New York firefighters battled a fire with "great volumes of smoke" nearly 36 years ago at the same Bronx apartment building that caught fire Sunday, leaving 17 dead -- all from smoke inhalation, officials said. The March 1986 fire was documented in FDNY's official training publication, WNYF, in which members of the department write about fire incidents, highlighting protocols and training, according to a FDNY spokesperson.
- PUB DATE: 1/14/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNN

Cy-Fair Fire Department supervisor vehicles will now be equipped with whole blood for patients experiencing rapid blood loss from trauma. The department began providing pre-hospital whole blood for patients at the point of injury on Jan. 6, a collaboration with Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center. Justin Reed, assistance chief of EMS for CFFD, said the project has been three years in the making with GCRBC.
- PUB DATE: 1/14/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Houston Chronicle - Metered Site

PHOTOS: It’s been a year in the making, but the DeLand Fire Department’s new fire station, Fire Station 81, is set to open its doors for regular operations Tuesday, Jan. 18. The new station, at 343 W. Howry Ave., will replace the current fire station at 201 W. Howry Ave. So what’s new about the city’s newest fire station? The new Fire Station 81 is 16,000 square feet, an improvement over the old Fire Station 81, which totaled around 9,000 square feet.
- PUB DATE: 1/14/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The West Volusia Beacon

The Alabama Department of Public Health and the University of Alabama at Birmingham are in the midst of a multi-year project to enhance the statewide stroke response system and are now letting other states know how to follow their lead and build their own. The Trauma Communications Center Coordinated Severity-Based Stroke Triage project is funded by a $2.
- PUB DATE: 1/14/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: UAB News

Southwest Skagit County is different today than it was when new Fire District 3 Chief Chad DeVlieger grew up in the area. The makeup of fire district volunteers has changed, too, said district Commissioner Matt Stratton. “It’s getting harder and harder for us to find volunteers these days, especially during the daytime because most people aren’t farmers anymore,” he said.
- PUB DATE: 1/14/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Go Skagit