The Durham Fire Department joined the hijinks on April Fools Day with a Friday morning post that drew strong reactions from basketball fans. The department took to social media to share seemingly real designs of a new fire engine with an unmistakable paint color – Duke blue. The post said: One of our Fire Trucks is going to look a lot different! As many of you know, we recently got seven new engines that will soon be in service.
- PUB DATE: 4/4/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WNCN-TV CBS 17 Goldsboro

Hoosiers needing emergency assistance can now text 911 in their native language and have their plea for help immediately translated for a police, fire or ambulance dispatcher. The Indiana Statewide 911 Board recently announced it has partnered with INdigital to translate text-to-911 messages into English from 108 different languages.
- PUB DATE: 4/4/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Neighbor

VIDEO/PHOTOS: The Hawks on Friday unveiled a new mural at Atlanta Fire Rescue Station 16, where 16 Black firefighters first integrated the city's department in 1963. Several of those history-making firefighters were on hand for the occasion, as was Hawks legend Dominique Wilkins and current players John Collins and Skylar Mays.
- PUB DATE: 4/4/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WXIA-TV NBC 11 Atlanta

Just days after the BA.2 strain of coronavirus achieved world dominance, international health officials are already turning their attention to a new, mutant variant believed to be even more transmissible – XE. XE is a combination of the first form of omicron to spread across the globe, BA.1, and so-called “stealth omicron,” the subvariant BA.
- PUB DATE: 4/4/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPIX-TV CW 11 New York

Since being established more than 150 years ago, the Vancouver Fire Department formed its first all-female crew. FOX 12 spoke with VFD captain Heidi Parr, who said the creation of this team happened on its own. “It kind of happened organically,” Parr said. “I was working with another woman last year and at the end of the year our third was leaving to go to another station.
- PUB DATE: 4/4/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPTV-TV FOX 12 Portland