VIDEO: The Anchorage Middletown Fire & EMS team has a new way of treating patients dealing with pain, that's also addressing the state's opioid epidemic.
It's called the Nitronox and it's inside every AMFEMS ambulance. It's a portable machine that uses a mix of oxygen and nitrous oxide to treat patients for pain while they're on a scene or in the back of an ambulance headed toward the hospital. - PUB DATE: 4/14/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLKY-TV CBS 32 Louisville
VIDEO: A team effort was underway in Escondido to rescue one of their trucks from an "active sinkhole" that formed beneath the truck Thursday evening.
Escondido police said they heard the radio call for assistance around 4:40 p.m. from a firefighter who said their engine had partially succumbed to a sinkhole in a church parking lot in the 1000 block of West Country Club Lane. - PUB DATE: 4/14/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KFMB-TV CBS 8 San Diego
VIDEO: Like many kids, current Middlebury senior Emily Jones was fascinated by the Guinness Book of World Records as a child.
"I thought it was cool and wanted to have a record," said Jones. While sifting through an extensive list of records months ago, Jones found a section of categories all having something to do with firefighting. - PUB DATE: 4/14/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPTZ-TV NBC 5 Plattsburgh
VIDEO: Firefighters and high schoolers from around the state gathered Wednesday at the Missouri Capitol for Firefighters Day. This annual event honors both current and past firefighters while encouraging the future to fight on.
Hundreds of firefighters filled the Capitol rotunda with joy. Even though the majority of the room was filled with official firefighters, the real stars were the students admiring their work. - PUB DATE: 4/14/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMU-TV NBC/CW+ 8 Columbia
Part of S. 19th St. on Milwaukee's south side was blocked off Wednesday night after several houses were destroyed in a fire. The fire started around 4 p.m. at a home near S. 19th St. and Burnham St.
"So windy outside. So, I just checked out the window, and I saw the noise, where it was coming from, and I saw the house on fire," said neighbor Delia Velez, who told CBS 58 she heard a loud boom before seeing the fire. - PUB DATE: 4/13/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee
VIDEO: Uber is funding a new program that aims to get electric bikes with dangerous non-certified lithium-ion batteries off New York City streets.
The company said on Wednesday it will soon allow the thousands of New York City delivery workers who use e-bikes the ability to trade-in their bikes for newer, safer models. - PUB DATE: 4/13/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNN Business
PHOTOS: Niles firefighters saw a 1940s-era fire truck — one steeped in local history — rejoin the village’s fleet last month.
On May 1, 1941, the village of Niles purchased a Model 21 Pirsch Triple Combination Fire Engine for $6,150. Last month that engine, with its designation of “Niles Fire Dept. No. - PUB DATE: 4/13/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Journal & Topics
VIDEO: An explosion, early Tuesday morning, rocked a garage in Erie while firefighters were inside.
It was so powerful, it completely blew off the garage door. Fire officials have issued a warning about electric vehicles and electric modifications at your home.
A total of three Mountain View Fire Rescue firefighters were inside the garage when water made contact with the electric vehicle’s battery, officials said, causing that explosion. - PUB DATE: 4/13/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KDVR-TV FOX 31 Denver
VIDEO: With law enforcement's swift actions front and center, we're beginning to hear first-hand accounts from those first to respond to Monday's mass shooting.
"It's horrifying once you realize that it's real, it is happening here," Jesse Yarbrough, chief of Louisville EMS, said. "I think it strikes you when you arrive at the scene and see everyone doing what they've been trained to do and realize that [it's] not a training, it's a real event. - PUB DATE: 4/13/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHAS-TV ABC 11 Louisville
PHOTOS: More than 2,000 residents are under an evacuation order after a large fire broke out at an Indiana recycling plant on Tuesday afternoon, officials said.
Any resident within a half-mile radius of the plant in Richmond, Indiana, has been ordered to evacuate due to the "large industrial fire," local officials said. - PUB DATE: 4/12/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ABC News
VIDEO: A legacy FDNY firefighter took his final ride with his Brooklyn firehouse after 40 years on the job.
Throughout his career, 65-year-old Robert Thomas broke barriers and turned his job into a family affair.
"I said when I'm leaving I'm going to have claw marks on the floor," Robert Thomas said. - PUB DATE: 4/12/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WABC-TV ABC 7 New York
VIDEO: A new alerting system has been installed across all Spokane Valley Fire Department stations, with the goal of reducing response times and improving overall firefighter health.
“It’s easy when you love the job. We love what we do, certainly there are stressors,” SVFD Station 7 Firefighter/Paramedic Jeff Smetzler said. - PUB DATE: 4/12/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KHQ-TV NBC 6 Spokane
VIDEO: Like many states, Texas still faces a shortage of people in emergency medical services.
As a way to help get more to join the field, Acadian Ambulance is offering a short 11-day, entry-level course.
“The more credentialed individuals that we have on the street means that there’s more trucks on the street. - PUB DATE: 4/12/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSAT-TV ABC 12 San Antonio
A November investigation by the United States Department of Labor has uncovered that a Pennsylvania Dollar General willfully exposed workers to dangerous safety standards.
The store, located in Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania, subjected workers to safety hazards that included blocked emergency exit routes and electrical panels. - PUB DATE: 4/12/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJET-TV ABC 24 Erie
On April 15, 2013, Dzhokar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev walked to a crowded area near the finish line of the Boston Marathon with backpacks containing homemade pressure-cooker shrapnel bombs filled with BBs and nails.
The two brothers separated, each finding a spot packed with spectators to place their bombs. - PUB DATE: 4/11/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Republican - MassLive
VIDEO: The EF3 tornado in Whiteland didn't just damage homes and businesses.
It also made a direct hit on public safety, tearing through the community's fire station, causing serious damage.
"It picked up all kinds of debris. It ripped the roof off the front side," said Whiteland Fire Chief Eric Funkhouser. - PUB DATE: 4/11/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTHR-TV NBC 13 Indianapolis
VIDEO: Louisville Metro Police Officer Nickolas Wilt had been with the department less than two weeks before a mass shooter opened fire at a downtown bank Monday morning. He "ran towards the fire" to "save lives", and was shot in the head in the process, police said.
Five victims were killed and several others -- including Wilt -- were injured in the shooting at Old National Bank. - PUB DATE: 4/11/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHAS-TV ABC 11 Louisville
VIDEO: A firefighter's shift is unpredictable. After calls, they can physically clean off debris. But the things they see can often leave a mental stain.
According to Dallas Fire-Rescue, six Dallas firefighters have attempted suicide since 2018.
Four of them died.
In their honor, the department and union are pushing for improved mental health resources. - PUB DATE: 4/11/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFAA-TV ABC 8 Dallas
Three fires broke out across Nassau County within hours of each other on Easter Sunday.
Two homes and one flower shop were badly damaged by the flames.
In Brookville, a two-alarm fire ripped through the upper floors of a large home on Fruitledge Road on Sunday afternoon, destroying the upper floors. - PUB DATE: 4/10/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WABC-TV ABC 7 New York
VIDEO: National Donate Life Month is celebrated every April and encourages organ donor registration.
In 1994, Dave Shafer was diagnosed with polycystic kidney disease.
“Eventually, through the testing and everything else, it was determined that I needed to be on dialysis, and I was put on the waitlist and I got on the waitlist here at UPMC Harrisburg,” said Dave Shafer, kidney recipient. - PUB DATE: 4/10/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHTM-TV ABC 27 Harrisburg
