Crews battled a two-alarm fire at a vacant building in Seattle’s Lake City neighborhood Wednesday morning. Calls about the fire at Northeast 135th Street and Lake City Way Northeast came in just before 4:45 a.m. on Wednesday. Firefighters arrived to find heavy smoke and flames coming from the building, according to Seattle Fire Department spokesman David Cuerpo.
- PUB DATE: 5/10/2023 12:19:00 PM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7 Seattle

Gov. Jay Inslee signed a bill into law Tuesday making sure things like job-related PTSD or cancer among firefighters and paramedics will be covered by insurance. Back in 2021, KIRO 7 spoke with Olympia firefighter and paramedic Lance Slosson after he was diagnosed with severe PTSD. Lance was on duty when a 911 emergency called him to a car crash.
- PUB DATE: 5/10/2023 12:30:00 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7 Seattle

On May 9, 2013, a massive truck fire erupted on the ramp of Route 22/322 in Dauphin County. The fire caused many headaches for motorists and people around the area. According to abc27 media partner Lancaster Online/LNP, reports said that the truck was heading northbound when it flipped over on a ramp to Route 22/322 westbound.
- PUB DATE: 5/10/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHTM-TV ABC 27 Harrisburg

Tuesday, the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) announced the launch of the modernization effort to develop a new, interoperable fire information and analytics platform, known as the National Emergency Response Information System (NERIS), for the American fire and emergency services. This effort is being carried out as a partnership between USFA and the US Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate (S&T).
- PUB DATE: 5/10/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FEMA.gov

PHOTOS: I am betting there are many out there that would agree that there's something kinda cool about a shiny new fire engine. After all, isn't that why toy companies have been marketing toy versions of them to kids for the better part of the last hundred years?! As cool as a shiny new fire engine might be, it's even cooler when it's customized for the town it's going to serve, and even cooler still, when that customization comes at the hands of one of the fire department's very own! Meet Orono Firefighter, Dennis Bean.
- PUB DATE: 5/10/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WQCB-FM 106.5 Brewer