VIDEO: The funeral for fallen Chicago firefighter Andrew Price will take place on Monday, the Chicago Fire Department said. The body of Price was escorted to a funeral home Wednesday. Price died while fighting a fire in Lincoln Park on Monday, after falling through a light shaft of a roof. Price was a 14-year veteran of the fire department. His funeral will be held on Monday at the Navy Pier Grand Ballroom. A private visitation begins at 9 a.m. The public service starts at noon.  

Communities around the state will soon receive funding for new fire trucks and ambulances. According to an Illinois news release, the Illinois State Fire Marshal James Rivera and Illinois Finance Authority Executive Director Chris Meister issued about $7.2 million in loans to emergency responders across the state. The loans are no or low interest and are made available through the Fire Truck Revolving Loan Program and Ambulance Revolving Loan Program. The loan programs are meant to assist cities and departments buy vehicles they otherwise might not be able to afford. "Without programs such as our Fire Truck and Ambulance Revolving Loan, many departments would have to continue to repair vehicles that are not reliable anymore and never be able to afford a new fire truck or ambulance," Rivera said.  

Peoria County Sheriff's Office Facebook released an update from Tuesday's water heater explosion. Two people were performing maintenance on the water heater before it exploded. They suffered severe burns and were taken to burn units in Rockford and Springfield in serious condition. The 80-year-old homeowner was present for the explosion and transported to a local hospital for injuries. However, she did not suffer any burns. The call came in at 4:22 p.m. on Tuesday near Todd School Road. Glasford Police Department informed Engines 922 and 924 of severe structural damage in addition to a small fire in the back. Engine 924 extinguished the fire in under five minutes before Engine 922 arrived and took command. Logan-Trivoli Fire Protection District was also called to assist ambulance crews, and patients, and clean up.  

VIDEO: First responders described the scene of the deadly crash on I-70 Tuesday as something they have never experienced before and something they hope to never experience again. They said those hours were filled with tough decisions. Several witnesses called 911 to alert them of the crash. One of the 911 calls came from a woman who was riding on the charter bus filled with more than 50 students and chaperones from Tusky Valley schools. "We're in a van pool, yes we are. It's on fire, we need help and we have children still in the coach," said the woman. "Ok. Can you get the children out," the operator asks. "We're trying but the back of the bus is on fire," the woman said. On the call you can hear the woman taking a head count and consoling the students. The West Licking Fire District was the first on scene.  

VIDEO: The FDNY says fire departments worldwide are experiencing an increase in fires sparked by lithium-ion batteries. FDNY officials demonstrated just how much damage the batteries can do, showing an e-bike spark into flames inside the auditorium of its training facility on Randall's Island. Wednesday's demonstration was part of a new national campaign by UL's Fire Safety Research Institute's campaign (FSRI) named "Take Charge of Battery Safety." "This is not just a New York City issue. We are leading the way, as we so often do, with the most people, with the greatest density and certainly with the greatest and largest fire department in the country," Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh said. "We have a chance to talk about electrification, modernization and technology and the dangers that it can face -- but also, the solutions," Kavanagh said.  

VIDEO: Military veterans and first responders are coming from all over the world to Tulane, for a special mental health healing program. Tulane is one of only seven places in the U.S. offering an intense healing program that gives patients the ultimate VIP treatment. "This program is the most phenomenal thing that has started a lifelong journey for me and my wife and my family. They saved my life and they saved my family," said Sean Gavitt, of Tennessee, who was an Army Specialist. Veterans and first responders are coming to the Tulane Center for Brain Health to learn to cope, and live with the chronic brain injuries sustained in training, and on duty. "I was hit by a truck, blown up a few times," said Gavitt. "I was injured on three different occasions, but the worst on March 1st, 2019. I was out of my vehicle. I was struck by a passing motorist," said Greg Peele, an Air Force veteran, who lives in Alabama and was injured during his years serving as a state trooper.  

Drivers who evade traffic laws live in every corner of the country, but these ten states are home to more rule-breaking motorists than anywhere else. When states issued shelter-in-place orders at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, many Americans saw the open, less congested roads as an excuse to drive more recklessly. Even as traffic levels have slowly returned to normal, drivers across the country are still practicing the bad driving habits they adopted during the pandemic's early days. Such behavior has led to significant spikes in traffic fatality rates, as detailed in Insurify's latest Insuring the American Driver Report. These trends are occurring throughout the nation, but certain states are experiencing higher rates of rule-breaking behavior than others.