VIDEO: Some New Hampshire firefighters have started the first phase of a new medical screening program that aims to catch cancer before it becomes deadly.

Officials said they believe the state’s comprehensive approach will set a new nationwide standard. “Firefighters are conditioned to take care of everyone else first,” said retired Nashua Fire Chief Glenn Telgen. “These exams are about ensuring we also take care of our own.”

Telgen is battling pancreatic cancer. He’s urging his fellow career firefighters to participate in a new, state-funded comprehensive cancer screening program that launched Monday. Gov. Kelly Ayotte and fire service leaders from across the state gathered Monday to announce that the first firefighters started receiving their cancer screenings under the new program that morning.

Lawmakers passed a $5 million appropriation in 2024 to fund the initiative, which runs firefighters through a battery of tests, including CT scans, full-body ultrasounds and extensive blood work.

“It’s historic, because it’s the first state or province in our international union across two great countries to do something with CT scans, the diagnostic ultrasounds and the blood tests, that trifecta … is going to save lives,” said Jay Colbert, IAFF district 3 vice president.

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VIDEO/PHOTOS: Multiple couches, hay bales and other furniture met an early demise as students lit more than 40 fires across Ann Arbor after Michigan basketball’s national championship win Monday night.

Hundreds of students took over South University Avenue and nearby streets shortly after 11 p.m., April 6 to set off fireworks and climb anything they could find: light poles, shoulders, trees and fences, included.

The Wolverines‘ title, clinched in a 69-63 win over Connecticut in Indianapolis’ Lucas Oil Stadium, is the second in program history and their first since 1989.

Celebrating throngs quickly moved outward into surrounding neighborhoods, dispersing into groups of students darting across darkened streets to the next party. And it didn’t take long for a soundtrack of cheering coeds and jovial car honking to have a new instrument join the medley – the wail of fire trucks.

One of the first fires came roughly 20 minutes after the Wolverine win. By 12:30 a.m., students showed no signs of slowing down, per Mike Kennedy, chief of the Ann Arbor Fire Department.

Firefighters blared their horns at cars and pedestrians alike as they rushed from one intersection to the next. Most of the fire appeared to be pieces of furniture.

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VIDEO: Everson’s first responders say they are increasingly concerned that the next major flood on the Nooksack River could cut them off from the community they serve. Station 81 in Whatcom County sits in a floodplain, and firefighters say the situation has become unsustainable after two historic floods in the past five years. “I had driftwood on the floors in the front of the station,” Assistant Chief Brian Atkins said, recalling last December’s flooding, when the Nooksack River surged to the station’s front door.

The firehouse was built nearly 50 years ago, when floods were far less frequent and severe. Now, as crews prepare for the upcoming wildfire season, they say they are still dealing with the impacts of recent flooding. “You’re also kind of looking over your shoulder, I guess,” Atkins said. Officials said the station came close to shutting down during December’s flooding.

“We were at the limit. Much beyond where we were, and we would have had to evacuate our entire operation,” Atkins said. “I had driftwood on the floors in the front of the station.” County officials have proposed building a new fire station outside the floodplain at a cost of about $15 million, but voters rejected the measure two years ago.

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PHOTOS: A fire in the 100 block of Stark Road sent Gleed Fire and crews from several neighboring agencies to a home at about 10 a.m., according to the Gleed Fire Department. The department reported the first crews on scene found heavy fire in an outbuilding and saw it had spread to the main house. Firefighters knocked down flames that had reached the attic and one bedroom.

The fire was under control at 11:15 a.m. Crews then spent another hour and a half overhauling the home. People were home when the fire started. No injuries were reported. The cause remained under investigation. The Naches Fire & Rescue, Selah Fire Department, Yakima Fire Department, Yakima Training Center, East Valley Fire & Rescue, AMR ambulance and the Yakima Sheriff’s Department were among the many crews that helped out at the scene.

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PHOTOS: Snohomish County Regional Fire and Rescue says residents in Monroe woke up to flames inside their multi-family home on Friday morning. Crews responded to Killarney Circle and Limerick Place and found the residents were able to get out safely after putting the fire out themselves.

Firefighters say there were no working smoke detectors inside the home and crews have since installed a working detector inside. “We urge everyone to ensure there is a working smoke alarm in every living space of your home,” the agency posted on Facebook. The Red Cross is also assisting the residents in addition to the Fire 7 Foundation, the post said.

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