VIDEO: Local first responders have a new way of training during the COVID-19 pandemic. Austin-Travis County EMS (ATCEMS) is now using virtual reality training programs. “We can basically do anything that you can do in real life, you can do in virtual reality,” said Commander Keith Noble, ATCEMS. With the help from the City of Austin, Augmented Training Systems, and a grant from US Ignite, ATCEMS is now implementing virtual reality training.
- PUB DATE: 3/18/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KEYE-TV CBS 42 Austin

VIDEO: Tuscaloosa Fire Rescue's Station 2 and Station 12 each house some of the departments' most unique and largest trucks, which also provide special rescue and firefighting capabilities. Station 2, located on Paul W. Bryant Drive, has been home to the fire department's first and only Tractor Drawn Aerial apparatus, also known as a tiller truck, since 2017.
- PUB DATE: 3/18/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Tuscaloosa News

VIDEO: Even though a devastating house fire took their home and belongings on Tuesday night, the Moniz family is praising God. On Wednesday, professional surfer Kelia Moniz posted to Instagram that her parents' home in Hawaii had burned down overnight, incinerating everything inside. “My parents house, my childhood home went up into flames.
- PUB DATE: 3/18/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Today

VIDEO: Even with the race to vaccinate as many Americans as possible accelerating, some experts are warning that if Americans do not also follow proper safety and mitigation measures, the U.S. could see a COVID-19 resurgence. Although the country's national daily case average continues to fall -- about 32.
- PUB DATE: 3/18/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ABC News

Firefighters responded to a large fire at Puget Sound Chiropractic Center in Tacoma early Thursday morning. The Tacoma Fire Department responded to the fire on the 3700 block of Pacific Avenue around 4:45 a.m. Crews reported flames coming through the roof and a partial building collapse. Tacoma Fire set up a defensive attack and requested additional fire engine companies to help put out the blaze.
- PUB DATE: 3/18/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle