During the attack at the Covenant School, emergency calls to 911 show at least one teacher stepped into the hallway after hearing alarms go off, thinking it could be a fire drill. One proposal in Tennessee’s upcoming special legislative session would change how schools react when the alarm sounds. According to the bill, HB7002, guns fired inside a school could produce smoke that sets off fire alarms.
- PUB DATE: 8/11/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPLN-FM 90.3 Nashville

PHOTOS: After three years of raising money, the Vintage Fire Museum’s capital campaign has been completed with over $600,000 contributed for the purchase and restoration of its building. The museum, at 706 Spring St., Jeffersonville, has been at its location since 2020. It had been at other sites, including just across the street from the current spot.
- PUB DATE: 8/11/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: News and Tribune - Metered Site

There is something about watching firefighters work that is naturally dramatic and exciting to witness. Life and death situations, danger, physical feats, and the men and women working hard in service of others make for a powerful combination. Which perhaps is why firefighters make for great TV. Audiences cannot get enough of firefighters on television, and some fantastic pulse-racing, heart-wrenching firefighter shows have been produced over the years.
- PUB DATE: 8/11/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Collider

VIDEO: Spokane Valley Fire Department was awarded a $25,000 grant from the Washington Department of Labor and Industries as part of a program designed to help firefighters stay healthy and safe on the job. The two-year FIIRE (Firefighter Injury & Illness Reduction) program requires employers to develop and implement a Safety Improvement Plan designed to reduce job-related injuries and illnesses for firefighters through proactive risk management.
- PUB DATE: 8/11/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KHQ-TV NBC 6 Spokane

Recently developed artificial intelligence software can determine whether firefighters may be about to experience a potentially fatal cardiac event. That’s what a team of researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the University of Rochester, and Google contend in a report that details their machine-learning model.
- PUB DATE: 8/10/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Safety and Health Magazine