Brian O’Flaherty was just yards away from the World Trade Center, working at the New York City Fire Department’s command post inside the Marriott Hotel, when the South Tower collapsed on Sept. 11, 2001, killing hundreds and leaving him seriously injured. More than two decades later, the retired battalion chief and US Navy veteran from Rockville Centre died Saturday, Dec.
- PUB DATE: 12/13/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Daily Voice Suffolk

VIDEO: The Louisville Fire Department unveiled a new boat on Monday to help with emergency situations. The 42-foot long, 29,000-pound all-hazard response boat can be used to help fight fires and hazmat situations, for medical responses, mass casualty evacuations, rescues and towing for stranded boaters.
- PUB DATE: 12/13/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDRB-TV FOX 41 Louisville

The Yakima Health District (YHD) suspended the Caton Limited Purpose Landfill’s permit on December 12 a series of fires, according to a press release from YHD. A fire in early December was the second in two months, following prior issues with “fire events.” A fire at the landfill, at 1500 Naches Wenas Road, was reported to YHD and the Washington State Department of Ecology on November 2.
- PUB DATE: 12/13/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KNDU-TV NBC 25 RIchland

VIDEO: A two-vehicle crash pushed a truck into a house in Spokane Valley Monday afternoon. The crash occurred at E. Valleyway Ave. and N. Bowdish Road around 5 p.m. The Spokane Valley Fire Department explained a car ran a stop sign, and knocked the Chevy Truck into the home. “Two loud bangs, first the car, then the house, it’s just like, you know it’s happened before, so it wasn’t too much of a shock,” said David Schweiter, a neighbor who lives across the street.
- PUB DATE: 12/13/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4 Spokane

Longview police arrested Isaiah Joseph Robertson, a 22-year-old Kelso resident, Thursday for allegedly attempting to burn down a house with a lit torch while people were still inside, according to court documents. At roughly 5:35 p.m., Thursday police responded to a home on the 200 block of 20th Avenue in the Highlands neighborhood of Longview over an emergency call regarding an unwanted visitor.
- PUB DATE: 12/12/2022 6:00:00 PM - SOURCE: The Daily News