Bullard launched the Adaptix Rescue Helmet, a lightweight technical rescue helmet certified to NFPA 1950, with side-impact protection and configurable accessories.

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An early-morning fire at the Astor Place subway station in Manhattan left multiple people injured and temporarily suspended service on the 4 and 6 lines, which resumed with significant delays.

According to the FDNY, a fire broke out on a southbound 4 train car at around 2:15 a.m. Tuesday. Officials said it was a work train being used to vacuum the tracks. It was not a regular passenger train.

Eight MTA workers and six firefighters suffered non-life-threatening injuries, according to officials. The FDNY said at one point over 141 fire and EMS personnel were on the scene, but the situation had since quieted down.

A northbound passenger train was pulling into the station at the same time the fire started. All riders were evacuated safely with no injuries reported. As of 7 a.m., 4/5/6 trains were running with “severe delays in both directions after FDNY concluded an investigation at Astor Place,” the MTA said, but service has been improving.

WNYW-TV FOX 5 New York

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VIDEO: Firefighters extinguished a blaze Monday morning that took place at an automobile repair shop in southeast Oklahoma City. The Oklahoma City Fire Department says crews were called around 1:30 a.m. to respond to an area near Southeast 31st Street and South High Avenue.

After putting the fire out, crews at the scene say their new efforts were aided by new technology, including a drone aerial-reconnaissance program.

“Luckily, thanks to our new drone program, a fire alarm was immediately dispatched because the dispatchers downtown could see it on our own Aerial view,” OKCFD Battalion Chief Zach Bruhn said. “All crews arrived on scene extremely quickly. They did a great job knocking down this fire.”

No injuries were reported, but crews are still investigating the cause of the fire.

KWTV-DT CBS 9 Oklahoma City

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VIDEO/PHOTOS: Members of a firefighting crew suffered minor injuries Sunday afternoon, Aug. 2, after their engine overturned near the Feliz Fire outside of Hopland.

The five crewmembers, who were from the Shasta-Trinity unit, were in a Type 3 brush engine when it crashed at 2800 Feliz Creek Road. They were treated at a hospital before being released, said Sherri Wise, a spokesperson for the Cal Fire Mendocino Unit.

Wise said she did not know the fire engine’s extent of damage, but it will be out of service while the cause of the crash is investigated. Wise also did not know where the firefighters were going at the time of the crash. They were assisting with a fire that was first reported about 3:40 p.m. Saturday near Feliz Road and Road 110 northwest of Hopland.

It spread to 500 acres within its first two hours but has remained at 872 acres since Sunday night, Wise said just before 8 a.m. Monday.

Containment was still at 30% and efforts to quell the fire were “looking fantastic,” she said. The rapidly growing blaze forced evacuation advisories 40 minutes after it was reported and those were soon upgraded to warnings and orders. Orders and warnings were lifted late Sunday.

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VIDEO: A wildfire burning in the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest northwest of Leavenworth has grown to 51,000 acres. The Little Giant Fire is threatening 1,824 structures as more than 1,000 fire personnel work to contain it, according to fire officials.

Level 3 evacuations are in place for the Chiwawa and Tyee ridges and Chelan Mountains. Level 2 and 1 evacuations are in place south of those areas. The Little Giant Fire is one of a dozen burning in Washington state that KING 5 is tracking.

On Sunday, most of the new activity was on the east side of the fire’s perimeter. That included the fire burning along the shore of Lake Chelan, east of Grouse Mountain and northwest of Twenty-Five Mile Creek State Park. Across the lake, crews are also battling a spot fire in steep, rugged terrain after the fire jumped the lake.

KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle

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