VIDEO/PHOTOS: Brad Hillegass had operated a crane plenty of times but never with the lives of nine men in the balance. That changed July 24, 2002, when nine miners were trapped 240 feet underground at the Quecreek Mine in Somerset County and his job was to safely lift them to freedom one-by-one in a slim, yellow, metal capsule through a precariously narrow shaft dug by rescuers.
- PUB DATE: 7/22/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: TribLIVE

VIDEO: Staffing shortages are being felt in every office across the country. Many companies have come up with new and creative ways to get people in the door. The Wilson County Emergency Management Agency is one of them. "We’re basically starting over again, with a new curriculum. A lot of our administration a lot of our in house instructors have worked very diligently to set this up.
- PUB DATE: 7/22/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTVF-TV CBS 5 Nashville

California Society of Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery (CalDerm), the leading voice for Dermatologists, announced the launch of the Firefighter Skin Cancer Prevention Screening Program in California in partnership with the Firefighters Cancer Support Network. CalDerm, alongside our partners at the Firefighter Cancer Support Network, is pleased to utilize the framework built by their professional colleagues in Boston and offer their expertise in skin cancer prevention and screenings to firefighters on the firelines in California.
- PUB DATE: 7/22/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Morningstar

VIDEO: When you call 911, you expect an ambulance within minutes. But Thursday, emergency services providers offered a bleak prognosis to state lawmakers. "You can sum it up in two words,” said Bruce Baxter, president of the Connecticut EMS Chiefs Association. “It's a financial concern and a workforce concern.
- PUB DATE: 7/22/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: News 12 Connecticut

A mobile home was engulfed in flames early Friday morning near Aberdeen. The South Beach Regional Fire Authority said it was called out to Astoria Lane around 3:40 a.m. for the fire. Crews say they soon found the mobile home in flames, with nearby vehicles also covered in flames. Firefighters took down the fire but did find one person dead inside.
- PUB DATE: 7/22/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle