mayor Eric Adams, Sen. Chuck Schumer, and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand on Sunday announced plans to install 173 outdoor stations at 53 NYCHA developments starting next year, with a total of 327 stations planned.
- PUB DATE: 6/27/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: 6sqft

VIDEO: Firefighters have a new tool for rescues in rural areas of northern Santa Barbara County. Fire Station 21 in Old Town Orcutt has a new UTV which can be used to quickly reach injured hikers or anyone trapped in a remote area. Every second counts when someone’s injured and trapped in a hard-to-reach location.
- PUB DATE: 6/27/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSBY-TV NBC/CW+ 6 San Luis Obispo

Pennsylvania has just over 1,800 registered fire departments. Nearly all – 98.6 percent to be exact – are registered volunteer or mostly volunteer departments with the Keystone State ranking third in the country behind Delaware and Minnesota. Those who volunteer with their local companies in their local communities are heroes in almost every sense of the word.
- PUB DATE: 6/27/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Politics PA

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday warned of the return of locally acquired cases of malaria, meaning the infections were not linked to foreign travel and appear to have been transmitted by mosquitoes in the U.S. carrying the parasite. So far, there have been four locally acquired cases of malaria in Florida and one in Texas within the last two months.
- PUB DATE: 6/27/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CBS News

PHOTOS: Part of a shopping center in the Poconos was reduced to rubble after an intense fire on Sunday. The middle section of the Promenade at Fountain Court in Monroe County is now just twisted metal, charred wood and debris. Multiple businesses were lost. Neighbors from around the Tannersville area gathered to see what was left.
- PUB DATE: 6/26/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFMZ-TV 69 Allentown

VIDEO/PHOTOS: A Licking Township fire truck was struck while on the scene of a crash on Interstate 70 early Saturday. At 1:30 a.m., rescue and medical vehicles were responding to a crash on I-70 eastbound at mile marker 137. Fire officials say those involved in the collision were not injured so the medic left the scene.
- PUB DATE: 6/26/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBNS-TV CBS 10 Columbus

Federal regulators want first responders to know exactly what they are dealing with before reaching the scene of a train derailment, because the dangerous chemicals trains carry might require a specialized response. The Pipelines and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration proposed a new rule last Wednesday that would require all railroads to immediately send the details of everything aboard their trains to every emergency responder within 10 miles, as soon as the railroad becomes aware of an accident.
- PUB DATE: 6/26/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Spectrum News 1 - Metered Site

VIDEO: With the scorching summer here, Valley firefighters are not only battling fires but the oppressive heat while doing so. “When we are dealing with 110 degrees, and a fire kicks out, we are asked to act,” said Captain Dave Folio with the Scottsdale Fire Department. Captain Folio said part of the role of their command during the Valley summer is to make sure their own firefighters don’t succumb to the heat.
- PUB DATE: 6/26/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTVK-TV CBS 3 & KPHO-TV CBS 5 Phoenix (AZ Family)

An intense fire erupted at a rubbish yard and spread into commercial-residential buildings, sending a thick plume of smoke billowing into the sky in downtown Los Angeles Thursday afternoon. LAFD crews responded near San Pedro and Seventh streets around 3:10 p.m. Nearly 150 firefighters battled the massive commercial fire near Skid Row.
- PUB DATE: 6/23/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KABC-TV ABC 7 Los Angeles

The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has released a new report, “Fatal Firefighter Injuries in the U.S. in 2022”, which showed a total of 96 on-duty U.S. firefighter fatalities in 2022. Of these deaths, 51 were volunteer firefighters, 38 were career firefighters, six were contractors for federal or state land management agencies, and one was a full-time federal land management employee.
- PUB DATE: 6/23/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Sierra Sun Times

The legacy of Darien-EMS Post 53 is a long one for many of the teenagers who staff it. “Growing up in Darien, you've known what Post is since you were a little kid,” 15-year-old Marin Nehro, a first-year volunteer, said. “Most of the people in here have wanted to do it for a really long time.” For the past 53 years, teenagers like Nehro have provided the town of Darien with much of its emergency medical service, helping deliver babies, navigate a global pandemic and provide lifesaving care to their community.
- PUB DATE: 6/23/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Darien Times - Metered Site

VIDEO: For a second year in a row, the Horry County Fire Rescue team was designated as a Fire Safe South Carolina community. Fire Safe South Carolina is a Palmetto state original. The program is not only designed to teach the public how to stay safe, but to also get firefighters into the communities they serve.
- PUB DATE: 6/23/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMBF-TV NBC 32 Myrtle Beach

VIDEO/PHOTOS: A hailstorm rained down on people attending a concert at Red Rocks Wednesday night. Large hail stones pummeled concertgoers just before 9:30 p.m., sending seven people to the hospital. That was before performer Louis Tomlinson took the stage, and the concert had to be canceled. "It started like an instant.
- PUB DATE: 6/23/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CBS News

A massive fire at a North Side apartment complex has sent two people to the hospital and forced more than a dozen others out of their homes early Thursday morning, according to the San Antonio Fire Department. The fire was called in just before 3 a.m. at the ICON Apartments in the 1300 block of Patricia Drive, not far from both Blanco Road and Churchill High School.
- PUB DATE: 6/22/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSAT-TV ABC 12 San Antonio

Chitvan Killawala and Umer Bakali want to help protect firefighters from a potential threat. Their strategy to do so does not involve creating a better forcible-entry axe or a thicker face shield but deploying a device no bigger than a USB flash drive. The two University of Miami graduate students have developed a special sensor capable of detecting the real-time presence of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the warm zone at structural fires.
- PUB DATE: 6/22/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: University of Miami

As warehouses continue to pop up in western Hancock County, local fire departments are sounding the alarm. The firefighter’s union said they simply don’t have the staff to fight fires at those massive buildings. At 2.2 million square feet, a brand-new Walmart distribution center in western Hancock County is the largest in the world.
- PUB DATE: 6/22/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WXIN-TV FOX 59 Indianapolis

Missouri’s first responders could be in store for extra help when seeking mental health services. A bill awaiting a decision from Gov. Mike Parson would broaden an existing firefighter cancer trust fund to also help cover mental health services for other first responders, including 911 operators. Sen.
- PUB DATE: 6/22/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Missourinet

VIDEO: The cause of Tuesday night’s massive apartment complex fire in the southwest Las Vegas valley is still under investigation. A statement on Wednesday from the company building the unfinished project thanked the Clark County Fire Department for their work in investigating the blaze. “The Associates of Martin-Harris Construction are disheartened by the fire on June 20, 2023, at our Kaktus Life III Project Site.
- PUB DATE: 6/22/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KLAS-TV CBS 8 Las Vegas

PHOTOS: Dozens of Clark County Fire Department units responded on Tuesday afternoon after a large fire broke out at an apartment complex under construction in the southwest Las Vegas Valley at approximately 4:29 p.m. CCFD reported at least 20 units responded to a two-alarm fire on the 8000 block of W.
- PUB DATE: 6/21/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KVVU-TV FOX 5 Henderson

A pioneering firefighter is getting some overdue recognition. The Mississippi Senate and the City of Starkville have honored former Starkville fire Chief Willie Johnson with a resolution from the state. Johnson was the first African American fire chief in the state of Mississippi. Johnson’s legacy began in 1988 when he took on the unprecedented role.
- PUB DATE: 6/21/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCBI-TV CBS 4 Columbus