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| Lubbock City Council extends paid absence for wounded firefighter Matt Dawson The Lubbock City Council voted Tuesday to extend the paid leave of absence period for injured Lubbock firefighter Matt Dawson. Dawson was injured January 11, 2020 while working a crash. He was hit by a car and spent a long time recovering in the hospital. Two other first responders were killed in the incident. Dawson's leave will be extended by one year and he will receive full pay. Until January 11, 2022, Dawson can elect to receive full benefits through a disability retirement. The city approved more than $17,000 to make up for the loss of income while Dawson was on disability. Dawson returned to Lubbock from Colorado in August. He was sent to Colorado to receive treatment for the injuries he sustained in the crash. KLBK-TV CBS 13 LUBBOCK Pickup truck driver dies in collision with a tanker truck in San Antonio The victim who has been identified as Angel Baltazar, 44, has died, according to SAPD. A man was critically injured overnight when he was speeding in his pickup truck and crashed into a tanker truck on the city's south side, police said. First responders got called out to the scene south of Loop 410 near the Nu Star Energy South Terminal on South Roosevelt Avenue around 1 a.m. They found a pickup truck crashed into a tanker truck with a male driver in his 40s trapped inside the driver's seat. Firefighters from the San Antonio Fire Department extricated the driver, who was then transported to a hospital in critical condition. Officials with the San Antonio Police Department said the tanker was pulling out of Nu Star, turning north onto Roosevelt Avenue. According to SAPD, the pickup was headed south on Roosevelt at a high-rate of speed and crashed into the tanker, hitting the back corner of it. The tanker was carrying a full load of gasoline, but the crash did not cause a leak. KENS-TV CBS 5 SAN ANTONIO Ingleside Fire Department puts out fire near storage facility, homes Fire crews tell 3News the fire is under control and crews were able to prevent a storage facility and homes from catching on fire. Steven Loving, Fire Chief of the Ingleside Fire department says they started receiving phone calls from drivers on highway 361 between Ingleside and Aransas Pass regarding multiple flames being seen. The fire department arrived on scene and determined that there was a brush fire. Chief loving says the cooler temperatures created a faster moving fire. Storage buildings and two homes were in the immediate path of the fire, Chief Loving says there were no damages to the storage buildings and homes. Other crews were also on the scene including Aransas Pass Fire Department and Rockport Volunteer Fire Department. No injures or damages have been reported at this time. The cause of the fire is still unknown. KIII-TV ABC 3 CORPUS CHRISTI House fire in Lorena forces family of 5 out into early-morning cold; 3 local departments respond Crews from three local fire departments responded Wednesday after a house fire forced a couple and their three children out into the early-morning cold in Lorena. The fire was reported just before 4:30 a.m. Wednesday in the home on Houston Street. The intersection of Houston and Williams streets was closed while firefighters from Lorena, Robinson and Hewitt battled the flames. Residents were advised to take alternate routes to reach Lorena High school and Lorena Elementary School. The cause of the fire is under investigation. KWTX-TV CBS 10 WACO Dog dies in house fire in Temple A dog has died following an early morning house fire in Temple Tuesday. According to Temple Fire & Rescue, firefighters were called out for a structure fire in the 900 block of Young Avenue around 12 a.m. When fire crews arrived, they saw fire showing from the house. One resident inside the home was able to get out without any injuries. However, the owner's dog did die in the fire. Temple Fire says crews quickly extinguished the fire and had it under control at 12:23 a.m. A total of eight units responded to the fire. The incident has been filed as accidental. KXXV-TV ABC 25 WACO Highland Village, Denton County fire departments bringing Santa to neighborhoods Two local fire departments — Highland Village FD and Denton County Emergency Services District No. 1 — are bringing Santa Claus to their neighborhoods this week to share some Christmas joy to local families. Highland Village began its annual tradition on Sunday, and each evening the fire department is bringing Santa to a different section of town through Friday. The city provides a Santa Tracker webpage where families can see where Saint Nick is in real time. The ESD — formerly known as the Argyle Fire District — has been doing the same thing through its service area, which includes Argyle, Lantana, Bartonville, Double Oak, Copper Canyon and other communities in that area of southern Denton County. On Tuesday night, the ESD is escorting Santa through Argyle and west Harvest from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., and they'll be going to north Lantana on Wednesday night. CROSS TIMBERS GAZETTE PREVIOUS STATE NEWS |
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| VIDEO: Ohio fire department uses drone to find hot spots to keep fire crews safe The Canton Fire Department shared a video on Facebook of their crews responding to a fire at a warehouse Tuesday. The fire broke out at 2206 12th St. NE around 4:30 p.m. A plume of smoke could be seen hundreds of feet in the air. According to the Canton Fire Department, people could see the smoke from miles away. The defensive attack included an unmanned drone to help firefighters find hotspots when visibility was limited. No one was hurt. The cause of the fire is under investigation. WJW-TV FOX 8 CLEVELAND IAFC: State-by-State Listing of Vaccine Priority Available As the COVID-19 vaccine begins to be available in the United States, the federal government largely has left distribution up to the states. One of the biggest challenges facing states is to decide who should receive the vaccine first. The IAFC has developed a chart which lists the priority tier to which firefighters and EMS personnel have been assigned in each state. It is important to note that the priority level for firefighters and EMS personnel is extremely fluid and likely will change as states continue to develop their plans. IAFC members are also encouraged to contact the IAFC if they learn any of changes to the priority classification for firefighters in their respective state. All fire chiefs are encouraging to review their state's plan and see how firefighters and EMS personnel in their state have been prioritized for access to the COVID-19 vaccine. IAFC.ORG 18 Years Later, Florida County Finally Recognizes Firefighter Line-of-Duty Death With a Memorial An 18-year effort to get Flagler County to recognize former county firefighter John R. Keppler's line-of-duty death in 2002 finally ended Monday evening with the county commission's decision to rename the fire rescue training facility on Justice Lane after Keppler. Until then, Keppler had been honored on two state memorials, including the the Florida Fallen Firefighter Memorial in Ocala, the Florida's Fallen Firefighters Memorial on the grounds of the state Capitol, and the national firefighters' memorial in Emmitsburg, Md., but Flagler recognize what had been–and remains–the county's only line-of-duty death. But Flagler has never recognized it as such. On March 21, 2002, Keppler responded to an attempted suicide call in the Mondex, started feeling chest pains, asked his wife to drive him to the hospital, and died within sight of the emergency room door. FLAGLER LIVE Michigan first responders pushing 'Yellow Dot' for older drivers, those with preexisting medical conditions The Muskegon County "Yellow Dot" program started small in 2019 with money from Mercy Health and took a big step forward in 2020 with additional funding from the Muskegon County Senior Millage. But due to COVID-19, police and fire departments around Muskegon County weren't able to hold open houses and community safety events to introduce community members to Yellow Dot. So the 10 police and 14 fire agencies in Muskegon County participating in Yellow Dot are using social media to let drivers know about the program. Yellow Dot is explained by members of Norton Shores Police and Fire in a video recently posted to YouTube. "The information can mean the difference between life and death," said Norton Shores Police Sergeant Dan Hibler in the video. WZZM-TV ABC 13 GRAND RAPIDS Mom and Children Rescued From Boston Blaze Reunited With Firefighters VIDEO: A mother and her two young daughters rescued two weeks ago from a two-alarm fire at their home in Boston's South End were reunited with their heroes Tuesday. "Thank you so much Boston fire for your help and bringing my family to safety," Alicia Soto told her rescuers. On the morning of Dec. 2, thirty-one-year Soto and her two children, Annabelle and Amelia, were trapped in their third-floor apartment on West Newton Street when a fire broke out. "I thought for a minute that we might die. I really did. Before we got out. I was very scared," Soto said. Soto, who is deaf, speaks through a translator and said that she woke to a special alarm that alerts her when her 6-month-old baby cries but realized something was very wrong when her dog Candy kept barking. "All I could see was the smoke. It was very black and dark," she recalled. "I couldn't see much far in front of me at all. We started going down the stairs and I couldn't see so we had to turn back." NECN-TV NBC 10 BOSTON PREVIOUS NATIONAL NEWS |
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