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| Wichita Falls Fire Chief presented with President's Award Wichita Falls Fire Chief Ken Prillaman was awarded the President's Award from the Texas State Fire Chiefs Association. Prillaman has been Wichita Falls fire chief since July of 2019, according to the City of Wichita Falls. He previously served as fire chief, fire marshal and emergency management director for the City of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. The Texas Fire Chiefs Association strives to be the liaison between the Texas Fire Service leadership and the legislative members of the State of Texas. KAUZ-TV CBS/CW+ 6 WICHITA FALLS Massive damage to San Antonio daycare center following 2-alarm fire VIDEO: A massive 2-alarm fire did extensive damage to a South Side daycare center. The fire started around 5 a.m. Friday at a daycare center off Pleasanton Road near E. Southcross Boulevard. The San Antonio Fire Department dispatched 31 units to battle the fire. Fire Department spokesperson Joe Arrington said that they saw heavy flames coming from the building when they arrived on scene. They believe the fire started near a playground in the courtyard of the daycare center and it quickly spread throughout the building. Due to the massive flames and the size of the building, they called out a second alarm and attacked the fire using ladder trucks and firefighters on the ground, using hoses through windows. At some point, the roof of the building partially collapsed. WOAI-TV NBC 4 SAN ANTONIO Funeral arrangements announced for Plainview Fire Captain Harrison Hart Funeral arrangements have been announced for a Plainview fire captain who died in a car accident early Wednesday morning after spending the day before battling wildfires around that community. The memorial service for James Harrison Hart will be held Monday at 11 a.m. in the Harral Memorial Auditorium, located just east of Seventh and Vernon on the campus of Wayland Baptist University. Interment will follow at Parklawn Memorial Gardens in Plainview. A visitation will be held Sunday afternoon from 4 to 6 p.m. at Kornerstone Funeral Directors, 3605 SW Third St. Plainview Fire Chief Bobby Gipson told Lubbock media Wednesday that the department is planning for full firefighter honors at the service. Hart was killed in a single-vehicle rollover just west of the city early Wednesday morning. LUBBOCK AVALANCHE-JOURNAL - METERED SITE Roof collapses at east El Paso warehouse during fire El Paso fire crews responded to a fire in east El Paso on Thursday morning. The fire at 11420 Cedar Oak Drive sparked in a warehouse used to mechanically service buses, according to an El Paso fire official. Emergency Dispatchers confirmed around 2 a.m. that the fire was large. It took 14 units and 36 firefighters to contain the blaze. A steel structure collapsed on the roof. No injuries were reported. The cause of the fire is under investigation KFOX-TV FOX 14 LAS CRUCES Amarillo Fire Marshal's Office investigating fire at old Ambassador Hotel Amarillo Fire Department officials have released further details regarding Thursday afternoon's fire at the old Ambassador Hotel. Officials said crews were called to the fire at about noon after multiple callers reported heavy black smoke coming from the hotel's roof at 3100 W. I-40. The first arriving unit found heavy fire coming from a fourth-floor window in the atrium area on the backside of the 10-story building. Crews entered the building a set up a blitz-fire (a large caliber hose capable of flowing 500 gallons per minute) to knock down the atrium area fire. Firefighters went upstairs, performed search and rescue operations room by room, and checked for extension. The fire was mostly contained to one hotel room and extended to the exterior wall where it was extinguished from an aerial ladder. KVII-TV ABC/CW+ 7 AMARILLO Wichita Falls Fire Department extinguishes house fire The Wichita Falls Fire Department responded to a house fire in the 1300 block of Giddings Street Wednesday night. Firefighters reported light smoke was showing when they first arrived to the scene. Upon entering the home, they reportedly found it was full of smoke and a fire was showing from the top of the wall in the living room area. WFFD officials said firefighters extinguished the fire after about 15 minutes. No injuries were reported, and the Red Cross was called to help the residents. The fire caused about $10,000 in damages to the home and $500 in damages to the contents. An electrical circuit arcing in the attic area was the cause of the fire, according to WFFD officials. KAUZ-TV CBS/CW+ 6 WICHITA FALLS PREVIOUS STATE NEWS |
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| 3 firefighters hurt after fire engine collides with tractor-trailer in Delaware VIDEO: A crash involving a fire truck and a tractor-trailer injured three firefighters on Thursday night in New Castle County, Delaware. It happened around 7 p.m. on eastbound I-295 at Landers Lane. Officials say a Minquadale Fire Company truck was responding to an accident when the truck was hit by a tractor-trailer. The fire truck driver lost control, hit a guard rail and then overturned. Several firefighters were briefly trapped before they were extricated. All three firefighters were transported to an area hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. Police have not said if the tractor-trailer driver suffered any injuries. WPVI-TV ABC 6 PHILADELPHIA Related with Video: Delaware interstate open following crash involving firetruck VIDEO: Massive fire destroys multiple homes, cars in Cleveland PHOTOS: A wind-driven fire tore through a neighborhood Thursday evening on the East Side, destroying or damaging five homes and multiple vehicles. Seventeen fire companies and 80 firefighters battled the four-alarm blaze on Mannering Road, just south of Euclid Avenue in the Euclid-Green neighborhood, according to a news release from the Cleveland Division of Fire. The fire first was reported at about 5 p.m. in a home on the road but it quickly spread to nearby homes because of strong winds. Along with five houses, two garages and 12 vehicles were damaged or destroyed in the fire, officials say. No cause of the fire has been reported. There were no injuries reported, but 14 adults and two children were displaced by the fire. Firefighters were able to save two dogs and a cat. CLEVELAND.COM Legislation classifying Illinois dispatchers as first responders clears legislature A bill that would give Illinois emergency dispatchers more benefits and officially classify the profession as first responders could soon be sent to the governor. Senate Bill 3127 was filed by state Sen. Neil Anderson and provides that emergency dispatchers are now COVID-19 first responders. If signed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker, emergency dispatchers would qualify for extra medical benefits, mental health benefits, and extra funding for the industry. Anderson, R-Andalusia, explained during a news conference Wednesday why he thinks this bill was important to pass. "Dispatchers are there to answer the initial call on what 99% of the time is someone's worst day of their entire life," Anderson said. "These men and women deal with critical situations and they are our eyes and ears for police, fire, and E.M.S." THE CENTER SQUARE California: How the San Jose Home Depot fire compares to the 2002 Santana Row blaze PHOTOS: It's not every day that a major building in San Jose becomes consumed by a raging inferno, sending up dark clouds of smoke that can be seen for miles, forcing hundreds of people to flee for safety and captivating the nation's attention. So when a Home Depot store in South San Jose quickly burst aflame last weekend, many residents were reminded of one of the city's last calamitous structure fires: the 2002 Santana Row blaze. While San Jose has experienced a multitude of other massive infernos in the past two decades — including a 2010 blaze that burned most of Merritt Trace Elementary School to the ground and a 2014 five-alarm fire that destroyed a 120,000-square-foot warehouse — Santana Row remains the worst in San Jose history, ingrained in the minds of many residents. In some ways — from the building types to the size and breadth of destruction — the Santana Row and Home Depot fires are quite different. But stories told by residents feature sobering similarities. THE MERCURY NEWS - METERED SITE Fire and rescue department in Virginia is leading the way in fitness Emergencies follow no set schedule and can happen at a moment's notice. So when firefighters with the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department file into the Wellfit center in Chantilly, they often bring their equipment with them, leaving their gear near the entrance and trucks parked out front in case their shift is called into action. The Wellfit center offers strength training and physical therapy for Fairfax County's finest and is part of an all-encompassing strategy FCFRD has undertaken that is unique in the country. Alongside these services, the department provides dietary guidance and behavioral counseling for an all-encompassing approach to ensure firefighters are in the best shape possible to perform their arduous tasks. It's an approach that "breaks down the barriers to care," said Battalion Chief Brian Edmonston. FAIRFAX COUNTY TIMES PREVIOUS NATIONAL NEWS |
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