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New recruits at two Plateau-area fire departments earned top honors for their academic, physical and leadership skills during a regional graduation ceremony on Jan. 20. Thirty-two graduates, now headed to 10 regional agencies, graduated that evening from the South King County Fire Training Consortium, which trains new firefighter/EMTs in the area.
- PUB DATE: 1/25/2022 1:01:03 AM - SOURCE: Courier Herald

Three firefighters were killed and one critically injured from a partial building collapse while battling a fire in a vacant rowhome in west Baltimore early Monday, officials said. In a news conference held by Mayor Brandon Scott and the Baltimore City Fire Department, Scott released the names of the victims from the early morning rowhome fire.
- PUB DATE: 1/25/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBAL-AM 1090 Baltimore

VIDEO: After a massive fire broke out at a Newark recycling center early Tuesday, smoke could be smelled as far away as Manhattan and the Bronx, officials said. AIR11 was over the scene Tuesday just after 6 a.m. as two large piles of metal burned at the Eastern Metal Recycling Terminal, located in the Port Newark area of the city.
- PUB DATE: 1/25/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPIX-TV CW 11 New York

VIDEO: A local fire department is taking extra measures to keep crews safe while on the job. The new equipment? A portable speed bump. When first responders are on the scene of a crash or at a fire, they’re already putting their lives in danger. So Whitesboro wanted to curb the risk of a distracted driver adding to that threat.
- PUB DATE: 1/25/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KXII-TV CBS/FOX 12 Sherman