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Posted: Feb 13, 2023

Texas firefighter’s severe hearing loss doesn’t stop her from saving lives

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
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Posted: Feb 13, 2023

2 Chicago firefighters killed in massive Beverly fire honored 25 years later

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
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Posted: Feb 13, 2023

Seattle-Tacoma International Airport’s legacy of PFAS chemicals: ‘foam showers,’ sick firefighters and contaminated water

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
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Posted: Feb 13, 2023

Amazing! The Oldest Firehouse in America is in New Jersey

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
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Posted: Feb 13, 2023

Follow Up: String of illegal Seattle encampment fires worries neighbors

Seattle has seen a string of dangerous fires in illegal homeless encampments. The latest fire came Thursday in the Chinatown-International District, marking the second fire to break out in the area in just days. Investigators said the fire may have been started by a meth lab in the camp as police said they found fentanyl, meth, crack and two guns along with $7,000 in cash.
- PUB DATE: 2/13/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 7 Seattle
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