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| Nueces County ESD No. 2 fire chief retires Nueces County Emergency Services District No. 2 first responders and community members said a bittersweet goodbye Friday afternoon to chief Dale Scott, as they celebrated his retirement. Scott dedicated 41 years serving Flour Bluff, the Island and rural areas of Nueces and Kleberg County. He said he has plans to enjoy his retirement in Dallas, but added — his time being ESD No. 2's fire chief has been his whole life. "Serving the community, being there for the community, making sure we were taking care of the community in an emergency situation. I'm going to miss that," Scott said. "They are being left in very good and capable hands. I hope (the community will) support the new fire chief the way they supported me." Wes Beseda will be taking over as Nueces County ESD No.2's fire chief. KRIS-TV NBC/CW+ 6 CORPUS CHRISTI Austin firefighters walk 22 miles to support battalion chief battling cancer VIDEO: Austin firefighters walked over 22 miles Saturday for the "Long Walk for Travis" to support Battalion Chief Travis Maher. "The firefighters, on their own, very organically came together and wanted to do something to honor one of our firefighters who's suffering from cancer, and the prognosis is not very good," Bob Nicks, president of the Austin Firefighters Association said. Maher was exposed to deadly carcinogens when he went to work the debris pile in New York after 9/11 during his time with the Austin Fire Department. The group is walking to all the fire stations he's worked at. "Travis has a long and storied career. He was on the Hazardous Materials team, he was on Special Operations, he's a member of Texas Task Force 1," Nicks said. KTBC FOX 7 AUSTIN Man killed in Panola County house fire A man was killed Friday in a house fire near Lake Murvaul, according to Panola County Fire Marshal Bryan Murff. The fire happened just before 2 a.m. at a house along CR 175. Murff said neighbors told first responders they feared the homeowner was still in the house. "It was fully involved," Murff said. After firefighters managed to get the flames under control, the man's body was recovered. Firefighters from the Gary and Clayton Volunteer Fire Departments responded along with the Panola County Sheriff's Office. Murff has requested assistance from the State Fire Marshal in investigating the cause of the fire. The victim's body has been sent for an autopsy. KSLA-TV CBS 12 SHREVEPORT Arson investigating a 2-alarm fire in San Antonio A fire forced people living at a northeast side apartment complex out into the cold early Monday morning. It started just after 12:30 a.m. at a complex on Harry Wurzbach Rd. When crews arrived, they found fire coming from a building on the first floor, so they ordered a second alarm. Several units had a lot of damage, fire crews said. One person was evaluated by EMS at the scene, but wasn't taken to the hospital. No firefighters were injured at the blaze. A VIA bus was at the apartments to help get evacuated tenants out of the cold and rainy weather. Arson investigators are looking into what caused the fire. KENS-TV CBS 5 SAN ANTONIO Fire guts west Jefferson County home PHOTO: No one was injured in a late Sunday night fire that destroyed a family's home in West Jefferson County. A passerby noticed the fire and called 911 to report it according to Chief Chris Gonzales of the Bevil Oaks Fire Department. The fire department got the call at 10:17 p.m. he said. When firefighters arrived at the home on Old Sour Lake Rd just east of Meeker Rd the fire was heavily involved and had broken through the roof and an exterior wall Gonzales told 12news Monday morning by phone. He described the home as a total loss and said that the family was out of state at the time of the fire. Bevil Oaks firefighters got the fire knocked down and eventually put out with assistance from the Jefferson County Emergency Services District Three Fire Department he said. KBMT-TV ABC/NBC 12 BEAUMONT Waskom veterinary clinic catches fire; employees risk lives to save animals VIDEO: The Waskom Fire Department (WFD), Elysian Fields fire units and Harrison County Fire Marshal's Office all combat flames at Tiller Veterinary Clinic. On Dec. 16 at 11:20 a.m., the WFD received a fire emergency report at Tiller Veterinary Clinic, located at 810 Spur 156 in Waskom. When firefighters arrived, they discovered the veterinary clinic in flames. According to WFD Fire Chief James King, the employees of the veterinary clinic were actively trying to save animals from within the building while it was in flames before the WFD arrived. The Fire Department stopped the employees as the fire had become too dangerous. Most of the animals were saved, but sadly six cats and two dogs died as a result of the flames. All employees and customers were able to evacuate safely. KSLA-TV CBS 12 SHREVEPORT PREVIOUS STATE NEWS |
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| VIDEO: Fire crews in Minnesota knock down large fire in soil supplier garage Fire crews in Maple Grove knocked down a large fire early Sunday morning that burned at a building belonging to a soil supplier. The Maple Grove Fire Department was called just after 4:30 p.m. for a report of a fire at a campground on Brockton Lane North. However, when crews arrived they determined the fire was actually burning at a building belonging to a soil supplier called Commercial Black Dirt Inc., just north of the campgrounds. When crews arrived at the scene, they found the metal building engulfed in flames. Crews were called in from Rogers and Dayton to help with water supply as Maple Grove firefighters battled the blaze. The fire wasn't declared under control until about 6 a.m. Firefighters say the building is a garage for equipment. The building and equipment inside are considered a total loss, the fire department says. KMSP-TV FOX 9 MINNEAPOLIS New fire station in Utah designed with firefighter mental health in mind The Unified Fire Authority's newest station in Midvale was designed with mental health in mind. Station 125, located at 655 W. Center Street, not only features private rooms and bathrooms for firefighters working long hours, but also larger common rooms. Capt. Kelly Millard said those areas will help to build a sense of connection throughout his team. "That's great with this station. We are able to sit down, talk, joke, and that's how a lot of us get through those hard calls," Millard said. Unified Fire Chief Dominic Burchett feels these small improvements will end up making a big difference. "We deal with a lot, we see a lot, stuff that we can't forget often times," Burchett said. "So now, we are trying to predict into the future, of what's going to be an issue and try to resolve it with this station's design." KSL-TV NBC 5 SALT LAKE CITY 36 injured after ‘rare' pocket of severe turbulence hits Honolulu-bound plane shortly before landing VIDEO: Thirty-six people were injured Sunday, including 11 seriously, when a Hawaiian Airlines flight from Phoenix to Honolulu hit severe turbulence about 30 minutes before landing. The turbulence sent passengers flying out of their seats. Paramedics and emergency medical technicians treated patients — ranging in age from 14 months to adults — for a long list of injuries, including serious head injuries, cuts, bruises, nausea, and loss of consciousness. Hawaiian Airlines said Flight 35 from Phoenix "landed safely" in Honolulu about 10:50 a.m. The Airbus A330 was full, carrying 278 passengers and 10 crew members. Jon Snook, Hawaiian Air executive vice president and chief operating officer, told reporters the "fasten seatbelt" was on at the time of the incident. He added that three flight attendants were among those injured. HAWAII NEWS NOW Mississippi moms and babies are dying - this training teaches first responders how to save their lives Matt Greer of Brookhaven was driving home from his shift at the Mississippi Center for Emergency Services, where he works as a flight nurse, when he got a call from his younger sister. A few days earlier, she had given birth to a healthy baby girl after an uncomplicated pregnancy. Now, she told him she had a headache. He asked her to check her blood pressure: 140/90. For most patients, that reading isn't concerning. For a pregnant or postpartum woman, however, it's an indication of preeclampsia. Greer told her to go to the hospital and eventually she did, getting treatment to prevent seizure and stroke. But Greer thinks things might have gone very differently had he not completed a new training run by the Mississippi Center for Emergency Services just a few weeks before his sister called. MISSISSIPPI TODAY PREVIOUS NATIONAL NEWS |
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