VIDEO/PHOTOS: A massive fire broke out this morning at the long vacant former Casket Building on North River Street, destroying what was left of the building just as the town planned to have it be part of the new transit system through the Thompsonville section and as it also sought to have the site added to the National Register of Historic Places.
- PUB DATE: 3/25/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Journal Inquirer

PHOTOS: The Chambersburg Fire Department dates back to 1780. At the time, to extinguish fires there was a bucket brigade, a group of personnel that threw water on the flames. It often wasn't very effective, as fires usually already spread too much to be subdued. It was during the early 1800s that hand-drawn apparatus was being used to manually pump water through the fire hose, directed by the nozzle man.
- PUB DATE: 3/25/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Chambersburg Public Opinion

Some first responders are coordinating their own effort to help curb street violence from the recent rash of attacks on Asians in San Francisco. The latest incident that left an Asian victim injured in a violent robbery where she was dragged behind the suspect vehicle has given the group of former and current firefighters another reason to respond.
- PUB DATE: 3/25/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPIX-TV CBS 5 San Francisco

A 3-digit phone number — 988 — for suicide prevention and mental health crisis assistance that the Federal Communications Commission approved for nationwide use in July 2020 is being rolled out in some parts of the country beginning April 24, 2021. The 910 prefixes are currently the only North Carolina numbers impacted by the April 24 rollout.
- PUB DATE: 3/25/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WECT-TV NBC 6 Wilmington

VIDEO: A woman was rescued from a four-alarm commercial fire just moments before flames engulfed the building in downtown Oklahoma City, fire officials said. Crews were called out to check smoke at the structure just before 6:30 p.m. Tuesday evening in the 800 block of NW 4th St. Responding crews reported seeing visible flames and heavy smoke at the vacant structure.
- PUB DATE: 3/24/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KWTV-DT CBS 9 Oklahoma City