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| Tracking COVID-19 in Alaska: 215 cases reported Tuesday, no new deaths The state on Tuesday reported 215 new cases of COVID-19 and no new deaths, according to the Department of Health and Social Services COVID-19 dashboard. State data shows that 67 Alaskans have died with COVID-19 since the pandemic began here in March. The state's per capita death rate remains among the lowest in the country. Alaska's daily reported cases have hit triple digits for 27 straight days — the biggest surge in cases during the pandemic so far — and case numbers are projected to continue to rise. The state's average case rate over 14 days, a number that is used to gauge community spread, also keeps rising. As of Tuesday, most of the state was in a high alert level, with more than 10 cases per 100,000 people. ANCHORAGE DAILY NEWS 'Dramatic surge' of COVID-19 in Yukon-Kuskokwim region: 78 cases reported in one day The Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation on Tuesday announced Southwest Alaska's most devastating COVID-19 numbers to date: 78 new cases in a single day, including more than 50 in a single village. YKHC, a tribal health-care provider, also reported that a Y-K Delta elder in their 70s died due to COVID-19 complications, marking the fourth coronavirus-related death for the region. The vast majority of the new cases are from areas where YKHC has announced community spread of COVID-19. Fifty-one of the new cases are in the village of Chevak, 11 are in Toksook Bay, eight are in Quinhagak and five are in the regional hub town of Bethel. YKHC has announced that community spread is occurring in all four of those communities. YKHC also announced one new case in Hooper Bay, and two additional cases between two different unnamed Y-K Delta villages. ALASKA PUBLIC MEDIA PREVIOUS STATE NEWS |
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| Florida firefighter speaks out on surviving fall in vehicle from expressway VIDEO: A Hialeah firefighter has recalled the night he flew over a barrier and off the Palmetto Expressway after, investigators said, he was hit by another driver, causing his truck to come to rest on its roof along the street below. Alain Pineiro is at home recovering from a fractured neck and rib, but it will take him longer to recover from the emotional pain of the crash. "I remember hitting the wall and thinking, ‘Finally, I'm gonna stop,' and that never happened," Pineiro said. Instead, he would be airborne in his personal truck after, police believe, it was hit or clipped by another driver on the Palmetto Expressway near the Northwest 122nd Street exit on Oct. 12. The fall was captured on surveillance video. The 34-year-old firefighter's vehicle landed on its top below the Palmetto on West 20th Avenue. WSVN-TV FOX 7 MIAMI Missouri: Retirement badge of Clayton's first fire marshal returned to family years after it was lost in Florida The daughter of Clayton's first fire marshal on Tuesday retrieved her father's retirement badge after losing it in Florida. Jill Halsey, 75, of St. Charles, lost the badge at a Florida restaurant years ago — when, exactly, is unclear. But now, thanks to the diligence of Clayton fire Chief John Paul Jones, as well as the Florida man who found the badge, Halsey again has a piece of family history. "It's like a piece of him is back with me," Halsey said of her father, Roy Weckherlin. "The fire department was everything to him." Ray Wright, 66, of St. Petersburg, Florida, found the badge in 2016. He initially turned it in to the restaurant's lost and found, but curiosity led him to take a picture of the badge and conduct his own research. He discovered the badge was from Missouri, so he contacted the Clayton Fire Department. ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH Police officer's bodycam video shows harrowing rescue of woman from burning car in California VIDEO: A Davis police officer recalled the tense moments before rescuing a woman from a burning car. It looks like a scene out of a Hollywood movie as Davis Police Cpl. Pheng Ly's body camera shows him pulling a helpless woman out of her burning car and into safety. But the scene happened in real life Saturday night in the middle of Ly's shift. "I heard on the scanner through the CHP channel that there was an overturned vehicle, which was on fire," Ly told FOX40. The accident happened on Interstate 80 near Highway 113. Ly said the closest California Highway Patrol officer was at least 30 minutes away at the jail in Fairfield. Ly was just a couple of minutes away, so he hurried to the scene. Shown through Ly's body camera video, he reaches in and grabs the woman by both of her wrists and then pulls. KTXL-TV FOX 40 SACRAMENTO US is nearing 'rapid acceleration' of COVID-19 cases, expert warns, as daily infections hit about 60,000 US COVID-19 cases will begin to rapidly accelerate in about a week, a leading health expert says, as the country's daily averages keep climbing toward the summer's peak and several states are setting hospitalization records. The US recorded more than 60,300 new cases Tuesday, and the national seven-day case average hit about 59,500 -- an increase of about 73% in five and a half weeks, Johns Hopkins University data show. That's the highest average since August 3. And things will likely get worse, experts warn. "It's going to be a difficult fall and winter," Dr. Scott Gottlieb, former commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration, told CNBC on Monday evening. "I think we're about two or three weeks behind Europe -- so we're about a week away from starting to enter a period where we're going to see a rapid acceleration in cases." CNN Michigan firefighters destroy $90,000 Mustang Shelby GT500 ... here's why Firefighters in Dearborn, Mich, destroyed a $90,000 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 last week, but they had a good reason. The department, which is located in the same town as Ford's headquarters, was using the pre-production muscle car donated by the automaker to hone the vehicle extraction skills needed to rescue victims from wrecked vehicles. They said it "almost broke our hearts" to rip apart the red coupe, which ended up with its roof pillars sawed through, hood torn open and its driver's door pulled off. During early stages of launching a new model, automakers manufacture several vehicles that aren't certified for sale and often end up being used for educational purposes rather than going straight to the crusher. FOX NEWS PREVIOUS NATIONAL NEWS |
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| L-O-D-D Texas - Lemuel Bruce, Arson Investigator, Houston Fire Department, Houston, TX L-O-D-D Georgia - Keith Obrian Williams, Captain, Camilla Fire Department, Camilla, Georgia L-O-D-D Pennsylvania - Edward "Gary" Minnick, Firefighter. Colmar Volunteer Fire Company, Colmar, PA L-O-D-D California - Jason Cortez, Firefighter/Paramedic, San Francisco Fire Department, San Francisco, CA NFPA signs MOU for PPE and equipment activities with NIOSH Adrian Sheppard Joins the National Fire Heritage Center Board of Trustees NFHC: President Rodney Slaughter - National Fire Heritage Center Hall of Legends, Legacies and Leaders: Class 2021 - National Fire Heritage Center 2020 Chief Sandy Davis Safety Officer of the Year Awarded - FDSOA Fire Protection Research Foundation receives grants to study fire investigator PPE - and transition to fluorine free foam technology Mercury Insurance launches programs to help California homeowners with wildfire risk COVID-19 Resource Update - USFA 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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| Community Outreach and Risk Reduction Manager - Poudre Fire Authority - Fort Collins, CO Firefighter / Lateral Paramedic - Snohomish County Fire District #4 - Snohomish, WA Firefighter/EMT - Kamiah Fire and Rescue - Kamiah, ID Industrial/Municipal State Fire Academy Instructor - SC Fire Academy - Richland County, SC Aircraft Rescue Firefighting/Industrial State Fire Academy Instructor - SC Fire Academy - Richland County, SC Director of Emergency Services - Bakersfield / Monterey / Oxnard / Redlands / San Diego, CA, Hendersonville, TN, Mobile, AL, Palmer, AK Entry Level Firefighter/EMT/Paramedic - Clark County Fire District 6 - Vancouver, WA Fire Chief - Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One - Gig Harbor, WA Lateral Firefighter/EMT/PM - Clark County Fire District 6 - Vancouver, WA Fire Protection (PPC) Field Representatives - Insurance Services Office - Several Locations Firefighter/Paramedic - Kalispell Fire Department - Kalispell, MT Fire Chief - Tri-Lakes Monument Fire Protection District - Monument, CO Fire Chief - Columbia River Fire & Rescue - St. Helens, Oregon Fire Chief - Grays Harbor Fire District 2 - Aberdeen, WA EMS Director - Weiser Ambulance District - Weiser, ID Fire Marshal - City of Chandler - Chandler, AZ (closes: Oct 21, 2020) Fire Inspector / Investigator - Canby Fire District - Canby, OR (closes: Oct 23, 2020) Firefighter Paramedic - Sheridan, SW Polk & West Valley Fire Districts - Sheridan, OR (closes: Oct 23, 2020) Apparatus Driver/Medic - Chena-Goldstream Fire & Rescue - Fairbanks, AK (closes: Oct 26, 2020) Firefighter - Jackson County Fire District #3 - White City, OR (closes: Oct 28, 2020) Fire District Fleet Mechanic - Northern Lakes Fire District - Hayden, ID (closes: Oct 30, 2020) Assistant Chief - Hastings Fire and Rescue Department - Hastings, NE (closes: Oct 30, 2020) Division Chief - Scappoose Rural Fire Protection District - Scappoose, OR (closes: Oct 30, 2020) Volunteer / Training Coordinator - Douglas County Fire District No. 2 - Roseburg, OR (closes: Oct 30, 2020) Fire Chief - Lyons Fire Protection District - Lyons, CO (closes: Oct 30, 2020) Instructional Program Manager - Kansas Fire & Rescue Training Institute - Lawrence, KS (closes: Nov 02, 2020) Fire Chief - The City of Ferndale - Ferndale, MI (closes: Nov 02, 2020) Fire Chief - Renton Regional Fire Authority - Renton, WA (closes: Nov 02, 2020) Entry & Lateral Firefighter/EMTs & Firefighter/Paramedics - Central Kitsap Fire & Rescue - Silverdale, WA (closes: Nov 05, 2020) Fire Inspector - Carson City Fire Department - Carson City, NV (closes: Nov 06, 2020) Entry Level Firefighter-EMT - Riverside Fire Authority - Centralia, WA (closes: Nov 06, 2020) Lateral Firefighter - North Whatcom Fire and Rescue - Lynden, WA (closes: Nov 06, 2020) Entry Level Firefighter - North Whatcom Fire and Rescue - Lynden, WA (closes: Nov 06, 2020) Deputy Fire Chief - City of Fremont - Fremont, CA (closes: Nov 06, 2020) Fire Chief - Pasadena Fire Department - Pasadena, CA (closes: Nov 08, 2020) Entry Level or Lateral Firefighter/Paramedic - Redmond Fire & Rescue - Redmond, OR (closes: Nov 10, 2020) Full-Time Firefighter/Paramedic - Madison Fire Department - Rexburg, ID (closes: Nov 10, 2020) Crew Fire Captain - North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District - Incline Village, NV (closes: Nov 13, 2020) Lateral Firefighter - Cowlitz 2 Fire & Rescue - Kelso, WA (closes: Dec 04, 2020) Fire Chief - Superstition Fire & Medical District - Pinal County, AZ (closes: Dec 08, 2020) Firefighter/EMT/Paramedic - Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City - Kansas City, KS (closes: Jan 28, 2021) POST JOB MORE JOBS |
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| ReIGNITE Virtual Conference - IAFC - Online - October 19-22, 2020 Fire Leadership Challenge - IAFC's Officer Development Program - Online - October 20-23, 2020 Ring's Community Risk Reduction Through Neighbor Engagement - IAFC ReIGNITE - Online - October 22, 2020 Wildland-Urban Interface - IAFC - Online - November 3-4, 2020 2020 Oregon EMS Conference - The Year of the Virus *New Date* - Virtual - November 5-7, 2020 VCOS Symposium in the Sun - IAFC - Clearwater, FL - November 12-15, 2020 Fire Inspector I Boot Camp - Washington State Association of Fire Marshals - Online - November 16-19, 2020 Hazmat Awareness/Operations Hybrid Course - Fowler Fire and Education - Union, WA - November 30 - December 4, 2020 POST EVENT MORE EVENTS |
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