VIDEO: Mayor Eric Adams announced a major step for fire safety to protect New Yorkers from e-bikes and scooters that use lithium-ion batteries. The mayor was joined by members of the FDNY on Monday for the launch of a PR campaign that will alert delivery drivers in particular to never store e-bikes in the home.
- PUB DATE: 7/23/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: News 12 The Bronx

VIDEO: A fire department in Berkeley County says a change to firefighter shifts is showing positive results. The Berkeley Fire Department and EMS piloted a change for its firefighters from 24-48-hour schedules to 48-96-hour schedules for six months last summer before making the switch permanently in January of this year.
- PUB DATE: 7/23/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCSC-TV CBS 5 Charleston

An odd find of an antique first-aid kit triggered a Hazmat response in Bexley, and three other antique resellers around the country called emergency services after finding the same material, a local couple says. Kate Sanfilippo, a Bexley resident who sells handmade and vintage items as pickleladyfarm and PickleladyVintage on Etsy, picked up a 1933 Boy Scouts Johnson & Johnson first-aid kit Friday from a local estate sale.
- PUB DATE: 7/23/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Columbus Dispatch - Metered Site

State fire assistance has been mobilized under the Washington State Fire Services Resource Mobilization Plan in support of local firefighters working to contain the North Wenas Fire located in Yakima County, near the town of Selah. Washington State Patrol Chief John Batiste authorized the mobilization of state firefighting resources on July 22, 2024, at 9:30 p.
- PUB DATE: 7/23/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIMA-TV CBS/CW+ 29 Yakima

The Black Canyon Fire burning in central Washington has charred an estimated 4,500 acres, and some residents are evacuating for safety. At around 8 a.m., the Washington State DNR announced that the Black Canyon Fire burning about 10 miles northwest of Naches, Washington, had grown to an estimated 4,500 acres – an increase of 3,500 acres since the DNR's 9 p.
- PUB DATE: 7/23/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13 Seattle