They may be out of uniform and using tools not part of their daily routine, but members of Anchorage Firefighters Union Local 1264 are still helping others. "Anytime you can be part of something that is bigger than yourself, people want to jump on that," said union member Mia Carson. Carson and the firefighters are building 10 sets of bunk beds for children around Southcentral as part of Sleep in Heavenly Peace. "Like this week, we're dealing with minus 20 to minus 40 temperatures," said Alaska chapter president John Holwege. "Some of these kids we're delivering these bunk beds to are sleeping on piles of dirty clothes, blankets." The Alaska chapter has helped give children a good night's sleep since 2012.  

VIDEO: A massive fire ripped through several buildings, including a pair of apartment complexes under construction in downtown Bound Brook Sunday night, according to fire officials. Firefighters, who continued to battle the blaze past 11 p.m., said there were no serious injuries. A Bound Brook firefighter was treated for a sprained ankle. The fire broke out on East Main Street near Mountain Avenue shortly before 8 p.m. Photos and video showed roaring flames spreading to both sides of the street and consuming a building in the borough's downtown commercial district. In addition to the construction sites, Bound Brook Police Chief Vito Bet said the fire spread to two houses and an electronics store, as well. "The whole thing caught flame quickly," Bet said. The fire "was so hot it blew to the other new building under construction across the street. We're gonna be out here for awhile. It keeps rekindling."  

The Colorado Department of Public Safety is using a high-tech airplane to try and solve the mystery of the drones flying in Northeast Colorado. They call it a multi-mission aircraft and it's usually used to help fight fires. "We're charged with public safety as one of the missions from our department. That's how we operate, to support whatever the Department of Public Safety is going to need for a mission," said Rocco Snart, the Planning Branch Chief for the Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control. "Our biggest mission is supporting initial attack and detection. We can see the heat through there with the infrared. We can see the edge of where the fire line is." The plane belongs to the Colorado Department of Fire Prevention and Control, which probably has you wondering why a fire fighting plane is out looking for drones.  

A group of Detroit firefighters who made national headlines by posing for a group photo in front of an empty, burning home on New Year's Eve will be disciplined for what the city's fire commissioner described as a "momentary lapse in judgement." Detroit Fire Commissioner Eric Jones said an investigation into the incident has wrapped up. It determined that firefighters who responded to the blaze initially went into the home to fight the fire, but were ordered out and told to fight the fire defensively - from the outside only - because of safety concerns over the home's structural integrity, according to the Associated Press. "During this transition from offensive operations to defensive operations, a suggestion was made to take a photo, with the retiring battalion chief, in front of the building," Jones said, calling their actions "inappropriate behavior."  

VIDEO: North Little Rock has invested millions of dollars in its Fire Department over the past few years to create one of the most prepared disaster organizations in the state, officials said. The department has received more than $36 million over the past two years, and part of that is being used to beef up its specialized units. The hazardous materials and special operations teams received $177,000 from the city in 2019, an increase from $151,000 in 2018. The hazardous materials team alone is expected to get $87,000 this year, and Fire Department officials say that money is being spent to equip teams with the best materials available. The department currently has the equipment needed to respond to anything from water rescues to natural disasters and potential terrorist attacks, said Beau Buford, assistant fire chief.  

The Myrtle Beach Fire Department hosted its first companion fire academy on Sunday to show the people closest to them what they do every day on the job. The wives and significant others of 14 different firefighters suited up in their own turnout gear, went through the agility training course, climbed up the ladder on the engine, and even drove a fire engine at Sunday's academy. Chief of the Myrtle Beach Fire Department, Tom Gwyer says it's important to show the people who support the firefighters at home what they do on the job. "We try to disassociate our personal lives from our professional life, but some of the things that that we see, some of the things that we experience on the job, inevitably, we take home. Without the support of our family to be there it would make the job much more difficult," Chief Gwyer said.