The Georgetown Fire Department is now the first in Kentucky to offer a specific type of cancer screening test to its firefighters. It’s called the Galleri test and it can detect more than 50 types of cancer, even in the earliest stages. “We always want to try to figure out ways that we can take care of our members,” said Chief Tim Thompson, Georgetown Fire Department.
- PUB DATE: 5/5/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKYT-TV CBS/CW 27 Lexington

While the Lake Norden fire department has received offers of help after a Wednesday morning fire destroyed much of its equipment, the long-term replacement will take time and money. Four of the department’s five fire vehicles were destroyed in the fire as well as the two ambulances, said Tony Aas, the city’s police chief.
- PUB DATE: 5/5/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KELO-TV CBS/MyNetworkTV 11 Sioux Falls

Volunteers at the Thibodaux Fire Department are getting floats ready to roll for Sunday’s morning Firemen’s Fair parade, one of the longest-recorded parades in U.S. history. When you rewind and travel back in time for a peek at pictures from past parades, you’ll learn the parade has been rolling through Thibodaux since the 1800s.
- PUB DATE: 5/5/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WVLA-TV NBC 33 Baton Rouge

VIDEO: When Michael McAllister of Turtle Creek is not on the football field, he's fighting fires. Now, the 23-year-old is heading to California as an undrafted free agent with the Los Angeles Rams! He became a volunteer firefighter for the Turtle Creek Volunteer Fire Department when he was 16. “I fell in love with it at a young age, and I’ve always made time for this place.
- PUB DATE: 5/5/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTAE-TV ABC 4 Pittsburgh

VIDEO/PHOTOS: Several fire agencies responded to a large vegetation fire at the Columbia Park in Kennewick. On May 4, just after 2 p.m., the Kennewick Fire Department was dispatched to the 2700 block of Paul Parish Drive, near the Columbia Park Golf Course for a report of a vegetation fire. Benton County Fire District #1 and other agencies responded as part of a mutual-aid agreement.
- PUB DATE: 5/5/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KEPR-TV CBS/CW Plus 19 Pasco