Firefighters have made progress overnight in the effort to extinguish a huge facility fire in Wayne County, a spokesman said Sunday morning. First responders remain at the scene in Dudley and have been aided by rain throughout the evening and morning as they battle the enormous blaze at National Salvage and Service Corp.
- PUB DATE: 2/13/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTVD-TV ABC 11 Durham

VIDEO: Being a firefighter and EMT is a tough job that calls for perfect communication skills. That’s why a Kirby firefighter says people underestimate her and her extreme hearing loss. However, thanks to state-of-the-art technology, she can save lives just as well as her crew members. “There was something about wanting to have that challenge,” Konstance Garner said.
- PUB DATE: 2/13/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSAT-TV ABC 12 San Antonio

VIDEO: A promise to never forget. Twenty-five years ago, Anthony Lockhart and Patrick King died in a four-alarm fire in the South Side neighborhood of Beverly. On Sunday, friends and family remembered the two fallen heroes. "We got that visit in the middle of the night that nobody ever wants to get ever, and it broke our family," said Gina King, Patrick's wife.
- PUB DATE: 2/13/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLS-TV ABC 7 Chicago

In the 1980s, rookie firefighters at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport endured a hazing ritual known as the “foam shower.” Recruits stood some 150 feet down the tarmac with 5-gallon buckets and were told to catch firefighting foam shot out of a crash-response truck’s water cannon. They would wear the usual helmet and heat-resistant gear, but still ended up drenched as the bubbly white liquid rained down on them.
- PUB DATE: 2/13/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Seattle Times - Metered Site

PHOTOS: It is always an interesting article when we can find the "oldest" here in New Jersey. It's even more interesting when we can find the "oldest" in Jersey which is the oldest in America. That is the case with this article. First I want to commend all the men and women who served and continue to serve as firefighters here in New Jersey as well as around America and the world.
- PUB DATE: 2/13/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJLK-FM 94.3 Asbury Park