PHOTOS: One hundred firefighters battled a fire at a vacant warehouse in Louisville's Smoketown neighborhood.
Heavy black smoke could be seen billowing into the sky when the fire was reported around 4:22 p.m. Monday at the intersection of South Jackson and East Caldwell streets.
Louisville Fire Battalion Chief Maj. - PUB DATE: 6/13/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDRB-TV FOX 41 Louisville
It happens after all the big fires — the Nashville Fire Department calls a news conference and gives tips on ways to prevent this from happening again.
"Turning off that stove, not grilling within 10 feet of a home, or not grilling on that balcony patio," said Kendra Loney, Public Information Officer for NFD. - PUB DATE: 6/13/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTVF-TV CBS 5 Nashville
VIDEO/PHOTOS: The community relies on its first responders to save lives in an emergency. Remaining calm during chaotic situations is imperative and it's a skill being taught at a first-of-its-kind training for the Washington metro region.
As a Level 1 trauma center, the ambulance bay for the emergency room at Inova Fairfax Hospital is always busy. - PUB DATE: 6/13/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJLA-TV ABC 7 Washington, D.C.
Gary Weiland vowed that his leg amputation wouldn’t be his end. The Denton firefighter went in for partial knee replacement surgery in 2018, where complications during the operation resulted in the decision to amputate his left leg to save his body. And just like that, Weiland’s entire life changed. “I made the decision pretty early on that this wasn’t going to beat me,” Weiland said. - PUB DATE: 6/13/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Fort Worth Star-Telegram - Metered Site
Hennepin EMS will now carry Suboxone, a drug effective in treating opioid withdrawal symptoms, in its ambulances.
Dr. Nicholas Simpson, an emergency and Hennepin EMS physician, highlighted this step as significant for patients experiencing opioid withdrawal after they are administered naloxone, the antidote that reverses opioid overdoses. - PUB DATE: 6/13/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KMSP-TV FOX 9 Minneapolis
Repairs on Interstate 95 are expected to take "months" after an elevated section collapsed in Philadelphia on Sunday morning when a tanker truck carrying flammable cargo caught fire beneath the overpass, officials said.
"With regards to the complete rebuild of I-95 roadway, we expect it to take some number of months," Pennsylvania Gov. - PUB DATE: 6/12/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ABC News
When Greg Rhinehart, a 37-year-old firefighter/paramedic at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, woke up at 5:30 the morning of Jan. 7, he found he couldn't speak. Not a word.
Rhinehart, who was sleeping on base because he was on duty, was the victim of a stroke. But even as a paramedic, he said it took a while to put together the symptoms he was experiencing. - PUB DATE: 6/12/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Seacoast Online - Metered Site
VIDEO: A new 20-minute video has been released by the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board involving the 2018 Husky refinery explosion and fire in Superior.
The goal of the board is to “drive chemical safety change through independent investigations to protect people and the environment.”
The 2018 incident injured 36 workers, caused roughly $550 million in damage to the facility and released 39,000 pounds of flammable hydrocarbon vapor into the air. - PUB DATE: 6/12/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KQDS-TV FOX 21 Duluth
As the 2023 hurricane season officially begins, state legislatures have so far kept pace with related legislative activity of prior years. Disaster resilience bills enacted so far reflect a range of topics both similar to and divergent from 2021-22 trends. These results, and the methodology behind them, can be found in a December report on the 2022 legislative session from Columbia Climate School’s National Center for Disaster Preparedness. - PUB DATE: 6/12/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Columbia Climate School
Flames lit up the sky over southwest Phoenix Thursday night as firefighters battled a massive blaze that broke out at a wood pallet facility near 35th Avenue and Lower Buckeye Road.
According to Captain Todd Keller with Phoenix Fire, crews were called to the area around 8 p.m. after receiving a call about a fire coming from the business. - PUB DATE: 6/9/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTVK-TV CBS 3 & KPHO-TV CBS 5 Phoenix (AZ Family)
VIDEO: The Dickinson Fire Department has been actively engaged in a series of rigorous training activities this summer. While their schedule is not atypical for their firefighters, the number of eyes witnessing the behind-the-scenes efforts is new.
Throughout the year, Dickinson firefighters participate in a diverse range of training exercises, including bailout drills and downed firefighter CPR, which aim to enhance their skills and better serve the community by ensuring their readiness for emergencies. - PUB DATE: 6/9/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Dickinson Press - Metered Site
VIDEO: Twenty five years ago Thursday, what at the time was the world’s larges grain elevator exploded southwest of Wichita, killing seven and injuring 10. The results and recovery efforts by emergency crews at the DeBruce Grain elevator went on for weeks.
On June 8, 1998, Sedgwick County firefighters Ray Hensley and Robert Timmons responded to the hectic scene southwest of Wichita. - PUB DATE: 6/9/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KWCH-DT CBS 12 Hutchinson
VIDEOS: When Ina Garten, the celebrated host of Food Network’s Barefoot Contessa, steps into the kitchen, culinary magic happens. But what transpires when she dons her apron not in her classic Hamptons home, but in a bustling fire station?
In the episode “Drill Dinner,” Garten combined her culinary prowess with a local hero to whip up a decidedly un-Barefoot Contessa meal for East Hampton’s bravest. - PUB DATE: 6/9/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Showbiz Cheat Sheet
VIDEO/PHOTOS: A fire tore through a large industrial building in the Salmon Creek area north of Vancouver late Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning and destroyed at least seven businesses, according to a news release from Clark County Fire District 6. There were no reported injuries.
Dispatch records show crews were initially called to a commercial fire at 14615 NE 13th Court at around 10:45 p. - PUB DATE: 6/8/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KGW-TV NBC 8 Portland
PHOTOS: A shadowy figure pitched a Molotov cocktail onto the veranda of the Texas Governor's Mansion 15 years ago, then vanished into the night-cloaked oaks.
We might never know who torched and nearly destroyed the Texas landmark, now 167 years old, on June 8, 2008. Although there was surveillance video, the Texas Department of Public Safety has yet to charge anyone, and the statute of limitations for the crime expired in 2019. - PUB DATE: 6/8/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: San Antonio Express-News - Metered Site
VIDEO: Dane County EMS is reporting double the national average success rate when returning a person who suffered cardiac arrest to quality of life.
“We respond to just over 400 sudden cardiac arrests in a given year. In Dane County, for every patient that we respond to, we have about a 15% success rate in returning that person to a quality of life. - PUB DATE: 6/8/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMTV NBC/CW 15 Madison
An FDNY spokesperson said Wednesday that no firehouses will be used to help address the city’s ongoing migrant crisis despite a fake memo circulating online.
Social media users flooded websites with the fake memo, purportedly from Chief of Operations John Esposito, Tuesday night saying that firehouses would shelter migrants in their living quarters under orders from the office of Mayor Eric Adams, but FDNY spokeswoman Amanda Farinacci confirmed Wednesday that it was a fake. - PUB DATE: 6/8/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: SILive.com
VIDEO/PHOTOS: Firefighters got real-world training they hope never to have to use in one of Norfolk Southern’s railyards in East Point Tuesday afternoon.
The training comes a little more than four months after a devastating derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, which displaced about 5,000 residents. "We can do better," said Alan Shaw, CEO of Norfolk Southern, promising changes. - PUB DATE: 6/8/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WAGA-TV FOX 5 Atlanta
PHOTOS: Multiple agencies responded Tuesday night to a structure fire on James Island.
According to Charleston County Dispatch, the fire was on the 1900 block of Wild Wing Lane.
Witness photos and video showed flames engulfing a raised home, with the fire threatening to spread to nearby cars, homes, and trees. - PUB DATE: 6/7/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCBD-TV NBC 2 Charleston
VIDEO: Tulsa firefighters should have the ability to use medicinal marijuana to relieve pain and other job-related stress, says Tulsa Firefighters Local 176 Union President Matt Lay.
"Originally, it was brought to us by a lot of service members that talked about being able to move away from schedule 2 narcotics and a litany of prescriptions they were on, using cannabis-based products," Lay said. - PUB DATE: 6/7/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOKI-TV FOX 23 Tulsa
