VIDEO: A person is dead after police found a vehicle engulfed in flames near the Glenn Highway and Richardson Frontage Road, the Anchorage Police Department wrote in a statement. Police dispatch got an automated message from an iPhone at 5:02 a.m. Sunday, that a person had been in a crash near the Glenn Highway and the Fort Richardson exit. At 5:05 a.m., Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson fire and police personnel responded to a "fire in the trees" near the Richardson Frontage Road and found the vehicle on fire, police said. Base officers were joined by APD in responding to the scene. One person was declared dead at the scene. Richardson Frontage Road was reduced to one lane as crews worked the scene. Collision details are under investigation.  

VIDEO: Every second counts in a trauma situation. Critical patients need critical care, and sometimes time isn't on your side. "I wanted to give our paramedics one more tool in the toolbox to take advantage of, and to hopefully save a life out there," said Coconut Creek Asst. Chief Tony Chin. A procedure typically reserved for emergency room hospitals is moving right out onto the field. It's called a finger thoracostomy and Chin said it's a game changer. "We open up the chest cavity with a small incision, about one inch, to let all the air out so that the heart can re-expand and also produce a pulse," Chin said. The goal is to try and relieve the pressure that can build up from blunt force trauma to the chest after a serious car crash, a shooting or even a stabbing.  

Sandy Springs is changing the inspection process for apartment communities. A new code of ordinances is requiring apartment complexes to hire a third party to inspect units annually. Before updating regulations, only 20% of apartment units were required to be inspected each year. The new policy will help the city better address water and structural damage, mold, fire hazards and other issues — particularly in older complexes that don't have sprinkler systems for apartment fires, a statement said. There are 98 apartment complexes in Sandy Springs and two more are under construction. The existing properties collectively have 25,000 units. Only 28% of the apartment building structures have sprinkler systems, according to Sandy Springs officials.  

VIDEO: John Gasper spent 23 years as a volunteer firefighter and that's what drew him to his unique current job title. Gasper, who is the owner of the namesake Gasper's Automotive Restoration in Manchester, brings old firetrucks back to life for a living. "We do everything from an oil change to a full truck restoration," said Gasper. "We preserve fire history, these fire trucks come in as antiques from the 1920s, '30s, or 40 and they want to get them restored or repaired, so we make that happen." Opened for seven years, the word is getting out about Gasper's Restoration and its niche services. Gasper said he's getting calls from across the country from either private collectors or departments looking to restore their antique firetrucks to their former grandeur.  

In movies, when we see fiery car crashes or flaming planes on runways, we know they are not real. But in the real world, fuel fires must be quenched with special kinds of chemicals, and the ones that have been most commonly used are known as aqueous film-forming foams (AFFFs). However, environmental and health concerns about AFFFs have launched widespread efforts to detect, monitor and eventually eliminate them. Now, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have released new reference materials to expedite these efforts. What makes the foams so effective are chemical compounds called per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), enabling them to suppress fuel fires much more quickly and efficiently compared with other alternatives.