One Firefighter from Niagara Falls is spending his winter training to take on the World’s Strongest Firefighter competition in March. Niagara Falls Firefighter Paul Emmick has been training as a power lifter and now a strongman for 20 years. “I feel so much stronger in my core, my lower back and my hips from doing these types of movements,” Paul said.
- PUB DATE: 1/9/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKBW-TV ABC 7 Buffalo

PHOTOS: An explosion that blew out at least two floors of a high-rise hotel and injured nearly two dozen people in downtown Fort Worth on Monday afternoon is suspected of being caused by a natural gas leak, according to the ATF and Fort Worth Fire Department. The explosion was reported at the Sandman Signature Fort Worth Hotel in the 800 block of Houston Street at about 3:30 p.
- PUB DATE: 1/9/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KXAS-TV NBC 5 Fort Worth

PHOTOS: An explosion that blew out at least two floors of a high-rise hotel and injured nearly two dozen people in downtown Fort Worth on Monday afternoon is suspected of being caused by a natural gas leak, according to the ATF and Fort Worth Fire Department. The explosion was reported at the Sandman Signature Fort Worth Hotel in the 800 block of Houston Street at about 3:30 p.
- PUB DATE: 1/9/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KXAS-TV NBC 5 Fort Worth

Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown on Friday announced personnel updates in her new administration, including the pending departure of Spokane Fire Chief Brian Schaeffer and the appointment of Dawn Kinder as director of the city’s Neighborhood, Housing, and Human Services division. Schaeffer will be stepping down from his role as fire chief effective Jan.
- PUB DATE: 1/9/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Center Square

An Everett high school principal’s house burned down Sunday morning near Granite Falls. Now, supporters are raising money to help Sequoia High School Principal Belinda Mountjoy. Around 8:30 a.m., firefighters responded to reports of a house fire in the 4900 block of Lerch Road, about 3½ miles south of Granite Falls, District 17 Assistant Fire Chief Bill Dane said.
- PUB DATE: 1/8/2024 8:20:00 PM - SOURCE: Everett Herald