The Kenai Fire Department is spending October visiting schools and getting the word out about fire safety for Fire Prevention Week. Fire Marshal Jeremy Hamilton said, officially, Fire Prevention Week is a week, but to visit all the local schools and complete all the programming the fire department has planned, it takes them the whole month. The fire department uses its own curriculum, designed by Hamilton, for the messaging campaign, though he said that this year he's also roping in some material designed by the National Fire Prevention Association. He said this is both to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Fire Prevention Week, and because he said this year's material resonated well with his own messaging. Hamilton said the main messaging from NFPA is "Fire won't wait, plan your escape."  

Firefighters from multiple departments worked overnight to knock down a massive fire at a well-known greenhouse in Maple Grove. Fire crews were called out around 3:30 a.m. for the blaze at Lynde's Greenhouse and Nursery off 93rd Avenue North, east of Elm Creek Boulevard. As they arrived, firefighters saw large flames and a large pillar of smoke billowing out of the greenhouse, according to the department's Twitter feed. Video from the scene shows firefighters attacking the flames from multiple angles, with hoses pouring water in from the side and above. The size of the fire was so large that firefighters say they had to call in a second alarm to bring more crews on scene and a life safety unit from Golden Valley, which helps monitor the health of firefighters.  

VIDEO: Many St. Augustine first responders are back home with their families after a very busy week. The St. Augustine Fire Chief says they had 26 rescues during Hurricane Ian. One St. Augustine firefighter, Hardus Oberholzer, was part of many of those dangerous missions. He says the department has a saying: "The more risk, the more you save." He said he was a part of so many rescues, he really didn't have a specific count – but at least 10 to 15. "I knew they were just kind of racking up," said Oberholzer. "They were almost on a waiting list. We finished one, we dropped them off, turned around, and went off." The calls picked up during the Thursday high tide as water pushed up driveways and into homes. "They were all kind of the same," said Oberholzer.  

October is Fire Prevention Month and the man behind Ingram's ‘Fire Department Chronicles" is sharing tips to keep your family safe as we head into the fall and winter months. Firefighter and paramedic Jason Patton joined Action News 5's Andrew Douglas at the digital desk to talk how being fire safe can support first responders. He also talked about National First Responder Day coming up on October 28 and the challenges first responders face today.  

PHOTOS: Firefighters in Newtown Square staged their own sequel to the movie "National Treasure" recently as they retrieved and opened a decades-old time capsule that had resided in the cornerstone of their old station for over 45 years and contained many items from 1916. In 1965, the company's original fire station on Newtown Street Road was knocked down and from that wreckage firefighters retrieved a time capsule that was placed there in 1916. That box was placed into a new box, new items were added and everything put into the cornerstone of the new building in 1967. Firefighter Preston Tyrrell, who organized the opening of the capsule, said when he asked old-timers about the time capsule's name, Gilroy Roberts, it always came up as having contributed an important item to the capsule.  

The Memphis Fire Department chief is calling for action after two firefighters were struck and injured by a driver Sunday morning on I-240 & Kerr Avenue. Memphis Fire Chief Gina Sweat said she wants harsher penalties to be handed down for motorists who cause these accidents. "Firetrucks are big and red, and they have a lot of lights. "It's ridiculous that our first responders can't do their job because they are in fear for their life," said Sweat. Ambulances are big and red, they're that way for a reason," said Sweat. "So, there's almost no excuse for what's going on." The "Move Over Law," is the state law Sweat is urging Memphis drivers to respect when they see police lights or emergency crews responding to a scene.