The department was able to replace a commercial-chassis rescue truck with a 2017 Pierce Enforcer heavy rescue.

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Departments should evaluate balance, stability, cleanability, fit range, and operational performance of helmets.

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A second alarm was called for a fire that broke out at an apartment building in Southeast D.C. on Tuesday afternoon. The DC Fire and EMS Department was called at around 1:50 p.m. to a three-story apartment building in the 5300 block of E St.

Responding firefighters were met with smoke and fire showing from the roof eaves. Firefighters went into the building and searched for people to get them out.

A second alarm was called as the fire extended to a nearby building. The fire was knocked down over an hour later. Fire officials said 12 occupied apartment units were affected, displacing 28 adults, 16 kids, four dogs and three cats. One firefighter was taken to the hospital with minor injuries.

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VIDEO: The Salt Lake City Fire Department is one of only about 1% of fire departments in the country running a program that embeds social workers directly with paramedics and firefighters to respond to 911 calls involving a wide variety of issues, including mental health crises and drug overdoses.

The program, called the Community Health Access Team — or CHAT — has been operating for 4 years. The goal is to meet people at their most vulnerable moments and connect them to services that can provide lasting help — not just immediate medical care.

“It’s about sending the right people to the right call at the right time and changing their life,” Salt Lake City Fire Division Chief Kyle Lavender said. CHAT team members are stationed at Salt Lake City fire stations, including Fire Station 5, located near 900 South and 900 East.

Social workers respond alongside paramedics and firefighters to calls involving issues that may require more than immediate medical attention.

“Salt Lake City probably has the lion’s share of the homeless population in the state of Utah, and with that population comes a lot of substance abuse, mental illness — and for our firefighters, that’s not really their training,” Lavender said.

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VIDEOS: First responders say they were in the right place at the right time Monday when they rescued a 28-year-old man from an overturned pickup truck submerged in Nimishillen Creek.

The driver of the truck drove passed the median on Interstate 77 in Canton when he crashed into the creek. The dramatic rescue unfolded when firefighters from the Bolivar Fire Department happened to be driving back from Aultman Hospital and were flagged down by motorists who had witnessed the crash. “They said, ‘There’s a truck that just crossed the median and went into the river,'” Bolivar Fire Lt. Kent Thompson said. “You don’t hear that that often.”

Firefighters found the pickup upside down and completely submerged, with the driver trapped inside. Bolivar firefighters Sarah Valentine and Ashley Curtner, along with Canton firefighter Kyle Gallagher, climbed over a fence, descended into the creek and worked together to free the driver through the passenger-side door.

According to the Canton Fire Department, only about six minutes elapsed from the time the department was dispatched until crews removed the man from the water. However, when crews rescued the man, he had no pulse.

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