The Hartford released its ranking of the 100 U.S. cities with the highest home fire risk this week. According to The Hartford Home Fire Index, the top five cities are: Detroit, Michigan; Shreveport, Louisiana; Boston, Massachusetts; Flint, Michigan and Richmond, Virginia. The index is based on an analysis of the U.
- PUB DATE: 3/13/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1

You’ve seen it in the movies and on TV: Someone hurt in a car wreck is strapped to a rigid backboard and rushed to the hospital by ambulance or aboard a rescue helicopter. That’s how firefighters, paramedics and others have approached patients with suspected spinal injury since the nation’s modern fire-based EMS system began some 50 years ago.
- PUB DATE: 3/13/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Bellingham Herald

If they're looking for someone to star in the next Marvel superhero movie, Missoula firefighter Andy Drobeck might be a good candidate. Drobeck showed his "superhuman" athleticism and big heart for a good cause for the seventh year in a row as he zipped to the number one finish in the Scott Firefighter Stairclimb in Seattle.
- PUB DATE: 3/13/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPAX

Lawrence (IN) Fire Department pumper. Enforcer cab and chassis; Cummins, ISL9, 450-hp engine; Waterous CSU 2,000-gpm single-stage pump

 

Investigators say a generator, stored inside a shed, caused a fire in Lynnwood Sunday morning displacing five people. “There’s never been a fire right here,” said Leon Bennett who has lived on Madison Way for 40 years. However this morning, he told Q13 News he woke up to massive flames and a large plume of smoke coming from the house next door.
- PUB DATE: 3/12/2017 9:35:26 PM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13