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
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
