Three female firefighters are breaking barriers by filling top leadership roles at a fire station in Fairfax County. 7News Anchor Alison Starling spoke to the women about making history while saving lives. Captain Emily Murphy, Captain Katja Lancing and Captain Felecia Barnes -- Three of the finest Fairfax County Fire has to offer, now the officers in charge of Engine 437.
- PUB DATE: 10/8/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJLA-TV ABC 7 Washington DC

The Hartford, which has provided fire-safety education to more than 111 million children since 1947, deputized more than 65,000 new Junior Fire Marshals in one day as part of its second annual Junior Fire Marshal Day. The company created the live, virtual fire-safety event in 2020 to address the critical lack of in-person, fire-safety education available to elementary school students because of the pandemic.
- PUB DATE: 10/8/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Business Wire

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson sent his food truck to feed Louisville first responders on Wednesday. Officials told us the truck fed members of the Louisville Division of Fire and Louisville Metro Police Department for free. The truck, called Mana Mobile, is a collaboration with his tequila brand, Teremana.
- PUB DATE: 10/8/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLWT-TV NBC 5 Cincinnati

VIDEO: Nearly 40 years ago, a fire at the Star Hotel in Bellows Falls claimed the lives of two young firefighters. Now, there's a new documentary out during Fire Prevention Week helping to raise money for a park dedicated to them. The evening of Dec. 29, 1981, firefighters were called to a blaze at the hotel.
- PUB DATE: 10/8/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCAX-TV CBS 3 Burlington

PHOTOS: Classic car lovers, look away — this one is going to hurt. But the good news is it could have been a whole lot worse. A 1935 Auburn Boattail Speedster caught fire while it was being driven along Broadway in Bellingham on Wednesday, Oct. 6, according to a post on the Bellingham Fire Department Facebook page.
- PUB DATE: 10/8/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Bellingham Herald