VIDEO: Flames and smoke filled the sky during a fire at a tire shop in Brooklyn early Friday morning. The FDNY is still trying to figure out how the massive fire on Church Avenue at East 57th Street in East Flatbush started, CBS2's Jenna DeAngelis reported. Cellphone video shows the blaze. Fire officials on the scene said racks of tires and debris were burning.
- PUB DATE: 6/18/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCBS-TV CBS 2 New York

VIDEO: Vandals defaced the city of Charleston's Fire Station No. 11 in West Ashley on the eve of the anniversary of the deadly Sofa Super Store blaze. City officials said at a news conference June 17 they would not allow the crime to overshadow the June 18 anniversary of the fire, which killed nine Charleston firefighters in 2007.
- PUB DATE: 6/18/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Post & Courier - Metered Site

Families across the nation will gather to honor their fathers this weekend. Jay Young's children will attempt to celebrate Father's Day as well, but the whole family knows it may not happen. With Jay's three sons, Eric, Justin and Jamison, following in their dad's footsteps to become emergency medical technicians, it's as likely as not that one of them will get called into work or a pager will go off and they will have to leave the party to go save a life or help someone in need.
- PUB DATE: 6/18/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: EMS1

VIDEO: The Pinellas Park Fire Department is among the first in the Tampa Bay area to team up with Ring for a new safety system. Ring's “Neighbors” application allows first responders and community members who download the app to easily exchange information about local incidents. Leaders with the Pinellas Park Fire Department tell 8 On Your Side it could be a helpful tool when investigators are searching for the cause of suspicious fires.
- PUB DATE: 6/18/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFLA-TV NBC 8 Tampa

A pitbull picked up off the streets of New York City is getting another chance at life, with a nonprofit at her side. Zoey, the pitbull, is was originally dropped off at a shelter in NYC. Workers there labeled her unmanageable and said she was not a good candidate for adoption. She was sent to a rescue in Florida called Dogs Playing for Life, where workers started working to train her.
- PUB DATE: 6/18/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBIR-TV NBC 10 Knoxville

VIDEO: Firefighters are battling a large fire which broke out Wednesday afternoon at a Cherokee County vehicle recycling facility. The fire happened at Carguts just off Highway 5 near US-29 just east of Blacksburg. No injuries have been reported in the fire but one firefighter was treated for heat exhaustion.
- PUB DATE: 6/17/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSPA-TV CBS 7 Spartanburg

VIDEO: Thursday is the deadline to save the Spirit of Oklahoma fire truck. While the fundraiser is still thousands of dollars short, there is new, last-minute hope that the truck will be rescued. The truck symbolizes a bond between New York and Oklahoma firefighters after two terror attacks. If the Calera Fire Department can't come up with the money in time, a museum may step in to front the rest of the money, but there are no guarantees.
- PUB DATE: 6/17/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KWTV-DT CBS 9 Oklahoma City

PHOTOS: Two years after creating a business plan with marker and construction paper, 11-year-old Lucas Vetter has raised $112,000 to purchase life-saving CPR machines for local fire departments. When Lucas was 9 years old, he visited Howell Area Fire Department with his family, which is where he first saw the LUCAS CPR device.
- PUB DATE: 6/17/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Livingston Daily

VIDEO: Fire officials say a massive apartment fire two months ago in Greenwood highlighted a weakness in Indiana building codes that they would like to see changed. The fire displaced 59 residents during the overnight hours and resulted in injuries to one civilian and one firefighter. Investigators determined the April 14 fire at the Meridian Oaks apartment originated on an outdoor, second floor balcony.
- PUB DATE: 6/17/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WXIN-TV Fox 59 Indianapolis

VIDEO: Rare twin tornadoes barreled through the northeast Nebraska town of Pilger seven years ago today, killing two people, injuring 20 more and forever changing the lives of the nearly 350 people who called the town home. Pilger, a Stanton County village, is 80 miles northwest of Omaha. The storm destroyed or heavily damaged an estimated three-fourths of Pilger, including the middle school, Midwest Bank, the co-op, a convenience store, the post office, numerous houses, city hall, the firehouse and St.
- PUB DATE: 6/17/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Lincoln Journal Star

A giant waterslide at a New Jersey waterpark lived up to its name Tuesday, when it went up in flames. The ride called 'High Anxiety,' went up in flames at Mountain Creek Water Park in Vernon. A spokesperson for the water park says the fire broke out when the park was closed, and there were no reported injuries.
- PUB DATE: 6/16/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WABC-TV ABC 7 New York

Representatives for Albany's fire department said if the city doesn't fix their pay scale, it's just wasting taxpayer dollars. Union members told WALB Investigates, that firefighters were given a choice between getting a city-wide raise or fixing issues with the department scale. Most chose to correct the scale.
- PUB DATE: 6/16/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WALB-TV NBC/ABC 10 Albany

Volunteer firefighters in North Carolina may someday qualify for state retirement benefits. On Monday, Congressman Patrick McHenry (NC-10) was joined by Congressman Ted Budd (NC-13), Congressman Richard Hudson (NC-08), Congressman Greg Murphy (NC-03), Congressman Dan Bishop (NC-09), Congressman Madison Cawthorn (NC-11), Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (NC-05) and Congressman David Rouzer (NC-07) in introducing H.
- PUB DATE: 6/16/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLOS-TV ABC 13 Asheville

Paramedics were put to the test Tuesday at a conference that attracted hundreds of first responders to South Florida. The paramedic competition was a highlight at the "First There First Care" Conference at the Seminole Hard Rock Casino & Hotel in Hollywood. Dema Ammar is a student at Palm Beach State College and studying to become a paramedic.
- PUB DATE: 6/16/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTVJ-TV NBC 6 Miami

On June 15, 1991, just days before scheduled improvements were to begin, a lightning bolt split and seared the roof of KU's Hoch Auditorium, sparking a massive blaze. “The fire started around 3:20 p.m., shortly after a violent thunderstorm began pelting the Lawrence area with heavy rain and pea-sized hail,” said Kansas Alumni magazine.
- PUB DATE: 6/16/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WIBW-TV CBS 13 Topeka

VIDEO: Multiple people were hurt after a fuel tanker caught fire and exploded on Sunday near Crowell, Texas. Crowell is about 80 miles west of Wichita Falls. Foard County Sheriff Mike Brown told WFAA that the truck driver and a couple of volunteer firefighters were injured in the incident, but their injuries were minor.
- PUB DATE: 6/15/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFAA-TV ABC 8 Dallas

They may not be the first, but the 10 women who make up Clearwater Fire and Rescue's team are certainly blazing the trail. The fire department recently highlighted their 10 female fire personnel – or "firemedics," as they call themselves. "I love working with people, I love being that person people call," said Nina Borders, who has been with the department for four years.
- PUB DATE: 6/15/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTVT-TV Fox 13 Tampa

PHOTOS: After somehow getting all the way to Alaska, a piece of Morris Plains Fire Department gear is finally home. Some older items recently returned to the department, including a helmet found at a transportation museum in Anchorage. The Morris Plains Fire Department isn't sure how it ended up in Alaska, but now it's back.
- PUB DATE: 6/15/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Morristown Patch

As a fire continues to burn at a chemical plant in suburban Rockton, Kirk Wilson, chief of the Rockton Fire Protection District, says that firefighters stopped putting water on the fire, fearing that water run-off could carry chemicals into the nearby Rock River. “We stopped some of the water suppression and some of the fire suppression, and we went ahead and let the product burn off due to the fact that the Rock River sits just west of Chemtool, (approximately) 500 yards away,” he said.
- PUB DATE: 6/15/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMAQ-TV NBC 5 Chicago

The Delaware General Assembly is aiming to help with what volunteer fire departments say is a struggle to get new members. A task force has come up with ten new recommendations and new programs to attract and retain more volunteer firefighters. Among those recommendations, develop a recruitment and retention training class at the Delaware State Fire School, and establish an program that would assign full-time members to companies in all three counties.
- PUB DATE: 6/15/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMDT-TV ABC/CW+ 47 Salisbury

An explosion close to Rockton, Ill. took place at a chemical plant Monday morning. Large flames from the Chemtool plant caused heavy smoke to cover the air in the area. A mandatory evacuation order is in place for parts of the area, according to the Rockton Police Department. Rockton Fire ordered the mandatory evacuation, and the notice affects all residents and businesses south of the plant on Prairie Hill Road.
- PUB DATE: 6/14/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLS-TV ABC 7 Chicago

An Evansville firefighter was injured on Saturday while responding to a home for a man not breathing, according to an affidavit filed by an Evansville Police Department Officer. According to the affidavit, the incident happened Saturday afternoon at a home on Ridge Knoll Drive in Evansville, Indiana, after Evansville Dispatch received a call about a man not breathing.
- PUB DATE: 6/14/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WEVV-TV CBS/FOX Evansville

VIDEO: Some firefighters from all over the US competed with Rapid City firefighters in a race. The race is called the firefighter combat challenge, and puts physical feats in the job description to the test. The Rapid City Regional Firefighter Combat Challenge Organizer, Bill Cina, says it seeks to makes sure those on the front lines battling the flames are in tip top shape.
- PUB DATE: 6/14/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOTA-TV ABC 3 Rapid City

VIDEO: Austin-Travis County EMS (ATCEMS) had difficulty maneuvering around various barriers to get to victims involved in Saturday's Sixth Street shooting. The union president said their response would have been faster with a unit stationed downtown. "We have seven patients," first responder audio said.
- PUB DATE: 6/14/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KVUE-TV ABC 24 Austin

A retired firefighter from Boynton Beach is doing his part to combat the opioid crisis. Luis Garcia has traveled across the country offering free first aid classes and giving away free Narcan through his nonprofit, USA Opioid Crisis Mortality Reduction." In the last four years, he's donated more than 6,000 doses -- saving 95 lives, according to Garcia.
- PUB DATE: 6/14/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPEC-TV CBS 12 West Palm Beach

VIDEOS: At least 16 people were displaced Thursday night when a large fire destroyed a condominium building in Lawrence, Massachusetts. The three-alarm blaze broke out around 8 p.m. on Shawsheen Court. Flames were already going through the roof before fire crews arrived. The roof collapsed, and smoke could still be seen rising from the rubble hours after the fire began.
- PUB DATE: 6/11/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBZ-TV CBS 4 Boston

The city is creating a multi-agency task force to crack down on illegal fireworks this summer, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced earlier this week. The task force will be comprised of 32 agents — 10 officers from the NYPD Intelligence Bureau, 12 fire marshals from the FDNY and 10 deputy sheriffs from the Bureau of Criminal Investigation.
- PUB DATE: 6/11/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Sunnyside Post

Photos obtained by News4 Investigates show two massive fires, nine years apartment, at the Brentwood Oaks apartments show both buildings had a sprinkler system that did not prevent it from burning to the ground. Additional documents obtained by News4 Investigates show that firefighters also faced additional problems during the May 24th fire, including a delay in getting through the gates.
- PUB DATE: 6/11/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSMV-TV NBC4 Nashville

PHOTOS: A 7-year-old with a big heart wanted one thing for her birthday, and it wasn't anything to keep for herself. The Superior and Duluth Fire Department's teamed up with 7-year-old Monroe Kroll, to give extra comfort to those in the community who may need it most. For Kroll's 7th birthday, instead of gifts to keep for herself, she requested that her friends buy stuffed animals to give to children in need of comfort.
- PUB DATE: 6/11/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KBJR-TV NBC 6 Superior

VIDEO: Tom Hill is also known as “Bull” where he's from. A retired firefighter for Orange County Fire Rescue in Central Florida, Bull has walked close to 3,000 miles now for firefighters who have passed. He came up Highway 17 and made a stop in Richmond Hill on Saturday, and said for the 33 years he was a firefighter, there was no help for families who lost firefighters due to cancer, and that's why he's walking to Charleston now.
- PUB DATE: 6/11/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Bryan County News

VIDEO: A massive 2-alarm fire at a Northeast Side apartment complex looks to be intentionally set, according to San Antonio Fire Department officials. The fire started just after 4 a.m. Thursday at the Cottages at Terrell Hills apartments on Harry Wurzbach Road near Rittiman Road. Firefighters immediately went defensive due to the size of the fire, using ladder companies and fighting the fire from above, as flames were shooting through the roof of one of the buildings.
- PUB DATE: 6/10/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WOAI-TV NBC 4 San Antonio

VIDEO: When rioters set fire to parts of the Twin Cities last summer, the world was watching. So were investigators, who were about to take on one of the biggest tasks of their careers. More than 160 arson investigations are connected to the unrest last May, according to Jeffery Reed, assistant special agent in charge for the ATF's St.
- PUB DATE: 6/10/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCCO-TV CBS 4 Minneapolis

The Black Hawk helicopter that crashed in Leesburg killing four onboard was conducting a test flight with a newly installed piece of firefighting equipment when a piece came off and swung into the blades, the preliminary crash report from the National Transportation Safety Board shows. The Black Hawk helicopter crashed during a training exercise May 25 near the Leesburg airport.
- PUB DATE: 6/10/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKMG-TV CBS 6 Orlando

An internal audit of the city's fire department is raising alarms at city hall. It shows response times are too slow. And some fire stations have had to temporarily shut down. Chief Scott Wolverton went before the a city council committee to answer to the results. The audit showed that the department's overall response times have fallen below national standards.
- PUB DATE: 6/10/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTBS-TV ABC 3 Shreveport

Reforms for cutting, welding, and hot work that stem from the death of two Boston firefighters seven years ago were again at the forefront of a legislative hearing Monday with first responders saying legislation is needed to prevent further deaths and hold violating companies accountable. A Sen. Nick Collins bill (S 1554) would implement recommendations from a special commission created and named after Boston firefighters Edward Walsh and Michael Kennedy, who died in a 2014 fire reportedly caused by welders working on a building next door to a brownstone in the Back Bay.
- PUB DATE: 6/10/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WWLP-TV CW 22 Springfield

VIDEO: On Tuesday morning, firefighters responded to a fire at Galice Resort, the iconic restaurant and store situated along the Rogue River to the northwest of Merlin. Austin Prince from Rural Metro Fire confirmed to NewsWatch 12 that the structure was "fully involved," as firefighters responded to the two-alarm fire.
- PUB DATE: 6/9/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KDRV-TV ABC 12 Medford

The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) announced “Learn the Sounds of Fire Safety” as the theme of this 2021's Fire Prevention Week. This year, Fire Prevention Week is recognized from October 3 through 9 and seeks to better educate the public about the sounds of smoke alarms, what they mean, and how to respond to them.
- PUB DATE: 6/9/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHNT-TV CBS 19 Huntsville

A Tarboro 16-year-old raised more than $22,000 for his local volunteer fire department as part of a project to become an Eagle Scout. If it wasn't for Will Wooten's hard work, leaders of the Heartsease Volunteer Fire Department said they wouldn't be able to fight fires safely. “I was not expecting this at all,” Wooten said.
- PUB DATE: 6/9/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WRAL-TV NBC 5 Raleigh

Monday night, a fire tore through the upper floors of a building on Greig Street; two people were in the home at the time and were taken to area hospitals. A firefighter was also taken for treatment and is on the mend. The Firefighters Association said they had to wait over seven minutes to get an ambulance for a firefighter suffering from a rapid pulse and heat exhaustion, the delay they say is unacceptable.
- PUB DATE: 6/9/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Rochester First

VIDEO: An Oklahoma fire department is working hard to rescue “The Spirit Of Oklahoma,” a fire truck sent to New York City to help with 9/11 recovery. Now that it's up for sale, the Calera Fire Department is doing everything it can to buy it and bring it home. The clock is ticking as a bright red badge of brotherhood between Oklahoma and New York firefighters – with a history spanning 26 years - could be lost in just 10 days.
- PUB DATE: 6/9/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOTV-DT CBS 6 Tulsa

VIDEO: Over 100 firefighters are battling an explosive fire in downtown Los Angeles Tuesday morning. The fire broke out at a three-story building in the 200 block of S. Los Angeles Street, near 3rd Street shortly before 2 a.m. Los Angeles Fire Department says it has declared it a "major emergency" fire, and 150 firefighters are "still in an active firefight.
- PUB DATE: 6/8/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KNBC-TV NBC 4 Los Angeles

PHOTOS: A Horry County Fire Rescue ambulance flipped on its side after a crash in Myrtle Beach Monday afternoon, according to Master Cpl. Thomas Vest with the Myrtle Beach Police Dept. At 12:43 p.m., police said the northbound lanes of Robert M. Grissom Parkway and the westbound lanes of Mr. Joe White Avenue were closed to traffic.
- PUB DATE: 6/8/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPDE-TV ABC 15 Florence

A Wisconsin man appears to have broken the world record for most pushups in a year in his effort to raise money for the families of fallen first responders. Nate Carroll, of Winneconne, completed his 1,500,231st pushup Sunday at the 50-yard line during halftime of the 48th annual Fun City Bowl, a football game between New York City first responders at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
- PUB DATE: 6/8/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Wisconsin State Journal

VIDEO: A project in Pueblo more than than two decades in the making is finally complete. Pueblo's first-ever motorized fire truck has been restored. The 110-year-old vehicle has helped out in some of the city's most significant emergencies, like the Great Flood of 1921 and the opera house fire of 1922.
- PUB DATE: 6/8/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOAA-TV NBC 5 Pueblo

Every year, more than 300,000 people die from cardiac arrest, but a new study could help cut into that number for communities around here. When your heart stops, time is of the essence, but that doesn't just go for paramedics getting on scene. “Good compressions on someone? A maximum of two minutes — a minute, really ideal,” said Rich Burns, Brunswick County's EMS training coordinator.
- PUB DATE: 6/8/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WECT-TV NBC 6 Wilmington

VIDEO/PHOTOS: Phoenix fire officials say a sixth alarm fire at a recycling yard near 35th Avenue and Buckeye prompted the largest response in the department's history on June 5. "I can't remember the last time we had a sixth alarm," said Phoenix Fire Captain Todd Keller. "We've had a couple two, three alarms in the last couple of months, but this is a big one.
- PUB DATE: 6/7/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSAZ-TV FOX 10 Phoenix

Firefighters with the Menlo Park Fire Protection District have new technology that helps them navigate through burning buildings and find people twice as fast, according to the Fire Chief. The technology is called the C-Thru platform. It includes a navigation unit that attaches to the firefighter's helmet and allows them to clearly see objects in a burning building.
- PUB DATE: 6/7/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTVU-TV FOX 2 Oakland

VIDEO: A man was taken away in handcuffs after getting into a dangerous altercation with a Miami-Dade Fire Rescue crew, and it was all caught on camera. The incident occurred Sunday afternoon at the intersection of Southwest Eighth Street and 42nd Avenue. Cellphone video shows a man dressed all in white striking the front windshield of a Miami-Dade Fire Rescue truck with a baseball bat, cracking the glass.
- PUB DATE: 6/7/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPLG-TV ABC 10 Miami

VIDEO: A pair of pint-sized brothers in Brooklyn are making a big impact on their community. Gideon and Josiah Trank, ages eight and seven, have raised hundreds of dollars for first responders with their front yard lemonade stand. Friday, they rented the Cocky's Bagels food truck for the Brooklyn police and fire departments with their earnings.
- PUB DATE: 6/7/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WEWS-TV ABC 5 Cleveland

VIDEO: The Baltimore City Fire Department, in an effort to increase diversity and equity within the agency, named its first LGBTQIA+ liaison, and some in the community are applauding the move. Baltimore City Fire Department paramedic Kyle Lovell is the department's first LGBTQIA+ liaison. He's a five-year-veteran of the department and a proud member of the LGBTQIA+ community.
- PUB DATE: 6/4/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBAL-AM 1090 Baltimore

It was a sad and hard thing to see this past weekend when pictures emerged from a fire on Mackinac Island at the 120-year-old Brigadoon Cottage. The Memorial Day weekend fire to the historic location caused damage to the structure estimated to be close to $1 million. Thankfully there were no injuries, and as they say, things can be repaired and replaced, but people can't.
- PUB DATE: 6/4/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCRZ-FM 108 Flint

PHOTO: A specially painted lifeguard tower at Mother's Beach in Marina del Rey is promoting the Los Angeles Fire Department's new Sirens of Silence program, which helps raise awareness and acceptance of Autism Spectrum Disorder. The program is a partnership with the county fire department, Fourth District County Supervisor Janice Hahn and the Department of Beaches and Harbors.
- PUB DATE: 6/4/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Marina Del Ray Patch

The City of Cayce will have its 1936 fire truck back on the streets Wednesday, June 9, as part of the South Carolina State Firefighters' Association 2021 Convention at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center. The fire truck, which was restored in 2019, will be escorted to the convention center at 11 a.
- PUB DATE: 6/4/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Columbia Star

Overdoses in Jacksonville are increasing at an alarming rate, and the pandemic only made the situation worse. The Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department said 2020 was the highest year it's seen for overdose calls: the department responded to 5,050 overdose calls. Another 2,800 calls were reported as opioid-related.
- PUB DATE: 6/4/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJXT-TV News 4 Jacksonville

Flashover is a very dangerous phenomenon, in which all of the exposed combustible materials in an enclosed area near-simultaneously ignite. Thanks to a new AI-based system, however, firefighters may soon receive warnings when flashover is imminent. Typically, flashovers occur when a structure fire causes the temperature in an enclosed space to reach at least 593 ºC (1,100 ºF) – this is the approximate autoignition temperature of many commonly used organic materials.
- PUB DATE: 6/3/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New Atlas

PHOTOS: For 30 years, Ramon Barreto has worked as a San Francisco firefighter, responding to calls within the city and facing down some of the region's most challenging wildfires. But by night, he brings that blazing energy into the ring as one of the Bay Area's most legendary wrestlers: Chicano Flame.
- PUB DATE: 6/3/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: SF Gate

It all started after a furniture factory burned down. The factory, once located at the end of Putnam Street in the Chesterfield community, caught fire at a point when fire service was provided in the area by a joint effort from the city of Morganton, Oak Hill Fire and what later became Triple Community Fire Department, Chesterfield Fire Chief James Robinson said.
- PUB DATE: 6/3/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The News Herald

VIDEO: The St. Louis Fire Department is showing off its newest fire truck, all thanks to Ameren Missouri. The truck costs about $1 million dollars and it took 9 to 10 months to design and another to build. Ameren Missouri helped with the design and donated the truck to the fire department. St. Louis City has two to three significant underground every year that can burn for hours, which can extensive damage and outages.
- PUB DATE: 6/3/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KMOV-TV CBS 4 St. Louis

VIDEO/PHOTOS: Firefighters were able to return a woman's American flag from her apartment after losing her home to a 4-alarm fire in Myrtle Beach Wednesday morning. The flag was all she had left. It was emotional devastation for firefighters, and the people who stood watching the fire destroy their homes.
- PUB DATE: 6/3/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPDE-TV ABC 15 Florence

A Los Angeles County firefighter appeared to have a longstanding job-related dispute with the colleague he shot and killed at their small fire station in what became California's second deadly workplace shooting in less than a week, authorities said Wednesday. The gunman also wounded a fire captain at the station about 45 miles (72 kilometers) north of Los Angeles on Tuesday before setting his house on fire in a nearby community and apparently killing himself, officials said.
- PUB DATE: 6/2/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTLA-TV 5 CW Los Angeles

VIDEO/PHOTOS: Horry County Fire Rescue responded to a two-alarm fire at an apartment building in the 9000 block of Shore Drive Tuesday night before it turned into a four-alarm fire. Crews were initially dispatched at 11:01 p.m. when a second alarm was sent. Firefighters were pulled from the Ocean Bridge apartment building around 6:30 a.
- PUB DATE: 6/2/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPDE-TV ABC 15 Florence

Sometimes careers start from the most unusual beginnings. So it was for Aaron Knotts, now chief of the Chillicothe Fire Department. “The summer between my eighth- and ninth-grade years,” he began, “I went to South Carolina with a friend and his family for a weeklong vacation. While down there, we had purchased some fireworks that were legal in SC.
- PUB DATE: 6/2/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Chillicothe Gazette

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition caused by experiencing a traumatic event and effects both military and civilians alike. According to WebMD, nearly eight percent of adults will develop PTSD at some point in their lives. Doctor Sam Fiala, an Associate Professor at Texas A&M University Central Texas, said the last 15 months has been hard on a lot of people.
- PUB DATE: 6/2/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCEN-TV NBC 6 Temple

FDNY hero Abraham Miller, on a roof six stories above a Manhattan street, heard the screams before spotting something through the flames and billowing smoke: A child's tiny hand, extended from an apartment window. As a colleague lowered Miller down by hand with a rope, with the screams of other residents echoing through the darkness, the five-year veteran tried to put the 5-year-old girl at ease.
- PUB DATE: 6/2/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Daily News - Metered Site

VIDEO: Firefighters put out a massive blaze at a warehouse in Huntington Park on Monday night, officials said. The fire was reported around 8:29 p.m. at a shoe factory located at Salt Lake Avenue and E. Gage Avenue, the Los Angeles County Fire Department said. Aerial video from Sky5 showed heavy fire and smoke could be seen emanating from the commercial structure.
- PUB DATE: 6/1/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTLA-TV 5 CW Los Angeles

VIDEO: Eight years ago on Monday, the Houston Fire Department endured its darkest day in history. The Southwest Inn fire and building collapse eventually claimed the lives of five firefighters, and it was the single deadliest day for the Houston Fire Department. Their fellow firefighters gather at the site each year to make sure the fallen lost that day in 2013 aren't forgotten.
- PUB DATE: 6/1/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTRK-TV ABC 13 Houston

VIDEO: Greensboro firefighters are taking a significant step toward restoring a tradition that honors colleagues who have died. The inspiration centers around the Firemen's monument in Green Hill Cemetery. “We've got so much that we take for granted just like this statue here. A lot of the firemen were not even familiar with it or really knew what the history of it was,” Retired Battalion Chief Carl Eller said.
- PUB DATE: 6/1/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WGHP-TV FOX 8 High Point

Newark firefighters will be dispatched to all life-threatening calls beginning this weekend, officials announced Friday — a change that prompted the city's fire and police unions to raise concerns about training, equipment and compensation. University Hospital will continue to provide ambulance services to the city, but firefighters will also be dispatched in life-threatening situations.
- PUB DATE: 6/1/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New Jersey Journal

PHOTO: A large mural honoring a firefighter and other Detroit public employees who died from COVID-19 has been unveiled next to a fire station. Capt. Franklin Williams of the fire department dominates the painting. But there are images of a bus driver who made an emotional plea for protection from COVID-19 before he caught the virus, and 5-year-old girl Skylar Herbert, who was the daughter of a firefighter and police officer.
- PUB DATE: 6/1/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJBK-TV FOX 2 Detroit

VIDEO: At least one firefighter was hurt in a crash involving a fire engine responding to a call along Girard Avenue in North Philadelphia on Thursday afternoon. Police said firefighters and civilians were injured when Engine 29 crashed about three blocks from its Girard Avenue station. At least one firefighter could be seen getting removed from the rubble.
- PUB DATE: 5/28/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCAU-TV NBC 10 Philadelphia

VIDEO: A huge fire broke out Thursday night at the site of the former "Just For Fun" roller rink in north suburban McHenry. The roller rink at 914 N. Front Street closed last fall. The rink closed last fall after more than 70-years in business. It started out as a dance hall and was converted into a roller rink a few years later.
- PUB DATE: 5/28/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLS-TV ABC 7 Chicago

VIDEO: It's not the oldest fire station in the Buffalo Fire Department but it is one of the most spectacular. Firefighter James Rice says "It was built during Buffalo's industrial era. They were very proud of their fire service and fire departments." The structure was built in 1897. In those days it was horses that pulled the engines.
- PUB DATE: 5/28/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKBW-TV ABC 7 Buffalo

VIDEO: A Manitowoc teenager donated metal American flags to the Green Bay Metro Fire Department and Police Department Wednesday. Justis Henderson started making metal art with his father in their garage when he was 10 years old. What was a hobby turned into a business. He's 17 now and just branched off of his dad's business, Metal Art of Wisconsin, to start his own metal art company - Flags by Justis.
- PUB DATE: 5/28/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Spectrum News 1

As a veteran Allen firefighter and paramedic, Jason Denton knew the signs of a stroke. He just never expected to experience those symptoms himself. He and his physicians are bringing attention to the warning signs and lifesaving treatment for National Stroke Awareness Month. In early March, after helping with a COVID-19 vaccine clinic in Allen, Denton called his brother as he was leaving.
- PUB DATE: 5/28/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Allen American

VIDEO: An off-duty Rochester firefighter came to the rescue during a recent boat fire – using an unconventional means to help extinguish it. Rochester firefighters' union IAFF107 says firefighter Oscar Herrera stepped in to help fight the fire on May 20 at Mayer's Marina on Irondequoit Bay. Video captured him using his jet ski to help get the fire under control.
- PUB DATE: 5/27/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHAM-TV ABC/CW 13 Rochester

Anyone having a heart attack at the nation's busiest airport should be prepared to wait. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport's average response time in 2020, from the 911 center receiving a medical call to the first unit reporting on scene, was 11 minutes and 48 seconds. Even if a 911 operator at the airport knows CPR or has previous medical training, they are prohibited from giving life-saving instructions to 911 callers.
- PUB DATE: 5/27/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WXIA-TV NBC 11 Atlanta

Dozens of people are displaced and five buildings were damaged Wednesday when a seven-alarm fire spread through a Dorchester neighborhood. The fire was reported at about 11:15 a.m. on Fayston Street. From Sky 5, heavy, black smoke could be seen coming from at least three triple-deckers -- Nos. 86, 84 and 82 Fayston -- at the corner with Mascoma Street.
- PUB DATE: 5/27/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCVB-TV ABC 5 Boston

VIDEO: Eleven-year-old year old Brady Young thrives on structure. From Cub Scout to Boy Scout, Brady said the principles he's learned have helped shape him. Always be, “trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, irreverent,” recalls Brady who made sure to add, “I feel like I'm all of those.
- PUB DATE: 5/27/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPTV NBC 5 West Palm Beach

Members of the Farmington Hills police and fire departments, along with officers from the Farmington Public Safety Department, received cardiac health screening tests as part of the Hearts for Heroes program back in December. Created by Dr. Justin Trivax and Dr. Herman Kado, Farmington Hills interventional cardiologists, the Hearts for Heroes program grew from an idea that originated with Trivax's high school daughters, Tessa and Sienna.
- PUB DATE: 5/27/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: C & G Newspapers

VIDEO: A firefighting helicopter crashed into a marsh near Leesburg Airport in during a training exercise around 4 p.m. on Tuesday, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The Leesburg Police Department said the four people on board were from a company called Firehawk Helicopters, a fire suppression company.
- PUB DATE: 5/26/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WESH-TV NBC 2 Orlando

VIDEO: The first responders who warned Selden residents after sirens failed during Monday's tornado saved lives, an official said Tuesday. A power outage caused the city's sirens to fail just moments before the tornado hit town. Sheridan County Fire Department Capt. Micah Goscha and two other volunteer firefighters acted as the backup warning, driving around town in two fire trucks and using the PA system and sirens to tell people to take shelter.
- PUB DATE: 5/26/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Wichita Eagle

VIDEO: A fire broke out at a liquor store early Wednesday in Compton, officials reported. The fire erupted about 5:45 a.m. at the liquor store located at 2430 E. Alondra Blvd., according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department. Video from Sky5 showed firefighters battling the blaze from outside of the building, with flames and smoking emanating from the roof.
- PUB DATE: 5/26/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTLA-TV 5 CW Los Angeles

VIDEO: Firefighters raced to the scene of a north Austin city-owned warehouse fire on the afternoon of May 6, arriving within five minutes of the first call. But it wasn't until a third alarm unit arrived a little over an hour later that crews were told the smoke swirling around the warehouse could be laced with asbestos, according to internal city documents obtained by KXAN that reveal new details of the incident that potentially exposed 115 firefighters and civilians to the cancer-causing building material.
- PUB DATE: 5/26/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KXAN-TV NBC 36 Austin

As the employment of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) increases, a recent report has named North Dakota as the state most prepared for commercial drone use. North Dakota has dedicated time and money to researching, designing, and providing the necessary tools for widespread drone use. UAVs can be deployed very effectively for a broad range of applications, including aerial imaging, emergency rescue, and delivery of goods, but, in some cases, legal issues have slowed their adoption.
- PUB DATE: 5/26/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: News Dakota

VIDEO: A massive fire damaged a South Nashville apartment complex Monday night, displacing residents and impacting at least 18 units. Emergency crews were called to the Brentwood Oaks Apartments around 8:15 p.m. before firefighters called for additional personnel to help manage the scene. The fire destroyed the entire third floor of the building and most of the second floor.
- PUB DATE: 5/25/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKRN-TV ABC 2 Nashville

As a way to help with emergencies on town trails, the Fire Department has started on a trail-marking project. Firefighter Christopher Fusco has been spearheading the project for over four years and first implemented it at Crescent Lake with the help of Firefighter Ryan Pulver. The markers are placed about every hundred feet.
- PUB DATE: 5/25/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: My Record Journal - Metered Site

In just eight days in January, an EMT and a paramedic with Beaufort County EMS each racked up more than 140 hours doing a job that required quick thinking and reactions at any time of day or night, from rushing to transport trauma patients to the hospital to responding to life-threatening medical emergencies.
- PUB DATE: 5/25/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Island Packet

The annual National Memorial Day Concert airs this Sunday at 8 p.m. on PBS. It will include a 20th anniversary remembrance of 9/11 presented by Steve Buscemi. “I went to D.C. almost 20 years ago the year after 9/11; I was asked to do the 9/11 tribute then because they knew I'm a former firefighter with Engine 55 in Manhattan,” Buscemi said.
- PUB DATE: 5/25/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTOP News Washington DC

VIDEO: A fire ripped through row houses in Yonkers on one of the hottest days of the year so far, displacing nearly 100 people and injuring more than a dozen firefighters as well as one resident. The blaze appeared to have started Sunday afternoon in the backyard of one home on Maple Street but it quickly spread to four nearby houses, according to fire officials and witnesses.
- PUB DATE: 5/24/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WNBC-TV NBC 4 New York

A 26-year veteran of Polk County Fire Rescue became the first woman to be promoted to the rank of deputy chief, the county announced this week. Jennifer Huff will serve in the planning division, according to a release. “Deputy Chief Huff's promotion is a huge milestone for Polk County Fire Rescue,” Fire Chief Robert Weech said in a statement.
- PUB DATE: 5/24/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTSP-TV CBS News 10 Tampa

Honoring EMS workers during the month of May, FOX23 learned how the Tulsa fire chief helped launch the first paramedic firetrucks in Tulsa more than 20 years ago. Tulsa Fire Chief Michael Baker has had a career full of helping people. He worked in the military, then as a paramedic, and then a firefighter, before taking on the role of chief about a year ago.
- PUB DATE: 5/24/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOKI-TV Fox 23 Tulsa

A fire authority allows communities to share resources to provide emergency services and react nimbly to areas that have little or no emergency response capabilities on their own, fire authority leaders around Michigan say. One authority — essentially a new government entity created to manage a service in multiple communities — already exists in Northeast Michigan, in the Rogers City area.
- PUB DATE: 5/24/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Alpena News - Metered Site

VIDEO: In March 2019, a massive chemical fire broke out after a leak at a chemical tank farm in Deer Park spread to almost a dozen other tanks. A plume of smoke soon loomed over the Houston skyline and lingered there for three days. Residents of Deer Park were forced to shelter in place due to air pollution hazards, the Houston Ship Channel closed for three days, and millions of gallons of hazardous waste spilled on the ground and leaked into the water.
- PUB DATE: 5/24/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KHOU-TV CBS 11 Houston

VIDEOS: Napa's fire department is burning up social media with a new safety video. It's a rock parody with a fire prevention message. "We thought it would be funny if we did the Talking Heads song, "Burning Down the House," explained Napa Fire Marshal Greg Fortune. "But we did it as "Don't Burn Down Your House.
- PUB DATE: 5/21/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTVU-TV Fox 2 Oakland

PHOTOS: Two fire engines collided near the University of Arkansas at Little Rock campus Thursday afternoon, injuring six firefighters, according to fire officials. Little Rock Fire Department Capt. Doug Coffman said the accident took place at South University Avenue and West 28th Street at 4:29 p.m.
- PUB DATE: 5/21/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Arkansas Democrat Gazette - Metered Site

VIDEO: A fire raged through several buildings in Revere, Massachusetts, Thursday, sending smoke high into the air over a tightly packed neighborhood near the ocean. The five-alarm fire burned on Endicott Avenue, near the world-famous Revere Beach. Six buildings were damaged, three badly, Revere fire Chief Christopher Bright said, but it didn't appear that anyone was hurt.
- PUB DATE: 5/21/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBTS-CD NBC 10 Boston

Across the country and right here in central PA, fighting fire is in most cases a male-dominated field. But right here in Central Pennsylvania there is an exception to the norm. Molly Gontis, a 9th grader said, “I'm a freshman.” Molly is just 16 years old and her partners in fire, as they go by the three amigos, are only 17 and juniors in high school in Boswell.
- PUB DATE: 5/21/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTAJ-TV CBS 10 Altoona

As the world is getting back to some normalcy, medical experts want to reemphasize the pandemic isn't over, which is why the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center's research team is trying to understand the impact COVID-19 has had on first responders. OSU Wexner Medical Center and researchers at the OSU College of Medicine have been awarded a five-year, $10 million grant from the National Cancer Institute in the National Institutes of Health to study the long-term, longitudinal impact of COVID-19 on first responders, healthcare workers, and the general population.
- PUB DATE: 5/21/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDTN-TV NBC 2 Dayton

VIDEO/PHOTOS: A fireball explosion at a home in Martinez was captured in multiple videos Wednesday afternoon, destroying the residence and sending up thick, black smoke hundreds of feet into the air. Investigators say three minors playing with fire were the cause. Contra Costa County Fire Protection District said Wednesday evening that the fire started in a backyard on Arthur Road.
- PUB DATE: 5/20/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTVU-TV Fox 2 Oakland

Allegheny Health Network has teamed up with Marvel Comics to tell the true-life stories of medical responders from community EMS services, who have been serving the community through the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Set in the winter of 2020, the first responders' stories are brought to life in a comic book, titled “The Vitals: True EMS Stories,” that was unveiled Monday.
- PUB DATE: 5/20/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPXI-TV NBC 11 Pittsburgh