The Nashville Fire Department is now credentialed as a State Type 1 Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and high yield explosives (CBRNE) team. It took them over 5 years to get the designation. What does this mean? This designation acknowledges the Nashville Fire Department's ability to handle hazardous materials and dangerous situations involving CBRNE.
- PUB DATE: 12/4/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTVF-TV CBS 5 Nashville

Okaloosa County Emergency Management Services will now offer a one-of-a-kind blood administration program allowing first responders to treat patients with a portable blood supply. The new device is expected to increase the survival rates of patients who experience major traumatic shock, along with those with conditions such as gastrointestinal (GI) bleeds, post-partum hemorrhage and other instances of severe bleeding.
- PUB DATE: 12/4/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Northwest Florida Daily News - Metered Site

One person was killed after a fireball tore through their Bellingham home. Police say that the fire was likely sparked at the Lincoln St home on Friday, but wasn’t reported until Sunday when someone known to the victim went to check on them. Investigators say that the resident was on oxygen and an open flame likely sparked the fireball.
- PUB DATE: 12/4/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KGMI-AM 790/FM 96.5 Bellingham

The city of Burlington will seek to hire a new full-time firefighter as part of a plan to end its fire department’s part-time firefighter program. The Burlington City Council narrowly approved the new full-time position Thursday, but did not approve the other six staff positions throughout the city that were pitched to councilmembers at their last meeting.
- PUB DATE: 12/1/2023 6:00:00 PM - SOURCE: Go Skagit

At least one person is dead after a home in South St. Paul reportedly caught fire and exploded Thursday morning. Firefighters were called to a house on Ninth Avenue South near Spruce Street just before 6:20 a.m. “I heard a big loud boom and it shook my house,” Donna Johnson, who lives nearby, told us.
- PUB DATE: 12/1/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSTP-TV ABC 6 Saint Paul