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Posted: Dec 7, 2023

Drones offer a new dimension of public safety for Colorado firefighters

VIDEO: Three major structure fire responses in just four days got support from the Colorado Springs Fire Department’s new Special Operations Division. The support from the division formed back in August is visuals and infrared images from drones. “We have just been evolving pretty much every week since we've been stood up,” said Captain JJ Halsey with Colorado Springs Fire Department.
- PUB DATE: 12/7/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOAA-TV NBC 5 Pueblo
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Posted: Dec 7, 2023

Bystanders, firefighters rescue 3 from sailboat stuck off shore in Massachusetts

VIDEO: With the help of helpful local residents, three people were pulled from a sailboat in distress close to the shore in Plymouth, Massachusetts, on Wednesday, firefighters said. Video from the scene shows the sailors jumping into the choppy surf, where people bundled in cold weather gear were waiting in the water to shuttle them to the beach.
- PUB DATE: 12/7/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBTS-CD NBC 10 Nashua
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Posted: Dec 7, 2023

Kentucky firefighters embracing peer support training to cope with difficult calls

VIDEO: Firefighters in Louisville are getting tools to help them have better ways to cope with the difficult calls they respond to. This week on Monday and Tuesday, firefighters with Louisville Fire and civilian employees participated in an International Association of Fire Fighters training focused on peer support.
- PUB DATE: 12/7/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDRB-TV FOX 41 Louisville
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Posted: Dec 7, 2023

Students safe after bus gets stuck on flooded road in Olympia

PHOTOS: McLane Black Lake firefighters performed a water rescue after a roadway covered with water was blocked by a vehicle. With the continued heavy rainfall in the Pacific Northwest Delphi Rd. between Cedar Flats and 32nd Ave. in Olympia was covered with water. According to a social media post from the McLane Black Fire Department, a car tried to drive through the standing water and became disabled.
- PUB DATE: 12/7/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KNDO-TV NBC 23 Yakima
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Posted: Dec 7, 2023

Follow Up: Firefighters rescue man from Skykomish River during flood using drone in Monroe

VIDEO: Fire crews along the Skykomish River near Monroe say rescue drivers aided by a drone are to credit with saving the life of a man who fell into the dark, frigid and fast-moving flood waters. Drone footage captured by Sky Valley Fire’s Assistant Fire Chief Ernie Walters shows the heat signature from rescue divers at 6:30 p.
- PUB DATE: 12/7/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle
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