“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

PHOTOS: The former Collins Fruit warehouse in Monitor is a total loss after an early morning fire today. A report of a fire visible from the highway came in at 1 a.m. for the fire on Main Street, according to Wenatchee Valley Fire Department spokeswoman Kay McKellar. Main Street in Monitor was closed from the intersection of Warehouse Road and Pioneer Road to Highway 2.
- PUB DATE: 12/16/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Wenatchee World - Metered Site

Gary Girod can’t pass a red kettle without placing at least a couple dollars inside. When the retired firefighter sees a Salvation Army volunteer with a bell, it also takes him back more than 60 years. That’s when the charity showed up for him in the most unlikely of places – stranded on a mountain.
- PUB DATE: 12/15/2022 8:00:00 PM - SOURCE: Spokane Spokesman-Review - Metered Site