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Posted: Aug 15, 2022

VIDEO: North Carolina firefighters battle house inferno

Winston-Salem firefighters battled an inferno at a house on Sunday morning. Video shows crews attempting to put out the blaze that engulfed the house on Patterson Avenue completely in flames at 3:15 a.m. A person with The Habitat Homeless Veterans Transition Project, LLC tells FOX8 that the house was one of their homes.
- PUB DATE: 8/15/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WGHP-TV FOX 8 High Point
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Posted: Aug 15, 2022

Firefighter who pulled lone survivor from Flight 255 wreckage in Michigan talks about crash, 35 years later

VIDEO: It’s been 35 years since the tragic crash of Northwest Flight 255. The plane crashed shortly after takeoff from Detroit Metro Airport back on Aug. 16, 1987, killing 156 people -- with just one person surviving, a four-year-old girl. Hank Winchester talked with Captain John Thiede of the Romulus Fire Department, the firefighter who pulled that child from the wreckage that night.
- PUB DATE: 8/15/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDIV-TV NBC 4 Detroit
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Posted: Aug 15, 2022

Florida county's first firefighting academy for high schoolers opens at local high school

Palm Bay High School’s new firefighting academy is serious business — and not just because, as instructor Chester Bombriant quipped, “everything in that classroom could hurt you.” It’s also a college-level course, and it’s the first of its kind in Brevard County. About 100 students are in the program.
- PUB DATE: 8/15/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Florida Today - Metered Site
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Posted: Aug 15, 2022

Memorial unveiled for fallen firefighters in South Carolina

VIDEO: Sitting in the heart of downtown Anderson is a new memorial dedicated to the firefighters who were killed in the line of duty. “This monument stands as a symbol of strength, courage, dedication, brotherhood and sacrifice,” Anderson Fire Chief Charlie King said. “I’m sure that no one on this memorial would have ever known they were answering their last call,” Dr.
- PUB DATE: 8/15/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSPA-TV CBS 7 Spartanburg
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Posted: Aug 15, 2022

Fire department in Tennessee reports over 100 overdose incidents so far in August

During Overdose Awareness Month, Knoxville Fire Department is working to shed light on the frequency of overdoses in Knox County. From Aug. 1-12, KFD responded to a total of 101 reported overdoses, according to their Twitter posts. Assistant Chief Mark Wilbanks confirmed that since the beginning of 2022, the station’s total overdose response number was 1301, as of Aug.
- PUB DATE: 8/15/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WATE-TV ABC 6 Knoxville
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