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Cases are rising again, but Alaska's rate of vaccination is slowing Anchorage COVID-19 vaccinations are starting to plateau, while cases are rising. And that has the Anchorage's epidemiologist, Dr. Janet Johnston, worried. "When I looked at the numbers, at the end of last week, our cases had gone up 20%. And our vaccines had only gone up about 6%," said Johnston, with the Anchorage Health Department. "So the whole idea of cases outpacing vaccine is extremely concerning." Statewide, the number of vaccine doses administered each day is also slowing after an initial blitz of shots. For months, Alaska ranked among the nation's top states for the share of its population given at least one shot of the vaccine. But now it's fallen to 10th place, according to national rankings published by The New York Times. KTOO RADIO PREVIOUS STATE NEWS |
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VIDEO: One killed, eight hurt after Ohio paint plant blast One person was killed and eight people were hurt in an explosion and second-alarm fire at an Ohio paint plant early Thursday. About 40 employees were working just after midnight when the blast occurred in one of five buildings on Yenkin-Majestic Paint's campus in Columbus, officials said. While most of the employees came out of the building as firefighters arrived on the scene, authorities learned two were trapped, according to Columbus Division of Fire Battalion Chief Steve Martin. They were eventually rescued and taken to Ohio State University Hospital with critical injuries, he said. Six others were stable. The body of a person who was missing for at least five hours after the fire was discovered at about 9:15 a.m., Martin told NBC News Thursday afternoon. He was identified as Wendell Light, 44, a press room supervisor. Crews found his body partially covered in rubble, Martin said. NBC NEWS Mountain of donated firefighting gear from the Northeast arrives in tornado-ravaged Alabama PHOTOS: An 18-wheeler pulled up in front of Coker Volunteer Fire Department on Thursday laden with a mountain of firefighting gear donated by departments in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania. The gear represents a windfall of equipment that many of the volunteer departments in West Alabama never would have been able to afford to purchase. The National Fire Protection Association rules stipulate fire equipment cannot have more than a 10-year shelf life. Coker Fire Chief Robert Bowers said the strict adherence to the rule by northeastern fire departments has benefitted Tuscaloosa County departments. "Up north, they follow the NFPA 10-year shelf life rule to the 'T.' They have to give up their equipment after 10 years, and it has to be replaced. It's not a rule followed in every state. We try to follow it as best we can, but volunteer departments here struggle so much," Bowers said. TUSCALOOSA NEWS Age serves them well: Older volunteer firefighters in New York bring experience John Capozzoli Jr. of Freeport remembers the moment he knew he was destined to join the fire service. He was 12 years old and riding shotgun in his father's pickup when the Freeport Fire Department sounded its air horn. As he and his father pulled into the firehouse, he recalled the excitement he felt as he watched his father, a volunteer firefighter, don a thick bunker coat and helmet and climb aboard the fire truck. "At that point," he said, "I knew I wanted to do that, too." He signed up with the Freeport Fire Department in 1958 at 18, following not only his father, but two uncles and two older brothers into the fire service. Now, 63 years later, the 80-year-old great-grandfather, who rose to the rank of chief, still serves Freeport Village, battling house and commercial blazes. He has no plans to retire. "I get mad when the younger guys [firefighters] want to take care of me," said Capozzoli, who fitness walks more than 20 miles a week and is the catcher for the fire department's softball team. NEWSDAY - METERED SITE Wisconsin fire department a leader for hiring women VIDEOS: For Kimberly Pillman and Ryle Olsen it is about helping others during an emergency and serving the community they call home. Pillman and Olsen are two of the 10 female firefighters/paramedics who currently work for the Lake Geneva Fire Department. Pillman said she considers it an honor to be a member of the fire department, as she is able to help people during a difficult situation. "I enjoy serving the community and being there for people who need help and being the calm person that comes to help take care of what is going on in their life at that moment," Pillman said. Olsen said she also enjoys the community service aspect of working as a firefighter. "I like helping out the community," Olsen said. "I also love that with this job there is something new every day. Captain Mark Moeller-Gunderson said the Lake Geneva Fire Department is above the national average when it come to hiring female firefighters and paramedics— like Olsen and Pillman. LAKE GENEVA NEWS PREVIOUS NATIONAL NEWS |
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