Posted: May 18, 2021
VIDEO: A firehouse was evacuated and a nearby Roslindale street was shut down Monday night after a suspicious package containing an unknown chemical was discovered.
The suspicious package came in the mail to a Brooke Street home, prompting a resident to bring the package to the nearby firehouse on Canterbury Street, fire officials said.
- PUB DATE: 5/18/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHDH-TV 7 Boston
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Posted: May 18, 2021
VIDEO: A 100-year-old fire engine has been refurbished and returned to it’s original department.
Larry Manaro spent a year restoring McDonald’s first fire engine. Now retired Fire Chief Todd Stitt approached him about fixing it up.
The truck was in rough shape and had been stored in a garage for years.
- PUB DATE: 5/18/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WYTV ABC 33 Youngstown
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Posted: May 18, 2021
VIDEO: A fire department ambulance that was stolen Monday in Reading later crashed into a tractor-trailer in Lancaster County.
Reading police say Reading Fire Department ambulance No. 4 was taken while first responders were attending to a call inside Kennedy Towers senior center, located in the 300 block of South Fourth Street.
- PUB DATE: 5/18/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFMZ-TV 69 Allentown
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Posted: May 18, 2021
An early morning fire on Spokane's South Hill has the Red Cross helping displaced people Tuesday morning.
The fire broke out around 2 a.m. at the corner of South Lincoln and West Lincoln Place. The fire happened at a big house that was converted into apartments. Fire officials said seven people live in the building, but it's unclear right now how many are displaced.
- PUB DATE: 5/18/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KHQ-TV NBC 6 Spokane
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Posted: May 18, 2021
The State of Washington hopes a new three-digit number for people to call when they are experiencing mental health crises will do what 911 did for first responders.
Governor Jay Inslee signed into law a bill designating 988 as the state's suicide prevention hotline, part of a nationwide system. It launches July 2022 and will tie together in-state call centers with 911 operators, police, and behavioral health providers, to connect people in distress with immediate help.
- PUB DATE: 5/18/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle
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