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| We Key the Mic for the Latest Technology: Drones
Author: Key the Mic Staff
Fire officials across the country are quickly realizing the benefits drones can offer emergency responders. Drones come in all shapes and sizes, and can be aircrafts, boats, or wheeled vehicles. Drones are easy to learn and operate, but there are laws to ensure that it’s done safely. If you are curious about how to implement a drone program in your district or department, or what it takes to acquire and use a drone legally, this episode is a great place to start. Engineer Paramedic Kevin Dykes and Engineer A-EMT Nick Robinson from the Depoe Bay Fire Department in Oregon will walk you through their experience starting a drone program, the costs and training involved, and how it has benefitted their department and community. read more |
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| ‘Massive' Bellmead brush fire deemed suspicious Fire officials in Bellmead are investigating a brush fire they're calling "suspicious" that broke out in a large, isolated area of city-owned land Monday afternoon. Bellmead Fire Chief Billy Hlavenka said the department received a report just before 12:10 p.m. Monday about the "massive" brush fire in the 1800 block of Development Boulevard, behind Home Depot. Crews from Waco, Lacy Lakeview and the Texas A&M Forestry Service assisted Bellmead firefighters in containing the flames. "The terrain was tremendous, trying to get to areas and things of that nature, so that's why we called the forestry service to help put in some fire breaks," said Hlavenka. "Everybody did a great job." The fire scorched 15 to 17 acres, Hlavenka said. No one was injured. The cause of the fire is still under investigation, but, Hlavenka said it was "suspicious." KWTX-TV CBS 10 WACO Lufkin firefighters contain fire at resale store, kept it from spreading to mechanic shop Emergency crews have left the scene of a fire that broke out Monday at a Lufkin resale shop. The fire is under control, but crews remained there for several hours to watch for any hot spots. The fire began in Lulu's Resale at 1014 North Raguet Street at about 2 p.m. on Monday. At around 6:45 p.m., Lufkin spokesperson Jessica Pebsworth said that the fire has been contained. The structure is a total loss, Pebsworth said, but they were able to save the mechanic's shop at the end of the building. Firefighters avoided injury when they spotted a large metal awning on the building about to fall off during the process of battling the fire. They were able to quickly move out of the way before any of them were hit by the falling structure. The original call came when someone spotted smoke inside Lulu's. When LFD arrived, the building was engulfed in flames, but thankfully no one was inside, police say. KLTV ABC 7 TYLER Victoria House Fires Continue This is the third time within the last few days that I've heard about house fires in the Victoria community. It's time to talk about what to do if your home catches on fire and how we as a community can help those who have lost their homes to a fire. Just this morning March 15th, James Munoz of Crossroads Today reported that Victoria firefighters responded to an early morning fire at the 2100 block of N. Cameron. The report indicates the fire was reported about 6:24 a.m. and firefighters offered that no one was inside the home at the time. Just yesterday another home was destroyed in Victoria by fire as well. This house fire happened at 1200 block of Caroline Street. Luckily the residents were out of the home when it started and no injuries were reported. Last Saturday, a home in Northcrest was completely destroyed as well. KIXS-FM 107.9 Little Elm Teen Being Honored for Helping Alert Family to Burning Home On Tuesday, the Little Elm Fire Department will honor a heroic teenager after she helped evacuate a family from a burning home. The fire sparked from a lightning strike during severe storms the night of February 25. The lightning strikes from the storms potentially caused more than a dozen house fires across North Texas – especially in Denton and Collin counties. At least three of those fires were in Little Elm. That's the same night 18-year old Madelyn Radabaugh was driving home from work. When she turned into her neighborhood, she saw smoke pouring from a house in her neighborhood and sprang into action. "I jumped from the car, I didn't even park it. I left it in the middle of the street and ran out," she described. She pounded on the door and screamed through the windows. She happened to know Isabella, a girl she works with who lived inside the home. KXAS-TV NBC 5 FORT WORTH At least 57 people died in the Texas winter storm, mostly from hypothermia At least 57 people died in Texas as a result of last month's winter storm, according to preliminary data the state health department released Monday. The largest number of deaths — at least 25 — occurred in Harris County, the Texas Department of State Health Services reported. The deaths occurred in at least 25 counties between Feb. 11 and March 5, the state agency said. The majority of verified deaths were associated with hypothermia, but health officials said some were also caused by motor vehicle wrecks, "carbon monoxide poisoning, medical equipment failure, falls and fire." The preliminary data is "subject to change" as state disaster epidemiologists gather additional information and additional deaths are verified, the agency said. The information will be updated weekly, it said. THE TEXAS TRIBUNE One injured, Lubbock Fire Rescue called to fire Lubbock Fire Rescue was called to the 9400 block of 22nd Street just after noon on Monday. There were reports of a shed (or a storage building) on fire. Thick black smoke could be seen from the camera on the tower at 7403 University Avenue. LFR said a 911 caller reported a shed on fire with a vehicle inside. LFR crews found a shed on fire and "two structures nearby" at risk of a spreading fire. "Crews were able to quickly extinguish the fire," LFR said. LFR later confirmed an unidentified juvenile was injured and taken to Covenant Children's for unknown injuries. The fire marshal's office was called to investigate. KLBK-TV CBS 13 LUBBOCK PREVIOUS STATE NEWS |
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| Video Captures Deadly Plane Crash At Florida Airport That Hit SUV, Kills Young Boy A young boy in an SUV struck by a small plane that crashed just outside North Perry Airport on Monday afternoon has died in the hospital. According to a Pembroke Pines Fire Department spokesperson, the crash took place in the area of SW 72 Avenue and 12 Street. The FAA said the single-engine Beechcraft Bonanza crashed shortly after takeoff around 3:00 p.m. Monday. CBS4 News obtained Ring video of the crash from Anabel Fernandez, who lives directly across the street. The video shows the car driving down the residential road when the plane drops out of the sky and slams into it. The plane then careens into the airport fence and explodes into a ball of flames. The spilled fuel from the crash burns and stretches across the road. "We heard like a bomb, like a tremendous noise and everything was on fire and it dived into a car," said Anabel Fernandez. "I live right here. I walk with my babies every day. The plane could have got us all. I am in shock." WFOR-TV CBS 4 MIAMI Kansas first responders with PTSD ‘suffered in silence'; Workers' comp doesn't cover it When Kent Vosburg visited a counselor after finding himself in "a bad way" a decade ago, it was the counselor who left the room crying. "The person that's supposed to come help me can't do it," Vosburg said. In his career as a paramedic, Vosburg has witnessed several horrifying scenes. There was the woman who passed out on top of her infant daughter, smothering her for hours. Another time his ambulance arrived to a car fire minutes before a fire truck. Without fire gear, the crew couldn't do anything as the people in the vehicle burned. A man once shot himself in front of Vosburg. "When the general public needs help, they call 911. But when 911 needs help, what do they do?" said Vosburg, training chief at the Junction City Fire Department. THE WICHITA EAGLE Montana's Rural Fire Council hosts 'Frappe With A Firefighter' to recruit volunteers Firefighters have lined up their papers and ordered their coffee for a day's event of chatting with community members. For the Lewis & Clark County Rural Fire Council, this "Frappe With A Firefighter" event helps recruit members during this crucial time. "Memberships are at an all-time low for rural fire, as far as volunteer departments," says Dave Sammons, the Council President. "So we try to do things like this that will promote memberships and people interested in their communities." Along with being the Council President, Sammons is also the East Valley Volunteer Fire Department Chief. He says he is fortunate to have 38 members in his department, but also admits utilizing all members to complete the services in the East Valley region. "It takes all 38 of them to run East Valley, as far as responding to medical calls and fires. There's some departments that are down to five or six members. We always want more, because it takes every one of us to complete the mission," says Sammons. KRTV-TV CBS 3 GREAT FALLS Ohio: How Did Columbus Fire Stations Get Their Nicknames? The Columbus Division of Fire is nearly 200 years old, with 35 stations covering the city. Over the department's long history, some of those stations have garnered interesting nicknames. This led one WOSU reader to ask Curious Cbus "How did the Columbus fire stations such as the ‘River Rats' each get their unique names?" As it happens, a fire station getting a nickname or adopting a mascot is a fairly common practice across the country, and Columbus is no exception. Nearly every station in the Columbus Division of Fire has a nickname or mascot of one kind or another, including a pig, goose, bull, turtle, dragon and Tasmanian devil. Columbus Fire Station 10 is in the heart of Franklinton, a neighborhood with its own nickname: The Bottoms. That name comes from the fact that Franklinton was prone to flooding from the Scioto River before the construction of a protective flood wall. WOSU PUBLIC MEDIA How COVID-19 Has Changed Movement in California, the Nation's Most Populous State For all of our grousing about COVID fatigue, a few novel trends are clear one year into the pandemic. In the early weeks of 2021, Californians are staying home way more than we did in our pre-pandemic life. Even so, we're heading out to shop, dine and work far more now than in March 2020, when state officials issued the first sweeping stay-at-home order, or the dark period that followed the winter holidays, when we hunkered down as COVID-19 caseloads exploded. And to the extent we are venturing out, we are using cars rather than resuming pre-COVID commute patterns on buses and trains, a trend with troubling implications for transit services and the environment should it become long-standing. The findings come from a Google compilation of vast troves of cellphone location tracking data, part of an ongoing effort the tech giant says it initiated to help leaders around the globe gauge the impact of COVID-related closures and travel restrictions. US NEWS PREVIOUS NATIONAL NEWS |
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