PHOTOS: The nightmares have eased, but the images remain singed in Michael Irving’s mind.
The blown-out apartment complex, its walls and roof sheared off and refrigerators and mattresses still visible inside. The mushroom cloud billowing menacingly into the North Texas sky. The single severed leg poking out of the rubble, boot still firmly on foot. - PUB DATE: 4/10/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: USA Today
PFAS exposure can pose a significant cancer risk. And it's present in the moisture barrier firefighters wear under the rest of their gear to repel water and oils that could pose a risk to their safety.
PFAS , also known as “forever chemicals,” are human-made chemicals found in everything from carpets, to fast food wrappers, to firefighting foams on military bases — like Grissom Air Reserve Base near Kokomo. - PUB DATE: 4/10/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WVPE-FM 88.1 Elkhart
11 people have been hospitalized amid a 3-alarm apartment fire in Detroit. The incident happened at a 5-story apartment building on La Salle Blvd. Fire crews have been battling this fire since at least 3:30 a.m. The fire was still active at 6:25 a.m. Friday and at around 7 a.m., crews were finally able to get the flames under control. - PUB DATE: 4/7/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WXYZ-TV ABC 7 Detroit
VIDEO: Firefighters in Fire Station 5 helped rescue the California Highway Patrol officer hit by an active shooter Thursday afternoon in Roseville.
The shooting happened outside the front doors of Station 5.
Firefighters heard the shots and put on their tactical gear to find the officer and bring that officer back into the station to start treating them. - PUB DATE: 4/7/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOVR-TV CBS 13 Stockton
VIDEO: A lieutenant with Atlanta Fire Rescue is usually the one doing the rescuing, but yesterday he thanked the crew who rescued him.
Channel 2’s Berndt Petersen was at the Shepherd Center in Buckhead where he met the team of fellow firefighters who saved the lieutenant’s life. It was a reunion of sorts outside the Shepherd Center Thursday. - PUB DATE: 4/7/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSB-TV ABC 2 Atlanta
PHOTOS: Trisha Dello Iacono was preparing to host a children’s playdate on Nov. 30, 2012, when she received a phone call from her mother, telling her to tune in to the news.
A train carrying a colorless flammable gas called vinyl chloride derailed less than four miles from her home, in Paulsboro, N. - PUB DATE: 4/7/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHYY-TV PBS 12 Philadelphia
VIDEO: A Massachusetts police department is issuing a warning about a new TikTok challenge — after it put almost a dozen students in the hospital.
Southborough police warned students not to try Trouble Bubble gum, which is sold on Amazon. Police say it contains the same active ingredient as police pepper spray, oleoresin capsicum. - PUB DATE: 4/7/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCVB-TV ABC 5 Boston
A massive two-alarm fire destroyed a former Elks Lodge in northeast Portland early Thursday morning.
The fire started at about 2 a.m. at a building on Northeast 100th Avenue, near Northeast Irving Street. PF&R said crews are very familiar with this building as there have been multiple fires at the building over the past few years. - PUB DATE: 4/6/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPTV FOX 12 Portland
VIDEO: A retired firefighter is breaking records in weightlifting competitions and he’s doing it with only one arm.
“I was a firefighter for the city of Franklin and we had just come back from a fire, I was guiding the truck back into the bay for the driver and it was just a freak accident I got pinned in between the truck and the wall,” said Mike Diehl. - PUB DATE: 4/6/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDTN-TV NBC 2 Dayton
VIDEO: Every second matters for first responders, and Martin County Fire Rescue now has another tool that will help heighten its response time during emergencies.
"Once our emergency lights are activated, it communicates through a transmitter within the vehicle, that’s going to communicate wirelessly through GPS as well to the traffic preemption cabinet," Division Chief Christian Montoya of Martin County Fire Rescue told WPBF 25 News. - PUB DATE: 4/6/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPBF-TV ABC 25 Tequesta
PHOTOS: In the eighteenth century, fire protection was usually by citizens rallying around the fire battling the flames with bucket brigades. Winchester required buckets on each floor of every building and fifty-gallon tubs of water placed about the town. If a fire broke out, a bell was rung and the towns folk were expected to turn out and fight the flames including women and children. - PUB DATE: 4/6/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Royal Examiner
Firefighters are asking for help from the community with clearing fire hydrants of snow in case of an emergency. The Kaysville City Fire Department has been spreading the word for months with humorous posts, hoping to bring more attention to the message.
Cameron McKinnon, public information officer for the Kaysville Fire Department, said it’s really helpful if people can take the extra second to clear space around the fire hydrants in their neighborhoods (preferably 3 feet around the hydrant) as they do with sidewalks and driveways. - PUB DATE: 4/6/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSL-TV NBC 5 Salt Lake City
VIDEO: Firefighters battled a large blaze in Boston's Dorchester neighborhood that left 12 adults and nine children unable to return home Tuesday afternoon.
The fire was reported shortly before 1 p.m. in a home on Cushing Avenue. Flames burst through the roof of the building.
"Seeing their faces and trying to figure out what's going to come next. - PUB DATE: 4/5/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBTS-TV NBC 10 Nashua
VIDEO: Belvidere Fire Department Lt. Dan Drall was among the first on scene when the ceiling collapsed on people in a packed metal concert at the Apollo Theatre.
Immediately, he said, firefighters jumped into action. "The first five minutes dictates the next five hours of the scene. We've always talked about that. - PUB DATE: 4/5/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLS-TV ABC 7 Chicago
Police, fire and other government agencies across Florida must ground millions of dollars in aerial drones because of a new state rule banning the agencies from using devices made by China-based DJI.
The DJI drones are among the most widely used in the world, but the DeSantis administration said they pose a security threat and did not include them on a list of approved drone manufacturers. - PUB DATE: 4/5/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJXT-TV 4 Jacksonville
VIDEO: Inside the Atrium Health Dome on Monday, there was a different mission: one that didn’t require anyone to put on a helmet and pads.
Instead, there was a bigger lesson -- one that is possibly life-saving.
“I always grew up wanting to be a football player, wanting to make it to the NFL. This situation has just brought a whole bigger life purpose for me,” said Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin. - PUB DATE: 4/5/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBTV CBS 3 Charlotte
A massive fire that broke out Tuesday morning is now considered under control Tuesday afternoon, authorities say.
The blaze began around 5 a.m. at the Johnson Motor Lines warehouse on Lehigh Drive, on the bank of the Lehigh River.
Hazmat crews were on the scene because there are chemicals in the building. - PUB DATE: 4/4/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KYW-TV CBS 3 Philadelphia
VIDEO: There have been countless stories of selflessness and heroism after Friday's tornado. Among all that hard work, it's important to stop and recognize them.
In this case, that wasn't hard to spot— as the source of that selflessness was wearing Little Rock Fire Department badge.
"I wouldn't trade you guys for anything," LRFD Chief Delphone Hubbard said. - PUB DATE: 4/4/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTHV-TV CBS 11 Little Rock
Sheriff’s investigators in Orange County are working to track down those involved in an incident where a driver did donuts around a fire truck that was responding to a call.
The incident, captured on video, happened Sunday morning around 1 a.m. at the intersection of Sand Lake Road and Winegard Road, near the Florida Mall. - PUB DATE: 4/4/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFTV ABC 9 Orlando
With jobs as intense as first responders have, some can experience thoughts of self-harm. That’s why the president of the Georgia Association of Fire Chiefs is now promoting a video aimed at preventing the loss of life for those that protect us on a daily basis.
“Thank you for having me. First of all, there’s PTSD, which is commonly heard throughout all of our society, but it seems to be on the grow in public safety as a whole, whether that’s fire, police, EMS or 911,” President of the Georgia Association of Fire Chiefs, David Eddins said. - PUB DATE: 4/4/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WALB-TV NBC 10 Albany
