Boston firefighters were battling an aggressive fire Sunday night at a triple decker in the city's Roxbury neighborhood that had spread to a nearby home, injuring one firefighter and displacing 15 people, including two children.
The Boston Fire Department said they were called to 41 Quincy Street around 8:30 p. - PUB DATE: 2/27/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NECN
VIDEO: Lolita Jackson was at her 72nd-floor desk in the World Trade Center, feeling like she worked at the top of the world. Then came the boom, and smoke started curling in from an elevator shaft.
Unsure what was happening, she joined thousands of other office workers on a harrowing trek down dark, smoky stairs, emerging into the scene of a terror attack. - PUB DATE: 2/27/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WNBC-TV NBC 4 New York City
VIDEO: Roy City Fire and Rescue Station 31 replaced its aging fleet with two new ambulances. And on Saturday, KSL got an inside look at the new ambulances.
The station went into service last week and has already gone out on calls. They said this gives their firefighters and first responders a way to provide better patient care. - PUB DATE: 2/27/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSL-TV NBC 5 Salt Lake City
Five generations of Schellhammers have passed through the ranks of Cover Hill Volunteer Fire Co., which is celebrating 100 years of battling fires, floods and other tragedies.
The Schellhammers and others recognize the strong bond among the families that have labored side by side since 1923 in Conemaugh Township, Cambria County. - PUB DATE: 2/27/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Tribune-Democrat
VIDEO/PHOTOS: At least nine tornadoes were reported in Kansas and Oklahoma on Sunday night as a massive winter storm moves east across the U.S.
One tornado destroyed a home, toppled trees and knocked over power lines in Liberal, Kansas, near the state line with Oklahoma, according to local authorities. - PUB DATE: 2/27/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ABC News
PHOTOS: Two people are confirmed to have died in a two-alarm house fire in the Makiki area, Thursday afternoon.
Honolulu firefighters were called out to the scene in the 900 block of Spencer Street just before 1 p.m. When crews arrived they could see flames shooting from the roof of a two-story building. - PUB DATE: 2/24/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KITV ABC 4 Honolulu
The American Heart Association hosted dozens of CPR trainings throughout February's Heart Month with a focus on training those in minority communities.
This focus has been years in the works for the American Heart Association (AHA). American College of Cardiology recently found that Black and Hispanic individuals were 41% less likely than white individuals to receive CPR when suffering cardiac arrest in public and 26% less likely to receive CPR when the cardiac arrest occurred at home. - PUB DATE: 2/24/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTVF-TV CBS 5 Nashville
Norfolk Southern announced Friday that they are donating over $1 million combined to the East Palestine school district and fire department.
According to the press release, a $300,000 donation will be given to the East Palestine City School District, while $825,000 will be given to the Village of East Palestine Fire Department. - PUB DATE: 2/24/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKBN-TV CBS 27 Youngstown
It’s difficult to pinpoint how Dr. Leonard Cobb came up with the idea to train firefighters in emergency medical care, but friends and family believe one particular afternoon more than 60 years ago played a role.
Cobb and his wife, Else, had stopped at a market in Seattle’s Madrona neighborhood for a frozen snack when they noticed a man slumped over in a nearby car. - PUB DATE: 2/24/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Seattle Times - Metered Site
VIDEO/PHOTOS: It’s not every day you see a 40-foot fire hydrant carried down the streets of downtown Columbia — or anywhere, for that matter. The “Busted Plug” sculpture, an iconic piece of public art by artist Blue Sky, was moved from its longtime home on Taylor Street on Thursday. Bucket truck crews had to lift up power lines as a flatbed carried the core of the hydrant along Taylor and Bull streets. - PUB DATE: 2/24/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The State
On May 30, 1963, fire claimed one of Tacoma's oldest and grandest structures.
“On some level I think everybody felt like wow this was a gut shot,” said historian Michael Sullivan.
The fire broke out at the Music Box during a matinee screening of Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds."
“There was an old bearing and a fan in an old projector room that caught fire,” said University of Washington Tacoma historian Kim Davenport. - PUB DATE: 2/23/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KREM-TV CBS 2 Coeur d'Alene
VIDEO: After nearly 20 years of delays and planning, Fire Station 18 in northwest Fresno is now up and running after Wednesday’s ribbon cutting.
For the past 17 years, firefighters at Fire Station 18 have been working out of a three-bedroom home but now they have one of the most advanced firehouses in the valley. - PUB DATE: 2/23/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSEE-TV NBC 24 Fresno
The FDNY is proposing to raise the price of an ambulance ride by over 50 percent.
The cost of a ride, that is called through 911, would go up from $900 to nearly $1,400.
There would also be an increase in charges per mile to the hospital from $15 to $20.
The department says the hike is needed because of inflation, as well as a pay bump for EMS workers. - PUB DATE: 2/23/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WABC-TV ABC 7 New York
A bill to make it easier for New Mexico firefighters to legally use medical marijuana got off to a hot start Friday.
House Bill 292 would narrow the definition of “safety-sensitive position” in the Lynn and Erin Compassionate Use Act, which governs the state’s medical cannabis program.
As proposed, the definition would only include employees who are required to carry a firearm or operate a vehicle with a commercial driver’s license and “whose performance under the influence of drugs or alcohol would constitute an immediate or direct threat of injury or death to the person or another. - PUB DATE: 2/23/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Taos News - Metered Site
VIDEO: The annual Guns ‘N Hoses event at Enterprise Center presented a huge check Wednesday from last year’s event.
The event raised one million dollars for the BackStoppers this past November.
“That’s two years in a row at a million dollars, and how they’ve supported us,” said Chief Ron Battelle, executive director of the BackStoppers. - PUB DATE: 2/23/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTVI-TV FOX 2 St. Louis
VIDEOS: A fire Tuesday afternoon completely burned an abandoned warehouse to the ground.
The Stockton Fire Department said the wind-driven fire was reported at 4:54 p.m. on Lindsay and Stockton streets. The fire went three-alarm, which means that a larger response of firefighters was required to extinguish the fire. - PUB DATE: 2/22/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCRA-TV NBC 3 Sacramento
West Virginia is considering a new bill, House Bill 2191, to provide free motor vehicle registrations and license plates to volunteer firefighters with at least five years of service. The bill was introduced by Delegate Burkhammer on January 11, 2023, and has been referred to the Committee on Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services and then Finance. - PUB DATE: 2/22/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Original Newsbreak
The Susquehanna Flats are unlike any other part of the Chesapeake Bay. Where the Susquehanna River meets the upper Bay, swaths of underwater grasses make for great fishing and waterfowl hunting opportunities. But water depths can change drastically very quickly, causing boaters and paddlers to get stranded. - PUB DATE: 2/22/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Chesapeake Bay Magazine
The Fire Department of New York is the beating heart of New York City and has come to represent the latest benchmark WOD “New York Minute” released by CrossFit HQ.
These brave men and women go head first into burning buildings to save individuals who would otherwise perish, going towards the smoke and flames others wouldn’t dream of nearing, in gear upwards of 130 pounds. - PUB DATE: 2/22/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Morning Chalk Up
VIDEOS: One person is dead following an explosion at an Oakwood Village manufacturing plant Monday afternoon, the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office confirms.
Officials are expected to provide new details during a 2 p.m. press conference today, which we will stream live.
Multiple crews from across Greater Cleveland and Akron responded to the I. - PUB DATE: 2/21/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKYC-TV NBC 3 Cleveland
