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

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