The Spokane Fire Department responded to a water rescue near Gonzaga University. Several crews responded to the water rescue at East Cataldo Avenue and North Superior Street. According to the Spokane Fire Department, initial reports were that three people jumped off a bridge at East Trent Avenue and into the river.

As crews continued investigating, the fire department confirmed only one person jumped into the river. The fire department said the known person who jumped in the river was rescued and is being transported to the hospital. The fire department said the Spokane Police Department was also on scene.

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Brandon Oaks succeeds his late father, Jerrell Oaks, who founded NAFECO, a supplier of fire, law enforcement, emergency medical services (EMS), and industrial safety equipment and uniforms.

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PHOTOS: A massive five-alarm fire broke out at a warehouse in northwest Miami-Dade on Thursday, prompting a huge response involving more than 100 firefighters. The fire was reported around 10:45 a.m. at a warehouse in the 20600 block of Northwest 47th Avenue.

Aerial footage from Chopper 6 showed the warehouse engulfed in flames as a large plumes of black smoke rose into the air from the scene. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue officials said firefighters arrived to find flames and heavy black smoke coming from the warehouse.

Footage showed firefighters spraying water on the building and attacking the flames from multiple angles. The call began as a two-alarm fire but by the afternoon, it had been upgraded to a five-alarm fire, with over 48 fire rescue units and over 100 firefighters at the scene, officials said. Crews were conducting a defensive attack to extinguish the fire due to structural integrity concerns.

“From the arrival of the initial companies, the fire had already taken possession of the entire building, making it too dangerous for us to go inside,” Miami-Dade Deputy Fire Chief Danny Cardeso said.

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VIDEO: We have reported on the dwindling number of volunteer firefighters here in New York and efforts to recruit new members for volunteer fire departments and companies.

And now some fire officials are asking Gov. Kathy Hochul and state lawmakers to provide authorization to go beyond current incentives to draw in volunteer firefighters and add new part-time compensation options.

Volunteer fire departments and companies face the dilemma of fighting more difficult to deal with fires like those from electric vehicles or handling hazardous materials incidents and that requires more state mandated training from the volunteers who are already donating their time for the fire service.

Getzville Fire Company public information officer David Morales explains: “The fires that we’re fighting have changed from the past which means that the way that we train to fight fires has to change as well to adapt to those new types of fires.”

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VIDEO: Fire officials are issuing a warning after a teenager was seriously injured attempting a dangerous social media trend where people try to “breathe fire” by drinking isopropyl alcohol.

Wilmerding Borough Fire Marshal Al Hussey says the teen is lucky to be alive. “We are not meant to breathe fire as human beings,” Hussey said.

Hussey said the teen attempted to “breathe fire” using isopropyl alcohol inside a Pitcairn apartment unit Friday night. The building has about 40 units. Hussey says the teen is now intubated and being treated at a burn unit with 8% burns to the face and chest.

“First and foremost, you can lose your life. Second, you can have life-altering injuries to your appearance. Third, you could injure others in a building where you’re in, or a room, or the home. At the least, you’re going to have life-altering injuries, end up in the burn unit,” Hussey said.

Hussey is now urging parents to pay close attention to what their children have access to, especially when it comes to flammable household products.

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