VIDEO - For the first time, we’re seeing video of the daring and emotional rescue of two children from a house fire in Mount Hope. The fire was so intense the children suffered critical burns and their older brother perished. Video captured by a GoPro on one firefighter’s helmet shows just what fire crews were up against that early Monday morning last November.
- PUB DATE: 10/27/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KNSD-TV NBC San Diego

Public safety providers in central Ohio had the chance to experience the future of broadband for managing emergency incidents. Using a dedicated public safety 700 MHz LTE broadband network — FirstNet — constructed exclusively for this event, public safety personnel from fire, law enforcement, EMS, public safety telecommunications and other agencies came together to learn what a dedicated high-speed data will mean for public safety agencies in the United States.
- PUB DATE: 10/27/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1

Firefighters performed a dramatic rescue dozens of feet above the ground, pulling a man from the window of a burning building in New York City's Upper East Side. The New York Fire Department responded to the six-alarm blaze the started around 3:30 a.m. on Thursday, reports WABC, a local affiliate. The fire quickly ripped through all five floors of an apartment building and burst through the roof, killing one person and leaving another in critical condition.
- PUB DATE: 10/27/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WABC-TV 7online.com

Yankton (SD) Fire Department quick-response wildland unit. Ford F-550 cab and chassis; 6.8-liter SOHC 326-hp engine; UPF Poly 300-gallon tank.

If not for the protective gear that saved him, Spokane Fire Department firefighter Chuck McKenzie could have died when he was burned in an apartment fire in North Spokane in September. Nearly two months later, SFD officials said they remain committed to repairing and improving their gear. What happens to the gear when it gets anything from a tear to a life-threatening heat damage? “We really are the tip of the spear,” said Alex Dreager, a firefighter for the SFD and helps sews the gear for the crew.
- PUB DATE: 10/26/2016 5:47:08 PM - SOURCE: KREM-TV CBS 2