Each year the conference takes the time to recognize a person who has had a positive impact on training.

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AMKUS Rescue Systems has completed a UL Solutions evaluation of its Light and Heavy Rescue Tool models using Milwaukee Li-Ion batteries and associated electronics, receiving authorization to apply the UL Mark to the evaluated products.

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Fire Rescue crews on Sunday worked to put out a sailboat fire in Fort Lauderdale. According to Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue, at around 6 a.m., crews received several 911 calls about a boat that was on fire near the 100 block of Hendricks Isle.

Once at the scene, crews found a 60-foot catamaran sailboat that was on fire. Fire rescue said that the fire quickly spread around the boat, and it took them about 30 minutes to control the fire and another hour to fully knock it down.

No one was on board the vessel. “You know, the adrenaline is always pumping on the way to a job like this,” said Jonathan LaPadula, a captain at Sea Tow. LaPadula told NBC6 he saw the flames roaring from the boat as he arrived.

WTVJ-TV NBC 6 Miami

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VIDEO: The New Haven Fire Department made a historic find last week as a waterproof container from the 1800s was just discovered fully intact. The item, a cistern, is what the fire department used before fire hydrants were around.

“We get a phone call from city engineer who said, ‘Chief you got to come down to City Hall, we found an old fire cistern,’” New Haven Fire Chief Daniel Coughlin said.

The cistern — more than 160 years old — was found still intact. The 19,000-gallon water tank was sitting underground from when firefighters used cisterns before fire hydrants were in use.

“There had to have been some calculations as to, ‘Hey, how much water do we need or potentially need.’ These guys were ahead of their time,” Chief Coughlin said.

Chief Coughlin said this tank was on the annual report for 1862 — the same year the New Haven Fire Department was founded.

“Probably used by the volunteers before we had an official fire department in 1862,” Chief Coughlin said. “The fire department would take the old steam engine, pull up with the horses and pump out of it to get the water.”

WTNH-TV ABC 8 New Haven

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A fast-moving, four-alarm fire raced through a building in Rockport on Sunday, destroying the Rockport House of Pizza and leaving several people displaced.

Crews responding to a reported structure fire on Broadway Avenue around 10 a.m. found heavy smoke and flames coming from the restaurant. Two families living in the apartments next to the pizza shop had to evacuate.

Jennis Heal says he was home with his wife and daughter when the fire broke out. “Fortunately enough, the people in the pizza shop, where the fire originated from, yelled all around to the building,” Heal said.

“So we heard that on the third floor. We realized smoke was starting to come up our area, and we got out as fast as we could. We took whatever we could take. We have two cats — we lost two cats in the fire — but overall we are healthy. We are happy we are alive.”

Fire officials say crews from several neighboring communities, including Gloucester, Manchester, and Essex assisted at the scene. The fire was brought under control in about three hours. There were no reported injuries. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

WHDH-TV 7 Boston

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