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Posted: Jan 13, 2022

Graham Fire & Rescue fire chief retires after four decades of service

Graham Fire & Rescue Fire Chief Pat Dale retired Friday after 40 years in the fire service. Oscar Espinosa, who previously served as deputy chief, has been selected to serve as the next Graham Fire & Rescue fire chief. Dale served the Graham community since 2017 and plans to continue teaching fire ground command and firefighting techniques nationally and internationally, from a new home base in Arizona.
- PUB DATE: 1/13/2022 1:28:51 AM - SOURCE: Eatonville Dispatch
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Posted: Jan 13, 2022

VIDEO: Crews knock down massive commercial building fire in California

PHOTOS: Firefighters battled a massive fire that broke out at a large commercial building in Adelanto. The fire started Wednesday afternoon at a commercial courtyard near the intersection of Baldwin Street and Bartlett Avenue, just east of Highway 395. The San Bernardino County Fire Department was the lead agency battling the fire with help from the Apple Valley Fire Protection District and the Victorville Fire Department.
- PUB DATE: 1/13/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KABC-TV ABC 7 Los Angeles
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Posted: Jan 13, 2022

Texas Firefighter Loses Half Her Body Weight

Weight loss is a common new year resolution. If making the pledge has proven easier than achieving it, a Collin County woman’s weight loss journey might serve up some inspiration. For Penny Leaver, looking back at photos of some of the more memorable moments of her life makes her cringe. “I hate the way I look and it makes me remember how horrible I felt also,” Leaver said.
- PUB DATE: 1/13/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KXAS-TV NBC 5 Fort Worth
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Posted: Jan 13, 2022

REELZ announces documentary about Rhode Island's 2003 Great White club fire

REELZ has announced the network’s original documentary America’s Deadliest Rock Concert: The Guest List premieres Sunday, February 20th at 8 pm ET/ 5 pm PT presenting the deeply personal stories of lives forever altered by the tragic Station nightclub fire that left 100 people dead, more than 200 injured, and devastated the tight-knit community of West Warwick, Rhode Island.
- PUB DATE: 1/13/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Music Universe
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Posted: Jan 13, 2022

19 states have fewer than 15% of ICU beds left as health care staffing shortages complicate care

As a record number of Americans are infected with Covid-19, largely due to the rapidly spreading Omicron variant, some states' health care systems are beset with nearly full intensive care units. Nineteen states have less than 15% remaining capacity in their ICUs. Four of them have less than 10%: Kentucky, Alabama, Indiana and New Hampshire, according to data Wednesday from the US Department of Health and Human Services.
- PUB DATE: 1/13/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNN Health
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