Posted: Mar 23, 2023
PHOTOS: Hoses, helmets and vintage pumper trucks dating from as early as the 1800s bear witness to the legacy of volunteer firefighting in Greensburg.
The equipment can be seen in the Greensburg Volunteer Fire Department Museum, behind City Hall on South Main Street.
Select items from that collection will temporarily have a new home at the Westmoreland Historical Society Education Center at Historic Hanna’s Town in Hempfield.
- PUB DATE: 3/23/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: TribLive
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Posted: Mar 23, 2023
VIDEO: At least one person was injured after a rare tornado hit a city just southeast of Los Angeles Wednesday, local officials said.
The National Weather Service confirmed the tornado “briefly touched down” in an industrial park and warehouse district in the city of Montebello and rated the tornado an EF-1 with estimated peak winds of 110 mph – the strongest tornado to hit the Los Angeles area since 1983.
- PUB DATE: 3/23/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNN
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Posted: Mar 23, 2023
As of 2018, a law was passed in Maine that if a working police dog is injured in the line of duty, they are able to be treated by EMS before being sent to the hospital.
Maine was the first state in New England to pass this law to protect police K9s.
One of Portland's K9s, and his officer partner, are now advocating for that same law in New Hampshire.
- PUB DATE: 3/23/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCSH-TV NBC 6 Portland
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Posted: Mar 23, 2023
VIDEO/PHOTOS: A semi-truck rolled over and caught fire on northbound I-5 in Fife Tuesday afternoon.
The Washington State Dept. of Transportation (WSDOT) tweeted that the collision was reported at 2:22 p.m. on northbound I-5 at the Port of Tacoma exit.
Cleanup efforts went into the evening, and at 10:43 p.
- PUB DATE: 3/23/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle
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Posted: Mar 23, 2023
Firefighting foam floated on Lake Union on Wednesday morning after the Seattle Fire Department extinguished a fire at a Seattle Boat Company storage facility.
But while the fire’s effects on the lake aren’t fully known, officials say the foam itself is environmentally safe and will dissolve in the water on its own.
- PUB DATE: 3/23/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Seattle Times - Metered Site
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