Multiple fires are under investigation in Dayton and Trotwood after a recent surge in serious fires after which multiple people were found dead. At least eight people were found dead following four fires in Montgomery County over the last eight days — including a fire in Dayton that officials said was one of the most tragic fires in the city’s history after five people were found dead.
- PUB DATE: 3/15/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Dayton Daily News - Metered Site

Michael Wall, Michael Leo, and Kevin O’Malley are members of one of the best known public safety departments in the world: FDNY. Despite the challenges of operating in an urban environment, FDNY supports their responders from the air. In a presentation at the National Public Safety UAS Conference, the team discussed the lessons they’ve learned from building a drone program and flying in NYC.
- PUB DATE: 3/15/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Drone Life

VIDEO: Many will remember the tornadoes that wreaked havoc in downtown Atlanta and across Georgia on March 14 and 15, 2008 – leaving many iconic Atlanta buildings damaged. There were at least a dozen tornadoes reported in Georgia that weekend, including one formed in the middle of the downtown’s tourism district that Friday night, a first in the city’s recorded history.
- PUB DATE: 3/15/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSB-TV ABC 2 Atlanta

Video from a Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) traffic camera shows large flames from a fire at a homeless encampment under an I-5 off-ramp in Seattle early Wednesday morning. The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) first tweeted about the fire near South Spokane Street just before 1 a.
- PUB DATE: 3/15/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle

At least 17 firefighters from four local fire departments traveled from Lewis County to Seattle on Sunday to climb the 69 floors of the Columbia Center as part of the 32nd Annual Firefighter Stairclimb. Participating firefighters climbed the Columbia Center in full structural turnout gear, while on air, to raise funds for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
- PUB DATE: 3/15/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Chronicle