Whatcom County Search and Rescue needs a new home.Treasurer Gwynne Top says they are raising funds for a new building to house equipment for their six units. Those include mountain rescue, swift-water rescue, snowmobile, four-wheel-drive, horse and canine units. They are known for backcountry rescues but also help with other searches such as for lost kids and dementia patients.
- PUB DATE: 12/8/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KGMI-AM 790/FM 96.5 Bellingham

Firefighters responded to a rowhome fire in Northeast Philadelphia on Thursday morning. The fire started at about 8 a.m. at a home on the 6300 block of Cardiff Street. When crews arrived, heavy smoke was pouring out of the two-story home and flames were seen at the back of the house. Initial calls were that someone was trapped inside the home, so firefighters made entry on the second floor.
- PUB DATE: 12/7/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPVI-TV ABC 6 Philadelphia

VIDEO: Three major structure fire responses in just four days got support from the Colorado Springs Fire Department’s new Special Operations Division. The support from the division formed back in August is visuals and infrared images from drones. “We have just been evolving pretty much every week since we've been stood up,” said Captain JJ Halsey with Colorado Springs Fire Department.
- PUB DATE: 12/7/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOAA-TV NBC 5 Pueblo

VIDEO: With the help of helpful local residents, three people were pulled from a sailboat in distress close to the shore in Plymouth, Massachusetts, on Wednesday, firefighters said. Video from the scene shows the sailors jumping into the choppy surf, where people bundled in cold weather gear were waiting in the water to shuttle them to the beach.
- PUB DATE: 12/7/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBTS-CD NBC 10 Nashua

VIDEO: Firefighters in Louisville are getting tools to help them have better ways to cope with the difficult calls they respond to. This week on Monday and Tuesday, firefighters with Louisville Fire and civilian employees participated in an International Association of Fire Fighters training focused on peer support.
- PUB DATE: 12/7/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDRB-TV FOX 41 Louisville