North Whatcom Fire and Rescue has hired four new career firefighters as of January 15. The four firefighters – Patty McDermott, Jackson Sayler, Seth Meredith and Evan Maack – were hired out of a field of 50 applicants. Each made it through three rounds of rigorous interviews, before officially being selected for the department, said district fire chief Jason Van der Veen.
- PUB DATE: 1/28/2021 1:05:23 AM - SOURCE: Northern Light

VIDEO: A female FDNY EMT was assaulted at the scene of a three-alarm fire in the Bronx that damaged seven businesses. The fire broke out on Westchester Avenue in the Parkchester section just before 6:30 a.m. Thursday, right near the elevated subway tracks. The fire appears to have started in a 99-cent store.
- PUB DATE: 1/28/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WABC-TV ABC 7 New York

VIDEO: One NASA Kennedy Space Center firefighter went above and beyond in his rescue back in October. A broken scaffolding left a team of painters hanging on the side of the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center. The painters were dangling 375-feet above ground while painting the flag on the VAB.
- PUB DATE: 1/28/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WOFL-TV FOX 35 Orlando

The Bourne Fire Department has been selected to take part in a nationwide program with a goal of building a digital tool that will share information on community risk factors. Assistant Fire Chief David S. Pelonzi announced that Bourne Fire/Rescue and Emergency Services was selected by the National Fire Protection Association to participate in the second phase of the pilot program.
- PUB DATE: 1/28/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Cape News - Metered Site

Scientists around the world are on the lookout for new COVID-19 variants, which are caused by mutations of the virus when its replication machinery makes an error. Experts say these mutations and the new variants are normal and to be expected. In recent months, so-called variants of concern have been identified in the U.
- PUB DATE: 1/28/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ABC News