St. Paul Fire Capt. Mike Paidar loved helping people and his family is hoping a new determination about his death will allow that legacy to live on. Minnesota Public Safety Commissioner John Harrington recently concluded Paidar’s death from cancer was linked to his work and therefore occurred in the line of duty, making his family eligible for public safety officer death benefits.
- PUB DATE: 11/4/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Pioneer Press - Metered Site

VIDEO/PHOTOS: A unique piece of history has returned home to one North Texas town. A 1948 fire engine was recently discovered in a field by landowners in Sweetwater, Texas. Anna Fire Chief Ray Isom says the landowners contacted the department and offered to donate the engine back to the city. “They actually sent photos of it,” Isom said.
- PUB DATE: 11/4/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KXAS-TV NBC 5 Fort Worth

Mitch Hokanson was making noise on the side of Oasis Rd. and causing drivers to turn their cars around to see what he was creating. Hokanson was in the middle of carving a large fish out of wood with a chainsaw, and this is his twentieth year finetuning his craft. Hokanson creates chainsaw wood art and said he was first taught skills from his artistic mom and learned woodcutting from his dad, but he is also has learned a lot on his own.
- PUB DATE: 11/4/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KRCR-TV ABC 7 Redding

First responders across Massachusetts are warning residents to avoid a scam text message claiming to be running a t-shirt sale to benefit local fire departments. The texts, fire officials say, impersonate the “friends of” groups of towns’ fire departments and offer limited edition t-shirts to support the firefighters.
- PUB DATE: 11/4/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Masslive.com

VIDEOS: Firefighters battled a fire in Everett on Wednesday morning. Heavy smoke could be seen filling the air as crews worked to put out the flames coming from a three-story, mixed-use building on Broadway. The Everett deputy fire chief says everyone inside the building was able to make it out and there are no reported injuries.
- PUB DATE: 11/3/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHDH-TV ABC 7 Boston