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Posted: Sep 8, 2023

VIDEO: Arson investigation underway after inferno engulfs Florida mechanic shop

An arson investigation is underway after a raging inferno tore through a mechanic shop in Miami on Friday morning. At 5:20 a.m., the City of Miami Department of Fire-Rescue responded to reports of a fire at the scene. Firefighters arrived to find a vehicle fire raging on the exterior of the mechanic shop located near the intersection of Northwest Seventh Avenue and 79th Street.
- PUB DATE: 9/8/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSVN-TV FOX 7 Miami
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Posted: Sep 8, 2023

Buried alive twice, retired NYC firefighter shares harrowing 9/11 experience

VIDEO: As another anniversary of 9/11 sits on the horizon, officials at Seneca East Local Schools are paying tribute. “As I’m taking my last breaths of life, I realized that my life was over and I did something I hadn’t done in a long time, I closed my eyes and said a prayer,” Joe Torrillo, a retired lieutenant with the New York City Fire Department said.
- PUB DATE: 9/8/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTVG-TV ABC/CW 13 Toledo
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Posted: Sep 8, 2023

Belgium firefighters spend a week with California firefighters

VIDEO: Ten firefighters from Belgium are spending the week with the Fresno Fire Department. “We have a small organization in Belgium that tries to bring firefighters to the U.S. to visit the fire department and to do some hands-on training, to do ride along to see how the job is done over here and to make a comparison on how we do it,” said Marc Opstal who is a Battalion Chief in Belgium.
- PUB DATE: 9/8/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSEE-TV NBC 24 Fresno
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Posted: Sep 8, 2023

144 Fallen Firefighters to be Honored at NASCAR Xfinity Series Race at Kansas Speedway

Whelen Engineering, a global leader in the emergency warning industry for more than 70 years, Richard Childress Racing (RCR), and the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (NFFF) have teamed up to honor fallen fire heroes at the NASCAR Xfinity Series race on September 9, 2023, at Kansas Speedway. RCR’s No.
- PUB DATE: 9/8/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: RCR Racing
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Posted: Sep 8, 2023

First responders in one Wisconsin county use 3 words to locate people in emergencies

Fond du Lac County is making use of new, clever technology to get first responders to the right location. The technology, called “what3words,” converts numeric GPS coordinates into words. The words are then decoded by first responders using the what3words app in the field. Fond du Lac County Communications Director Amy Haase says this eliminates the risk of typing in a wrong number for GPS coordinates in degrees, minutes and seconds or decimal degrees.
- PUB DATE: 9/8/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
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