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| Corinth announces new Assistant Fire Chief Corinth Fire Chief Chad Thiessen recently announced the promotion of Division Chief Greg Ward to Assistant Chief. Ward has been with the Lake Cities Fire Department since 1998 and has served as a firefighter, driver, captain and division chief. He will be responsible for managing fire operations and the emergency medical services for the department. "Greg has a genuine passion for the department and our community. He has proven to be an exceptional trainer and leader, and I know he will do a great job at working with our firefighters and strengthening our department," Thiessen stated. With over 20 years in fire services, Ward found his love for the fire service as an explorer with Plano Fire Rescue in early 1983. LAKE CITIES SUN Dallas: 1 dead in north Oak Cliff apartment fire One person died Tuesday afternoon in a fire at a condo complex in north Oak Cliff. Dallas Fire-Rescue said there was smoke coming from the building in the 800 block of North Lancaster Avenue when firefighters arrived. Firefighters began fighting the flames in the apartment where the fire started. That's when they found a body. The fire damage was limited to that apartment, but about eight others now have smoke and water damage. DFR said they will wait on a cause of death ruling from the medical examiner before determining the cause of the fire. KDFW-TV FOX 4 DALLAS Passerby alerts Lufkin Fire Department to structure fire PHOTO: The Lufkin Fire Department responded to a structure fire in the 1500 block of South First Street Tuesday night. According to City of Lufkin Communications Director Jessica Pebsworth, a passerby called 911 after noticing flames above the treetops around 9 p.m. Firefighters quickly arrived on the scene to find a secondary structure behind the main home fully engulfed. Fire crews fought the blaze for more than an hour before calling it under control at 10:23 p.m. No one appeared to be home at the time and no injuries were reported. Firefighters will continue to monitor for hotspots throughout the night. The cause is currently unknown. The incident remains under investigation by the Lufkin Fire Marshal's Office. KLTV ABC 7 TYLER Victoria Fire Department earns statewide Best Practices designation again The Victoria Fire Department was again named a Best Practices Fire Department by the Texas Fire Chiefs Association at the TFCA's annual conference April 11-14 in Waco. The designation that recognizes fire departments that meet high standards in every area of job performance. The program evaluates fire departments' compliance with more than 117 best practices that cover all aspects of fire department management and services, including administration and organization, safety and health, professional standards and conduct, emergency medical service, fire prevention, risk reduction and community outreach. The Victoria Fire Department is one of 30 departments statewide to hold this designation. The department has been a Best Practices Fire Department since 2018. The designation must be renewed every four years. VICTORIA ADVOCATE - METERED SITE Laredo Fire cadets train at their burn tower VIDEO: Firefighter training for Laredo's cadets continued at their training facility by Mines Road. On Tuesday, May 3, the fire academy did some live structure burns at their burn tower in Pinto Valle. The burn tower is designed as a prop which has different burn scenarios. These structure fire suppression tactics are required by the Texas Commission on Fire Protection for every firefighter. Ricardo Oliva, Jr. with the Laredo Fire Department says, "Every scenario is different and they put different obstacles in front of them at every scenario -- whether they have one victim, they have two victims, they have no victims -- are there any pets inside the building, and stuff like that. All these things are things that [the cadets] need to take into consideration to determine what kind of a fight and what kind of a defensive attack it's going to be. Every little situation changes the whole outcome and the whole process itself." KGNS-TV NBC/ABC 8 LAREDO ‘A real-life happy ending:' 18-year-old tells Austin Fire Department about the day firefighters saved her life Austin Fire Department firefighters recently got the chance to meet someone they saved 18 years ago. On her way to her senior prom April 30, 18-year-old Lily Dashner visited AFD's Station 2 and shared the story of how four of AFD's finest saved her life after her premature birth. In 2003, the crew on Engine 2 responded to her home after she was born. Two of the responding firefighters, Lt. Mike Lemerise and Ed Roberts, are now retired while Capt. Brandon Jennings and Captain Ed Roel are on different assignments, according to a post on AFD's Facebook page. Dashner told the station's A-shift about "the great love and admiration she had for those who had come to her home," and while she was growing up and learned about how firefighters saved her life that day, she "always wanted to see her fire truck number two driving down the road." KXAN-TV NBC 36 AUSTIN PREVIOUS STATE NEWS |
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| Florida scrapyard fire sends smoke billowing into sky, shuts down part of road VIDEO/PHOTO: Firefighters were called to a scrapyard fire in Tampa that sent heavy plumes of smoke into the sky on Tuesday evening. Tampa Fire Rescue were called to Worldwide Scrap Metals on North Lois Avenue to what they said was a "fully-involved" scrapyard fire. Tampa Fire said they got help from workers at the scrapyard, who used their excavator to move the piles around to allow firefighters to attack hotspots. The fire was under control within 45 minutes, according to Tampa Fire. No injuries were reported. According to a tweet from TFR, Lois was shut down between West Cayuga Street and West MLK Boulevard. The fire sent heavy smoke into the sky near Raymond James Stadium and the Tampa International Airport. The smoke was visible from WFLA's tower camera but cleared up shortly before 8 p.m. WFLA-TV NBC 8 TAMPA California fire department to celebrate 100-year anniversary of service PHOTOS: On Saturday, May 7, Atascadero firefighters and community members will celebrate the 100-year anniversary of the city's fire department, Atascadero Fire & Emergency Services. This year, Atascadero Fire & Emergency Services is celebrating 100 years of fire service to their community. Atascadero firefighters would like to honor those who came before them, recognize all who are currently serving and express appreciation for those who will carry on the legacy into the future. In 1915, Atascadero fire protection was initially provided by volunteers who responded to the fire scene and were paid $1.00 per fire. Volunteers were directed by Lew Cole, who owned his own fire engine and was hired only during the summer months. Community leaders had also purchased a Ford Model T truck equipped with a soda-acid tank to respond to fires in these early years. KEYT-TV ABC 3 SANTA BARBARA Meet North Carolina's only first responders who save lives, fight fires and also stop crime Capt. Josh Gibson has learned to expect the unexpected. Adjusting his baseball cap and running a hand through his short, dark brown beard, he remembers a day in 2020 when the six officers manning the Bald Head Island Public Safety Department couldn't seem to catch a break. A large structure fire broke out in the Keepers Landing area of the island. The officers on duty responded and held off the fire alone while waiting for mutual aid to respond to the island — a 20-minute ferry ride from Southport. When aid arrived, two of the officers suffered extreme fatigue and heat exhaustion. One had to be airlifted to the mainland for medical treatment. Once the fire was under control, a fire alarm call came in that had to be checked out. Exhausted, the officers responded. Then came the medical call: A man suffered severe head trauma after falling off a bike. As that patient was being airlifted off the island, a death notification call came in. STAR NEWS ONLINE - METERED SITE Study led by Louisiana State University Health shows firefighters more at risk for dangerous heart condition VIDEO: A new study, led by LSU Health Shreveport cardiac electrophysiologist and professor Dr. Paari Dominic, finds that firefighters are at an increased risk for a dangerous heart condition. Atrial fibrillation, or A-Fib, is an irregular heart rhythm in the top chambers of the heart. The condition causes the upper chambers to beat so fast they can no longer pump blood, putting the body at risk for clotting and stroke. Uncontrolled blood pressure, diabetes, sleep apnea, and heart disease are all risk factors that can cause it. So can environmental pollution. That's where firefighters come in. The study, published in the Journal of the "American Heart Association," found that the more fires firefighters respond to, the higher their risk for A-Fib. In fact, after adjusting for risk factors, researchers found a 14% increased risk of A-Fib for every five fires fought each year. KTBS-TV ABC 3 SHREVEPORT CDC: Most Contagious COVID Subvariant Yet Eyed in Up to 70% of New York Area Cases, Nearly 2x US Rate The COVID-19 subvariant estimated by New York state health officials to be even more contagious than the first descendant of the potently infectious omicron strain now accounts for up to 70% of all virus circulating in the region that encompasses the Empire State, according to new CDC data released Tuesday. The prevalence of BA.2.12.1, which health officials say appears to be up to 27% more contagious than BA.2 (which also was said to be more contagious than its predecessor, omicron), in the agency's New York region has been increasing at a far faster rate than nationally, data shows. The CDC puts it at around 62% of COVID cases in the New York region, which for its purposes also includes New Jersey, Puerto Rico and the British Virgin Islands, though says BA.2.12.1's share of cases could be higher. WNBC-TV NBC 4 NEW YORK Related: The US is closely watching this COVID surge for clues PREVIOUS NATIONAL NEWS |
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