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Posted: Jul 13, 2020

Officials investigate after 21 sailors, civilians hospitalized in San Diego naval ship explosion

More than a dozen sailors and several civilians have been hospitalized following an explosion on a Navy ship in San Diego on Sunday, officials said. A fire broke out aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard sometime around 8:30 a.m. local time, said officials with the Naval Surface Forces. The blaze escalated to a three-alarm fire, according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department, which assisted in battling the fire along with base and shipboard firefighting teams.
- PUB DATE: 7/13/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ABC News
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Posted: Jul 13, 2020

Ohio EMS crews win PTSD coverage, $3.7M in back pay after long battle with city

A fight for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder coverage years in the making has ended with a win for Cleveland paramedics, EMTs and dispatchers. A union contract for Cleveland EMS just passed, including about $3.7 million in back pay for employees and mental health language, addressing PTSD. CARE has been negotiating their contract since March of 2016.
- PUB DATE: 7/13/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WOIO-TV CBS 19 Cleveland
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Posted: Jul 13, 2020

This New COVID-19 Tracker Can Help You Better Understand Your Local Risk

There are many statistics available regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, although they aren’t necessarily well coordinated at the national level. With so many numbers being available, it can be difficult to understand what they mean, how they work together, and how to apply them. However, experts say a more unified, national approach is essential in getting the pandemic under control.
- PUB DATE: 7/13/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Healthline
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Posted: Jul 13, 2020

Investigation underway after Texas fire truck crashes into home

San Antonio firefighters handled a crash of their own on Sunday. One of the department’s fire trucks rolled down the street with no one inside and firefighters chased it down in hot pursuit. The incident happened on Stafford Street near Fire Station 5. A fire official said they’d parked the truck at New Braunfels and Stafford when the truck started rolling down Stafford.
- PUB DATE: 7/13/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSAT-TV ABC 12 San Antonio
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Posted: Jul 13, 2020

Colorado Firefighters Help Wildlife Officers Lower 350 Pound Bear From Tree

VIDEO: Wildlife officers and firefighters managed to come up with a solution after a bear fell asleep in a tree after being tranquilized. Colorado Parks and Wildlife first responded to a home on Alameda Parkway and Bear Creek Road at 9 a.m. on Saturday for a call about a bear in a tree. Twelve hours later, the 350 lb.
- PUB DATE: 7/13/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCNC-TV CBS 4 Denver
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