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| Piece of Twin Towers steel carries legacy of resilience in Soldotna fire station Nearly 20 years ago, the world and Alaskans watched live as fire, smoke and debris billowed from Tower 1 of the World Trade Center, and as, minutes later, a second plane crashed into Tower 2. The gravity of the situation sank stomachs and hearts, as just about an hour later, Tower 2 collapsed in just 10 seconds, followed about 30 minutes later by the first tower. In Fairbanks, Alaska, it was 4:45 a.m. when the first plane struck. Firefighter Dan Grimes was awakened, like many, by a phone call. "You need to go turn on the TV right now," he recalls being told. He watched, in shock as the first tower collapsed live. "There was just that moment of realization," Grimes told Alaska's News Source on Tuesday. "I was not initially in firefighter mode, I was in shock. But when that first tower fell, I just had this sickening feeling in the pit of my stomach." KTUU-TV NBC 2 ANCHORAGE Fire crews from Alaska are spread across the US battling blazes There are many fires burning all across the United States, with many states not being able to fight them by themselves, so Alaskans are there to help. Tim Mowry, public information officer with the Alaska Division of Forestry, just got back from a two week assignment at the Monument Fire in California. He said assignments like this are always an experience to remember. As fires tear through parts of the western U.S., Alaskans heard the call for help and were on their way soon after. "As you go down there, there's excitement, there's a little bit of an adrenaline rush because you're going to help some place that's in need," Mowry said. The Division of Forestry said that as of Friday, there were 375 Alaska personnel working all across the Lower 48, with 199 of them in California alone. KTUU-TV NBC 2 ANCHORAGE PREVIOUS STATE NEWS |
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| Massive apartment fire displaces dozens in Georgia VIDEO: A raging fire in southwest Atlanta displaced people from about a dozen apartments on Saturday morning. The flames gutted Harvest Oak Apartments at 2989 Delmar Lane. A battalion chief said the call came at 3:40 a.m. and the first units to arrive encountered heavy fire in the center of the building. Firefighters got the fire under control 22 minutes. Officials assessing the damage said one entire building containing 12 units was destroyed. The American Red Cross of Georgia is assisting 26 people displaced by the blaze. Red Cross volunteers supported the fire's victims with food, water and blankets for 10 families who were in the building. Volunteers also coordinated temporary lodging, meals, clothing and other essential items. Red Cross officials expect more people to seek assistance and total number of people impacted in not yet known. WAGA-TV FOX 5 ATLANTA Former FDNY commissioner on losing 343 firefighters on 9/11: ‘We had the best fire chiefs in the world' Former FDNY commissioner Thomas von Essen told "Fox News Reporting" on Saturday that the 343 firefighters who died in the 9/11 terrorist attacks were the "best fire chiefs in the world." Of the 2,753 people killed at the World Trade Center, 343 were first responders from the Fire Department of New York, while another 71 were law enforcement officers from 10 different agencies. "We had the best group of fire chiefs probably anywhere in the world because New York City had so many high rise buildings, so many dangerous buildings, so many prevention laws, and codes and everything else," he said. The firefighter chiefs "really knew what they were doing," Von Essen continued, noting that once the second tower was hit by the plane, they had to "split them up." "I was in the North tower lobby and we sent half of them to the south tower to try to get a handle of what was going on there," he recalled. FOX NEWS Mississippi county gets new $1.4M one-of-a-kind 9/11-themed fire truck PHOTOS: Madison County took delivery of a new one-of-a-kind 20th Remembrance of 9/11 Rosenbauer 101 King Cobra Fire Truck on Thursday afternoon. The new $1.4 million truck was delivered after being featured at a national fire chiefs conference recently where it was highlighted because of its one-of-a-kind 9/11 paint job to commemorate the 20th anniversary of 9/11 featuring all the names of the New York Firefighters who were killed responding to the terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers. The 9/11 20th Remembrance theme was designed with the help and input of New York City firefighters, said Donnie Weeks of Bonaventure Fire and Safety of Monticello who sold the Rosenbauer truck to Madison County. ONLINE MADISON New study aims to track search-and-rescue workers' exposure to carcinogens at Florida's Surfside condo collapse If you worked at or near the site of the building collapse in Surfside, researchers with the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine want to examine your toenails. Dr. Natasha Schaefer Solle, a research assistant professor at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, said the nail can reveal cancer risks. "A first responder will be able to clip their toenails, mail them to us and we take them into the lab, and we will be able to see the exposure they had heavy metals over a long period of time," Schaefer Solle said. The researchers are hoping that close to 1,000 people — including police officers, firefighters, and volunteers — will participate. The new study launched this week. It will closely monitor workers over the next several years to examine the effects of the exposure. WPLG-TV ABC 10 MIAMI PREVIOUS NATIONAL NEWS |
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| L-O-D-D Arizona - Miguel Angulo, Firefighter/Paramedic, Phoenix Fire Department, Phoenix, AZ L-O-D-D Florida - Randall "Randy" Burnham, Chief, Lake City Fire Department, Lake City, FL L-O-D-D Mississippi - Marshal Hilley, District Chief, Gulfport Fire Department, Gulfport, MS L-O-D-D Georgia - John Clay Gaddy, Firefighter/Paramedic, Forest Park Fire and Emergency Services, Forest Park, GA L-O-D-D Texas - David Leos, Driver/Engineer, Dallas Fire-Rescue Department, Dallas, TX NFPA highlights four ways 9/11 changed the world of fire and life safety Data Analysis & Presentation for Fire and EMS - for Fire and EMS RFP: Community Risk Assessment/Standard of Coverage - Deadline: 4:00 PM, PDT, October 6, 2021 RFP: SAFER Grant Writing & Management - DEADLINE: October 11, 2021 @ 4:00 pm ET Registration Opens for 2022 FDSOA Conferences - January 9-12, 2022 RFP for SAFER Grant Writer & Administrator - Proposals Due By 9/30/21 at 5:00 PM PDT NFPA announces "Learn the Sounds of Fire Safety" - theme for Fire Prevention Week 2021 Fire Camp Scholarships - IAFC's National Volunteer Workforce Solutions Staffing for Adequate Fire & Emergency Response Grants - Check for Awards Assistance to Firefighters Grant Awards - Check for Awards The Daily Dispatch Is Now On Facebook Find us on Facebook - www.facebook.com/dailydispatch POST ANNOUNCEMENTS MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS |
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| Firefighter I / EMT III / Paramedic - Central Emergency Services - Soldotna, AK Fire Inspector - Central Marin Fire Authority - Corte Madera, CA Lateral Firefighter (Paramedic preferred) - City of Vancouver - Vancouver, WA Shift Officer - Chena-Goldstream Fire & Rescue - Fairbanks, AK Assistant Chief - Chena Goldstream Fire & Rescue - Fairbanks, AK Fire Chief - City of Ketchikan - Ketchikan, AK Assistant Fire Chief - Tumwater Fire Department - Tumwater, WA Firefighter/Paramedic - City of La Grande - La Grande, OR Firefighter EMS / Firefighter Paramedic - Central Cascades Fire & EMS - Crescent Lake, OR Assistant Fire Chief - City of Manitowoc - Manitowoc, WI Fire Chief - Livingston Fire Rescue - Livingston, MT Fire Chief - Pioneer Fire Protection District - Somerset, CA Paramedic 911 Ambulance - Mount Shasta Ambulance - Mount Shasta, CA Training Officer - New Carlton Fire District - Lafayette, OR Fleet Maintenance Manager - Poudre Fire Authority - Fort Collins, CO Firefighter/Paramedic - Oakridge Fire & EMS - Oakridge, OR Deputy Fire Marshal - Pierce County Department of Emergency Management - Tacoma, WA Confidential Recruiting: - What is it? Deputy Fire Marshal I, II, or III - Fire District 3 - Jackson County, OR (closes: Sep 13, 2021) Community Risk Reduction Coordinator - Evergreen Fire/Rescue - Evergreen, CO (closes: Sep 15, 2021) Division Chief of Community Risk Reduction (Fire Marshal) - Sedona Fire District - Sedona, AZ (closes: Sep 16, 2021) Volunteer Firefighter Recruitment & Retention Coordinator - Woodburn Fire District - Woodburn, OR (closes: Sep 17, 2021) Fire Chief - Town of St. Johnsbury - St. Johnsbury, VT (closes: Sep 17, 2021) Support Services Division Chief - City of Hillsboro - Hillsboro, OR (closes: Sep 19, 2021) Emergency Medical Services Specialist - County of San Bernardino - San Bernardino, CA (closes: Sep 23, 2021) Fire Prevention Officer I/II - City of Bishop - Bishop, CA (closes: Sep 25, 2021) Fire Chief - Alhambra Fire Department - Alhambra, CA (closes: Sep 26, 2021) Firefighter/Paramedic (Lateral/Entry-level) - North Tahoe Fire Protection District - Tahoe City, CA (closes: Sep 27, 2021) Firefighter/Paramedic - City of Kalispell - Kalispell, MT (closes: Sep 27, 2021) Fire Chief - Town of Granby - Granby, MA (closes: Sep 27, 2021) Lateral Firefighter/Paramedic - North County Regional Fire Authority - Stanwood, WA (closes: Sep 30, 2021) Fire Captain - Campbell County Fire Department - Gillette, WY (closes: Sep 30, 2021) Entry Level / Lateral Entry Firefighters - McLane Black Lake Fire Department - Olympia, WA (closes: Sep 30, 2021) Firefighter Paramedic - Ashland Fire & Rescue - Ashland, OR (closes: Sep 30, 2021) Firefighter - Clark County Fire District 3 - Brush Prairie, WA (closes: Oct 01, 2021) Firefighter/Paramedic - Teton County Fire & Rescue - Teton Valley, ID (closes: Oct 01, 2021) Fire Marshal (Safety/Non-Safety) - North Tahoe Fire Protection District - Tahoe City, CA (closes: Oct 01, 2021) Firefighter EMT / Pending Paramedic / Firefighter Paramedic - Kansas Fire Department - Kansas City, KS (closes: Oct 06, 2021) Firefighter/Emergency Medical Technician - Chelan County Fire District 1 & Douglas County Fire District 2 - Wenatchee, WA (closes: Oct 13, 2021) Fire Chief - Worley Fire Protection District - Worley, ID (closes: Oct 14, 2021) Division Fire Chief - City of Marina - Marina, CA (closes: Oct 15, 2021) Firefighter/Paramedic - City of Bend - Bend, OR (closes: Oct 15, 2021) Firefighter/Paramedic - Novato Fire District - Novato, CA (closes: Oct 15, 2021) Structural Firefighter - Eagle Fire Department - Eagle, ID (closes: Oct 29, 2021) Structural Firefighter/ Heavy Fire Equipment Operator - Eagle Fire Department - Eagle, ID (closes: Oct 29, 2021) Lateral and Entry-Level Firefighter/Paramedic - Umatilla County Fire District #1 - Hermiston, OR (closes: Dec 18, 2021) POST JOB MORE JOBS |
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