PHOTOS: Two city firefighters make history as they become the first women to be appointed as fire investigators in the history of the Buffalo Fire Department. City fire leaders, firefighters, and firefighter families gathered at ECC's downtown campus Thursday afternoon to celebrate a round of promotions and appointments.
- PUB DATE: 12/16/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKBW-TV ABC 7 Buffalo

First responders face traumatic experiences and emergencies everyday. “Those sights and sounds stick with us throughout our life, so the more those build up, the more sometimes it starts to wear on us,” said Northern Wake Fire Dept. Chaplain and Firefighter Lauren Deer. When Deer came back from her first fatality call, she didn’t know how to handle it.
- PUB DATE: 12/16/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WNCN-TV CBS 17 Goldsboro

“We have a distinguished, prestigious, and proud fire department, which is visible in the heroic actions of our firefighters every single day,” Mayor Steven Fulop said at the ceremony. “Being a firefighter is a difficult job and I want to thank the 21 new firefighters as you raise your hand today and take the Oath of Office to join the best fire department in the state.
- PUB DATE: 12/16/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Hudson County View

VIDEO: Firefighters in Deltona, Florida made a special visit Thursday to the home of a boy they helped deliver 11 years ago. Susan Rubi credits the paramedics for saving her son Jacks' life after she unexpectedly went into labor at 26 weeks. "Doing what they did especially as fast as they did we wouldn’t have had him today," she said.
- PUB DATE: 12/16/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WOFL-TV FOX 35 Orlando

Two people, as well as several pets, have been found dead after Clark-Cowlitz Fire Rescue responded to a house fire early Thursday. Clark-Cowlitz Fire Rescue and Clark County Fire District 3 were dispatched just after 4:30 a.m. following a call reporting a “loud bang” and flames coming from a home in the 24000 block of NE 50th Avenue.
- PUB DATE: 12/16/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPTV FOX 12 Portland