VIDEO; For those looking for a trip to the city, or Philadelphians planning a day in their community, the Fireman's Hall Museum promotes fun and fire safety! "There's been a lot of sacrifice to make this experience great for all ages...To learn where we came from to where we are today in fire safety," said Firefighter and Curator Brian Anderson.
- PUB DATE: 2/28/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPVI-TV ABC 6 Philadelphia

A series of intentionally set fires throughout Spokane kept fire crews busy throughout February; now, the Spokane Fire Department (SFD) urges the public to take extra precautions to prevent further fires. The fires started on Feb. 12 around 7:16 p.m. near the 5400 block of West Barnes Road when SFD received a call of a fire coming from a parked van.
- PUB DATE: 2/27/2024 11:06:00 PM - SOURCE: NonStop Local

The action of a fast-acting maintenance worker helped prevent a fire from spreading at the Gordon Family YMCA in Sumner. Kids were inside the gym Tuesday morning when flames and smoke were reported coming from a ceiling light. East Pierce Fire says a maintenance worker used a scissor lift to put out the fire before it spread.
- PUB DATE: 2/27/2024 9:31:00 PM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7 Seattle

A raging fire at a northwestern Minnesota grain elevator kept crews from at least 17 different departments busy overnight, closing area schools Monday and triggering a request for residents to refrain from using water. Reports of the fire near the city of Hawley began coming in around 11:30 Sunday night and by the time engine crews arrived the structure was engulfed, with flames leaping high into the night sky.
- PUB DATE: 2/27/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KARE-TV NBC 11 Minneapolis

VIDEO: The South Texas city of McAllen is offering to train Mexican firefighters in what the mayor calls the first such binational collaboration among fire departments. “This is the first in the country where you have a Mexican fire department coming and training in the United States. So we’re really proud of what we’re doing,” McAllen Mayor Javier Villalobos said Monday afternoon.
- PUB DATE: 2/27/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTSM-TV NBC 9 El Paso