The New York City Fire Department has lost dozens of members this past year to diseases related to rescue-and-recovery work after Sept. 11, 2001, pushing the department over a grim threshold: More FDNY responders have now died from 9/11-related diseases than were killed on the day of the attack. “Our list of heroes grows each year,” said FDNY Acting Chief John Esposito at a solemn ceremony Wednesday during which 32 of the most recent deaths were added to the FDNY World Trade Center Memorial Wall.
- PUB DATE: 9/6/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Gothamist

VIDEO: After nearly six hours, Los Angeles firefighters saved a construction worker who fell into an 8-foot deep trench in Los Feliz — a rescue mission carried out during a sweltering, triple-digit heat wave. The man was left in serious condition and had to be taken to a hospital by paramedics while two firefighters were treated at the scene for heat exhaustion, with one ultimately taken to a hospital, according to the LA Fire Department.
- PUB DATE: 9/6/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCAL-TV CBS 9 Los Angeles

VIDEO: This is a busy time for college students new and old. It can be extremely dangerous if students aren’t given the proper training. Just last Sunday, a fire started in a dorm room at UMass. The cause: a burning candle left unattended. While no one was injured, that isn’t always the case. A 21-year-old died in an off-campus apartment fire in 2013.
- PUB DATE: 9/6/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WWLP-TV NBC/CW+ 22 Springfield

VIDEO: Officials are looking into an accident at Pacific Recycling when a pressurized tank crashed into a neighborhood home. Firefighters say “by the grace of god” no injuries were reported, but one family’s vacation has been cut short, by a first for the Kennewick Fire Department. Residents around Pacific Recycling in Kennewick say it sounded like a bomb went off Wednesday morning, adding it shook their homes.
- PUB DATE: 9/6/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KEPR-TV CBS/CW+ 19 Pasco

The months-long search for the next Kittitas Valley Fire & Rescue chief has come to an end. The Fire Protection District No. 2 Board of Commissioners unanimously decided Wednesday to offer the job to Jon Perry. Perry was one of three candidates. He will replace Chief John Sinclair, who is stepping down at the end of this year.
- PUB DATE: 9/5/2024 5:00:00 PM - SOURCE: Ellensburg Daily Record - Metered Site