The Cazenovia (NY) Fire Department had Sutphen build this SP 95 platform quint on a Monarch 73-inch flat roof cab and chassis.

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Crews responded to a large apartment fire early Thursday morning in north Houston near Greens Road, close to Bush Airport. According to officials with the Houston Fire Department, the fire started just after 3 a.m. and was upgraded to a second-alarm fire, prompting additional firefighters and resources from neighboring departments to assist.

Fire officials said the flames have been knocked down, but crews remain on scene monitoring for hot spots. Two ladder trucks were still positioned at the complex as a precaution, though no water was actively being sprayed. Authorities said about 10 apartment units were a total loss. It is unclear whether all of those units were occupied at the time of the fire.

The Red Cross was on scene assisting families who were displaced. Fortunately, fire officials said no injuries or fatalities were reported, and residents were able to get out safely. Investigators are still working to determine what caused the fire. Officials said it is not yet known whether the fire was intentionally set or if it may have been related to a heating source.

KHOU-TV CBS 11 Houston

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PHOTOS: Ever since the sixth-generation Ford Bronco debuted for the 2021 model year, The Blue Oval has been keen to use it to help give back to the U.S. Forest Service and other entities that help out in terms of preventing forest fires, preserving the wilderness, and conducting search and rescue missions. It has done this via the Bronco Wild Fund and by creating some special Broncos outfitted for such purposes, including the Bronco Filson Wildland Fire Rig Concept and the Bronco Wildland Firefighting Command Rig.

Now, Ford continues those efforts by announcing a new collaboration with the National Association for Search and Rescue (NASAR), dubbed Bronco “Answer the Call.” This new initiative is designed to help close the resource gap for volunteer rescue teams in the U.S. by identifying and donating three upfitted Ford Bronco SUVs to deserving search and rescue operations. The donated vehicles will be Ford Bronco Badlands models equipped with the Sasquatch Package, purpose-built to handle everything from high-altitude peaks to dense, mud-laden forests.

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Everett firefighters rescued a man from a confined space Tuesday morning after he fell into a tank on a rail-container vessel in dry dock. It happened at a shipyard in the 2800 block of Terminal Avenue. Fire officials said the man fell about four feet into a tank that was roughly 1.5 feet in diameter and extended about 20 feet down into the vessel. His injuries were not life-threatening.

“The rescue was completed using specialized rescue equipment and procedures to ensure the safety of both the employee and responding firefighters,” the fire department said in a Facebook post. “Once removed from the tank, the employee was evaluated and treated on scene by Everett Fire Department EMS personnel.” The entire rescue operation took about 30 minutes.

KIRO-TV CBS 7 Seattle

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VIDEO: A local firefighter is back at home recovering after a stroke paralyzed half his body. His journey to walk again hasn’t been easy. Some recoveries are about learning how to live again, but for Paul McNabb, his recovery journey is about fighting his way back to the life he already loves, as a firefighter in both Guilford and Alamance Counties and a paramedic in Alamance County.

It started on a quiet drive home, fresh off a 24-hour firefighting shift, when a body trained to save lives suddenly sent a warning of its own, “I instantly knew I was having a stroke,” Paul McNabb said. McNabb didn’t hesitate. He turned around and drove to the nearest hospital, seven minutes away, racing the clock before the damage could set in, “an entire side of your body going numb? Not normal. At all. Ever.”

What followed were days in intensive care, therapy and uncertainty, and somehow, even there, moments of lightness, “I could still speak, but you couldn’t understand much of what I was saying.” Through it all, he never lost his laugh. But for a moment there, the man who runs toward emergencies couldn’t walk at all, “honestly, when it happened, I didn’t think I was gonna walk again. I didn’t think I was gonna do anything again.”

WFMY-TV CBS 2 Greensboro

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