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| WFCA Launches Applied Sciences Center for Resilience Studies to Bridge Research and Practice
Author: Western Fire Chiefs Association
WFCA is taking a pioneering step in its mission to lead, educate, support, and protect by unveiling the Applied Sciences Center for Resilience Studies (ASC). The ASC creates a nexus between research and practice, fostering collaborations among communities, government bodies, industries, and academia to enhance society and community resilience through robust research and development initiatives. Backed by funding from NASA, the ASC's initial undertaking will concentrate on advancing wildfire technology and the decision-making processes during the critical first 24 hours of a fire in the Wildland-Urban Interface. read more |
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| At least 4 families displaced, 2 Chicago firefighters injured after apartment fire on Northwest Side A fire broke out at a residential building on the city's Northwest Side Tuesday morning, injuring two firefighters, the Chicago Fire Department said. Please note the video in the player above is from a previous report. Firefighters responded to the fire at a four-unit duplex around 11:00 a.m. in the 1700 block of North Monticello Avenue, in the Humboldt Park neighbor. The two firefighters who were injured were taken to a hospital in good condition, CFD said. "It's devastating," neighbor Emily Serrano said. Serrano was outside preparing for a weekend block party, and she did not expect she would be preparing to save lives. "Getting ready the coolers and stuff, when all of a sudden I saw smoke coming through the alley, looking really bad," Serrano said. WLS-TV ABC 7 CHICAGO Maple Park man dies in fiery crash after pickup truck gets trapped under semi, catches fire in Kane County A man was killed in a fiery crash in Kane County early Tuesday. At about 5:18 a.m., Kane County Sheriff's deputies were dispatched to the area of Illinois Route 47 and Beith Road for a reported crash. When deputies arrived, they located a semi-truck in the southbound traffic lane of IL Rt 47 with a vehicle underneath the trailer that was engulfed in flames. The semi-truck contained a dash camera, and upon review, it was determined that the semi traveling southbound on IL Rt 47 was passing through the intersection with Beith Road. At the same time, a small pickup truck was traveling eastbound on Beith Road and ran a stop sign. The pickup truck then crashed underneath the semi's trailer and immediately burst into flames. WFLD-TV FOX 32 CHICAGO PREVIOUS STATE NEWS |
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| White House unveils new tracking tool for heat-related illnesses The Biden administration on Wednesday launched a new information system to map emergency medical services (EMS) responses to heat-related illness across the country. The online dashboard is run by the Department of Health and Human Services in partnership with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The agencies said the system is meant to help public health officials ensure that outreach and medical aid reach the people who need it most during heat emergencies. "Heat is no longer a silent killer. From coast-to-coast, communities are battling to keep people cool, safe and alive due to the growing impacts of the climate crisis," Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said in a statement. "The EMS HeatTracker is a powerful tool from the Biden-Harris Administration that brings actionable information to prioritize outreach and interventions, helping prevent heat-related illnesses and death and build resilience across the nation," Becerra added. THE HILL Missouri school one of first in the nation to add color-coded security system to help first responders VIDEO: A Hazelwood school is one of the first elementary schools in the country to install a color-coded security measure designed to guide first responders in times of crisis. "If, unfortunately, something were to happen, having that system, people will know where to go quickly," said Hazelwood Assistant Superintendent Christopher Norman. "It's going to reduce response time for those officers once they get on scene," Ann Vastmans of St. Louis County Emergency Management said. "It doesn't require any technology. It is not something that relies on the internet. It is within the building. It's on the building. It's something that's going to be in their line of sight. Brown Elementary serves as a pilot school that has implemented colorful arrows in addition to colors on walls and room numbers as a guide through the building. KMOV-TV CBS 4 ST. LOUIS Beach in New York reopens after crews spend morning scanning for sharks VIDEO: Rockaway Beach reopened for swimming and surfing Wednesday after officials spent the morning scanning for sharks. "Drone and harbor unit surveillance this morning did not observe any shark sightings, and Rockaway Beach has reopened for swimming as of 10 a.m. NYC Parks, NYPD, and FDNY will continue land, drone, and boat surveillance on Rockaway Beach throughout the day and into the evening," the Parks Department tweeted. The waters off the beach were closed Tuesday after officials said a 65-year-old woman was bitten by a shark the evening before. She was taken to the hospital, where she remains in serious condition. This was the sixth reported shark bite in the state this summer, compared to eight last year. WCBS-TV CBS 2 NEW YORK CITY Florida firefighters help paralyzed woman stranded in 31st-floor apartment VIDEO: Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue workers went beyond the call of duty to help a woman with special needs get to her 31st-floor apartment. Floodwaters recently shut down her building's elevator, and that's when the first responders stepped in to help. The three firefighters will say they were just doing their jobs, but their job was not easy. In a typical commercial building, each floor is about 10-to-15-feet high. The firefighters went up 13 floors to get the woman where she needed to go, and they did it carrying her on their back, with her wheelchair and her belongings. "I was literally stuck on floor 31," said Haleigh Rosa. With the dilemma came a very important decision. "To either bring her down 20-plus stories to the next crossway to the other tower, or go up 13 and get across to a working elevator bank so she can get out of the building," said Fort Lauderdale Fire Battalion Chief Garrett Pingol. WPLG-TV ABC 10 MIAMI PREVIOUS NATIONAL NEWS |
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