VIDEO: As others were desperately trying to get to safety, a local man is being honored for taking action to make sure they could on Friday. And his actions may be why a bad situation didn't become much worse. Officials said William Cox was among the first on the scene when a fire broke out at Fairington Village Apartments in Stonecrest on Friday afternoon.
- PUB DATE: 12/14/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WXIA-TV NBC 11 Atlanta

Five emergency responders will be the first members of the D.C. Fire and EMS Department to get the COVID-19 vaccine this coming week, a sign that “the light at the end of the tunnel is getting brighter,” Mayor Muriel Bowser said in a news release. The group, designated "The First Five," are FEMS Chief John Donnelly, the department’s Medical Director Dr.
- PUB DATE: 12/14/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WRC-TV NBC 4 Washington DC

The team behind a new wellness program created specifically for firefighters said they hope early cancer screening will help save lives. The Medical Center of Aurora and Potomac Primary Care are launching the new effort called the Firefighter Wellness and Cancer Screening Program. “They support and protect our Colorado communities and now it’s time for us to protect them,” said Amie Shae, the oncology program manager at The Medical Center of Aurora and part of the team that created the new program.
- PUB DATE: 12/14/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KUSA-TV NBC 9 Denver

PHOTOS: A group of Fort Lauderdale firefighters had quite the surprise when a coyote wandered into their fire station Sunday morning. Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue tweeted a photo of a coyote creeping in front of a fire truck parked inside their bay. “Not sure who was startled more as they ran in opposite directions,” the department quipped in a tweet.
- PUB DATE: 12/14/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTVJ-TV NBC 6 Miami

PHOTOS: Water is essential when it comes to fighting fires, but there must be something special in the water in Grand Blanc Township. Their firefighting family just got a whole lot bigger. Seven of the 39 firefighters in the department became dads this year. The adorable babies joined their firefighting fathers for a photo on Sunday.
- PUB DATE: 12/14/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJRT-TV ABC 12 Flint