VIDEO: A local volunteer firefighter is highlighting the dangers of the job after nearly being killed in the line of duty. Now, he's warning drivers to slow down and move over when they see emergency lights flashing. Haley Dalton wants people to see the look on her son's face when she had to tell him his daddy was hit by a car.
- PUB DATE: 6/22/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WXIA-TV NBC 11 Atlanta

PHOTO: There's a new Starbucks opening in a historic building in downtown Fort Worth: Fire Station No. 1, located at 203 Commerce St., which proudly served the City of Fort Worth for 114 years, will become a newfangled Starbucks Pickup store, designated for coffee to-go. According to a release, it will open in the fall.
- PUB DATE: 6/22/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Fort Worth Culture Map

The Centers for Disease Control calls suicide a significant health problem, and first responders are at a higher risk. One Utah firefighter took his experience as a first responder to the airwaves in an effort to raise awareness about the problem. You wouldn’t know it when he’s on a scene with South Davis Metro Fire, but Mike Shafer is an aspiring rapper, and he recently released the first track on his newest album — a song about suicide.
- PUB DATE: 6/22/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSL-TV NBC 5 Salt Lake City

Some states are making great strides in vaccinating their residents against COVID-19, but the ones that are not may soon be contending with a more transmissible variant, experts say. About 45.2% of the US population is fully vaccinated against COVID-19, CDC data showed, and in 16 states and Washington, DC, that proportion is up to more than half, and 16 have reached President Joe Biden's goal to vaccinate 70% of adults with at least one dose.
- PUB DATE: 6/22/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNN

While we may consider this first week of summer with sunny blue skies glorious, the fire threat is building across Washington state. KING 5 went out and watched as Vaughn Cork, a fuels analyst with the Washington Department of Natural Resources, measured everything from moisture levels of fallen branches to the soil in a patch of forest in Lacey.
- PUB DATE: 6/22/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle