All evacuation levels have been dropped after structures were lost and state fire assistance was mobilized during the Humann Fire in Yakima County on Sunday. The Humann Fire started on Sunday, June 28, at approximately 4:47 p.m. and was estimated at 150 acres and growing at that time, burning in sage and grass, and threatening public safety, residences, and private property. At 8:30 p.m. that same day, Washington State Patrol Chief John Batiste authorized the mobilization of state firefighting resources at the request of Assistant Fire Chief Jacob Stuker, Yakima County Fire District 2.

The State Fire Services Resource Mobilization Plan is implemented to provide a process to quickly notify, assemble, and deploy fire service personnel, equipment, and other resources from around the state when fires, disasters, or other events exceed the capacity of local jurisdictions.

Level 3 evacuations were put into effect Sunday night, and the State Emergency Operations Center at Camp Murray was activated to Level 2, partial activation, to help coordinate state assistance. Strike teams were ordered to help with containment efforts, while the State Fire Marshal’s Office coordinated the dispatch of resources.

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Milwaukee firefighters were battling a massive fire at Lincoln Avenue School on the city’s south side Tuesday morning.

The fire alarm went off just before 3 a.m. at the MPS elementary school near 18th Street and Lincoln Avenue. Firefighters arrived and initially tried to attack the fire from inside the building.

Milwaukee Fire Chief Aaron Lipski said crews were slowed by items stored in the hallways, making it difficult for firefighters to move through the school.

Crews eventually pulled out of the building because of the size of the school, the amount of furniture and items in the hallways, and the fire spreading on multiple floors.

By 4:30 a.m., the fire had grown to a 5-alarm fire. Officials said about 110 firefighters were working at the scene.

Video from the scene shows huge flames shooting from the roof of the building. Smoke could be seen for miles.

Crews from Milwaukee, West Allis, Greenfield and Greendale were assisting.

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Amesbury's historic Elm Street fire station, closed since 2018 due to structural issues, aims to reopen by fall after repairs funded by insurance and city council reallocations.

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Researchers have found evidence showing first responders who were dispatched during the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in New York City, and suffer from PTSD, are aging faster.

Researchers at Stony Brook University tested blood samples from 393 responders that were collected 18 years after the terror attack, according to a university press release.

Out of the sampled responders, 232 were diagnosed with PTSD and 161 were not. Between the two groups, 114 proteins and seven metabolites were significantly different.

In particular, the researchers detected changes in blood markers linked to brain function, immune activity, energy metabolism, protection against cell damage and how cells communicate and repair tissues.

Also reported were signs of accelerated biological aging in multiple organs — including the heart, kidneys, liver and lungs — among responders with PTSD.

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VIDEO: A training center is enabling Polk County firefighters to prepare for emergencies while supporting the area’s rapid growth.

Fire Captain Jon Hall is part of 1,000 men and women who make up Polk County Fire Rescue. He said the department is one of the busiest in Florida, but did not have a dedicated training space.

“We’ve had to borrow places from different organizations to train. Even something as simple as finding a fire hydrant to hook up to, sometimes we just had to find a field on the side of the road in order to do that training,” Hall said.

A new $16 million, state-of-the-art Polk County Fire Rescue training center is officially open in Winter Haven. The 30,000-square-foot facility sits on 15 acres and gives firefighters the ability to train entirely in-house.

“We now have a place that we can all come together. We can train repeatedly until you don’t get it wrong, until you get it perfect. And then when you transfer that to the field for the real emergencies, that’s where the fruits of your labor really show,” Hall said.

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