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

Social media blew up over the weekend with support for 14 Deming firefighters/EMTs who surprised city officials on Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022, with tendering their two weeks’ notice at the John Strand Municipal Building, 309 S. Gold St. The 14 city employees cited low pay as the reason for tendering their resignations.
- PUB DATE: 1/25/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Deming Headlight