Emergency calls earlier this week taxed the resources of East Jefferson Fire Rescue, the department said. A surge in 911 calls “left us at status zero for too long,” Chief Bret Black said in a press release. “We need more firefighters and paramedics.” Status zero is a 911 industry term used by emergency dispatchers that means that all available fire and emergency medical service units are committed and there is nothing left for the next emergency call.
- PUB DATE: 11/18/2022 1:30:00 AM - SOURCE: Peninsula Daily News Online

Columbia-Richland Fire says no injuries have been reported in a large house fire reported on Thursday afternoon. According to a department spokesperson, the two-alarm fire was called in around 5 p.m. on Rusty Mill Drive - roughly three miles east of Pontiac in northeastern Richland County. About 50 fire department personnel responded to the fire, which displaced six people.
- PUB DATE: 11/18/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLTX-TV CBS 19 Columbia

Michael Stanley was a part of the Schenectady Fire Department long before he officially joined its ranks in 1999. Firefighting, in fact, has been a tradition in his family dating back more than 100 years. Like many who answer the call to serve, the 47-year-old Stanley followed in the footsteps of his late father, Robert Stanley, who joined the department in the 1970s before retiring in the early 2000s as a deputy chief, capping off a 32-year career.
- PUB DATE: 11/18/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Daily Gazette - Metered Site

VIDEO: The Louisville Fire Department has a new tool that leaders believe will keep the waterways safer than ever before. On Thursday WLKY got a first look at LFD's newest rescue boat, during one of the training sessions for one of the three crews that will be manning it. "There's not a vessel close to this within the port," said Louisville major Jonathon Jones.
- PUB DATE: 11/18/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLKY-TV CBS 32 Louisville