More than 100 people in Alabama died in fires in 2022, and 2023 is on pace to be even worse. “Unfortunately we’re usually in the top 5 or the top 10 annually,” said Scott Pilgreen, Alabama’s state fire marshal. “In my view, all of them are preventable.” The Alabama Fire Marshal’s Office reports there were 108 fire fatalities in the state in 2022, and 67 more through July 27 of this year, though that number may be out of date.
- PUB DATE: 8/3/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: AL.com

A man is critically hurt after the van he was driving crashed into an ambulance that was going the opposite direction on Georgia Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., early Wednesday morning, fire officials say. Surveillance video of the crash shows the ambulance driving on Georgia Ave. near Farragut Street NW about 7:20 a.
- PUB DATE: 8/3/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WRC-TV NBC 4 Washington, D.C.

Which U.S. counties face the biggest danger from Earth’s most powerful storms? With climate experts forecasting a “borderline hyperactive” hurricane season, Gutter Gnome ranked 2023’s Most Hurricane-Vulnerable Counties. The study combined hurricane risk assessments by the National Center for Disaster Preparedness (NCDP) with 10 years of historical storm data and financial impact projections from government agencies.
- PUB DATE: 8/3/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFLA-TV NBC 8 Tampa

VIDEO/PHOTOS: Officials with Snohomish Regional Fire and Rescue have responded to numerous fires in the last month that have occurred at or near a homeless encampment. The small camp is located in the woods behind the Walmart on Chain Lake Road and 191st Avenue Southeast. Last week, fire crews responded to the location, saying, “The fire origin was found to be a tent and its contents.
- PUB DATE: 8/3/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle

VIDEO: A man was arrested Tuesday after throwing a brick into a Seattle Fire Department (SFD) medic truck, the Seattle Police Department said. The suspect, 60, is accused of throwing the brick into the windshield of the SFD Medic 18 truck near the intersection of North 45th Street and Bagley Avenue North in Seattle's Wallingford neighborhood.
- PUB DATE: 8/3/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle