VIDEO: When the call for help goes out, LifeFlight of Maine answers. But when they’re not saving lives all across the Pine Tree State, they’re keeping their skills sharp at the all-new simulation and learning lab. The in-house labs officially opened this week in Bangor, Auburn and Sanford, the beginning of a statewide training connection.
- PUB DATE: 7/15/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WABI-TV CBS 5 Bangor

PHOTOS: Two Elizabeth volunteer firefighters recently took the trip of a lifetime when they drove the town’s first firetruck along U.S. 20 from Elizabeth to Newport, Ore., a round-trip journey of more than 4,000 miles. Bob “Hambone” Wand, who is retired from the Elizabeth Fire Department, and Jacob Krug, a current volunteer, left Elizabeth on June 17 in the 1½-ton 1937 Chevrolet Rotary Fire Pump firetruck.
- PUB DATE: 7/15/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Telegraph Herald - Metered Site

Nearly four years ago, Brian Kyle “BK” Frizzell lost his sister, Haley Frizzell, and roommate David Angel Ortiz to a fire that was deliberately set at the Iconic Village Apartments in San Marcos. Haley, 19, was the youngest of five victims – along with Dru Estes, 20; Belinda Moats, 21; Ortiz, 21; and James Philip Miranda, 23 – who lost their lives on July 20, 2018.
- PUB DATE: 7/15/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Texas Standard

The Philadelphia Fire Department (PFD) is welcoming 76 new members — 67 firefighter/EMTs and nine paramedics — into its ranks after a nine-month training program. This year was the first live audience fire department graduation after the start of the pandemic. The fire department also celebrates 150 years in 2022.
- PUB DATE: 7/15/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Al Dia News

VIDEO/PHOTOS: Firefighters responded to flames at the Gig Harbor Marina Friday morning. Gig Harbor Fire tweeted photos of the fire showing what appears to be a boat engulfed in flames. The fire was knocked down around 5:30 a.m., firefighters said. Crews were able to keep the fire contained to one boat, though a second boat suffered minor damage.
- PUB DATE: 7/15/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle