VIDEO: Just this week, more than a dozen Massachusetts firefighters file a federal lawsuit against several companies that make their turnout gear and firefighting foam. They allege companies knowingly used chemicals in those products that could cause cancer. One of those firefighters is Dan Ranahan of Boston.
- PUB DATE: 2/18/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBTS-TV NBC 10 Boston

A Cygnus cargo ship launching toward the International Space Station (ISS) this weekend will carry an experiment designed to improve fire safety on moon and Mars missions. Called SoFIE (Solid Fuel Ignition and Extinction), the experiment is the latest in a series of in-orbit investigations that look at how fire behaves in microgravity.
- PUB DATE: 2/18/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Space.com

An Oklahoma man says he is trying to change how fast first responders can make it to a house when someone is in need. His new invention is a special light bulb called “The Locator 911” and it launched this week for anyone to buy. Johnathan Harrison was a paramedic for 25 years and said he was in many situations where they couldn’t find the person who needed help because the address didn’t come up properly in GPS systems.
- PUB DATE: 2/18/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KWTV-DT CBS 9 Oklahoma City

After 33 years of dispatch service, Tom Eades is changing his career path and joining the San Juan Island Fire and Rescue. “I had brown hair — well, I actually had hair when I started this job I’ve been doing it for so long,” Eades laughed. Although staying at the San Juan County Sheriff’s Department for decades, this certainly isn’t the first time Eades has changed career paths.
- PUB DATE: 2/18/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: San Juan Journal

If a major earthquake hits Kitsap County fire stations in Central Kitsap, some older than 50 years may collapse. Central Kitsap Fire and Rescue, as part of a bond approved in 2020, has begun the work to lessen that risk. On Wednesday morning, a groundbreaking ceremony where the new Olympic View Community Fire Station will be built over the following 12 months marked the first step of a series of CKFR's projects to combine, replace or remodel its nine fire stations.
- PUB DATE: 2/18/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Kitsap Sun - Metered Site