VIDEO: Every riding member of the Jacksonville Fire Rescue Department is outfitted with a bullet resistant vest. In August fire crews were first on scene at the Landing when a gunman opened fire killing two people and injuring several others before turning the gun on himself. On Tuesday Chief Kurtis Wilson told Action News Jax the shooting made the department rethink safety protocol.
- PUB DATE: 1/24/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CBS 47 Action News Jax

VIDEO: Do you sleep with your door closed? A group of Maryland firefighters are reminding people to sleep with their bedroom doors closed — as it prevents fires from spreading quickly through the home. “THIS is why you should always sleep with you doors closed,” posted the Prince Frederick Volunteer Fire Department.
- PUB DATE: 1/24/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJZ 13 Baltimore

Montgomery Fire Rescue shared an intense video of a house fire to their social media Wednesday. According to MFR’s Facebook page, the video is from a fire which happened around midnight in the 800 block of Buford Street. When firefighters arrived on the scene, the house was “fully involved” with flames and large amounts of smoke.
- PUB DATE: 1/24/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFSA 12 News

A destroyed truck and large sign on the side of a Columbus County highway have no doubt caught the attention of thousands of drivers, and the fire chief behind the display hopes the message will shock people into yielding to emergency vehicles on the road. "The message is: Put down your phones, pay attention to what's going on, give us your undivided attention, so that way we can remain safe," said Steve Camlin, chief of Acme-Delco-Riegelwood Fire-Rescue.
- PUB DATE: 1/24/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WECT-TV Channel 6

Retired Richmond fire marshal David Creasy wasn’t among the firefighters from across Virginia who packed a Senate committee meeting Tuesday. But Creasy, who died in October after more than four years of battling cancer, was well represented in the annual legislative battle to extend workers’ compensation benefits automatically to firefighters and other first responders stricken by certain forms of cancer they say are caused by exposure to toxic chemicals in the line of duty.
- PUB DATE: 1/24/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Richmond Times-Dispatch