VIDEOS: Chicago firefighters were back on the scene of a deadly high-rise fire early Thursday morning, and investigators are expected to start trying to determine a cause of the blaze. One woman died and nine others were hurt in the incident, including a firefighter, at an apartment building on South Lake Park Avenue Wednesday morning.
- PUB DATE: 1/26/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLS-TV ABC 7 Chicago

VIDEO: Call it Uber for EMS – at least that's what Lt. Gov. Adam Gregg calls it. An Iowa pilot program plans to give two EMS providers $50,000 each to use an app to notify nearby first responders to quickly respond to an emergency before an ambulance can arrive. Providers can now apply for the grant and must match it with $25,000 of their own money.
- PUB DATE: 1/26/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCCI-TV CBS 8 Des Moines

VIDEO/PHOTO: Mike Thakur, content creator/YouTuber, has purchased one of the most talked about home listings, reports WSMV. It’s a Franklin mansion that has extensive fire damage and was listed for $1.5 million. The listing went viral, receiving 1 million views on Zillow and shared on the account Zillow Gone Wild.
- PUB DATE: 1/26/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Davidson County Source

After a fire, investigators charged with determining the cause of the blaze sometimes stumble on unstable surfaces, breathe in toxins, or face other health and safety risks. But they had no central place to document their exposure to hazards at work, and researchers had no central place to evaluate that data to try to mitigate those risks — until now.
- PUB DATE: 1/26/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: South Florida Hospital News

With a heavy heart, South King Fire & Rescue announced that Retired Chief Bud Thorson passed away on Jan. 13, 2023 at the young age of 93 years. “Chief Thorson was a true visionary and left behind a legacy,” the department said. Chief Bud Thorson was born in Centerville, South Dakota, on July 16th, 1929, and moved to Seattle when he was seven.
- PUB DATE: 1/26/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Waterland Blog