Posted: Mar 1, 2021
VIDEO: Multiple firefighter units and HAZMAT crews responded to a four-alarm fire at a warehouse on Saturday afternoon along SH-249 and the Beltway near Tomball.
It started at about 5:30 p.m. in the 62000 block of Tomball Parkway (SH-249) and lasted throughout the night.
Investigators are still unclear of the cause.
- PUB DATE: 3/1/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KHOU-TV CBS 11 Houston
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Posted: Mar 1, 2021
A Connecticut ambulance company employee was arrested and charged in a string of Molotov cocktail attacks across the state that targeted two emergency medical services agencies, a volunteer fire department and a private residence on the same day, authorities said.
Richard White, 37, of Torrington, Connecticut, was arrested around 10 p.
- PUB DATE: 3/1/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ABC News
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Posted: Mar 1, 2021
PHOTOS: Asheville Fire Department’s dual driver ladder truck is a tiller truck or a tractor drawn aerial (TDA). This hook-and-ladder truck features a specialized turntable ladder mounted on a semi-trailer truck. Ladder 1 was purchased for $1.2 million back in 2019. It runs out of the downtown station and responds to more than 2,800 calls per year.
- PUB DATE: 3/1/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The City of Asheville
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Posted: Mar 1, 2021
A team of investigators at the University of Kansas is collecting data and designing interventions to improve the quality of sleep for firefighters and paramedics in the Lawrence Douglas County Fire-Medical Department.
For these first responders, better sleep could improve their quality of life and boost their performance as they encounter life-and-death situations.
- PUB DATE: 3/1/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Medical Express
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Posted: Mar 1, 2021
On February 20, 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that the first person in the United States had died from COVID-19 — a man in his fifties living in Washington state.
Since then, close to 28 million Americans have been infected with the novel (new) coronavirus, officially known as SARS-CoV-2, according to the latest data from Johns Hopkins University.
- PUB DATE: 3/1/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Everyday Health
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