It’s been reported that many famous Americans served as volunteer firemen, some of whom were Thomas Jefferson, Paul Revere, John Hancock and Samuel Adams. After a large fire in Philadelphia, Ben Franklin formed the Union Fire Co. Buildings that his company insured were identified by a steel fire mark showing the outline of a wooden fire hydrant.
- PUB DATE: 2/7/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Santa Maria Times

As we celebrate Black History Month, this is the story of a little boy living in poverty who had a dream to become a Chicago firefighter. As CBS 2’s Jim Williams reported Thursday, that dream came true, thanks his hard work and the extraordinary kindness of men and women, Black and white, at one firehouse on the West Side.
- PUB DATE: 2/7/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBBM-TV CBS 2 Chicago

A firefighter's job is never easy. It can be difficult, dangerous and heartbreaking. It can also be amazing, hopeful and wonderful when at the end of a call everyone is safe and healthy. However, for the firefighters the risks from the job, whether it is a physical ailment or mental scars, carry on far past the last blaze.
- PUB DATE: 2/7/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: West Central Tribune - Metered Site

There's a push to register more organ donors in St. Lucie County. The St. Lucie County Fire District, along with the Tax Collector's Office and Legacy Donors, are launching a campaign with special decals that will be placed on fire rescue trucks. The decals will be placed on the back of the trucks at Fire Station 3 by past donors' families on Monday and will eventually be placed on all trucks across the county.
- PUB DATE: 2/7/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPTV NBC 5 West Palm Beach

A normal bottle of high-alcohol hand sanitizer will burn away in just a couple of hours, but Daniel Rose knows how to fashion a container so that it provides about six hours of heat. Now, he’s thankful a local church gifted him a small propane heater. “For a while, I was combining alcohol and cooking oil to burn, but it wasn’t safe,” Rose said.
- PUB DATE: 2/7/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Spokesman News-Review - Metered Site