This year, we will mark 20 years since the Sept. 11 terror attacks. For one retired firefighter, the tragedy and a firefighter’s helmet called him home to New York to help. In the heart of the South Bronx is Engine 73, Ladder 42, and in the hearts of firefighters at the Prospect Avenue fire house are the heroes lost on Sept.
- PUB DATE: 8/19/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLNY-TV 55 Riverhead

Chief Justin McKenzie leads the newly-formed, full time fire department in Fultondale, and he’s using flames in a unique way. A master of the grill, McKenzie was recently a contestant on Food Network’s Guy’s Grocery Games – a show hosted by Guy Fieri in which different cooks compete for prize money.
- PUB DATE: 8/19/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WIAT-TV CBS 42 Birmingham

Even when he works two consecutive 24-hour shifts, Chris Aberle rarely sleeps at the fire station. Sometimes he tries. If he is lucky, he might pick up a couple hours of rest. But lately his shift has been getting calls at night. “No one ever sleeps, you know, even if we had no calls from midnight to 8 a.
- PUB DATE: 8/19/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Penobscot Bay Pilot

Firefighters battled a two-alarm commercial fire at a building on Wednesday evening in Seattle’s SODO area. Crews were called to Seventh Avenue South and South Lander Street, just east of the Seattle Public Schools administration building. A KIRO 7 photographer at the scene saw lots of smoke billowing from the building.
- PUB DATE: 8/19/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7 Seattle

Stevens County Fire District 1 says crews made significant progress on the Ford Corkscrew fire Wednesday. According to their latest update, the fire remains at 14,000 acres in size and is now 14% contained. What's even more encouraging is that they say they have the fire's perimeter 100% contained.
- PUB DATE: 8/19/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KHQ-TV NBC 6 Spokane