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| Man dies in Hazel Crest fire A 44-year-old man died and two people were injured after a fire broke out in a home Wednesday in south suburban Hazel Crest. Firefighters arrived to the blaze about 4 a.m. and found two people unconscious inside a home in the 3400 block of Hickory Lane, according to the Hazel Crest Fire Department. The pair were pulled from the fire, while a third person escaped on their own, the department said in a statement. They were all taken to hospitals, where the 44-year-old man was pronounced dead, the department said. He was identified as Michael Burrage of Hazel Crest by the Cook County medical examiner's office. The Illinois State Fire Marshal was investigating the cause of the fire. WLS-TV ABC 7 CHICAGO Premise alerts give New Lenox first responders critical information when answering emergency calls, making wellness checks First responders arriving on-scene with as much information as possible of what to expect tends to lead to better outcomes and safer interactions with the public, according to leaders at the New Lenox Police Department and the New Lenox Fire Protection District. One of the ways they can have extra information available is the Premise Alert Program, authorized statewide by the 2009 Illinois Premise Alert Program Act, and in use in the New Lenox area for more than eight years. "People can choose to give us information that will help us respond to a call," said Marisa Schrieber, Fire and Life Safety educator for the New Lenox Fire Protection District. "It makes us aware of special situations, so we're more prepared for what we will find on arrival." "I think, most important to any situation, the more information you have going in, the better you can make decisions," said Deputy Chief Micah Nuesse of the New Lenox Police Department. NORTHWEST TIMES - METERED SITE Springfield Fire Department faces big budget cut Nearly half of the Springfield Fire Department's operating budget was slashed Tuesday and the Springfield City Council added on eight amendments that directly affected the Fiscal Year 2022 corporate fund budget before giving its final approval on a 9-1 vote. That vote capped a nearly four-and-a-half-hour evening that started with a Committee of the Whole meeting then went to a public hearing session before the special city council meeting. It was also the last meeting for Ward 3 Ald. Doris Turner. Turner was selected by the 48th Legislative District Committee on Feb. 6 to fill Sen. Andy Manar's seat in the Illinois Senate. Aldermen early on trimmed $1.4 million from the fire department on a 6-4 vote. Later on, a proposal to restore $500,000 in overtime pay proposed by Ward 8 Ald. Erin Conley was defeated in an 8-2 vote. SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL-REGISTER 6 Displaced; 3 Injured After House Fire In Chicago's West Englewood Neighborhood A fire in West Englewood displaced seven people Thursday morning. According to the Chicago Fire Department, two people were rescued with arial ladders from the second floor of the home located at 2019 W. 68th St. around 3 a.m. CFD said three people were taken to local hospitals and six people in total were displaced. The cause of the fire is unknown at this time. WBBM-TV CBS 2 CHICAGO Building collapses in Chicago's Park Manor is city's 2nd structure failure of day A building collapsed Wednesday in Park Manor on the South Side, just hours after another building crumbled on the Southwest Side. About 3 p.m., firefighters responded to a call of a collapsed chimney in a vacant building in the 300 block of East 69th Place, according to Chicago fire officials. The collapsed chimney caused a partial roof cave-in, fire officials said. The collapse was possibly caused by the weight of the snow. No one was injured and two dogs were found inside, officials said. Wednesday morning, another building collapsed in Chicago Lawn on the Southwest Side. Over a dozen structure failures were reported in February in Chicago and other suburbs after weeks of freezing temperatures and snowfall. WFLD-TV FOX 32 CHICAGO PREVIOUS STATE NEWS |
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| Fire destroys commercial building, damages second structure in South Los Angeles VIDEO: A massive fire destroyed a commercial building in Historic South-Central Los Angeles early Thursday morning and spread to a second building, officials said. Firefighters responded about 12:50 a.m. to the 3700 block of South Grand Avenue, near 38th Street, and found heavy fire coming from a one-story 100-foot-by-200-foot building, according to Margaret Stewart of the Los Angeles Fire Department. At about 1:15 a.m., Stewart said the fire had gone through the roof and, due to the "possible loss of structural integrity, this is transitioning to a defensive operation.'' The flames spread to a nearby two-story, 50-foot-by-100-foot commercial building and caused significant damage, but a "closely coordinated operation'' allowed crews to extinguish that fire and save a large portion of the building, Stewart said. The first building was declared a total loss, she said. KABC-TV ABC 7 LOS ANGELES Florida fire department purchases remote-controlled rescue boats VIDEO: If you're swimming in the Gulf in Panama City Beach this summer, you may notice a small boat-like device bobbing through the water. The City's Beach Safety Department is officially adding remote-controlled rescue boats to its fleet. E.M.I.L.Y stands for Emergency Integrated Lifesaving Lanyard and Panama City Beach now owns two of them. "E.M.I.L.Y's a rescue device that can be used to help get out to a victim quickly," said Wil Spivey, Panama City Beach Fire Rescue's Beach Safety Director. The rescue boat can travel up to 35 miles per hour and is controlled remotely by people onshore. Swimmers in distress can grab ahold of the lanyard and get brought to safety. "These are tools that can be used by a non-rescue or somebody that's not going into the Gulf, like a fireman. We can pull somebody off duty and put them on this device," Spivey said. The Beach Safety department has purchased two E.M.I.L.Y's from Gulf County. WMBB-TV ABC 13 PANAMA CITY Texas fire department welcomes 8-year-old mascot, teaches him what it means to be a firefighter VIDEO: An 8-year-old boy in the front seat of a fire truck isn't something you see everyday. Conner Randell may be a little too young to reach the gas pedal, but he is old enough to ride along. "He gets a little taste of what being a firefighter is all about," said Eastland firefighter Amanda Woodley. Conner is the Eastland Fire Department's mascot. This year he will follow alongside his dad, learning the ins and outs of what it means to be a hometown hero. "When dad gets up at 2:00 in the morning because the little beeper beeps, they have a general idea of what's taking place out in the community," said Eastland Fire Chief Joe Williamson. The program has been in place for years, but this go around, they're adding more fuel to the fire. "Our objective is for Conner to attach to his peers," said Chief Williamson. Instead of just participating in public events, Conner will be doing public service announcements. BIG COUNTRY HOME PAGE Playing with Fire: Illinois college alumna finds unique niche in photography industry PHOTO: Growing up, Johna Denault spent hours on her homework due to her dyslexia. To find an escape from the stress, she turned to photography. "When I was 12, I started taking photos with my parents' Sears35MM camera," she said. "I took photos of nature and really enjoyed taking action shots. From then on, I knew I wanted to explore photography as a career." As an adult, she enrolled in photography classes at College of DuPage. "I knew my limitations and strengths, and I took every photography class COD offered to hone my skills," Denault said. Receiving high accolades from her COD photography professors, Denault was determined to turn her passion into a career. She began taking portraits of firefighters in her local community, which eventually led her to a somewhat unconventional career as a fire photographer. "The fire chief posted my portraits to social media, and I wasn't happy with how they turned out because it wasn't showing the firemen doing their craft," she said. DAILY HERALD - METERED SITE A third Pfizer dose? The Covid-19 vaccine maker is studying booster shots Despite the 95 percent effectiveness at preventing coronavirus infection after two doses of its vaccine, Pfizer is now seeing what a third dose might do. The company announced Thursday that a booster dose is being studied among people who received their first doses of the vaccine more than six months ago. In an interview with NBC News' Lester Holt, Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said the hope is that a third dose will boost the immune response even higher, offering better protection against variants. "We believe that the third dose," Bourla said, "will raise the antibody response 10- to 20- fold." The new study will monitor the safety and efficacy of a third dose in two age groups: those 18 to 55 and those 65 to 85. The participants come from a group of people who were among the first to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine: people who volunteered for Pfizer's initial Phase 1/2 clinical trial, which began in May. NBC NEWS PREVIOUS NATIONAL NEWS |
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