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Posted: Feb 12, 2021

In Kansas Town, This Museum Tells The Stories Of The City's Firefighters

On Broadway, just south of Lincoln, is another Wichita landmark that is hidden in plain sight: the Kansas Firefighters Museum. The museum is small in size but uses the space wisely. The walls, ceilings — every square inch, it seems — is full of memorabilia. There are photos, plaques, logbooks and, best of all, old fire equipment.
- PUB DATE: 2/12/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KMUW.org
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Posted: Feb 12, 2021

Current UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic is a dedicated firefighter and paramedic in Ohio

Yes, Stipe Miocic still works as a firefighter when he is not fighting inside the UFC octagon. The current UFC heavyweight champion is a long-running member of the Oakwood and Valley View Fire Departments in his hometown Ohio, where he works as a dedicated firefighter and a paramedic. Over the years, many have cast doubt over his ability to balance the two professions, but Stipe Miocic has proved them all wrong by giving his best to both his careers and not compromising with either.
- PUB DATE: 2/12/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Sports Skeeda
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Posted: Feb 12, 2021

40 years later: Remembering the Las Vegas Hilton Fire

February 10, 2021, marked 40 years since the second deadly hotel fire in three months shook Las Vegas to its core. The city was already reeling from the November fire that claimed 87 lives at the old MGM Grand (today Bally's). Then, on February 10, 1981, it was a terrible case of déjà vu. This time it was the Hilton (now the Westgate), which was the largest hotel in the world at that time.
- PUB DATE: 2/12/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSNV-TV NBC 3 Las Vegas
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Posted: Feb 12, 2021

New Jersey: A love of helping others led to the loves of their lives

Together, they have fought fires, cut back metal to extricate accident victims from cars, taken turns compressing the chest of someone whose heart isn't beating and, since last fall, warmed baby bottles and changed diapers. A shared love of helping their neighbors led Hopewell Volunteer Firefighters Jim and Annie Ferry to fall in love with each other.
- PUB DATE: 2/12/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Mercer Me
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Posted: Feb 12, 2021

Propane tanks explode, one injured at Bellingham homeless encampment by ball fields

Multiple propane tanks exploded and at least one person was injured at a homeless tent encampment in the lower parking lot of Frank Geri Softball Fields, according to Bellingham police Lt. Claudia Murphy. Bellingham police and the Bellingham Fire Department responded to the corner of Puget and Fraser streets shortly before 1:30 p.
- PUB DATE: 2/12/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Bellingham Herald - Metered Site
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