It is with great sadness that the Fire Engineering/FDIC International and Clarion Events family announces the unexpected passing of Chief (Ret.) Bobby Halton, editor in chief of Fire Engineering and Educational Director for FDIC. Chief Halton passed away at his home in Oklahoma Monday night, December 19th, 2022.
- PUB DATE: 12/22/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Fire Engineering

VIDEO: Tuesday's train derailment in Collegedale closed roads and created challenges for cleanup crews and motorists. Ten train cars and three locomotives derailed when the train crashed into a truck carrying a concrete beam. It caused a massive diesel spill at the crossing on College Drive East and Apison Pike.
- PUB DATE: 12/22/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WRCB-TV NBC 3 Chattanooga

VIDEO: Sasha, an 8-year-old Czechoslovakian German Shepherd, is the first pet in Beckley to try out a new oxygen mask, made just for pets. Her handler, Jerry Johnson of the Raleigh County Community Emergency Response Team, reached out to the company, Invisible Fence, to get a free mask kit for Beckley Fire Department, through a program called Project Breathe.
- PUB DATE: 12/22/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WVNS-TV CBS/FOX/MyNetworkTV 59 Lewisburg

The Air Force has grounded its entire fleet of B-2 stealth bombers following an emergency landing and fire earlier this month, and none of the strategic aircraft will perform flyovers at this years' college bowl games. A bomber experienced an in-flight malfunction on Dec. 10, forcing it to make an emergency landing at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri, where it caught fire.
- PUB DATE: 12/22/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KNBC-TV NBC 4 Los Angeles

Fire destroyed a Richland home early Thursday morning. The call for help came in just after 12:30 a.m. and dispatch reported the homeowner said the home was fully engulfed in flames. Several fire crews responded to the 2000 block of Kuhn Street and within minutes were working to put out the blaze. Firefighters tried attacking the fire from several spots around the house, but it may be considered a total loss.
- PUB DATE: 12/22/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: YakTriNews