Ten Massachusetts fire departments have been awarded a total of $152,362.74 via the Department of Fire Services Fiscal Year 2021 Firefighter Safety Equipment Grant Program.

First, the Plymouth Fire Department will receive $25,995 for new safety equipment, according to a report on Patch.com. Also, fire departments in the communities of Berkley, Carver, Dighton, Marion, Onset, Raynham, Taunton, and Wareham will receive a total of $112,227.74, according to WickedLocal.com.

In addition, Burlington Fire will receive $14,140 in grants, according to MSN.com.

Firefighters rescued a resident from a house fire at an East Spokane home late Monday night. Reports of smoke and fire visible on the second floor of a residence on the 1900 block of East Sharp Avenue came in at about 10 p.m., according to a news release from the Spokane Fire Department. Police officers arrived and reported windows cracking with heavy smoke and fire.
- PUB DATE: 4/7/2021 1:10:53 AM - SOURCE: Spokane Spokesman-Review - Metered Site

VIDEO: An eight-alarm fire tore through an apartment building in Queens Tuesday afternoon, leaving 21 injured, including 16 firefighters, and displacing more than 200 residents. The fire broke out as four-alarm blaze on the top floor of the six-story building on 34th Avenue in Jackson Heights around 1 p.
- PUB DATE: 4/7/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WABC-TV ABC 7 New York

Six firefighters lost their lives responding to a fire in a century-old, abandoned warehouse in Worcester, Massachusetts, in December 1999. Worried that civilians were trapped inside, rescue teams initiated a rapid intervention; but, unfamiliar with the layout of the building, the smoke-filled warehouse became a labyrinth for those that entered.
- PUB DATE: 4/7/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Homeland Security Today

VIDEO: There are big changes coming to the Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire, which include recruiting more women and minorities at Pittsburgh Westinghouse High School. When Mark Black puts on firefighting gear and trains to one day become a firefighter after completing the Career and Technical Education program at Pittsburgh Westinghouse High School, he hopes more female firefighters will be by his side.
- PUB DATE: 4/7/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTAE-TV ABC 4 Pittsburgh