As we celebrate Black History Month, this is the story of a little boy living in poverty who had a dream to become a Chicago firefighter. As CBS 2’s Jim Williams reported Thursday, that dream came true, thanks his hard work and the extraordinary kindness of men and women, Black and white, at one firehouse on the West Side.
- PUB DATE: 2/7/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBBM-TV CBS 2 Chicago

A firefighter's job is never easy. It can be difficult, dangerous and heartbreaking. It can also be amazing, hopeful and wonderful when at the end of a call everyone is safe and healthy. However, for the firefighters the risks from the job, whether it is a physical ailment or mental scars, carry on far past the last blaze.
- PUB DATE: 2/7/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: West Central Tribune - Metered Site

There's a push to register more organ donors in St. Lucie County. The St. Lucie County Fire District, along with the Tax Collector's Office and Legacy Donors, are launching a campaign with special decals that will be placed on fire rescue trucks. The decals will be placed on the back of the trucks at Fire Station 3 by past donors' families on Monday and will eventually be placed on all trucks across the county.
- PUB DATE: 2/7/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPTV NBC 5 West Palm Beach

A normal bottle of high-alcohol hand sanitizer will burn away in just a couple of hours, but Daniel Rose knows how to fashion a container so that it provides about six hours of heat. Now, he’s thankful a local church gifted him a small propane heater. “For a while, I was combining alcohol and cooking oil to burn, but it wasn’t safe,” Rose said.
- PUB DATE: 2/7/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Spokesman News-Review - Metered Site

“Two new ambulances are being put into service as part of a planned equipment replacement for the Poway (CA) Fire Department. The first ambulance (Medic 3791) is operating out of Fire Station 1 on Community Road. The second ambulance (Medic 3793) is in the final stages of being equipped and will be stationed at Fire Station 3 on Pomerado Road.

“With the refresh, the older ambulances move into reserve status at their respective fire stations. Reserve units ensure that there’s no disruption of service when a frontline unit is out for maintenance. The former reserve ambulances are sold at auction after equipment and Poway Fire Department graphics are removed. The radio equipment is retained for use in the new ambulances.

“The new ambulances may look a little different than what Poway residents are used to seeing. They are debuting a deeper red paint color and updated graphics that will become the standard for all new Poway Fire Department apparatus moving forward.

“Last year our Poway ambulances logged an average of 1,780 miles per month and responded to more than 3,200 incidents.”