VIDEO: A two-alarm fire in Gerritsen Beach left two people injured Thursday, fire officials say. The fire started at a house on the corner of Knapp Street and Avenue W at around 8 p.m. Citizen app footage shows the fire tearing through the home. Crews were eventually able to get the fire under control and extinguish it.
- PUB DATE: 4/23/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: News 12 The Bronx

VIDEO: Members of Mount Pleasant Fire Station #5 are staying in unique temporary living quarters while the station undergoes renovations. Over the last month, fire crews have been living out of a villa at Somerby Senior Living in Mount Pleasant. Christie Gauldin, the Director of Sales and Marketing, says she was a little surprised when Mount Pleasant Fire asked if their crews could stay there while their station underwent renovations, but she knew it was something they had to make work.
- PUB DATE: 4/23/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCSC-TV CBS 5 Charleston

VIDEO: Like all too many public service organizations, Williamsport Fire and EMS in Maryland is cash crunched by COVID. “COVID really messed with things this year,” Michael Nokes, the Deputy Chief, said. Not only were funds down, but expenses went way up. “We just purchased a ladder truck, we have a ladder truck that’s over thirty years old, it was well overdue for a replacement,” Nokes said.
- PUB DATE: 4/23/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHTM-TV ABC 27 Harrisburg

There is a huge gender gap in the world of firefighting. Only 8% of firefighters in the United States are female according to the National Fire Protection Association. The Greensboro Fire Department wants to bridge the gender gap through a new program. Camp Spark is the department's new initiative aimed at changing the narrative to get more women into fire stations.
- PUB DATE: 4/23/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFMY-TV CBS 2 Greensboro

It’s a boy! An explosion that rattled homes within a 20-mile radius Tuesday night is being blamed on a gender reveal celebration at a Kingston quarry that police say involved more than a pound of Tannerite and blue chalk. Many residents in communities across southern New Hampshire and northern Massachusetts reported hearing the explosion just after 7 p.
- PUB DATE: 4/23/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New Hampshire Union Leader - Metered Site