VIDEO/PHOTOS: Phoenix fire officials say a sixth alarm fire at a recycling yard near 35th Avenue and Buckeye prompted the largest response in the department's history on June 5. "I can't remember the last time we had a sixth alarm," said Phoenix Fire Captain Todd Keller. "We've had a couple two, three alarms in the last couple of months, but this is a big one.
- PUB DATE: 6/7/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSAZ-TV FOX 10 Phoenix

Firefighters with the Menlo Park Fire Protection District have new technology that helps them navigate through burning buildings and find people twice as fast, according to the Fire Chief. The technology is called the C-Thru platform. It includes a navigation unit that attaches to the firefighter's helmet and allows them to clearly see objects in a burning building.
- PUB DATE: 6/7/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTVU-TV FOX 2 Oakland

VIDEO: A man was taken away in handcuffs after getting into a dangerous altercation with a Miami-Dade Fire Rescue crew, and it was all caught on camera. The incident occurred Sunday afternoon at the intersection of Southwest Eighth Street and 42nd Avenue. Cellphone video shows a man dressed all in white striking the front windshield of a Miami-Dade Fire Rescue truck with a baseball bat, cracking the glass.
- PUB DATE: 6/7/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPLG-TV ABC 10 Miami

VIDEO: A pair of pint-sized brothers in Brooklyn are making a big impact on their community. Gideon and Josiah Trank, ages eight and seven, have raised hundreds of dollars for first responders with their front yard lemonade stand. Friday, they rented the Cocky’s Bagels food truck for the Brooklyn police and fire departments with their earnings.
- PUB DATE: 6/7/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WEWS-TV ABC 5 Cleveland

A fire that crossed the border from remote Northeast Oregon into Washington has consumed 3,700 acres, and firefighters say “extreme winds” Saturday limited their ability to attack the blaze by air. The Joseph Canyon Fire was among multiple blazes that started Thursday night and Friday morning after thunderstorms passed through the region.
- PUB DATE: 6/7/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Big Country News