PHOTO: There’s a tradition in the fire service when a new piece of apparatus is added to the fleet, and students at Columbia Basin Technical Skills Center followed that tradition Wednesday morning. The city of Moses Lake and the Moses Lake Fire Department are allowing the use of a reserve MLFD fire engine by students in the skills center’s new fire science class.
- PUB DATE: 12/13/2023 3:01:00 PM - SOURCE: Columbia Basin Herald - Metered Site

PHOTOS: A raging 5-alarm fire raced through a row of Bronx businesses early Wednesday morning, leaving at least one person injured. The blaze broke out at Bunny’s Deli Cold Cut City at West 231st Street and Broadway in the Kingsbridge section just before 3:30 am, the FDNY said. Two dozen videos uploaded to Citizen App showed huge flames and plumes of thick black smoke shooting into the air, and a crowd of firefighters battling the inferno both from the street level and from tower ladders.
- PUB DATE: 12/13/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Post

VIDEO/PHOTOS: Saturday’s tornado left scattered supplies and a destroyed station for the Gibson County Fire Department in Rutherford. Though grateful for no casualties, John Baker, the Battalion Chief for the Gibson County Fire Department, calls the destruction unnerving. Damaged equipment is being gathered for inventory and assessed for usability.
- PUB DATE: 12/13/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBBJ-TV ABC/CBS 7 Jackson

PHOTO: Current and former Mount Pleasant Fire Department members, along with car enthusiasts of all ages were partying like its 1941 at the Dec. 9 Charleston Cars & Coffee gathering at Mount Pleasant Towne Centre, as they collectively admired and marveled at the sight of an 82 year-old fire engine red service truck.
- PUB DATE: 12/13/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Moultrie News - Metered Site

VIDEO: More than 350 families of fallen first responders are taking part in a healing retreat at Walt Disney World Resort. The gathering was part of the Gary Sinise Foundation’s annual Snowball Express event, which has been held since 2018 for families of fallen U.S. military heroes. The expansion to a second week focused on first responders and was one of the largest gatherings of the community to date, organizers said.
- PUB DATE: 12/13/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKMG-TV CBS 6 Orlando