The number of opioid overdoses in Snohomish County is quickly outpacing the number of emergency medical personnel. South County Fire is looking to enlist as many everyday people as possible to help first responders address the crisis. The fire agency is hosting four free classes, ACT to Save a Life.
- PUB DATE: 7/13/2023 12:03:19 AM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13 Seattle

At least one person was rescued Wednesday as firefighters battled a large fire that spread to multiple apartment buildings in Hollywood. The fire broke out around 5:21 p.m. at a building on 7764 W Hollywood Blvd., just east of Fairfax Avenue. Investigators said two vehicles were spotted burning in a carport.
- PUB DATE: 7/13/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KABC-TV ABC 7 Los Angeles

VIDEO: When someone goes missing at one of the Triangle’s many lakes, the search process can be long and put first responders at risk as well, but the Wake Forest Fire Department is using the help of an underwater drone to get the job done faster. Firefighter Korey Floyd said the department has been using the technology for two years and has assisted in searches across the state.
- PUB DATE: 7/13/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WNCN-TV CBS 17 Goldsboro

VIDEO: A local fire department has become the unintentional catalyst of conversation after changing their drug policy and allowing its firefighters to use CBD products. Despite CBD being legal in Indiana since March of 2018, the decision for White River Township Fire Department to change their policy to allow its staff to use CBD products has turned out to be quite controversial among Indiana’s firefighting industry.
- PUB DATE: 7/13/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WXIN-TV FOX 59 Indianapolis

PHOTOS: The apocalyptic scene is still burned into Mike Buttery’s memory 50 years later: Black smoke billowing from the top floor of the Military Personnel Records Center; bits of paper wafting through the air as dozens of firefighters tried desperately to stem the inferno. “They’d hit it (the paper) with the water, and the water would knock it back up in the air, and then it would float around some more out there,” Buttery, then a janitor at the center, recalls of the wind-whipped paper swirling around the massive six-story building outside Saint Louis.
- PUB DATE: 7/13/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Air Force Times