With the Maryland State Firemen's Association Convention in town, a possible name change is looming. Some feel a simple change to 'Firefighter' would be more inclusive for women.
The MSFA said this is not the first time they have heard this proposal and that a name change is 100% on the table this year. - PUB DATE: 6/21/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBOC-TV CBS/FOX 16 Salisbury
VIDEO: Six months ago, someone dropped off a newborn baby in Florida’s only Safe Haven box located at Ocala Fire Rescue Station 1.
Today, Baby Zoey is a happy and healthy little girl in large part thanks to the Safe Haven Baby Box and the rescuer who opened the box, who would become her adoptive father. - PUB DATE: 6/21/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKMG-TV CBS 6 Orlando
His girlfriend told him not to buy the electric scooter.
But Alfonso Villa Muñoz was intrigued. He was working in a Brooklyn bodega last August when a delivery man said he knew someone selling one for $700. Mr. Muñoz said yes.
The scooter was cherry red with the number 7 on the front. Under the seat was an extra-large lithium ion battery. - PUB DATE: 6/21/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Times - Metered Site
New video from NewsChopper 9 shows what's left of a warehouse following a four-alarm fire last week.
It took nearly 24 hours for Kansas City firefighters to get the fire at Pioneer Pallet under control. Three firefighters were hospitalized with injuries and nearly 200 were needed to combat it.
Flames shot up more than 100-feet in the air at the peak of the fire. - PUB DATE: 6/20/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KMBC-TV ABC 9 Kansas City
VIDEO/PHOTOS: Impossible means nothing to one firefighter in Lawrence, Massachusetts, who is now back to the job he loves after a serious injury nearly killed him.
The amputee is officially suiting up, fulltime.
“Firefighting means everything to me,” said Miguel Baez, who has worked at the department for more than two decades. - PUB DATE: 6/20/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBTS-TV NBC 10 Nashua
The Perryton Fire/EMS station is destroyed after an EF-3 tornado struck the town on Thursday evening, and now the department is looking for a new location.
Perryton Fire Chief Paul Dutcher said two firefighters were on duty when the tornado hit. “They did manage to make it into the storm shelter into the stairwell. - PUB DATE: 6/20/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KAMR-TV NBC 4 Amarillo
PHOTOS: Typically, when people call 911 in emergencies, communication with a dispatcher is limited to voice only.
But those calling the Ravenna police and fire dispatch center with a cellphone now have the option of providing dispatchers with a livestream video of an incident, thanks to new software. - PUB DATE: 6/20/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Record-Courier - Metered Site
Firefighters battled a heavy fire that tore through the roof of a commercial building in downtown Los Angeles.
The fire broke out at the building in the 700 block of East 9th Street between San Pedro and Crocker streets.
Video captured by AIR7HD showed flames rising from the roof, spreading smoke through the area nearby. - PUB DATE: 6/16/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KABC-TV ABC 7 Los Angeles
PHOTOS: Four old FDNY aerial fire trucks were set to be scrapped and sat rusting at Camp’s salvage yard in Wayne…but one of them was special. It was a rig from FDNY Firehouse Engine 279 & Ladder 131 in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn and emblazoned on its side panel was a memorial for five firefighters who died on 9/11. - PUB DATE: 6/16/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: TAP into Wayne
VIDEO: November 14, 2020, started off just like any other day for the Harrisonburg Fire Department in Virginia. At 10:07 am, everything changed.
The department was alerted for a structure fire, not an uncommon occurrence for the four-station department – serving approximately 52,000 residents and home to James Madison University. - PUB DATE: 6/16/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: National Fallen Firefighters Foundation
VIDEO: From lifeguards to 911 dispatchers, women are behind the scenes for Walton County emergency operations.
HERricane week brings a sea of pink to the concrete shelter in DeFuniak Springs, filled with young women on summer break.
“We’re so excited to host these girls and just teach them all about the different fields within public safety as well as just give them empowering skills that they can take throughout their lives,” Walton County Emergency Management Operations Coordinator Catie Feeney said. - PUB DATE: 6/16/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMBB-TV ABC 13 Panama City
The head of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced plans Thursday to hold a public meeting to further investigate safety issues with lithium-ion batteries in e-bikes following a sting of deadly fires.
"Lithium-ion battery fires are deadly and destructive, as we have all learned from recent e-bike fires in New York and around the country," Alexander Hoehn-Saric, chair of the CPSC, tweeted. - PUB DATE: 6/16/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FOX Business
Video of a cement tanker engulfed in flames near U.S. 75 in Richardson showed the vehicle explode.
The cement tanker was near the intersection of East Collins Boulevard and North Glennville Road. The Richardson Fire Department told WFAA the boom on a cement tanker hit a power line, which caused it to catch fire. - PUB DATE: 6/15/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFAA-TV ABC 8 Dallas
VIDEO: During the Denver Nuggets championship parade today, the team and their families will ride on Denver fire trucks.
Nikola Jokic, number 15, will be on a rig from Station 15. Jamal Murray, number 27, will be on a rig from Station 27. Station 35 doesn’t know who they will be assigned, but the crew is excited. - PUB DATE: 6/15/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KDVR-TV FOX 31 Denver
PHOTOS: Jeff Lewis was a freshman at George Mason University in 1986 when a moment of helplessness led him to his life’s calling. Driving home from class, he was one of the first to stop at the scene of a car accident where he found four seriously injured teenagers. Two boys had been ejected, and two girls remained belted inside the vehicle. - PUB DATE: 6/15/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Northern Virginia Magazine
VIDEO: Commuters in Philadelphia and commercial truckers alike are bracing for what could be months of traffic disruptions due to the destruction of a section of Interstate 95, a critical artery for regional transportation.
An elevated section of I-95 collapsed Sunday after a tanker truck carrying 8,500 gallons of gasoline flipped over on an off-ramp and caught fire, igniting a blaze that caused the northbound lanes to collapse and severely damaging the southbound lanes. - PUB DATE: 6/15/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCAU-TV NBC 10 Philadelphia
An extremely aggressive fire broke out Tuesday afternoon on Chicago's South Side.
The Bronzeville building fire has since been put out, though firefighters have continued to pour water on it and are keeping an eye on hot spots.
The Chicago Fire Department got the call around 3:40 p.m., and by then, the fire was on all floors of the three-story home in the 4500 block of South Michigan Avenue. - PUB DATE: 6/14/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLS-TV ABC 7 Chicago
Two Maine firefighter organizations hope to enroll volunteers from the state’s more than 400 departments in a new retirement program by the end of this year.
Three quarters of the state’s fire departments are run by volunteer fire chiefs, who along with other volunteers, are not eligible for retirement benefits because they do not work as full-time firefighters, according to the Maine Fire Chiefs Association. - PUB DATE: 6/14/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Bangor Daily News - Metered Site
The Brewster Fire Department has a message for the motorists who “screamed at, cursed at and flipped the bird” at firefighters while they were working the scene of a car crash last week.
On Wednesday, June 7, crews shut down a road near the intersection of state Route 241 and U.S. Route 30 and rerouted traffic after a minivan struck a motorcycle, seriously injuring one person. - PUB DATE: 6/14/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJW-TV FOX 8 Cleveland
In a Stanislaus County town with a population of 23,000 people, there’s one thing families may not know. Oakdale has a rich history in the fire engine industry, with one family business in town being the only fire engine manufacturer on the West Coast.
In fact, Stanislaus County recently celebrated the centennial of the fire engine industry. - PUB DATE: 6/14/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCRA-TV NBC 3 Sacramento
