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| Contractor completes mechanical work at Sunset Fuel Break over winter months Ideal winter conditions have allowed Division of Forestry & Fire Protection's fuels reduction program in Alaska to remain very active. Removing fuels with machines, typically referred to as mechanical or mechanized treatment, is often performed in the winter months by contractors. The snow cover and frozen ground is more supportive of the typical heavy mastication equipment contractors use. When conditions are ideal, vegetation is protected and the compaction of the soil and the residual trees root systems is minimized. To ensure that the project remained in compliance with appropriate permits, the snow and frost depths in the target work areas were monitored by project managers and the private contractor. With the urgency to complete fuel breaks before this summer's wildfire season, the contractor took advantage of ongoing favorable conditions. ALASKA WILDLAND FIRE INFORMATION Anchorage firefighters investigate gas leak at Northway Mall discover small roof collapse Firefighters investigating a gas leak at Northway Mall in Anchorage on Wednesday morning discovered a small section of the roof was beginning to collapse, officials said. Planet Fitness and Shockwave Trampoline Park, the only two businesses that remain open in the former shopping center, were evacuated when firefighters responded around 10:30 a.m., Assistant Fire Chief Alex Boyd said. Anchorage Fire Department crews began inspecting hidden spaces where gas lines run when they discovered damaged wooden trusses, he said. A small section of the roof was sagging several feet but had not fallen to the ground, said Ross Noffsinger, acting building official for the municipality. ANCHORAGE DAILY NEWS - METERED SITE PREVIOUS STATE NEWS |
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| VIDEO: Raging blaze destroys liquor store, bakery in Masschusetts A raging blaze tore through a cluster of businesses in downtown Lawrence early Friday morning, destroying a liquor store and a bakery. Crews responding to a report of a fire in the area of Essex and Newbury streets found flames shooting from a building that houses multiple businesses and thick smoke consuming the neighborhood. Firefighters from Lawrence and neighboring communities could be seen dousing the raging fire with water. Video from the scene showed extensive damage to Sweeney's Package Store and Sweet Grace Heavenly Cakes. They have been deemed a complete loss. Mir Tapas Lounge and Fernandez Market are also located next to the scorched businesses. The bulk of the fire was knocked down before 6:30 a.m. but crews were still battling hot spots as the sun came up. WFXT-TV FOX 25 BOSTON IAFF files lawsuit against NFPA over gear testing standard In the next step in its fight to combat fire fighter cancer, the International Association of Fire Fighters filed suit March 16 against the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) for its role in imposing a testing standard that effectively requires the use of PFAS in fire fighter protective gear. "The very gear designed to protect fire fighters, to keep us safe, is killing us," said General President Edward Kelly. "Standard 1971 needlessly requires the use of PFAS in fire fighter gear." A provision in NFPA 1971 requires certain components of fire fighter bunker gear to pass the Ultraviolet Light Degradation Test. The test requires turnout gear to be exposed to UV light for 40 hours without degradation. The only substance that can pass the test for that long is PFAS. The complaint, International Association of Fire Fighters v. National Fire Protection Association, Inc., seeks to hold the NFPA liable for not removing the dangerous test from its Standard on Protective Ensembles for Structural Fire Fighting and Proximity Fire Fighting (Standard 1971). IAFF.ORG Texas fire rescue hiring non-certified firefighters due to fewer applicants VIDEO: Typically, to be hired at Lubbock Fire Rescue, you had to be both firefighter and EMT certified. Now applicants don't have to be certified in either to apply. LFR Captain Phillip Grandon says the traditional model worked for a while but times are changing. LFR used to receive up to 400 applications in a given hiring season but lately, it has been getting under 100. He says every industry is dealing with labor shortages, so the department had to try something different. "Fire service is not immune to that either," Grandon said. "So, we have to basically go out and get people and say, ‘Hey, come work for us, and we're going to train you' instead of you having to go out and seek that training yourself." Firefighter Grandon says anyone from any background who wants to give public safety a chance, should. The requirement now is an applicant needs a high school diploma or GED and be between the ages of 18 and 35. Grandon explains the applicant must be 35 or younger by January 2024. KCBD-TV NBC 11 LUBBOCK Firefighter-turned-‘Impractical Jokers' star Brian Quinn continues to honor his roots by helping FDNY charity Before he was a "Joker," Brian "Q" Quinn was an FDNY firefighter. The internationally known comedian, 47, spent nearly a decade at Ladder Co. 86 on Richmond Avenue in Graniteville. It's a chapter the "Impractical Jokers" star looks back on fondly, both for the work he did keeping Staten Islanders safe and for the local causes he joined that still remain important to him. Among those causes: Friends of Firefighters. Founded by Nancy Carbone following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorists attacks on the World Trade Center, the 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization provides independent, confidential and free mental health counseling and wellness services to active and retired FDNY firefighters and their family members. The Brooklyn-born, Staten Island-raised prankster had his sights set on a career with the FDNY from a young age. SILIVE.COM As opioids overdose deaths keep rising, report urges lawmakers to develop new approaches Lawmakers should view America's staggering opioid crisis, including the rise of illicit fentanyl, through an "ecosystems" approach, argues a massive RAND Corporation report published Thursday. That means they should examine the gaps and interconnections among emergency response, data collection, education, treatment, housing and law enforcement, the report advises. The 600-page volume — which the authors describe as "arguably the most comprehensive analysis of opioids in 21st century America" — encourages federal, state and local lawmakers to think "beyond traditional silos" and innovate ways to stem adverse effects of addiction and increasing drug overdose deaths among Americans. TENNESSEE LOOKOUT PREVIOUS NATIONAL NEWS |
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