The Baltimore City Fire Department began a pilot program Monday to assign senior officers to assistants responsible for making numerous fire scene decisions. Dubbed “battalion technicians,” the assistants aim to assist firefighters with tasks that can become overwhelming in an emergency, such as: B.
- PUB DATE: 12/15/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Local Today

VIDEO: As North Texans prepared for severe weather and heeded tornado warnings Monday night, Gov. Greg Abbott issued a familiar directive. “The State of Texas has resources ready for swift deployment, and we are fully prepared to address any potential severe weather expected to impact communities across our state,” the governor announced Monday afternoon.
- PUB DATE: 12/15/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KXAN-TV NBC 36 Austin

Jay Leno, the guru of the garage, did not mince words describing the accident that put him into intensive care. “And suddenly, boom, I got a face full of gas," Leno said. "And then the pilot light jumped and my face caught on fire.” In a televised interview on NBC’s "Today" show, the comic looked only a little worse for wear, and he’s now back on stage doing standup after nine days at the Grossman Burn Center in Los Angeles.
- PUB DATE: 12/15/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Autoblog

It has been 10 years since 20 students and six educators were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown. Rob Sibley is a Deputy Chief in the Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire Department and is also the deputy director for Emergency Management in the village of 9,000 people. Back in 2012, Sibley’s youngest son was in the 3rd grade at Sandy Hook Elementary.
- PUB DATE: 12/15/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTNH-TV ABC 8 New Haven

VIDEO: A Clark County family is grieving the loss of their four pets, their home and all of their belongings. They were lost in a house fire Monday night. No one was injured. Just after 8 p.m., Clark-Cowlitz Fire Rescue and Clark County Fire District 10 responded to the home in La Center on Northeast 384th Street.
- PUB DATE: 12/15/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KGW-TV NBC 8 Portland