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| ‘She would have been a goner': Long Grove Firefighters rescue 120-pound dog from icy pond VIDEO: An Illinois woman is beyond grateful to firefighters who rescued her 120-pound dog from an icy pond, with only minutes to spare. And it was caught on video. It was a sight no dog owner would ever want to see. "Unfortunately, I thought for a minute that I was going to just watch her just die in front of my eyes," Roseanne, who didn't provide her last name, said. Roseanne was talking about her 7-year-old Great Pyrenees dog named Belle. "She's just a wonderful, wonderful dog," she said. Long Grove Fire Protection District crews did some heavy lifting Friday morning when they pulled the soaking wet dog from an icy pond. "I freaked out. I started crying. I started screaming to her, ‘Belle! Belle! Keep your feet up on the ice because we're going to get you out of there,'" Roseanne said. WEEK-TV NBC/ABC/CW+ 25 PEORIA Three firefighters sworn in at Dixon Fire Department PHOTO: Three firefighters were added to the Dixon Fire Department's roster Monday during a ceremony at city hall. One by one, Levy Johnson, David Robles and Evan Munson took the oath of office from Dixon Mayor Glen Hughes. The three also had their badges pinned on them and took photos with family members and friends in Dixon City Hall's council chambers. Johnson and Robles were hired to fill two of the three posts added to the department in December 2022, when the council approved growing the number of positions from 17 to 20, according to Dixon Fire Chief Ryan Buskohl. Munson is filling a recently opened role, he said. "We have the honor of bringing three new firefighters/EMTs into the fold," Hughes said prior to swearing the three men onto the department. NORTHWEST HERALD - METERED SITE Bloomington Fire Department prepared for the worst as hundreds of EVs sit at State Farm A thousand Rivian automotive vehicles are sitting at State Farm Corporate South, and city leaders have a plan in case a fire breaks out. Thanks to sped-up production, Rivian struck a deal with State Farm to store their brand-new vehicles in State Farm's parking lot. To play on the side of safety, Bloomington Fire crafted a plan with State Farm and Rivian in case a fire broke out. "We have a plan moving forward that if we have something happens out there (State Farm), we will send additional resources right out of the gate," Bloomington Fire Public Information Officer Frank Friend said on WJBC's Afternoon Show. "We're also working with Joe's Towing a little bit, preliminarily, about possibly a container of some type. (We would) basically put the car in the container and fill it up with water." WJBC-AM 1230 BLOOMINGTON PREVIOUS STATE NEWS |
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| VIDEO: At least 6 unaccounted for – and no one alive inside – after house set afire amid shooting near Philadelphia, official says Investigators are still working to get into a Philadelphia-area home as at least six members of a family remain unaccounted for after officers responding the prior afternoon to a report a child had been shot there were struck by gunfire and the home set ablaze, a district attorney said. Authorities "have reason to believe" a relative who shot at the officers from the East Lansdowne home is among as many as eight people unaccounted for, Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer said in a Wednesday news conference and an interview with CNN affiliate KYW-TV. The work Thursday was deemed a "recovery effort," with nobody alive inside the "unstable" home where hot spots still burned, he told reporters. Detectives were methodically going through the crime scene with excavation experts and a drone. CNN Florida first responders recall Hurricane Charley 20 years later VIDEO: This year marks the 20th anniversary since Hurricane Charley wreaked havoc on parts of the Sunshine State. During the hurricane season of 2004, storms accounted for nearly $40 billion in damage collectively and killed nearly 100 people, according to the Florida Department of Health. The first storm to hit Florida that year was Tropical Storm Bonnie on Aug. 12, 2004. Bonnie struck the Florida Panhandle with sustained winds of 45 mph. Just one day later, Hurricane Charley made landfall in Charlotte County on Aug. 13, 2004. It was roughly a 30-hour period of rapid intensification as people living in Southwest Florida up to Polk County braced for severe impacts. Charley was a Category 4 hurricane with sustained winds of nearly 150 mph. WTSP-TV CBS 10 ST. PETERSBURG Modular fire station in California allows for possible future reconfigurations PHOTOS: In Southern California's Rancho Mission Viejo (RMV), Fire Station 67 has been designed and constructed as a prefab, modular build—enabling faster completion and future reconfiguration. Designed by Seattle-based Wittman Estes, the 4,667-sf station was prefabricated offsite as 10 modules that were then assembled onsite. The offsite fabrication and rapid assembly led to a streamlined design, documentation, and permitting process. This approach allowed for parallel site development work in California and factory construction in Nevada, resulting in a construction timeline of six months. The modular system also allows for relocation and reconfiguration. The sturdy, durable steel modules can be easily transported and rearranged for possible future uses, such as an environmental learning center for RMV. BUILDING DESIGN+CONSTRUCTION Delaware: Last Kirlin firefighter retires after family serves Wilmington for over 100 years VIDEO/PHOTOS: Dennis Kirlin always knew that an office job wasn't for him. Growing up, the Wilmington Fire Department Battalion Chief watched his father and uncle fight fires in the city. His grandfather was also a Wilmington fireman, though he died when Kirlin was a tot. Each day, Kirlin said, was a new adventure for the men. While the job was often challenging and could be dangerous, "it wasn't mundane, it wasn't repetitious." "In a lot of professions, you can't wait to get to the weekend," Kirlin said. "But they were glad to go to work every day." Though Kirlin can't point to an exact moment he knew he wanted to be a firefighter, he believes it was his father and uncle's passion that drove him to join the department nearly five decades ago. As his service to the city comes to an end, he's "got no regrets." DELAWARE ONLINE - METERED SITE How few and far between are fire departments in North Dakota? One of the problems that comes with living in rural areas is the lack of proper law enforcement or emergency response teams in the area. When a fire or crime breaks out, it can take some time before enforcement arrives on the scene in many cases. This is especially the case with fires, as a blaze can rip through houses and fields alike with ease — but as a new study shows, this is something that North Dakotans often do not have to worry about, as the state boasts an incredibly high number of fire departments per capita. In a recent study, home site FireCashBuyers utilized data from the U.S. Fire Administration to find the number of fire departments in each state. Here it was discovered that North Dakota boasts the highest ratio of departments to individuals in the entire country. KXMB-TV CBS/CW+ 12 BISMARCK PREVIOUS NATIONAL NEWS |
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