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| Fatal crash rates spike on Sterling Highway this month September has been a deadly month on the Sterling Highway. "All year long, on the Sterling Highway, we've had six crashes and eight fatalities. All year long. In the last two weeks, we've had four of those crashes and six of those fatalities," said Mike Zweifel, captain of the Alaska State Trooper office in Soldotna. "So really, the bulk of everything we've experienced so far in 2023 has happened in these past two weeks." Vehicles have crashed from Kasilof to Cooper Landing, closing the highway and drawing dozens of emergency responders to the scenes. On Labor Day, a woman died in a head-on collision east of Sterling, and a man died after having a medical emergency behind the wheel just outside of Soldotna. On the 8th, a woman and two-year old died in a crash with a cement mixer in Cooper Landing, and two men died in Kasilof on the 15th after a truck behind them failed to slow for a school zone. KDLL-FM 91.9 KENAI Follow Up: Anchorage Fire Department says no easy solution to homeless encampment fires After a fire broke out on Sunday night in the Chester Creek greenbelt, burning down multiple tents among other things, Assistant Fire Chief Alex Boyd of the Anchorage Fire Department is speaking out about growing concerns with homeless encampment fires. Sunday's fire, one in which flames reached 30 to 40 feet high and took roughly 10 minutes to bring under control, was just one of many such fires that AFD has responded to this year. Boyd says AFD has seen about 360 fires this year that would be classified as "homeless encampments or homeless associated," with 30 of those being classified as wildland fires. He maintains there have been more visible fires this year as the encampments themselves have grown more visible and built up, something less common than in previous years. KTUU-TV NBC 2 ANCHORAGE PREVIOUS STATE NEWS |
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| Demolition begins after large fire at vacant mill building in Connecticut VIDEO: Firefighters battled a large fire at a vacant mill building in Naugatuck Monday night and demolition crews have begun to knock it down. Officials said the fire started just after 6 p.m. Monday in the area of 200 Water St. and flames were found coming from the roof of the building, which is actually five separate buildings that are connected. It's believed no one was inside because the building, which was once occupied by Lewis Engineering, has been vacant since around 2012. Aircraft parts were made there and the building was being used for some sort of storage, officials said Tuesday. Clouds of heavy smoke billowed from the building Monday night. The amount of smoke that carried out of the building was a concern, prompting officials to evacuate some nearby homes. WVIT-TV NBC 30 NEW BRITAIN Related Video: Vacant Mill building fire in Connecticut New York officials call for I-84 'crash gate' following deadly bus crash VIDEO/PHOTOS: In a crash where minutes count, local officials and firefighters in Orange County said precious time may have been lost in last week's charter bus crash in Wawayanda that killed two people and injured 40 others. The charter bus was on Interstate 84, around 45 miles northwest of New York City. It veered off the road and rolled down a 50-foot ravine. There were 40 students and four adults on board, and local officials said the massive emergency response that was needed demonstrates why a special access road, called a "crash gate," is so needed at that location. "We would have gotten there sooner," said Slate Hill Fire Chief Michael Dally. "I would say anywhere between 5 and 10 minutes sooner. How it would have changed the outcome, I don't know." WNYW-TV FOX 5 NEW YORK CITY South Carolina fire department to pilot new mental health app VIDEO: The Charleston Fire Department is hoping to pilot a new app to expand mental health resources for its firefighters. Firefighters have a heightened risk of developing PTSD, depression, anxiety and alcohol use disorders because of their repeated exposure to stress and trauma, recent studies from the National Institute of Health show. "It almost gets stuck where it's just auto-playing in your mind, it plays over and over and over again," Robert Baldwin, the Assistant Chief of Special Operations for the Charleston Fire Department, said, "Being able to say it out loud, have someone to talk with, someone who can relate to what you're going through, helps that individual process." The Charleston City Council will vote to approve the contract with First Response Mental Health on Tuesday for a 2-year pilot program for an app called "PeerConnect." WCSC-TV CBS 5 CHARLESTON COVID among reasons nine EMS ambulances in Hawaii closed over the weekend An unusually high number of City ambulances were closed during Sunday's midnight shift, nine out of 21 ambulances were offline due to low staffing. The Honolulu Emergency Services Director Dr. Jim Ireland said sick leave due to COVID-19 was among the reasons. Saturday evening's EMS briefing included plans to cover nine ambulance units that would be closed for the shift beginning at midnight Sunday. Dr. Ireland said, "Overnight we didn't see an increase in response times, we didn't see calls dropped, but clearly you know it's not an ideal situation for us, and I think in the long-term we need a bigger buffer of personnel." The reasons for closing nine units ranged from planned vacations, injuries on the job and personnel calling in sick. KHON-TV FOX/CW 2 HONOLULU Tennessee city's first fire truck restored to original condition PHOTOS: Kingsport's first fire truck has been restored back to its original condition. The 1917 American LaFrance fire engine is dubbed "Old Hul-dy." It went into service one hundred and six years ago and was Kingsport's only fire truck at the time. Firefighters had to hand crank it to start the truck. Back then, "Old Hul-dy" had a top speed of 30 miles per hour. "Well, it's ready to go out if we have a special event or parade," Kingsport Fire Department Public Information Officer Barry Brickey says. "We can take it out and use it then and it does get driven every once in a while. We keep it ready to go, it's fueled, gets cranked up and sometimes you might even see it driving around the block just to let it kind of get some exercise." Right now, the historic fire truck is being stored at Fire Station Number One for use in parades and special events. WCYB-TV NBC/CW 5 BRISTOL PREVIOUS NATIONAL NEWS |
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