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| Odessa man dies after setting himself on fire One person has been killed on Wednesday as a result of a structure fire in Odessa. Odessa Fire Rescue and the Fire Marshal's division responded to the fire at the 1900 block of N. Hancock Ave. at around 7 p.m. Wednesday night. The City of Odessa reports that the fire was contained to a detached cinder black storage unit. Investigators found the man had intentionally set himself on fire. The body is being sent to Lubbock County for an autopsy. The fire is still under investigation. KWES-TV NBC 9 ODESSA Memorial service details for Houston firefighter Jerry Pacheco released Memorial service details for Houston firefighter paramedic Jerry Pacheco have been released. Pacheco, 50, died from complications of COVID-19 on Monday morning. Houston Fire Chief Sam Peña said Pacheco was a 17-year veteran of the department. The details are as follows: Visitation is Friday, Aug. 7 from 5 - 8 p.m. at Klein Funeral Home, located at 1400 W. Main St., Tomball, Texas, 77375. The Memorial service is Saturday, Aug. 8 starting at 11 a.m. at Houston First Baptist Church, located at 7401 Katy Freeway, Houston, Texas, 77024. Masks will be required. Firefighter Pacheco entered the department in January of 2004 and was currently assigned to Station 101, in the Kingwood Area. He is the second HFD firefighter to pass away due to complications from COVID-19. Pacheco leaves behind two sons, one of whom is a Houston firefighter. According to the HPFFA, Pacheco's death will be classified as a "line-of-duty" death by HFD. KPRC-TV NBC 2 HOUSTON 2 arrested for arson after fires in Henderson County subdivision A man and a woman were charged with arson after five homes were set on fire Wednesday in a Henderson County subdivision. Raymond Jessee Collins Jr. was charged with five counts of arson, while Moffett was charged with three counts after five homes were set on fire in the Cherokee Shores subdivision at about 7 a.m., Henderson County Fire Marshal Shane Renberg said. Three vacant homes were destroyed and two other unoccupied homes were moderately damaged, he said. KYTX-TV CBS 19 TYLER Denison Fire's water rescue team training in Texoma this summer In the rapid currents at the Denison Dam firefighters with the department's swift water rescue team are training to save lives. "If there's a flash flood, any kind of flood event," said Harlan Owens, the department's swift water team leader. "There's all kinds of situations we respond to. We could get called out to respond to someone trapped in their vehicle because they drove into flood waters or didn't realize how fast it was rising." They're training three more firefighters for swift water rescue certification to add to their 13 members already on board trained in flash flood and other emergency response. "We could get called out to respond to someone trapped in their vehicle because they drove into flood waters or didn't realize how fast it was rising," Owens said. KXII-TV CBS 12 SHERMAN Mesquite Fire Department Has New Firefighter Health and Safety Program Firefighting is a dangerous profession, and the city of Mesquite continues to do all it can to protect its firefighters with additional equipment, improved operations, and new facilities. From medical calls, to responding to major vehicle accidents on community streets and five major highways, to structure fires and incidents at industrial plants, the Mesquite Fire Department responded to 18,817 calls for service in 2019. On each call, firefighters put themselves at risk, which can include physical danger, but also exposure to environmental hazards. Statistics and studies confirm the dangers firefighters face while on duty, specifically exposure to carcinogens, or cancer-causing agents, often found in synthetic and plastic materials used in building materials and furnishings. MCKINNEY COURIER-GAZETTE Grapevine Fire Department welcomes first father-daughter duo to its ranks It was a history-making day for the Grapevine Fire Department as it welcomed its first father-daughter duo. Morris Leondar has been with the Grapevine Fire Dept. for more than 25 years. He is also a proud father. Marissa Sauble began her first shift with the fire department on Wednesday and worked alongside her dad, Leondar. Sauble says she remembers her dad always coming to Career Day at school as a firefighter. She even borrowed some of his gear to dress up a firefighter for one Halloween. Sauble says the turning point in her life when she decided she was going to follow in her father's footsteps was after the terror attacks on September 11. "I think that was a defining point in a lot of my generation's decisions in career paths," she said. "It's always been a dream of mine, and today it's happening." KDFW-TV FOX 4 DALLAS PREVIOUS STATE NEWS |
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| Georgia police, first responder protections bill gains Governor Brian Kemp's signature Gov. Brian Kemp signed legislation Wednesday aimed at protecting police and other first responders from bias-motivated crimes in Georgia, capping a series of controversial moves by state Republican leaders that nearly derailed passage of a separate bill outlawing hate crimes. The bill Kemp signed into law sets out punishments for those who commit crimes against police officers, firefighters and medics because of their "actual or perceived employment as a first responder." Crimes would have to involve serious physical injury or property damage. Backers of the legislation have highlighted it as a show of support for police and other first-responders amid nationwide protests against police brutality and racial injustice that have prompted tense and at times violent encounters between officers and protesters. JACKSON PROGRESS 4 firefighters overcome by fumes in New Jersey 'drug dungeon' fire Four firefighters were overcome by fumes after stumbling onto a drug mill operating in the basement of a Paterson home. The firefighters were responding to a small fire in the basement of the Illinois Avenue home when they were overcome just before 1:30 a.m. Thursday. They evacuated the structure and collapsed on the driveway. The four were rushed to the hospital, where they were treated and released. The firefighters appear to have appear to have stumbled on an illegal K2 manufacturing operation in the "drug dungeon" of a home. They likely inhaled chemicals that was being used in the drug processing. Hazardous materials crews responded after unknown materials were discovered. Two families, consisting of 11 people, who live there were left homeless by the fire, which is under investigation. WABC-TV ABC 7 NEW YORK Beirut Explosion Stirs Memories of 1947 Texas City Disaster PHOTOS: On Tuesday, Lebanon's capital city of Beirut was rocked by a massive explosion at the city's port. Thousands were injured and at least 100 people are known to have died so far. While citizens and government officials there are still evaluating the extent of the damage, others are pointing out similarities between this disaster and one that happened in a small Texas town in the 1940s. On April 16, 1947, a French-owned cargo shipped called the SS Grandcamp exploded in the docks of Texas City, according to the Texas State Historical Association (TSHA). The ship was carrying ammonium nitrate, the same chemical used in the Oklahoma City bombing and the chemical believed to have caused the Beirut explosion. The chemical has been used in wartime explosives but is also used to make fertilizer. SPECTRUM NEWS New alliance calls for allocation of public-safety 4.9 GHz spectrum to FirstNet Authority Public safety should retain control of its 50 MHz of 4.9 GHz spectrum—airwaves that the FCC is considering for at least some commercial use—through an allocation to the FirstNet Authority, according to the newly formed Public Safety Spectrum Alliance (PSSA). "We're concerned that public safety is going to lose spectrum that we might need," Jeff Johnson, CEO of the Western Fire Chiefs Association and former vice chairman of the FirstNet Authority, said during an interview with IWCE's Urgent Communications. "[The PSSA was] created to provide a voice to public safety, saying, ‘We think that the 4.9 GHz spectrum needs to remain with public safety'—that's Position 1. "Position 2 is that we think that [the 4.9 GHz spectrum is] best given to the people who have proven themselves as the watchdogs for public safety on these matters, and that's the FirstNet Authority. We trust that they'll develop an effective working plan for how to go forward." IWCE'S URGENT COMMUNICATIONS Tracking cell phone movement is helping researchers predict COVID cases, hospitalizations Using anonymous cell phone data, University of South Florida researchers are pinpointing how and where people in the Bay area move to try to predict how the coronavirus will spread and impact our hospitals. The data is collected by a third-party vendor from devices on which users have enabled location services. Researchers have no access to any personally identifiable information. Dr. Matthew Mullarkey and his team at USF's Muma College of Business have—predictably—watched mobile device movement in our region consistently grow since reopening began. But distance alone doesn't tell the whole story. It's also about how many different places people are going—and staying for a while—and how many other people are also at those places, according to Mullarkey, who leads the Project ASPeCT study. WTSP-TV CBS 10 TAMPA PREVIOUS NATIONAL NEWS |
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