The Countryside Fire Protection District, Vernon Hills, IL, turned to Pierce for this Ascendant 100-foot heavy duty aerial platform quint.

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VIDEO/PHOTOS: A Howard firefighter was minorly injured while battling a fire Tuesday in Elk Falls, the rural fire department said. The fire broke out around 7:40 p.m. in the 100 block of 7th Street. Crews found heavy smoke and flames coming from the building, and additional fire engines were called from Longton, Grenola, Moline, Howard and Cowley County Fire District No. 2 Atlanta.

During the fight, the Elk County Rural Fire Department said one Howard City firefighter was briefly trapped due to a ceiling collapse in the garage. He was able to free himself and sustained minor injuries. Other crews evacuated and fought the fire from the exterior. The department said the cause of the fire is still undetermined, and the building is expected to be a total loss.

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VIDEO: The San Antonio Fire Department just became the first fire department in the nation to be officially certified as a trauma-informed care agency.

Getting certified involves a long, rigorous process. We are looking closely at what goes into the process and what makes organizations so proud to acquire the title.

“A lot of people, when they’re going through a tough time, it can be really isolating,” said SAFD Peer Support Coordinator Lt. Ryan Westerhoff. ”It helps us understand each other as coworkers and gives each other a safe space, and when you have that in the work space, you can apply that to the citizens we serve.”

As part of the certification process, the Ecumenical Center in San Antonio followed SAFD for over a year as Westerhoff and SAFD leadership helped establish new policies regarding how staff interact with the public and with each other.

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VIDEO: A crash in Baltimore involving two cars and a MTA bus sent multiple people to the hospital, some with serious injuries early Thursday. According to the Baltimore City Fire Department, they received a call around 1:15 a.m. about a crash involving a bus and two cars at 100 Preston Street.

Emergency responders including a special operations team were needed for a complex extrication from one of the cars. A total of eight people were sent to hospitals in the area suffering from very serious to minor injuries. The area of East Preston Street and St. Paul Street has been closed as utility repair crews continue to work on downed traffic lights at the scene.

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VIDEO: A fire tore through a well-known First Hill arts space early Tuesday morning, leaving behind heavy damage and heartbreak for those who consider it a creative home. Passable, an art-focused space at 10th Avenue and East Union Street, is home to dozens of artists — many of them part of Seattle’s LGBTQ+ community — as well as a Third Place Technologies, a local nonprofit.

Shelly Farnham, the president of Passable, said the fire has deeply shaken the tight-knit group of artists who use the building. “Yeah, it’s really going to cause a lot of havoc,” Farnham said. “This community … that art community is one of the last strongholds in this neighborhood.” The fire broke out just before 2 a.m. Tuesday. Firefighters were able to get the blaze under control within 30 minutes. Investigators determined the cause was accidental, likely sparked by an overloaded outlet that was part of an art installation.

“It was a response to two other pieces beside it,” Farnham explained. “It was kind of a map of the area and below it was a record player. The record player was the part that was plugged in.” Damage is estimated by fire officials at around $10,000, not including irreplaceable works of art destroyed in the flames. Farnham said she lost multiple pieces to the fire and water damage.

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