Tuesday, the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) announced the launch of the modernization effort to develop a new, interoperable fire information and analytics platform, known as the National Emergency Response Information System (NERIS), for the American fire and emergency services. This effort is being carried out as a partnership between USFA and the US Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate (S&T). - PUB DATE: 5/10/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FEMA.gov
PHOTOS: I am betting there are many out there that would agree that there's something kinda cool about a shiny new fire engine. After all, isn't that why toy companies have been marketing toy versions of them to kids for the better part of the last hundred years?!
As cool as a shiny new fire engine might be, it's even cooler when it's customized for the town it's going to serve, and even cooler still, when that customization comes at the hands of one of the fire department's very own!
Meet Orono Firefighter, Dennis Bean. - PUB DATE: 5/10/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WQCB-FM 106.5 Brewer
VIDEO: A newer safety feature on iPhones is creating an unexpected challenge for first responders.
Crash detection technology automatically alerts 911 if you're in a crash. But it's also leading to false positives - emergency runs, with no emergency.
That happened two times in two days last week in Johnson County. - PUB DATE: 5/10/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTHR-TV NBC 13 Indianapolis
PHOTOS: The eyes of the nation were on the Las Vegas valley, specifically Henderson, 35 years ago when a series of explosions at an industrial plant rocked the valley killing two people, leaving hundreds injured, causing more than $100 million in damage and impacting the NASA space shuttle program.
In a 2018 interview with 8 News Now, retired Henderson Fire Captain Don Griffie was in one of the first engines heading to the reported fire at Pacific Engineering and Production Company of Nevada, referred to as PEPCON, when the first explosion happened. - PUB DATE: 5/9/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KLAS-TV CBS 8 Las Vegas
Iowa no longer has a mandatory retirement age for reserve police officers and volunteer firefighters. Full and part-time police and firefighters in Iowa must retire at the age of 65.
The governor has signed a bill into law that eliminates that age restriction for volunteer firefighters and trained reserve police officers who are volunteers, but can make arrests and investigate crimes. - PUB DATE: 5/9/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Radio Iowa
VIDEO: Firefighters in Ypsilanti are making a brief move back into their old firehouse that's since become a museum to celebrate the historic building and city's 200th birthday.
The Michigan Firehouse Museum is opening doors up again for firefighters for a limited time. Originally built in 1898, the Ypsilanti Firehouse was closed and later revitalized as a museum. - PUB DATE: 5/9/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJBK-TV FOX 2 Detroit
VIDEO: Saindy Pyles thought she was going to die with her baby son, Liam, clutched to her chest as she flew home to Wichita from Miami after photographing a wedding.
Midway through the flight Pyles said smoke filled the cabin after she saw sparks and fire burst from a bag in the seat directly behind her. - PUB DATE: 5/9/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCAL-TV CBS 9 Los Angeles
A fire reignited at the Shell Deer Park Chemical Plant, several hours after it was extinguished on Saturday.
According to the Deer Park Office of Emergency Management, the fire has rekindled and firefighters are back putting it out. The fire was still burning on Sunday.
The city of Deer Park said officials have gone over their wastewater storage capacity because they are using a large amount of water on the fire. - PUB DATE: 5/8/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPRC-TV NBC 2 Houston
VIDEO/PHOTOS: The National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service was held Sunday in Emmitsburg, Maryland, to honor 144 fallen firefighters.
The event, hosted by the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (NFFF), was held at 10 a.m.
The 42nd National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend events honored 144 fallen firefighters; 79 firefighters who died in 2022 and 65 who died in previous years. - PUB DATE: 5/8/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBFF-TV FOX 45 Baltimore
VIDEO: A first responder that tossed his cookies ended up helping a bakery go viral on social media. An apology in the form of a gag cake has drawn millions of eyes to a St. Albans sweets shop.
Jacob Hernandez is a Charleston firefighter who took his annual physical agility test in March.
"I get about halfway through the test after doing the Kyser test of evolution and I can feel it coming,” Hernandez recalled. - PUB DATE: 5/8/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCHS-TV ABC 8/FOX 11 Charleston
A massive three-alarm fire engulfed an industrial warehouse in Commerce Friday, sending thick smoke into the air and destroying what is believed to be a plastic manufacturing plant.
The blaze erupted at about 3:40 a.m. in the 6500 block of Flotilla Street west of Davie Avenue. Los Angeles County Fire Department crews encountered flames leaping into the air, creating a massive plume of black smoke that could be seen for miles. - PUB DATE: 5/5/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTTV FOX 11 Los Angeles
The Georgetown Fire Department is now the first in Kentucky to offer a specific type of cancer screening test to its firefighters.
It’s called the Galleri test and it can detect more than 50 types of cancer, even in the earliest stages.
“We always want to try to figure out ways that we can take care of our members,” said Chief Tim Thompson, Georgetown Fire Department. - PUB DATE: 5/5/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKYT-TV CBS/CW 27 Lexington
While the Lake Norden fire department has received offers of help after a Wednesday morning fire destroyed much of its equipment, the long-term replacement will take time and money.
Four of the department’s five fire vehicles were destroyed in the fire as well as the two ambulances, said Tony Aas, the city’s police chief. - PUB DATE: 5/5/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KELO-TV CBS/MyNetworkTV 11 Sioux Falls
Volunteers at the Thibodaux Fire Department are getting floats ready to roll for Sunday’s morning Firemen’s Fair parade, one of the longest-recorded parades in U.S. history.
When you rewind and travel back in time for a peek at pictures from past parades, you’ll learn the parade has been rolling through Thibodaux since the 1800s. - PUB DATE: 5/5/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WVLA-TV NBC 33 Baton Rouge
VIDEO: When Michael McAllister of Turtle Creek is not on the football field, he's fighting fires.
Now, the 23-year-old is heading to California as an undrafted free agent with the Los Angeles Rams! He became a volunteer firefighter for the Turtle Creek Volunteer Fire Department when he was 16.
“I fell in love with it at a young age, and I’ve always made time for this place. - PUB DATE: 5/5/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTAE-TV ABC 4 Pittsburgh
A fire ignited at an auto salvage yard in Grapeview Wednesday, according to Chopper 7 video from the scene.
Live video from the scene showed several piles of tires on fire, with flames extending to the largest building on the property.
According to Washington State Patrol Trooper Katherine Weatherwax, seven 500-gallon drums of oil caught on fire. - PUB DATE: 5/4/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7 Seattle
VIDEO: At her school’s recent career day, Penelope Montenegro knew immediately what she wanted to be: a firefighter. She came to class dressed like her father, Paul, who works for the Fort Myers Beach Fire District.
But some older kids in Penelope’s school didn’t understand how a girl could be a firefighter. - PUB DATE: 5/4/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBBH-TV NBC 2 Fort Myers
Quincy officials are looking for state lawmakers to approve a request that would allow retired firefighters to come back on board for support duties.
The Quincy City Council supports giving the fire chief the power to appoint retirees as “special firefighters” who’d help cover detail assignments. A home rule petition the council filed this week requires approval from the state Legislature for such positions to be created. - PUB DATE: 5/4/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Boston Herald
VIDEO: National Arson Awareness Week is May 7- May 13. Fire officials are using it as a reminder to educate on the dangers of fire.
It comes as youth fire setting continues to be a problem throughout the United States.
Juveniles account for more than 50% of all arson arrests in the United States, according to Burn Prevention Network. - PUB DATE: 5/4/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WXMI-TV FOX 17 Grand Rapids
A man was badly burned and a DTE Energy worker was injured when a house exploded Tuesday in Inkster.
The explosion happened around 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 2, at a house in the 26000 block of Penn Street in Inkster, near the border of Dearborn Heights. “I was in my living room watching TV and I heard some ‘boom,’ and I thought someone was in my house,” neighbor Alina Boudi said. - PUB DATE: 5/3/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDIV-TV NBC 4 Detroit
