Posted: Jul 29, 2024
VIDEO: Firefighters now have a new vehicle fire simulator that is safer for firefighters and the environment.
“Vehicle fires are intense and dirty,” said Chief of Training Tom Schloemer. “The plastic or synthetic interior and fuel create hot, toxic smoke which is harmful to both firefighters and the environment.
- PUB DATE: 7/29/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WOIO-TV CBS 19 Shaker Heights
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Posted: Jul 29, 2024
VIDEO: Deputies responded to two separate car burglaries Saturday night, with both incidents occurring at different fire stations in East Baton Rouge Parish.
Firefighters returned from a late night call to find someone had broken into multiple employee vehicles at the East Side Fire Department on Old Hammond Highway.
- PUB DATE: 7/29/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBRZ-TV ABC 2 Baton Rouge
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Posted: Jul 29, 2024
VIDEO: At the Henrico Fire Department Training Facility off Woodman Road, fire crews got an extra hand from nearly 60 young girls who they hope to one day possibly recruit to the force. It was all part of their two-day summer camp called Girls on Fire.
The camp is the creation of Ronny Martin, the Lieutenant of Recruit Training with Henrico Fire.
- PUB DATE: 7/29/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTVR-TV CBS 6 Richmond
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Posted: Jul 29, 2024
PHOTOS: An empty Woonsocket mill went up in flames and is now reduced to rubble as bricks lay in piles where the building once stood.
"I’m sure everybody is shocked that building has been there for a long time,” said Woonsocket resident Robert Hayes.
Firefighters say they got a call around 1:00 a.m.
- PUB DATE: 7/29/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJAR-TV NBC 10 Providence
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Posted: Jul 29, 2024
PHOTOS: The community of Stehekin in Chelan County is now under a Level 3 (Get Out Now!) evacuation alert due to the Pioneer Fire.
The human-caused wildfire on the north shore of Lake Chelan, grew by about 1,200 acres between Saturday and Sunday. Containment of the fire has also dropped, going from 14% to 10% contained.
- PUB DATE: 7/29/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle
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