When Pavel Zboril moved to Owensboro from the Czech Republic, he thought he left his life as a firefighter behind. Zboril, who comes from a community near the Czech city of Olomouc, was a volunteer firefighter, from a family of firefighters. “We have a long family history of volunteer firefighters in my family,” he said.
- PUB DATE: 5/9/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Messenger-Inquirer

The Spokane Fire Department is implementing a new way to care for sick and injured children. SFD has partnered with Handtevy, a company that specializes in EMS pediatric technology, to create a new emergency medical care system for kids. It offers a pediatric resuscitation system and a mobile application to reduce the stress that comes with pediatric medical emergencies.
- PUB DATE: 5/9/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4 Spokane

Volvo is obviously a very safety-oriented brand. It's consistently ranked as one of the safest automakers out there. Now, some firefighters are going to tear up a Volvo XC40 Recharge in the name of safety. Volvo says it's donating the fully-electric SUV to the Boston Fire Department so that the department's crews can learn more about electric vehicle fires.
- PUB DATE: 5/9/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CarBuzz

One York County fire department has generations of moms and families to celebrate on Mother’s Day, not to mention the traditions they’ve passed down. Three generations of Micki Rife’s family have worked in the West Manchester Township Fire Department, going back decades. She said firefighting is in their blood.
- PUB DATE: 5/9/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHTM-TV ABC 27 Harrisburg

A man was killed Sunday evening after a fire broke out in a University Place horse trailer he had fled into after being chased from a home he allegedly had broken into minutes earlier, the Pierce County Sheriff's Office said. The man, whose identity was pending, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to sheriff's Sgt.
- PUB DATE: 5/9/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle