VIDEO: The City of Shawnee approved a station alert system for its fire department and now, it’s up and running. It’s designed to not only keep firefighters healthier, but also the public a little safer. For sleeping firefighters, it’s now a red light instead of a bright one and the alarm starts softer before increasingly getting louder.
- PUB DATE: 3/15/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KMBC-TV ABC 9 Kansas City

Multiple fires are under investigation in Dayton and Trotwood after a recent surge in serious fires after which multiple people were found dead. At least eight people were found dead following four fires in Montgomery County over the last eight days — including a fire in Dayton that officials said was one of the most tragic fires in the city’s history after five people were found dead.
- PUB DATE: 3/15/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Dayton Daily News - Metered Site

Michael Wall, Michael Leo, and Kevin O’Malley are members of one of the best known public safety departments in the world: FDNY. Despite the challenges of operating in an urban environment, FDNY supports their responders from the air. In a presentation at the National Public Safety UAS Conference, the team discussed the lessons they’ve learned from building a drone program and flying in NYC.
- PUB DATE: 3/15/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Drone Life

VIDEO: Many will remember the tornadoes that wreaked havoc in downtown Atlanta and across Georgia on March 14 and 15, 2008 – leaving many iconic Atlanta buildings damaged. There were at least a dozen tornadoes reported in Georgia that weekend, including one formed in the middle of the downtown’s tourism district that Friday night, a first in the city’s recorded history.
- PUB DATE: 3/15/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSB-TV ABC 2 Atlanta

Video from a Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) traffic camera shows large flames from a fire at a homeless encampment under an I-5 off-ramp in Seattle early Wednesday morning. The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) first tweeted about the fire near South Spokane Street just before 1 a.
- PUB DATE: 3/15/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle