PHOTOS: Daniel “Dan” Daly, 77, a retired FDNY Battalion Chief and Sept. 11, 2001, first responder, alongside his wife, Annie Daly, 68, have worked for over a decade to spread kindness and remembrance through Fruits of Caring.

The Hopewell Junction pair are hoping to get the larger community involved in their two-person project and passion to help those in need on Sept. 11, the National Day of Service and Remembrance.

Over the past 10 years, on the last Saturday of every month, and on 9/11, Thanksgiving and Christmas at 6 a.m., the Dalys make trips to his former FDNY firehouse on West 31st Street in Manhattan to honor those who lost their lives.

Kindness is the one positive aspect Dan Daly had experienced in the aftermath of 9/11 — he had worked for six months after 9/11 to clean up where “the once proud towers stood,” he said.

Dan Daly would look one way and see the “hellscape” of Ground Zero, he said, but turned the other way to find what he called the “city of angels,” a place he described as having helped rejuvenate himself and increase morale before going back to the horrible pile of debris.

Poughkeepsie Journal – Metered Site

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Two separate residential fires destroyed homes in Parkland on Tuesday morning, one of which displaced a disabled resident. The earlier fire occurred around 12:03 a.m. Tuesday on the 1600 block of 108th Street South. A single-story, four-unit apartment building that had been boarded up caught fire, according the Pierce County Fire Marshal’s office.

No injuries were reported and firefighters did not locate anyone inside the building, but it’s not known whether anyone was inside when the fire started. It was knocked down by about 12:53 a.m., and the cause is under investigation.

The second fire took place around 10:38 a.m. on the 800 block of 119th Street South. A kitchen fire broke out in the home and spread to the rest of the house, alerting a neighbor, who called 911. When crews responded to the scene, they heard yelling from the rear of the house — and upon entry, they found a disabled resident, a woman, in a back room.

Crews were able to help remove the resident from the house and take her to Good Samaritan Hospital for possible smoke inhalation. Firefighters knocked down the fire, but the damage to the house is makes it uninhabitable. The cause of the blaze is under investigation.

KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle

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City officials are keeping a close watch on the community’s water system as the Paradise Fire continues to threaten the Mill Creek watershed, a critical source for the region’s water supply. During a recent city council meeting, public works officials provided an update on how the city is managing water resources during the fire. Currently, approximately 10 million gallons per day are flowing from Mill Creek, with city wells providing additional supply to meet the community’s daily demand of about 14 million gallons.

The city has responded to the fire’s threat by increasing water quality testing. Officials have implemented more frequent and extensive monitoring as a precautionary measure as a precaution while the fire continues. “We are also reaching out to several state and federal folks for guidance on really post-fire recovery. We’ve not done this before. This is something we’ve been preparing to avoid for my entire time here. But here it is,” said Ki Bealey, Public Works Director for the City of Walla Walla.

City officials stress that Walla Walla is not currently in a water shortage emergency. However, they are evaluating the resilience of the city’s well system and assessing what infrastructure and resources may be needed if the fire’s impacts extend beyond the immediate term.

Apple Valley News Now

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The Cedar Park Fire Department stated Sunday afternoon that they responded quickly to a car fire.

The department posted about the incident at around 2:45 p.m. along with photos.

They also encouraged residents to keep their distance and follow the directions of officers and firefighters during emergency incidents like these.

KEYE-TV CBS 42 Austin

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Louisville Fire Department is replacing aging equipment with a multimillion-dollar initiative, including a new Engine 18 truck, 10 more on order, new SCBA, and station renovations.

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