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| Juneau firefighters unfazed by hospital worker's severe reaction to vaccine Firefighters and ambulance crews in Juneau are moving ahead with their COVID-19 vaccinations after a Bartlett Regional Hospital worker made national headlines on Wednesday for being the first, and so far only, person in the United States to have a severe reaction to the vaccine that rolled out this week. Inside the apparatus bay at Capital City Fire/Rescue's downtown station on Thursday, about a quarter of Juneau's career firefighters and ambulance crews are assembling to get their first dose of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine. Most of them are finishing up a 24-hour shift and headed into 48 hours of downtime. That's by design. It's a precaution in case they need some recovery time from some of the shot's effects. The department's EMS Officer Andrew Pantiskas is running the pop-up clinic. He calls them together. KTOO RADIO Sitka's emergency responders line up for coronavirus vaccine Many of Sitka's frontline health care workers and first responders joined others around the state on Wednesday (11-16-20) when they received doses of the coronavirus vaccine. The first shipment of the Pfizer vaccine arrived in Sitka early Wednesday morning. It was four in the afternoon, and the mood at Sitka's fire hall was jovial. Masked health care workers gathered at three different tables, preparing to vaccinate 40 to 50 first responders this evening. SEARHC started vaccinating their frontline health care workers earlier in the day, but Sitka Fire Chief Craig Warren was the first emergency responder in line. After his paperwork was processed, he headed over to a fold out table riddled with packaged syringes and vials of fluid, and rolled up his left sleeve. He said he didn't feel a thing. KCAW.ORG PREVIOUS STATE NEWS |
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| Texas fire department now has its first-ever all-female day crew VIDEO: History has been made in League City! The city's volunteer fire department now has it's first-ever all-female day crew. A photo of the five women, seen posing in full gear, was posted on the department's Facebook page on Wednesday. "These ladies are proudly representing Stations 3, 4 and 6! Way to represent and make history ladies," read the post. According to the city's website, the League City Volunteer Fire Department is comprised of more than 120 volunteers. "I think we were all kind of itching to get that first run out of the way," said Johanna Kirkpatrick. Since the League City Volunteer Fire Department was established in 1938, there has never been a shift that was entirely staffed by an all-female crew. "It was great, we had a great time and we went, 'Woo!' and got to run some lights and sirens a little bit. Thankfully, everything was okay for both calls, but it was real neat to be in a truck and just the girls," said Kirkpatrick. KTRK-TV ABC 13 HOUSTON Prosecutors: 15-year-old charged in murder of retired Chicago firefighter was part of ‘calculated' carjacking attempt A 15-year-old boy faces a murder charge in the fatal shooting of a retired Chicago firefighter earlier this month outside a Morgan Park popcorn shop. The teen, who is not being identified because he is charged as a juvenile, was unarmed at the time of the shooting. He was with two other people who had guns when they confronted 65-year-old Dwain Williams Dec. 3 in an apparent robbery attempt, Cook County prosecutors said in court Thursday. Mayor Lori Lightfoot said she spoke with Williams' wife to share news about the charges. "She was happy ... that the people responsible were found. But, as you might imagine, her life is still shattered." Chief of Detectives Brendan Deenihan characterized the suspects as a "carjacking crew" responsible for several other crimes in the area. Police recovered a weapon and were testing it to see if it was used in the shooting, he said. CHICAGO SUN TIMES - METERED SITE Retired California firefighter honors first responders with reindeer display VIDEO: Instead of Dasher, Dancer, and Prancer, a retired Redding firefighter has created his own handmade reindeer display in honor of first responders. Patrick Westrip created the eight not-so-tiny reindeer out of cardboard and paper-mâché and painted blankets on each one to honor different first responders such as firefighters, law enforcement, and medical workers. Westrip says he got the idea while he was dealing with some health issues of his own. "I was laying in the hospital and actually thought 'what can I do to represent the first responders and the healthcare works and all my friends that work in frontline industries?' So, I decided to paint their blankets representing the police department, fire, and everything, and nurses," Westrip explained. KRCR-TV ABC 7 REDDING Police: 1 dead, 2 paramedics injured after shooting in Arkansas One person is dead, two paramedics injured after a shooting Thursday morning in Pine Bluff. Officers were dispatched to the 1400 block of West 23rd Avenue at 4:30 a.m. and discovered the two paramedics suffering from gunshot wounds. According to Pine Bluff investigators a third individual, 22-year-old Kevin Curl Jr., was pronounced dead at the scene. Both paramedics were taken to a local hospital to be treated for their injuries. Police say the paramedics arrived at a residence responding to a medical emergency about a woman who had hurt her knee. The report then says while attending to the woman, Curl approached paramedics and began an argument, which led to Curl shooting the paramedics. The report then states that a paramedic returned gunfire, striking Curl. Curl reportedly then ran inside a house where he was found dead from his injuries. Detectives are still in the early stages of the investigation and will be releasing more information as details become available. KARK-TV NBC 4 LITTLE ROCK Fire trucks made just north of South Dakota town featured in a new video game VIDEO: Fire trucks made at Rosenbauer USA, just north of Sioux Falls, are now featured in a new video game– and the company is giving away 250 free downloads this holiday season. Firefighting simulator The Squad just launched on Steam in November. This new worldwide video game features fire trucks made right here in South Dakota. "All the trucks in it are 100% authentic," Neil Chaney with Rosenbauer South Dakota said. Chaney says a German video game developer reached out to their company to help create the game. "Rosenbauer has been contracted by us in order to have real firefighting vehicles in there. If we're making a real simulation with how the fireworks, also want to have real firefighting vehicles in there that actually exist so that's where Rosenbauer comes in," Game developer with Chronos Unterhaltungssoftware, Gregor Koch said. KELO-TV CBS 11 SIOUX FALLS PREVIOUS NATIONAL NEWS |
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