VIDEO: When deadly weather moves into the area, speed saves lives. That’s why Tampa Fire Rescue just installed five brand new, state-of-the-art weather stations, scattered throughout the city. The department says the information gathered by the WeatherSTEM system will help protect first responders and the public by relaying potentially life-saving information about storms, changing weather patterns and dangerous lightning in our region – right down to the neighborhood level.
- PUB DATE: 12/15/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTSP-TV CBS News 10 Tampa

What started out as a team-building exercise landed the Tahlequah Fire Department in a TV commercial for the national company Ragú. Firefighter Anthony Margarit posted a video to his personal TikTok account, after he and his co-workers filmed a “commercial” wherein Margarit was cooking at Station 1 using Ragú sauce.
- PUB DATE: 12/15/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Tahlequah Daily Press

PHOTOS: A male worker that was reported unconscious within a chemical transport tank was rescued Tuesday afternoon. According to a tweet from Salt Lake City Fire Department, heavy rescue and hazmat teams arrived on scene for rescue efforts. SLC Fire Captain Anthony Burton said they responded to a situation around 2 p.
- PUB DATE: 12/15/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSL-TV NBC 5 Salt Lake City

COVID-19 hospitalizations are once again ticking upward after a lull in October and early November, with tens of thousands more Americans filling hospital beds across the country in the past four weeks. The increase is particularly noticeable in the Rust Belt and the Southwest. As of Wednesday, Michigan's population-adjusted rate is highest in the nation, followed by Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
- PUB DATE: 12/15/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC News

Fire crews are battling a massive blaze in downtown Olympia, which started early Wednesday around 5 a.m. The large commercial fire started in a five-story building still under construction on Capitol Way N between Thurston Avenue NW and Olympia Avenue NW, according to the Olympia Fire Department. The fire then spread to at least three other buildings.
- PUB DATE: 12/15/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KING 5 News Seattle