VIDEO/PHOTOS: When the Huntersville Fire Department sent out letters asking the community for donations to cover the cost of new equipment for firefighters, a 5-year-old broke open his piggy bank to help. Literally. Huntersville fire posted on Facebook that 5-year-old Brian wrote back and included $3 from his piggy bank.
- PUB DATE: 11/16/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCNC-TV NBC 36 Charlotte

Jerry Sanford retired to Naples, Florida, after a 29-year career as a New York City firefighter, but the city managed to call him back to help his brothers right before one of the most critical times in the history of the United States: 9/11. Although Sanford later developed cancer potentially associated with the fumes and toxins surrounding Ground Zero, he felt it was important to recount his experiences from the weeks leading up to and following 9/11 in his book, “It Started With a Helmet: A Retired Firefighter’s Return to New York City the Day Before 9/11.
- PUB DATE: 11/16/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Cure Today

A Sioux City woman was arrested early Saturday and charged with causing thousands of dollars of damage to vehicles parked at a Sioux City fire station. According to court documents, firefighters at the station at 2630 Third St. heard a car alarm going off in their parking lot at 6:53 a.m. When they went outside to check the alarm, they found Dominique Carman in the lot damaging the vehicles.
- PUB DATE: 11/16/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Sioux City Journal

Emily Collins loves her volunteer role. Collins is a volunteer firefighter for Grant County Fire District 5, joining the department in early 2020. Volunteering with the fire department can be challenging, she said, but it’s much more rewarding. “I love everybody at the fire department. They’re just like a bunch of brothers, and uncles, and dads.
- PUB DATE: 11/16/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Columbia Basin Herald - Metered Site

Hundreds of people found themselves being trapped by rising floodwaters from the Nooksack River and volunteers joined first responders to lead the evacuation effort. With water coursing across nearly every road into Sumas, tractors and boats proved to be one of the few ways to safely run these rescue operations.
- PUB DATE: 11/16/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle