VIDEO/PHOTOS: The FDNY on Wednesday lit a lithium-ion battery on fire to demonstrate how dangerous that kind a blaze can be if not handled properly. “We want the public to know, to be aware that it’s a danger,” FDNY Chief of Operations John Esposito said during the demo at the Randall’s Island Fire Academy.
- PUB DATE: 9/9/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Daily News - Metered Site

The Rural Health Innovation Collaborative (RHIC, pronounced “rick”) visits small rural hospitals throughout the Wabash Valley and 14 other sites scattered from Evansville to Fort Wayne in a mobile simulation unit capable of training healthcare providers and students on how to treat 45 different medical incidents.
- PUB DATE: 9/9/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Pharos-Tribune

VIDEO: A new exhibit at the Gulfport Museum of History unveiled a collection entitled ‘Katrina Images Revisited.’ “This lady, Carmen, was just off Howard Avenue when I walked up and there was debris everywhere and she was sweeping and cleaning and she had this incredible positive attitude and she said ‘I am karate mamma and I will survive.
- PUB DATE: 9/9/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WXXV-TV FOX/NBC/CW 25 Gulfport

Investigators are working to determine what caused a fire that tore through a vacant home in Seattle's Cherry Hill neighborhood on Friday. Flames engulfed the home just before 1 a.m. in the 1100 block of 13th Avenue. Initially, firefighters had to fight the fire from the outside, but they were eventually able to get in and search the home to see if anyone was inside.
- PUB DATE: 9/9/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle

Spokane Fire Department has determined the cause of this early morning house fire resulted from improperly discarded smoking materials that were left on the front porch. SFD says the people inside of the home were alerted to the fire when the front window broke due to the fire on the outside of the house.
- PUB DATE: 9/8/2022 5:00:00 PM - SOURCE: KHQ-TV NBC 6 Spokane