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| 3 firefighters remain hospitalized in critical condition, 5 others released after explosion at Dallas apartment Eight people were injured Wednesday in an explosion at an apartment building in southern Dallas, including four Dallas firefighters and four others who are in critical condition, officials said. As of Thursday morning, one firefighter and four other people have been released from the hospital. The three firefighters are still being treated for their injuries. The firefighters were responding to a report of a natural gas leak at the apartment building when the explosion happened. Seven of the victims were taken to Parkland Hospital and one was taken to Baylor. Dallas Fire-Rescue spokesman Jason Evans initially said two of the firefighters were in critical condition, but that number later changed to three. All four of the injured firefighters were taken to Parkland. All are expected to survive, but it will be a long road to recovery. WFAA-TV ABC 8 DALLAS Related Chopper Video: Dallas apartment building partially collapsed after large fire Retired North Richland Hills Fire Battalion Chief Dies at 46 A retired North Richland Hills Fire Battalion Chief has lost his battle with cancer. Chief Eddy Wood died on Sept. 25, 2021. He was 46 years old. According to the North Richland Hills Fire Department, Wood started his public safety career in 1992 as a dispatcher with the City of Azle. He served as an Azle Junior Volunteer Firefighter from 1992 to 1995 while working on his basic fire training, after which he served as a full-time firefighter. Wood joined the North Richland Hills Fire Department in October 1998 as a firefighter and paramedic. In September 2003, he was promoted to apparatus operator, and he was promoted again in 2007 to lieutenant. In 2009, was promoted to battalion chief. Wood left the North Richland Hills Fire Department in 2017, and he served as Fire Chief for the City of Brownwood until 2019. KXAS-TV NBC 5 FORT WORTH Firefighters respond to fire in far east El Paso PHOTOS: El Paso firefighters responded to the scene of a fire in far east El Paso at around 3 a.m. Thursday. It was reported on the 3500 block of Tierra Lorena, which is just down the road from El Dorado High School. The fire was caused by lightening in the area, that struck either a house or pole, according to reports made to 911. The fire then caused an underground gas line to break. A spokesperson for El Paso Fire Department said some residents in the area were asked to evacuate, while others were advised to stay inside their homes. The gas meter has since been shut off and Texas Gas crews remain on the scene as they work to fix the gas line. Texas Gas crews confirmed the home where the fire started has been checked with thermal images, but no dangers were found, according to a spokesperson for El Paso Fire Department. KDBC-TV CBS 4 EL PASO Lubbock firefighter to be honored at National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Lubbock firefighter Lieutenant David Eric Hill will be honored at the 40th Annual National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend this week. Lt. Hill was killed while responding to a traffic accident on I-27 in Jan. 2020. He had been with the fire department for 10 years and was promoted to lieutenant in July 2019. Lt. Hill is one of 87 firefighters who died in the line of duty in 2020 and one of 19 Texas fallen firefighters. They will be honored at the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service on Oct. 3 and added to the permanent memorial on the National Fire Academy grounds in Maryland. KCBD-TV NBC 11 LUBBOCK Firefighters save puppy from San Antonio apartment fire Several families have been displaced after a fire at an apartment complex north of downtown. It happened at about 10:15 p.m. Wednesday at the Laurel Apartments in the 300-block of W Laurel Avenue near Lewis Street. Firefighters tell us it started from a unit on the second floor. They worked quickly to clear people out of the apartments surrounding the fire, and quickly got into the wall and extinguished the fire within the first three minutes of being on scene. Crews located and rescued a puppy from a third story apartment that was above the fire. The puppy was not injured and was returned to its owner. Three units suffered significant smoke, fire and water damage. Those occupants are without a home today. No one was injured. KABB-TV FOX 29 SAN ANTONIO PREVIOUS STATE NEWS |
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| 3 firefighters remain hospitalized in critical condition, 5 others released after explosion at Dallas apartment VIDEO: Eight people were injured Wednesday in an explosion at an apartment building in southern Dallas, including four Dallas firefighters and four others who are in critical condition, officials said. As of Thursday morning, one firefighter and four other people have been released from the hospital. The three firefighters are still being treated for their injuries. The firefighters were responding to a report of a natural gas leak at the apartment building when the explosion happened. Seven of the victims were taken to Parkland Hospital and one was taken to Baylor. Dallas Fire-Rescue spokesman Jason Evans initially said two of the firefighters were in critical condition, but that number later changed to three. All four of the injured firefighters were taken to Parkland. All are expected to survive, but it will be a long road to recovery. WFAA-TV ABC 8 DALLAS Related Chopper Video: Dallas apartment building partially collapsed after large fire Owned by 2 Navy vets, Chicago's Fireboat Tour offers a unique history experience VIDEO: Sailing on Chicago's waterways on the Chicago Fireboat is a truly unique experience. The Fred A. Busse is a retired fireboat that was part of the Chicago Fire Department's fleet till 1981. Built as a modern ship in 1937, the Fred A. Busse was a modern marvel, built with a lower profile to fit under the city's bridges. This helped cut down on response time to fire emergencies. Today, the Fred A. Busse heads out on the Chicago River and Lake Michigan as a historical tour vessel, with other options such as sunset cruise and private events. It's owned by two Navy veterans, Ray Novak and Erich Totsc. "Going around the world twice in the Navy, and then to be here on the water, showcasing Chicago on a boat like this with that military utility kind of purpose to it is pretty cool," Totsc said. WGN-TV 9 CHICAGO Minnesota Firefighter Out To Prove She's ‘Tough As Nails' On TV Reality Show Competition VIDEO: A Minneapolis fire captain is starring in a TV reality show competition that premieres next week. Kalimba Edwards was in California for six months this summer filming the new season of CBS's "Tough as Nails." The show pits 12 people against each other in physical competitions that test strength, life skills and mental toughness. Edwards is competing for a $200,000 prize. "Being a firefighter, especially in a large metropolitan area, we're used to working under pressure," Edwards said. "I'm used to working with different people, different crews, getting a task done no matter who you're working with." Edwards can't get into the specifics of the competitions, but she says it's a lot of blue-collar trade skills like carpentry and plumbing. She said some things she did on the show were more physically challenging than fighting fires. WCCO-TV CBS 4 MINNEAPOLIS Superheroes surprise young Virginia children's hospital patients VIDEO/PHOTOS: It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman, Supergirl, Spiderman and Captain America! Fairfax County Fire and Rescue superheroes dropped by Inova Children's Hospital in Falls Church for a special surprise Tuesday. "Good to hop up?" Loren Jewell asked her fellow firefighters as she checked her rappelling gear. Jewell swapped turnouts for a cape to become Supergirl Tuesday. She's part of Fairfax County Fire and Rescue and brought some super support to the young patients. Battalion Chief Matt Burns was right beside her, dressed in his own elaborate costume. "Captain America by night, my alter ego," Burns said with a smile. "The whole reason firefighters become firefighters is to do something for their community and the kids are always the ones closest to our heart and this is best about," he told 7News Reporter Victoria Sanchez. WJLA-TV ABC 7 WASHINGTON, D.C. U.S. COVID-19 Recovery Spreads as Prospects Improve in 47 States The U.S. recovery from the latest COVID-19 wave is taking hold across the country, with cases dropping or poised to start falling in the vast majority of states. In 47 states plus the nation's capital, a measure of average new infections from one newly infected person is below the key level of 1, signaling that cases are expected to decline, according to covidestim, a modeling project with contributors from Yale School of Public Health, Harvard's T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Stanford Medicine. That measure, known as the effective reproduction number or Rt, was below 1 in 42 states and the capital a week ago; a month ago it was just nine. Meanwhile, the seven-day average of new cases in the U.S. was 110,232 as of Sept. 27, down from more than 160,000 at the start of September, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data. BLOOMBERG - METERED SITE PREVIOUS NATIONAL NEWS |
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| Assistant Fire Marshal - Poudre Fire Authority - Fort Collins, CO Community Outreach and Risk Reduction Specialist - Poudre Fire Authority - Fort Collins, CO Fire Chief - Nederland Fire Protection District - Nederland, CO Inspector-Life Safety Officer I - Cañon City Area Fire Protection District - Cañon City, CO Firefighter I / EMT III / Paramedic - Central Emergency Services - Soldotna, AK Fire Chief - City of Ketchikan - Ketchikan, AK Assistant Fire Chief - City of Manitowoc - Manitowoc, WI Fire Lieutenant - City of Bethel - Bethel, AK Emergency Vehicle Technician I - City of Frisco - Frisco, TX Deputy Fire Marshal - Pierce County Department of Emergency Management - Tacoma, WA Confidential Recruiting: - What is it? Lateral Firefighter/Paramedic - North County Regional Fire Authority - Stanwood, WA (closes: Sep 30, 2021) Fire Captain - Campbell County Fire Department - Gillette, WY (closes: Sep 30, 2021) Firefighter/Paramedic (Full-time) - City of Pearland - Pearland, TX (closes: Sep 30, 2021) Firefighter/Paramedic - Teton County Fire & Rescue - Teton Valley, ID (closes: Oct 01, 2021) Firefighter EMT / Pending Paramedic / Firefighter Paramedic - Kansas Fire Department - Kansas City, KS (closes: Oct 06, 2021) Fire Chief - City of Grants Pass - Grants Pass, OR (closes: Oct 08, 2021) Fire Chief - City of Webster Groves - Webster Groves, MO (closes: Oct 15, 2021) Firefighter - City of Beaumont - Beaumont, TX (closes: Oct 17, 2021) Fire Chief - Menlo Park Fire Protection District - Menlo Park, CA (closes: Oct 22, 2021) Battalion Chief of Airport Fire - Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority - Reno, NV (closes: Oct 27, 2021) Structural Firefighter/ Heavy Fire Equipment Operator - Eagle Fire Department - Eagle, ID (closes: Oct 29, 2021) Firefighter/Paramedic - Wausau Fire Department - Wausau, WI (closes: Oct 31, 2021) Fire Chief - Town of St. Johnsbury - St. Johnsbury, VT (closes: Nov 15, 2021) Firefighter - Olympia Fire Department - Olympia, WA (closes: Nov 15, 2021) POST JOB MORE JOBS |
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| IFSAC Fire Service Instructor 1 - South King County Fire Training Consortium - Kent, WA - October 4-8, 2021 Fire Officer 3 - Mason County Fire District 6 - Union, WA - October 11-20, 2021 New Online VFCA Event: Dealing with Difficult People featuring Jan Spence - 7 PM ET - Online - October 13, 2021 IFSAC Fire Officer 1 - South King County Fire Training Consortium - Kent, WA - October 18-22, 2021 Fire Service Inspector 2 - Fowler Fire Education and Certification - Online - October 18-23, 2021 First Responder Wellness, PTSD & Suicide in Public Safety - International Public Safety Leadership & Ethics Institute - Anaheim, CA - November 1, 2021 IFSAC Fire Officer 2 - South King County Fire Training Consortium - Kent, WA - November 8-12, 2021 IFSAC Fire Service Instructor 2 - South King County Fire Training Consortium - Kent, WA - November 15-19, 2021 Fire Service Inspector 2 - Fowler Fire Education and Certification - Online - December 6-11, 2021 Center for Public Safety Excellence Conference 2022 - Call For Presentations Now Open - Orlando, FL - March 22-25, 2022 POST EVENT MORE EVENTS |
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