Thirteen Kent-based Puget Sound Fire recruit firefighters recently graduated from the South King County Fire Training Consortium recruit academy number 17. A total of 57 recruit firefighters graduated from 10 King County fire departments. More than 700 family members, friends and firefighters attended the graduation Jan.
- PUB DATE: 1/24/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Kent Reporter - Metered Site

PHOTOS: One of Seattle busiest thoroughfares, Madison Street in the First Hill area, has been closed to all traffic since an apartment building burned in a massive fire on New Year’s Day. The complete closure of Madison has made traffic troubles the norm for the New Year and not the exception. But that could change soon.
- PUB DATE: 1/23/2024 5:09:00 PM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7 Seattle

Freezing rain coated streets across the St. Louis region with ice overnight, resulting in several car accidents and ER trips for people attempting to traverse the dangerous conditions. Even first responders were not immune from Mother Nature’s wrath, as videos recorded Monday morning show a fire truck from the Rock Community Fire Protection District spin out of control and nearly slam into homes in a Jefferson County subdivision.
- PUB DATE: 1/23/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTVI-TV FOX 2 St. Louis

AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (“AST SpaceMobile”) (NASDAQ: ASTS), the company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by everyday smartphones, recently announced strategic investment from AT&T, Google and Vodafone and aggregate new financing of up to $206.5 million in gross proceeds.
- PUB DATE: 1/23/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Business Wire

Illinois labor officials are issuing a series of statewide recommendations to improve firefighter safety following a two-year investigation into the death of a Chicago firefighter. Mashawn Plummer, 30, was critically injured the morning of Dec. 16, 2021, while battling an apartment building fire. Just six months after graduating from the Chicago Fire Academy, Plummer died five days after the fire.
- PUB DATE: 1/23/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCIA-TV CBS 3 Champaign