VIDEO: Two Sparks firefighters are now providing a piece of equipment to fire stations all over the country. ‘We came up with an idea of trying to find a way to protect the lens of our SCBA mask,” said co-owner Cody Cavin. What started as an idea became BA Shields, where they manufacture shields that cover the lens of a firefighter’s self-contained breathing apparatus.
- PUB DATE: 3/21/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOLO-TV ABC/CW+ 8 Reno

PHOTOS: The city of Highland Park has added a $1 million truck to its firefighting fleet, the first new vehicle for its Fire Department since a private resident donated one nine years ago. The city received about $850,000 from the state to buy Ladder 1 with the help of state Rep. Helena Scott, D-Detroit, according to Highland Park Mayor Hubert Yopp.
- PUB DATE: 3/21/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Detroit News - Metered Site

Some familiar faces to the first-responder industry this week announced the Public Safety Towers Company (PSTC), which enters the competitive wireless-infrastructure space while promising to take a public-safety-centric approach in an effort to find synergies between government-owned assets and commercial-carrier needs.
- PUB DATE: 3/21/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: IWCE's Urgent Communications

PHOTOS: The Baltimore City Fire Department’s largest boat could be used to rescue a cargo ship that has been stuck in the Chesapeake Bay since mid-March, according to the local firefighters’ union. The Baltimore Firefighters IAFF Local 734 said in a social media post on Sunday that the fireboat has the ability to help with operations to safely remove the Hong Kong-flagged ship Ever Forward from the bay.
- PUB DATE: 3/21/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJZ-TV CBS 13 Baltimore

A Zillah landmark has been destroyed in a fire Sunday evening. Plumes of heavy dark smoke could be seen for miles. The blaze started at about 7p.m. at the Stonehenge Tavern in downtown Zillah. Firefighters say as far as they know, everyone made it out safely. A small neighboring building also burned; crews say it was used as storage space for the tavern.
- PUB DATE: 3/21/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIMA-TV CBS News Yakima