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Posted: May 21, 2021

California fire department's new safety video burning up social media

VIDEOS: Napa's fire department is burning up social media with a new safety video. It's a rock parody with a fire prevention message. "We thought it would be funny if we did the Talking Heads song, "Burning Down the House," explained Napa Fire Marshal Greg Fortune. "But we did it as "Don't Burn Down Your House.
- PUB DATE: 5/21/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTVU-TV Fox 2 Oakland
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Posted: May 21, 2021

2 firetrucks crash near University of Arkansas at Little Rock; 6 firefighters hurt

PHOTOS: Two fire engines collided near the University of Arkansas at Little Rock campus Thursday afternoon, injuring six firefighters, according to fire officials. Little Rock Fire Department Capt. Doug Coffman said the accident took place at South University Avenue and West 28th Street at 4:29 p.m.
- PUB DATE: 5/21/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Arkansas Democrat Gazette - Metered Site
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Posted: May 21, 2021

Massive Fire, Seen for Miles, Guts Building, Displaces Families in Massachusetts

VIDEO: A fire raged through several buildings in Revere, Massachusetts, Thursday, sending smoke high into the air over a tightly packed neighborhood near the ocean. The five-alarm fire burned on Endicott Avenue, near the world-famous Revere Beach. Six buildings were damaged, three badly, Revere fire Chief Christopher Bright said, but it didn't appear that anyone was hurt.
- PUB DATE: 5/21/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBTS-CD NBC 10 Boston
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Posted: May 21, 2021

Pennsylvania volunteer fire department staffed with a trio of high school girls

Across the country and right here in central PA, fighting fire is in most cases a male-dominated field. But right here in Central Pennsylvania there is an exception to the norm. Molly Gontis, a 9th grader said, “I’m a freshman.” Molly is just 16 years old and her partners in fire, as they go by the three amigos, are only 17 and juniors in high school in Boswell.
- PUB DATE: 5/21/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTAJ-TV CBS 10 Altoona
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Posted: May 21, 2021

Ohio State University studying the effects of COVID-19 on first responders

As the world is getting back to some normalcy, medical experts want to reemphasize the pandemic isn’t over, which is why the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center’s research team is trying to understand the impact COVID-19 has had on first responders. OSU Wexner Medical Center and researchers at the OSU College of Medicine have been awarded a five-year, $10 million grant from the National Cancer Institute in the National Institutes of Health to study the long-term, longitudinal impact of COVID-19 on first responders, healthcare workers, and the general population.
- PUB DATE: 5/21/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDTN-TV NBC 2 Dayton
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