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Posted: Jul 14, 2022

Homelessness to firefighter: Utah man shares his journey from off the streets

VIDEO: Every day at work, Dyllon Ryser gets to help people. Whether it's fighting fires, providing urgent medical care, or sometimes offering a pep talk on the side. "Good job. Keep up the hard work, man. Keep your head up, OK," Ryser said to a man needing first aid. "I know it's hard out there on the streets.
- PUB DATE: 7/14/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSL-TV NBC 5 Salt Lake City
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Posted: Jul 14, 2022

Arson dogs come from around the US to train in Maine

Maine is home to one of the most important training sites in the country for law enforcement canines. That’s according to the people who pay for all of it. State Farm Insurance has been funding arson dog purchasing and training since 1993. Heather Paul, the company's national arson dog program coordinator, said the average residential house fire costs them $45,000 to insure.
- PUB DATE: 7/14/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCSH-TV NBC 6 Portland
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Posted: Jul 14, 2022

Illinois fire department looks ahead to fall recruitment using new methods

Peoria Fire Department is gearing up for fall recruitment by thinking outside the box to attract talent. Interim Fire Chief Shawn Sollberger said recruitment numbers have been down for a while. “What we’re used to is hundreds of people wanting to be a firefighter, and now we’re running into dozens of people wanting to be firefighter,” he said.
- PUB DATE: 7/14/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMBD-TV CBS 31 Peoria
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Posted: Jul 14, 2022

Helicopter falls from the sky near Wenatchee, lands on teen who saves pilot

VIDEO: Logan Schneider thought his day was done on his family's cherry farm last week when it was really just beginning. "Looking at what happened, I don't know how we both got out," he said. Logan was riding a tractor in the orchard about 12 miles north of Wenatchee last week when a helicopter hit overhead powerlines and landed on top of him.
- PUB DATE: 7/14/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle
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Posted: Jul 14, 2022

Investigation underway after fire scorches AT&T cell tower in Seattle's Beacon Hill

VIDEO/PHOTOS: A cell tower caught fire overnight in Seattle’s Beacon Hill neighborhood. Reports of the fire came in around 3:30 a.m. Thursday at 12th Ave South and Dearborn Street. The flames are out now and damage to an AT&T cell tower is apparent. Seattle fire crews said they don’t know what sparked the flames, but a cell-tower fire is uncommon.
- PUB DATE: 7/14/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle
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