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| Large brush fire burns in south Bexar County, shutting down portion of Highway 281 VIDEO: Parts of Highway 281 North remain closed in far south Bexar County Wednesday evening after several buildings burned down earlier in the day, the emergency worsened by strong winds and dry conditions. Crews were still putting out hotspots hours later in the area of 281 and Mogford Road. Authorities say the fire started at a south-side home before flames advanced toward Hume and Dixie Lee, burning the structures in its path. "It was pretty much a wind-driven fire," said Ralph Rodriguez, fire chief for Bexar County ESD 2. "We also had a brush fire that was starting to run away due to the heavy winds." No injuries were reported, but residents are now trying to determine where they'll shelter after the incident. One man told KENS 5 they saw the flames outside as they were sitting down to eat Wednesday afternoon shortly before 3 p.m. KENS-TV CBS 5 SAN ANTONIO Rotary honors Amarillo Fire Department 2022 Firefighter of the Year The Amarillo South Rotary honored Amarillo Fire Department Lieutenant Matt Amerson as the 2022 Firefighter of the Year on Thursday morning at the third annual award ceremony. According to the Amarillo South Rotary, its motto "Service Above Self" informs its operations and its drive to recognize and honor outstanding service from local law enforcement and first responders. The award ceremony was set to be held at the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Amarillo on Thursday morning. "The people that make up the Amarillo Fire Department are our greatest asset," noted the department website, which details the different resources and services offered to the community. KAMR-TV NBC 4 AMARILLO Southeast Texas nurses, EMS, fire personnel getting pediatric critical care, disaster training in Port Arthur Pediatric critical care and disaster planning training for nurses, EMS and fire personnel from across the region is taking place in Port Arthur. CHRISTUS Southeast Texas Health System is collaborating with the Southeast Texas Regional Advisory Council and Port Arthur Fire Department to host the event. The full-day course equips Southeast Texas healthcare and emergency management professionals with the tools needed to care for the pediatric population in the event of an emergency or disaster. The course includes engaging lectures in the morning and hands-on skill stations and an expert panel in the afternoon. "This first-of-its-kind training in Southeast Texas not only helps to equip healthcare workers and first responders with education, but it provides a way for these professionals to network, plan and prepare together before disaster strikes," a statement from CHRISTUS reads. THE PORT ARTHUR NEWS Howe Fire Department receives new ambulances Howe firefighters recently received two new ambulances. Texas Vital Care EMS withdrew its ambulance services from the city last month. Since then, efforts have been made to acquire a fleet of ambulances to establish the city's own emergency medical service. "Just fantastic for the fire department and the city," said City Administrator Jeff Stanley. "The response times will be — once we get them to service — will be cut down within minutes, and we just can't wait to get them up." Stanley adds the city will need to hire more personnel for the ambulance. Another significant part of the change is to shift the Howe Volunteer Fire Department to a partially-paid department that would serve under a chief who would report to the City of Howe. KTEN-TV NBC 10 SHERMAN Hondo man tricking businesses into donating money for fire department, police say PHOTO: Hondo police are looking for a man who is targeting area businesses and tricking them into donating money to the Hondo Fire Department. Police announced the scam Wednesday evening on social media. The man's identity hasn't yet been released. The fire department is aware of the man's actions, and officials said they have no association with him, according to HPD. "Hondo FD has been made aware and reported that they do not know who this person is nor have they been active in the community requesting donations," police said. Anyone who spots the man, or has any more information on his whereabouts is urged to contact PD at 830-426-5353. KSAT-TV ABC 12 SAN ANTONIO Hardin County Emergency Services District No. 5 receives training aids Hardin County Emergency Services District (ESD) No. 5 received a $10,000 grant that allowed for the purchase of a Dell computer, training videos and mannequin. The training aids grant was provided by the Texas A&M Forest Service Rural Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Program. The department responds to numerous medical calls and the training aids will be valuable in providing members basic life support training. "We already had a training session with the department and the firefighters loved it," said Hardin County ESD No. 5 Administrator Bill Lambert. As a member agency of the Texas A&M University System, Texas A&M Forest Service administers the Rural Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Program and is committed to protecting lives, property and natural resources. THE EXAMINER PREVIOUS STATE NEWS |
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| VIDEO: Historic home movie footage discovered of devastating 1963 theater fire in Washington On May 30, 1963, fire claimed one of Tacoma's oldest and grandest structures. "On some level I think everybody felt like wow this was a gut shot," said historian Michael Sullivan. The fire broke out at the Music Box during a matinee screening of Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds." "There was an old bearing and a fan in an old projector room that caught fire," said University of Washington Tacoma historian Kim Davenport. "And it was so high in the building it spread to everything under the rooftop before there was anyway the firefighters could get to it." Moviegoers got out safely only to witness a smoking spectacle from the sidewalk: history going up in flames. It was an event all captured on film preserved by retired Tacoma firefighter Matt Holm who contacted Tacoma Home Movies filmmaker Mick Flaan after seeing a story about his restoration of home movies on KING 5 Evening. KREM-TV CBS 2 COEUR D'ALENE California fire station complete after almost 20 years VIDEO: After nearly 20 years of delays and planning, Fire Station 18 in northwest Fresno is now up and running after Wednesday's ribbon cutting. For the past 17 years, firefighters at Fire Station 18 have been working out of a three-bedroom home but now they have one of the most advanced firehouses in the valley. "It was a typical residential home and it was very comfortable like a resident home should be but it wasn't up to the standard where we should be at," said Fresno Fire Captain Wiley Erickson. Wednesday's grand opening comes, after years of planning and construction the crew of Fire Station 18 received a new state-of-the-art firehouse. The station will not only improve community response it is also safer due to its advanced technology. "This fire station has a ramp-up alert system that gets progressively louder studies have shown that this new method releases psychological and cardiovascular stress," said Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer. KSEE-TV NBC 24 FRESNO FDNY could charge around $1.4K for ambulance rides with new price hike proposal The FDNY is proposing to raise the price of an ambulance ride by over 50 percent. The cost of a ride, that is called through 911, would go up from $900 to nearly $1,400. There would also be an increase in charges per mile to the hospital from $15 to $20. The department says the hike is needed because of inflation, as well as a pay bump for EMS workers. It handles about 70 percent of the city's hospital transports. Costs for advanced life support emergency transports, which require more highly-trained paramedics, could see similar increases. The last price increase was in 2021, when the price for an ambulance ride ticked up 16% from $775 to $900. Final decisions about this proposal will be made in late March. If the ambulance price hike is approved, the change would go into effect in the spring. WABC-TV ABC 7 NEW YORK Bill advances to let New Mexico firefighters use medical cannabis off-duty A bill to make it easier for New Mexico firefighters to legally use medical marijuana got off to a hot start Friday. House Bill 292 would narrow the definition of "safety-sensitive position" in the Lynn and Erin Compassionate Use Act, which governs the state's medical cannabis program. As proposed, the definition would only include employees who are required to carry a firearm or operate a vehicle with a commercial driver's license and "whose performance under the influence of drugs or alcohol would constitute an immediate or direct threat of injury or death to the person or another." State law currently defines a "safety-sensitive position" ineligible for the medical cannabis program more broadly, barring firefighters from using medical cannabis without their employer's permission. TAOS NEWS - METERED SITE Guns ‘N Hoses boxing event in Missouri raised $1M for first responder nonprofit VIDEO: The annual Guns ‘N Hoses event at Enterprise Center presented a huge check Wednesday from last year's event. The event raised one million dollars for the BackStoppers this past November. "That's two years in a row at a million dollars, and how they've supported us," said Chief Ron Battelle, executive director of the BackStoppers. "My reaction to that is thank you to the community for all they did to support us." For the second year in a row, the boxing match, which features St. Louis police, firefighters, and EMTs going toe to toe, was carried live on FOX 2. It is also the second year in a row that a million dollars have been raised for the nonprofit that assists first responder families. "We had the opportunity to get involved with the stations in 2019," said Kurt Krueger, general manager of KTVI and KPLR 11. KTVI-TV FOX 2 ST. LOUIS PREVIOUS NATIONAL NEWS |
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