Posted: Jun 20, 2023
New video from NewsChopper 9 shows what's left of a warehouse following a four-alarm fire last week.
It took nearly 24 hours for Kansas City firefighters to get the fire at Pioneer Pallet under control. Three firefighters were hospitalized with injuries and nearly 200 were needed to combat it.
Flames shot up more than 100-feet in the air at the peak of the fire.
- PUB DATE: 6/20/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KMBC-TV ABC 9 Kansas City
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Posted: Jun 20, 2023
VIDEO/PHOTOS: Impossible means nothing to one firefighter in Lawrence, Massachusetts, who is now back to the job he loves after a serious injury nearly killed him.
The amputee is officially suiting up, fulltime.
“Firefighting means everything to me,” said Miguel Baez, who has worked at the department for more than two decades.
- PUB DATE: 6/20/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBTS-TV NBC 10 Nashua
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Posted: Jun 20, 2023
The Perryton Fire/EMS station is destroyed after an EF-3 tornado struck the town on Thursday evening, and now the department is looking for a new location.
Perryton Fire Chief Paul Dutcher said two firefighters were on duty when the tornado hit. “They did manage to make it into the storm shelter into the stairwell.
- PUB DATE: 6/20/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KAMR-TV NBC 4 Amarillo
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Posted: Jun 20, 2023
PHOTOS: Typically, when people call 911 in emergencies, communication with a dispatcher is limited to voice only.
But those calling the Ravenna police and fire dispatch center with a cellphone now have the option of providing dispatchers with a livestream video of an incident, thanks to new software.
- PUB DATE: 6/20/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Record-Courier - Metered Site
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Posted: Jun 20, 2023
State Mobilization was authorized after a wildfire spread in Walla Walla County. The Washington State Fire Marshal’s Office says the fire started on Monday around 3:30 p.m. and was over 1,500 acres.
Walla Walla County Emergency Management says evacuation level two orders have been issued. Two Washington State Department of Natural Resources helicopters arrived at the scene around 7 p.
- PUB DATE: 6/20/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7 Seattle
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