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Posted: Jun 13, 2023

Longtime Snoqualmie fire chief is leaving at the end of June

Longtime Snoqualmie Fire Chief Mark Correira announced June 12 that he is leaving the city later this month. His last day will be June 29. Correira took the fire chief job in Snoqualmie back in 2014, following almost 16 years as the assistant chief for Snohomish County Fire District #1. He also briefly served as Snoqualmie’s interim city administrator for nine months in 2021.
- PUB DATE: 6/13/2023 10:28:00 AM - SOURCE: Snoqualmie Valley Record - Metered Site
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Posted: Jun 13, 2023

VIDEO: Multiple crews battle fire at vacant warehouse in Kentucky

PHOTOS: One hundred firefighters battled a fire at a vacant warehouse in Louisville's Smoketown neighborhood. Heavy black smoke could be seen billowing into the sky when the fire was reported around 4:22 p.m. Monday at the intersection of South Jackson and East Caldwell streets. Louisville Fire Battalion Chief Maj.
- PUB DATE: 6/13/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDRB-TV FOX 41 Louisville
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Posted: Jun 13, 2023

'The irony is not lost on me': How a fire at a Tennessee fire station is being used as a teaching moment

It happens after all the big fires — the Nashville Fire Department calls a news conference and gives tips on ways to prevent this from happening again. "Turning off that stove, not grilling within 10 feet of a home, or not grilling on that balcony patio," said Kendra Loney, Public Information Officer for NFD.
- PUB DATE: 6/13/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTVF-TV CBS 5 Nashville
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Posted: Jun 13, 2023

Northern Virginia surgeons, paramedics team up for 'extraordinarily uncommon' training

VIDEO/PHOTOS: The community relies on its first responders to save lives in an emergency. Remaining calm during chaotic situations is imperative and it's a skill being taught at a first-of-its-kind training for the Washington metro region. As a Level 1 trauma center, the ambulance bay for the emergency room at Inova Fairfax Hospital is always busy.
- PUB DATE: 6/13/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJLA-TV ABC 7 Washington, D.C.
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Posted: Jun 13, 2023

After losing his left leg,Texas firefighter gets chance on NBC’s ‘American Ninja Warrior’

Gary Weiland vowed that his leg amputation wouldn’t be his end. The Denton firefighter went in for partial knee replacement surgery in 2018, where complications during the operation resulted in the decision to amputate his left leg to save his body. And just like that, Weiland’s entire life changed. “I made the decision pretty early on that this wasn’t going to beat me,” Weiland said.
- PUB DATE: 6/13/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Fort Worth Star-Telegram - Metered Site
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