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Posted: Dec 29, 2020

Online tool helps public, EMTs track the status of Georgia's hospitals amid COVID pandemic

More than two dozen hospital intensive care units (ICUs) and emergency rooms were full on Monday, according to the Georgia Coordinating Center (GCC). The online database shows bed capacity at medical facilities across the state and allows users to find the closest hospital to them with the most resources.
- PUB DATE: 12/29/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WXIA-TV NBC 11 Atlanta
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Posted: Dec 29, 2020

Kansas firefighters make video to connect with students during pandemic

In a typical school year, students often look forward to visits from their local fire departments — or perhaps they're lucky to visit a nearby station in-person. But this year, those visits and field trips have been put on hold due to the pandemic. So the Overland Park Fire Department is hoping to bring that experience to you and your student.
- PUB DATE: 12/29/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSHB-TV NBC 41 Kansas City
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Posted: Dec 29, 2020

The Innovative Brooklyn Firehouse Built for a Specially Trained FDNY Unit

The innovative new station of Rescue Company 2 in Brooklyn is a welcome upgrade from their former station house, which was built in 1893 when the FDNY still used horses. Designed through a partnership with the New York City Department of Design and Construction and the illustrious architecture firm Studio Gang, the multifaceted new building serves as a training space where the specially-trained unit can practice responding to fires, building collapses, water rescues, and other dangerous scenarios.
- PUB DATE: 12/29/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Untapped New York
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Posted: Dec 29, 2020

Multiple businesses destroyed in strip mall fire in Seattle

A 2-alarm fire tore through businesses in a strip mall in Seattle’s Lake City neighborhood overnight. Firefighters were called to a commercial fire at a shopping center in the 3000 block of Northeast 127th Street shortly before 11 p.m. Monday. When firefighters arrived, they found fire burning in stores in the middle of the building with heavy smoke coming from a small space in between the ceiling and roof.
- PUB DATE: 12/29/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7 Seattle
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Posted: Dec 29, 2020

Crews control fire in vacant Mead trailer, one person detained

Firefighters quickly controlled a trailer fire in Mead early Monday morning. Crews responded to the fire near N Wilson St and N Highland St, where they said the fire sparked from a fireplace. Authorities said the trailer is unoccupied, but a person was detained by police for reckless burning. That person does not live at the home and was described as a “non-resident.
- PUB DATE: 12/29/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4 Spokane
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