Posted: Mar 26, 2024
Federal legislation calling for studies on vessel fires within three nautical miles of the shoreline to reduce vessel and waterfront facility risk to local communities was passed by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee recently.
The bill was introduced by Congressman Rob Menendez (NJ-08) in response to the tragic vessel fire that occurred in Newark in July 2023, which claimed the lives of two Newark firefighters, Augusto “Augie” Acabou and Wayne “Bear” Brooks Jr.
- PUB DATE: 3/26/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: TAP into Jersey City
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Posted: Mar 26, 2024
Crews from the Seattle Fire Department are investigating the cause of a fire that damaged a house in North Seattle early Monday morning.
According to social media posts from the Seattle Fire Department, firefighters responding to a report of a fire in the 8200 block of Roosevelt Way Northeast, near the Maple Leaf Reservoir, found a fire in the back of the house.
- PUB DATE: 3/26/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7 Seattle
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Posted: Mar 26, 2024
A US Army Apache helicopter crashed in rural Thurston County Monday night.
According to information provided by officials with the US Army 7th Infantry Division, a helicopter and crew assigned to the 16th Combat Aviation Brigade at Joint Base Lewis-McChord had an “aviation mishap” during a routine training exercise in a military training area in Thurston County.
- PUB DATE: 3/26/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7 Seattle
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Posted: Mar 25, 2024
According to Mark Buskas, the Vice President of the Yakima Firefighters Association, firefighters received multiple calls at 5:15 a.m. this morning from drivers on I-82 about a fire at McGuire Park in Yakima.
Responders arrived to find the play structure fully consumed by flames and requested additional engines arrive to help extinguish the blaze.
- PUB DATE: 3/25/2024 1:56:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC Right Now
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Posted: Mar 25, 2024
A woman was seriously injured after a fire burned through two houses in Brooklyn on Friday.
NewsCopter 7 was over the fiery scene at 413 E. Third St. between Beverly Road and Avenue C in Kensington. FDNY officials say the four-alarm fire broke out on the first floor of a three-story home at the location around 5:45 p.
- PUB DATE: 3/25/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WABC-TV ABC 7 New York
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