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| Richmond hires new fire marshal The City of Richmond announced Thursday that Christopher Legington is its newest fire marshal. Legington previously served with Richmond's fire department for more than six years, a news release from the city said, before moving on to work for the city of Rosenberg and Fort Bend County in similar capacities. Most recently, Legington worked with the Stafford Fire Marshal's office as an investigator. "I am pleased to be back in Richmond with such a good group of people, many still here from my early days," Legington said. "Richmond's fire department is known to be vigorous and enterprising, and dedicated to diverse training. I hope to duplicate some of these disciplines to the Fire Marshal's office." Legington was a member of the United States Air Force before joining Richmond's fire department in 2008, the city said. THE FORT BEND STAR Family of 8 escapes house fire in southeast Houston VIDEO: A family of eight, including adults and children, were able to escape a house fire in southeast Houston Wednesday night. Around 10 p.m., flames could be seen coming out of the home on Northridge Drive near Herschelwood Drive. Houston fire officials say the family was sleeping at the time when a loud noise woke them up. When firefighters arrived, they said they had some difficulty fighting the flames. "The house appeared to be added on multiple times," Deputy Chief Robert Garcia said. "But once you start adding on, it adds a degree of complexity. That caused the firefighters to regroup, but they got it out." Fire officials say there was heavy damage to the backside of the home. Fortunately, everyone in the home made it out OK, and no injuries were reported. The cause of the fire is still unknown. KTRK-TV ABC 13 HOUSTON Thanking Victoria's EMS Workers During National EMS Week Earlier this week it was the folks over at DeTar Hospital Navarro who had a chance to serve up free donuts to our local EMS workers as part of National EMS Week. Victoria Fire Department's Firefighter/EMT Justin Tunchez, Detar EMS Liaison Holly Smith, Lt Allen Carroll, DeTar Director of Clinical Outreach Rhonda Reeder, Firefighter/EMT Ranson Moore, and Fire Medic Roman Mancias can all be seen enjoying that moment in the photo above. I have nothing but respect and admiration for folks who choose to become EMS workers. My father was a firefighter and paramedic for 30 years and several other members of my family have worked in the medical field helping others as well. KIXS-FM 107.9 Palestine firefighter injured while battling house fire A Palestine firefighter was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries sustained while battling a structure fire Thursday morning. According to a Facebook post by the Palestine Fire Department, upon arrival, crews found heavy smoke and fire coming from the roof of the residence. Crews worked through shift change this morning to extinguish the fire and get all equipment back in service. One firefighter was transported to the hospital with a cut to his arm requiring staples. KLTV ABC 7 TYLER A family affair: Father, daughter graduate from Hill College fire academy in Hillsboro together The last name tipped the instructor off, Godley resident Billy Thompson said. "He saw two Thompsons and asked if we're related," Billy Thompson said. "I said, ‘Yeah, we're father and daughter.' He said, ‘Oh, never had that before so that's kind of cool.'" Hill College Fire Protection Technology Program Coordinator Robert Matthews confirmed the pairing as a first. "I had one set of brothers who went through the class together," Matthews said. "I've had fathers and sons, but they were in different classes. But this is the first class I've had with a father and daughter going through the same class together." Thompson, 47, and his daughter, Alexis Thompson, 19, graduated the fire training class together on Thursday. Both were at the Johnson County Emergency Services District No. 1's fire training facility in Cleburne on Friday, however, with their classmates to practice fire scenarios in the facility's burn house. CLEBURNE TIMES-REVIEW Palestine firefighters remove snake from family's car PHOTOS: A crew from the Palestine Fire Department answered an unusual call of duty on Thursday. Members of Ladder 1 were on their dinner break when they came across a family with a problem. A snake somehow had slithered its way into their car. When the family with young children returned to the car parked outside a businesses, there it was. "Crews worked to remove the snake who had gotten wrapped up in a seat," said information posted by the fire department. Photos show firefighters holding the speckled little snake. Family members look very happy to have the uninvited passenger out of the car. The snake was given a ride back to its natural habitat. "Always willing, always ready for whatever our community needs from us!" the posting said. KETK-TV NBC 56 TYLER PREVIOUS STATE NEWS |
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| California fire department's new safety video burning up social media VIDEOS: Napa's fire department is burning up social media with a new safety video. It's a rock parody with a fire prevention message. "We thought it would be funny if we did the Talking Heads song, "Burning Down the House," explained Napa Fire Marshal Greg Fortune. "But we did it as "Don't Burn Down Your House." 40 years after the original hit, the fire department spoof features Fortune and his team of fire inspectors and staff. The lyrics admonish listeners to change batteries in smoke detectors, and cool ashes before dumping them, among other tips. The cast lip synchs and pretends to jam on guitars, with Fortune handling vocals. "It was so fun, but originally I was super-reluctant to be part of this," admitted Shuree Egloff, a management analyst for the Fire Department. In the video, she is one of three back-up dancers, slinging guitars. KTVU-TV FOX 2 OAKLAND 2 firetrucks crash near University of Arkansas at Little Rock; 6 firefighters hurt PHOTOS: Two fire engines collided near the University of Arkansas at Little Rock campus Thursday afternoon, injuring six firefighters, according to fire officials. Little Rock Fire Department Capt. Doug Coffman said the accident took place at South University Avenue and West 28th Street at 4:29 p.m. According to Coffman, the six firefighters were taken to the hospital with injuries that were not considered life-threatening. Coffman said the engines were responding to the same call on Broadmoor Drive that came in at 4:24 p.m., but he did not give any other information about the call. The engines met at the intersection, according to Coffman, but the details of the collision are still under investigation. "They're still doing the investigation on it, but they both came to that intersection at the same time," Coffman said. "Now, I don't know if somebody went through a light. I don't know any of that information." ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT GAZETTE - METERED SITE Massive Fire, Seen for Miles, Guts Building, Displaces Families in Massachusetts VIDEO: A fire raged through several buildings in Revere, Massachusetts, Thursday, sending smoke high into the air over a tightly packed neighborhood near the ocean. The five-alarm fire burned on Endicott Avenue, near the world-famous Revere Beach. Six buildings were damaged, three badly, Revere fire Chief Christopher Bright said, but it didn't appear that anyone was hurt. At least 15 families have been impacted, and firefighters were seen removing dead animals from a building. Aerial footage showed flames rushing up the sides of at least two homes as firefighters on cranes doused them with water. The smoke could be seen for miles. One building appeared to have gotten the brunt of the damage. It seemed to be a double-wide triple-decker apartment building, with two apartments on either side of each floor. WBTS-CD NBC 10 BOSTON Pennsylvania volunteer fire department staffed with a trio of high school girls Across the country and right here in central PA, fighting fire is in most cases a male-dominated field. But right here in Central Pennsylvania there is an exception to the norm. Molly Gontis, a 9th grader said, "I'm a freshman." Molly is just 16 years old and her partners in fire, as they go by the three amigos, are only 17 and juniors in high school in Boswell. Liliana Shumaker said, "How did this happen? Um well, girl power I guess." Rebecca (Becca) Slate said, "You have to be a team, everybody has to work together to have one goal. In mind. And what's that goal? That goal is to get the fire out and have everybody safe." When I first saw the trio, it was here in Hooversville earlier this year as flames tore through a historic church. Molly Gontis said, "All of our pages went off on our phone." Rebecca (Becca) Slate said, "So that was my first fire I've ever been on." The high schoolers were in class one minute, then rushing to the fire station the next. WTAJ-TV CBS 10 ALTOONA Ohio State University studying the effects of COVID-19 on first responders As the world is getting back to some normalcy, medical experts want to reemphasize the pandemic isn't over, which is why the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center's research team is trying to understand the impact COVID-19 has had on first responders. OSU Wexner Medical Center and researchers at the OSU College of Medicine have been awarded a five-year, $10 million grant from the National Cancer Institute in the National Institutes of Health to study the long-term, longitudinal impact of COVID-19 on first responders, healthcare workers, and the general population. Ashish Panchal, a professor of emergency medicine at OSU, said the goal is to enroll 2,000 first responders– including their family members or those they have close contact with. "The big focus about first responders for us is that they're the ones on the front lines," Panchal said. The grant will follow first responders for five years. WDTN-TV NBC 2 DAYTON PREVIOUS NATIONAL NEWS |
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