Three firefighters were taken to the hospital and 30 people were displaced after a fire spread through three triple-decker homes in Dorchester Monday afternoon, officials said. The fire started shortly before 2:30 p.m. Speaking with reporters later, Boston’s fire commissioner said the fire appeared to have started in a basement area of a building at 20 Irma Street before rising through the back of the structure, punching through the roof and spreading to two neighboring buildings.
- PUB DATE: 8/8/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHDH-TV ABC 7 Boston

VIDEO: The debate over the future of self-driving cars is picking up steam. Safety was the top concern at Monday's California Public Utilities Commission meeting, bringing autonomous vehicle companies Waymo and Cruise face to face with first responders who've raised concerns about the vehicles. San Francisco Fire Chief Jeanine Nicholson said there have been more than 50 cases of the self-driving vehicles interfering with or impeding emergency responders so far this year.
- PUB DATE: 8/8/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTVU-TV FOX 2 Oakland

VIDEO: A morning swim during hazardous conditions in Lake Michigan on Sunday turned into a dramatic, large-scale rescue that also put first responders in danger. A Beach Hazard Warning was in effect at the time of the rescue. CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey had the story. The Great Lakes Surf Rescue Project said those signs are often missed or ignored.
- PUB DATE: 8/8/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBBM-TV CBS 2 Chicago

A $4 million award from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, a division of the National Institutes of Health, will allow researchers in the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health to identify key factors for the successful implementation of workplace sleep coaching to improve sleep health in Arizona firefighters.
- PUB DATE: 8/8/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The University of Arizona Health Sciences

VIDEO: Seattle City Light says it is closely monitoring the Sourdough Fire burning near its Skagit Hydroelectric Project, consisting of three dams near the towns of Diablo and Newhalem. City Light is also assisting wherever possible to support operations, including with the use of heavy equipment and boating support for structure protection in connection with the hard-to-reach fire.
- PUB DATE: 8/8/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle