FEMA awarded more than $2.8 million in grants to 11 fire and EMS companies in PA for training, equipment, and safety needs.

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Snap-tite Hose has promoted Devon Brown to director of sales, expanding his leadership role within the company’s sales organization.

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PHOTOS: A firefighter died and two others were injured in a large fire that broke out in a Durham building, the Durham Fire Department confirmed.

The two firefighters who were hurt are expected to be okay. The fire was reported in the 400 block of Marly Drive near South Miami Boulevard. The WRAL Breaking News Tracker arrived to find flames ripping through the roof of the building and smoke rising from the structure.

“We just ask that right now, you keep the family and the firefighting community and all the friends and relatives of the deceased and the injured firefighters in your thoughts and prayers,” said Deputy Chief Chris Iannuzzi.

Sky 5 flew over the damaged building at 8 a.m. The roof was mostly collapsed, and the damage was extensive. Three people at the scene said the building was a community home. One of the three reportedly lived at the home, and her friends were giving her a place to stay in the meantime.

Numerous crews from the Durham County Sheriff’s Office, EMS and others were on the scene. The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation also arrived at the scene around 5:45 a.m., and the Durham Mobile Command Unit arrived about an hour later.

WRAL-TV NBC 5 Raleigh

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VIDEO: The Vestal Fire Department hosted a demonstration Wednesday evening of new fire suppression equipment not previously seen in this country.

Leader Group, an international manufacturer of firefighter equipment, met with the Vestal Fire Department to demonstrate “Diphasic,” an indoor fire suppression system.

Jerry Halpin, with C.E.T. Fire Pump, said the product reduces structural damage caused by firefighting.

“It causes a great deal of damage to structures when the fire is put out, this product reduces those particular incidences to almost zero,” Halpin said.

Halpin said the technology applies small amounts of water atomized into fine particles, combined with compressed air, to fight, suppress and extinguish fires.

“With science and new technology, there is a way of applying very small amounts of water that have been atomized into the tiniest particles of water that can be produced along with compressed air to fight, suppress, and extinguish fires,” Halpin said.

The substances that burn most commonly in fires are gases that come from fuel being heated from sources in buildings, such as wood.

WBNG-TV CBS/CW+ 12 Binghampton

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VIDEOS: A fire tore through the Winchester fire station Saturday night, destroying a rescue truck and leaving firefighters with no choice but to stand back and watch their own station burn.

The call came in just after 10 p.m. Saturday. For Winchester firefighters, it sounded like any other call — until they heard the address.

“It was kind of disbelief, not really thinking that it was possible that our building was on fire, very sinking feeling. Not knowing what is actually on fire. Is it just a truck? Is it the whole building?” Noah Bunn said.

Fire Chief Travis Baker arrived within minutes. Smoke was pouring from the building. Inside, fire was tearing through a rescue truck parked in its bay. All of the department’s gear was inside — and compromised.

“I never thought in a thousand years that I would end up at my own firehouse for a fire. All of our gear was in there. Every ounce of anything we could have used was compromised in the fire, so we more or less had to sit back and watch until somebody else came to do the job. It’s a very helpless feeling,” Baker said.

The rescue truck is a total loss. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

WCPO-TV ABC 9 Cincinnati

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