Greene County will give volunteer emergency responders a break on property taxes in an attempt to recruit and retain firefighters and EMTs as their numbers continue to decline across the state. The move takes advantage of a law signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul in December giving counties a standardized way to give the breaks. - PUB DATE: 2/8/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Times Union
A manufacturing facility in Chicago Heights was destroyed in a massive fire Monday morning.
The fire broke out at Morgan Li around 6 a.m. in the 1100 block of Washington Avenue. The 500,000-square-foot facility was completely engulfed in flames and quickly spread to neighboring buildings. No one was inside the plant at the time of the fire. - PUB DATE: 2/7/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCIA-TV CBS 3 Champaign
VIDEO: The Spokane Valley Fire Department (SVFD) announced Monday it replaced its firefighting foam with new, safer foam.
The new foam does not contain perfluorinated alkyl substances (PFASs), chemicals that have been linked to contaminated water supplies.
Washington state passed the Firefighting Agents and Equipment Law in 2018. - PUB DATE: 2/7/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KREM-TV CBS 2 Spokane
VIDEO: Rural Metro released an app to better connect with customers and help make sure they had information about their fire department.
The app is called "Rural Metro Fire — Knox Co. TN" and is available on the App Store and on the Google Play Store. Customers can download it to find news about the fire department, learn about smoke detectors, find tips to prevent fires and peruse monthly information about calls crews respond to. - PUB DATE: 2/7/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBIR-TV NBC 10 Knoxville
VIDEO: A man was taken into custody Monday after being accused of stealing an ambulance and leading police on a chase through the Houston area.
Houston police said the man, who appeared to be in the middle of a medical crisis, first stole a vehicle from a woman in the Kroger's gas station on West 11th Street and North Shepherd Drive. - PUB DATE: 2/7/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KENS-TV CBS 5 San Antonio
VIDEO: The Los Angeles County Fire Department is sending a task force to Turkey after a massive 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck on Monday morning, crumbling homes, killing more than 2,600 people and leaving devastation across a wide portion of the country and into northern Syria.
The agency said they are mobilizing California Task Force 2 after a request was made for United States aid by Turkish leaders. - PUB DATE: 2/7/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCAL-TV CBS 9 Los Angeles
As federal investigators worked to find out why a 150-car train derailed in northeastern Ohio, the state's governor warned late Sunday that unstable temperatures in a car transporting chemicals could lead to an explosion.
The area most at risk of being affected by the Friday crash, that within a 1-mile radius of the crash in the village of East Palestine, was evacuated by early Saturday and remained off-limits, officials said. - PUB DATE: 2/6/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC News
Low wages, a lack of work-life balance and burnout are among factors driving emergency medical services personnel around the country to quit ambulance duty.
Last year, the turnover rate for full-time emergency medical technicians, known as EMTs, was 36% and for full-time paramedics, it was 27%, according to an American Ambulance Association survey. - PUB DATE: 2/6/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Pew Charitable Trusts
Sabrail Davenport's heart ached when she learned a judge dismissed charges against a former village building department official resulting from the investigation into the fire in which her firefighter son died.
Davenport fears no one will be held responsible for the deaths of her son Jared Lloyd, 35, and adult home resident Oliver Huested, 79. - PUB DATE: 2/6/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Journal News - Metered Site
A fire department in one of our hometowns caught word that bullying was happening in the community and they decided they were going to do something about it. They surprised one teen by eating lunch with him trying to show him he was not alone.
“When Dawn Roberts adopted her son Jackson from China, she didn’t know he had autism. - PUB DATE: 2/6/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDBJ-TV CBS 7 Roanoke
VIDEO/PHOTOS: A large fire broke out Thursday morning at the American Legion post in New Haven, Illinois.
Post 1141 shared photos of blaze, which appear to have destroyed the building.
Their caption just says “No words!!!”
Many residents shared comments with memories. “My parent met there,” said Melissa Blake Kittinger. - PUB DATE: 2/3/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFIE-TV NBC 14 Evansville
At age 44, there are days when Virginia Beach Fire Captain Matt Chiaverotti doesn't have the energy to pick himself up from his recliner that sits by his living room window.
Cancer is making him weak.
On Aug. 23 of last year, he got a grim diagnosis: late-stage anaplastic thyroid cancer, a rare disease making up 1% to 2% of thyroid cancer cases. - PUB DATE: 2/3/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WVEC-TV ABC 13 Hampton
We all hear and see them in our community virtually every day, fire trucks and first responders responding to fire calls.
Many times, those calls turn out to be false alarms and fire officials across the nation and our region say they have seen the number of false alarms increasing and that’s creating an unnecessary risk to the public and first responders. - PUB DATE: 2/3/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBRE-TV NBC 28 Wilkes-Barre
An FDNY lieutenant received a life-saving lung transplant from fallen firefighter William “Billy” Moon — and, in a heartfelt tribute from his hospital bed, thanked the hero’s widow for donating her late husband’s organs.
Lt. Terrence Jordan is among five people — and two members of New York’s Bravest — to whom Moon’s organs were donated after the 47-year-old dad of two died during a training accident at his Brooklyn firehouse in December. - PUB DATE: 2/3/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Post - Metered Site
VIDEO: A Fort Worth Fire Department truck was stolen on Wednesday night in south Fort Worth while the members of its crew were treating a patient, the department said.
A person purloined Engine 17 from the Delux Inn near South Freeway and East Seminary Drive. Its crew arrived at the motel at 7:42 p. - PUB DATE: 2/3/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: AOL News
Newly-released bodycam video shows the dramatic rescue of a trapped driver moments before his car burst into flames on the Las Vegas Strip.
The sudden crash happened just outside the Venetian resort last week. A good Samaritan and police officer quickly jumped into action to pull the man from the smoking car. - PUB DATE: 2/2/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KFSN-TV ABC 30 Fresno
As we enter Black History Month, a local fire company makes history here on Delmarva.
The Carlisle Fire Company recently appointed Shawn Hinton as chief. He is the first African American chief in the department's 221 year history.
Chief Hinton has 15 years of experience under his belt and said he is honored to be the new voice of the department. - PUB DATE: 2/2/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBOC-TV CBS/FOX 16 Salisbury
A machete attack and a fire captain punched in the face — it's what Sacramento Metro Fire is facing with a growing homeless crisis.
They say their jobs are getting more and more dangerous.
Squatters in vacant buildings are responsible for fires causing millions in damage.
Metro Fire Capt. Parker Wilbourn said his agency responded to more than 2,500 fire incidents last year directly related to homeless encampments or people experiencing homelessness. - PUB DATE: 2/2/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOVR-TV CBS 13 Stockton
VIDEO: Marion County Fire Chief James Banta is promising to make changes to better respond to mental health struggles in the department after two firefighters died in less than a month.
The chief released a video message to the department and residents of Marion County following the deaths of MCFR firefighter paramedics Allen Singleton and Tripp Wooten. - PUB DATE: 2/2/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCJB-TV ABC/CW+ 20 Gainesville
PHOTOS: The city of Opelika just added a new fire engine to its fleet. The new truck, which cost $1.2 million, is called an aerial. It’s the first of four new firetrucks that will arrive this year. The total price for all four firetrucks will be close to $3 million.
Opelika Fire Chief Shane Boyd said the new aerial is a multi-purpose truck with a pump, a water tank, a water hose, an aerial device, and ground ladders. - PUB DATE: 2/2/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Opelika-Auburn News
