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| Freeport Fire Department receives new thermal cameras VIDEO: New thermal cameras will soon be in the hands of the Freeport Fire Department. Fire crews hope to use this new technology to increase the safety of both victims and firefighters on the job. After being awarded grant funding through the Leary Firefighters Foundation, the Freeport Fire Department is getting ten thermal cameras in addition to the four already in-house. This will allow each of the 14 firefighters per shift to have access to a camera. Tracking features will ensure each firefighter is accounted for on the job. "Thermal imaging has come a long way since around 1999. In the fire service, the images are much more crisp and precise. This technology is a benefit when in rescue mode, trying to find victims of a fire. It also helps our firefighters to do their job much more effectively and efficiently," said Deputy Chief Scott Stykel. WREX-TV NBC 13 ROCKFORD 3 injured, including 2 CPD officers, after fire at Chicago home leads to porch collapse One resident was in critical condition and others may be unaccounted for after a fire tore through a home in Chicago's Lawndale neighborhood overnight. The fire broke out at around 1 a.m. at a home at 1200 S. Kedvale, the Chicago Fire Department said, with officials describing the building as "unstable." Three people were hospitalized as a result of the flames. According to the CFD, two of those injured were Chicago Police officers, who were helping to rescue occupants when the front porch of the building collapsed. Those officers were transported to a nearby hospital in serious but stable condition, CFD said. According to the Chicago Police Department, the officers suffered non-life threatening injuries. At least one office has been released. The woman, 75, who was also transported to a nearby hospital, was last listed in critical condition. WMAQ-TV NBC 5 CHICAGO PREVIOUS STATE NEWS |
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| VIDEO: Massive fire tears through California home, cause under investigation Arson investigators are looking into the cause of a massive fire that tore through a home in Point Loma early Tuesday, according to San Diego Fire-Rescue Deputy Chief Brian Raines. Both San Diego Fire and San Diego Police were alerted to the fire at about 5:30 a.m. by a call reporting a burglary and a fire at the home on Liggett Drive just north of Point Loma Park. When crews arrived, the home was already overtaken by flames, Raines said. Firefighters immediately began tackling the blaze, which had started spreading to a large pine tree in front of the home. SDFD crews were able to keep the fire at bay, preventing it from spreading to other properties. The home, though, was likely destroyed, Raines said. The estimated cost of damage was still being determined. KNSD-TV NBC 7 SAN DIEGO FDNY Firefighter returns to work over 1 year after being injured in deadly fire VIDEO: An FDNY firefighter who spent over a year recovering from injuries he suffered fighting a house fire returned to work Monday. Robert Velazquez was greeted as he walked back into Engine 257, Ladder 170 in Canarsie, Brooklyn. In a Facebook post, the FDNY said in part, "With the support of his family, friends, and his FDNY family, and through sheer determination and grit, Firefighter Velazquez is back at his second home, his firehouse. We are glad to have him back and the City thanks him for his continued service." Fellow firefighter Timothy Klein died in the April 2022 blaze when part of the home collapsed. A 21-year-old resident was also killed. A total of eight firefighters were hurt battling the fire. WCBS-TV CBS 2 NEW YORK CITY Emergency legislation allows retired firefighters, police officers to work for Washington, D.C. 911 call center The D.C. Council unanimously passed emergency legislation Tuesday that could help solve an ongoing staffing shortage at the 911 call center. The bill, which had nine cosponsors, allows retired firefighters and police officers to work as call takers and dispatchers without losing any pay from their pensions. As recently as October, just less than half of all of the shifts were fully staffed, according to data published by the D.C. Office of Unified Communications. At-large Councilmember Christina Henderson believes the problem could be solved with this legislation. "I think by having retired firefighters and police officers who've been out on the field, they can assess a situation from a phone call and better help to get speedy responses and effective responses," she said. WRC-TV NBC 4 WASHINGTON, D.C. 1915 fire engine completes journey back to New Mexico PHOTOS: A century-old fire engine once in the service of Las Cruces firefighters completed a long journey this week from a salvage yard, to a local home, all the way to Oregon and back again. It was briefly parked, looking shiny and new, in front of Las Cruces City Hall Monday, as LCFD Chief Jason Smith celebrated its donation back to the city at the regular city council meeting. Smith told the council it was the city's earliest known motorized fire engine – the seventh unit of its type manufactured in 1915, and one of just two still in existence from that model year. The engine had two 25-gallon tanks of water and used a soda-acid chemical system, which pressurized water through a chemical reaction in which acid was introduced into soda water to release carbon dioxide and force the water from the tanks. LAS CRUCES BULLETIN PREVIOUS NATIONAL NEWS |
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