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Posted: Nov 14, 2023

Fire rescue in Colorado goes through first-of-its-kind de-escalation training

VIDEO: Aurora Fire Rescue crew members are completing de-escalation training to help crew members respond to people experiencing a crisis. Despite paramedics regularly responding to these types of calls, de-escalation training is pretty rare within fire departments. “I’ve been doing this for 34 years and it’s nothing we’ve ever formally done, and it seems like the right time and place to bring this to life,” said Aurora Fire Rescue’s training chief, Commander Mark Hays.
- PUB DATE: 11/14/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KDVR-TV FOX 31 Denver
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Posted: Nov 14, 2023

Fire at dog daycare in Seattle forces evacuations, some dogs go missing

Several dogs were evacuated from a dog daycare in Seattle's SODO neighborhood Monday night when a fire broke out on the second floor of the Dog Resort. When firefighters originally responded to the scene in the 600 block of South Industrial Way, multiple dogs were still on the loose. David Cuerpo, the public information officer for the Seattle Fire Department, said the fire was reported by staff just after 8:30 p.
- PUB DATE: 11/14/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle
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Posted: Nov 13, 2023

Gesa Credit Union grant allows Grant County Fire District 13 to buy extrication tool

A $25,000 grant from Gesa Credit Union allowed Grant County Fire District 13 to add a new extrication tool to its new rescue vehicle. “Sometimes what is reported to Dispatch can differ from what has occurred. Previously firefighters would have needed to return to the station to get different apparatus that holds our rescue tools,” according to a GCFD 13 press release.
- PUB DATE: 11/13/2023 1:58:00 PM - SOURCE: Columbia Basin Herald - Metered Site
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Posted: Nov 13, 2023

VIDEO: Freeway closed in downtown Los Angeles after massive fire at storage yard; state of emergency declared

Gov. Gavin Newsom proclaimed a State of Emergency in Los Angeles County Saturday night to help facilitate cleanup and repairs after a massive storage yard fire shut down portion of the 10 Freeway in both directions. The fire was first reported at 12:22 a.m. in the 1700 block of East 14th Street, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.
- PUB DATE: 11/13/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KABC-TV ABC 7 Los Angeles
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Posted: Nov 13, 2023

‘It feels like I was right next to him’: Son hears fallen FDNY dad’s heartbeat after organ donation

VIDEO: Family and friends said FDNY Firefighter Billy Moon had the biggest heart. Thursday night, his widow, two young children and parents got to hear that heart again in the chest of the man who received it. Moon died after falling 20 feet during a training exercise in Brooklyn in December 2022. His wife Kristina Moon transferred him to LiveOnNY’s Donor Care Unit at NYU Langone Health.
- PUB DATE: 11/13/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPIX-TV CW 11 New York City
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