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| PHOTOS: Arson investigators looking into suspicious fire at 2-story home on Houston's north side Arson investigators are looking into what started a massive fire at a two-story home late Tuesday night. The fire started around 11:30 p.m. at a home off James and Gentry Street on Houston's North Side. Houston firefighters arrived on scene to see the house fully engulfed in flames. It took crews a long time to get it under control. No injuries were reported at this time. Neighbors told investigators that they see people going in and out of the home, but nobody was home at the time of the fire. The house was a total loss. WOAI-TV NBC 4 SAN ANTONIO Dumas Fire Department receives ‘best firefighting machines in the country' VIDEO: The Dumas Fire Department has received a new fire engine called the 101 foot Rosenberg King Cobra Platform. This will be the newest piece of equipment for the Dumas Fire Department and is considered to be one of the best firefighting machines in the country, filling the needs of the firefighters and community. "It's not only safety for our firefighters but the ability to reach any of the buildings in town and perform rescues that we need to do while also giving us an elevated water platform to be able to fight a number of fires," said Ronald Pray, Fire Chief/ Fire Marshal for the city of Dumas. The King Cobra will have a platform that can lower and extend right up to a window, allowing the crews to rescue into the basket and on the ground safely in a matter of seconds. KFDA-TV CBS 10 AMARILLO Hotel evacuated due to fire in Texarkana Emergency response crews were called out to a fire at a hotel in Texarkana Tuesday morning (May 10). It happened around 10 a.m. at the Wyndham Garden Hotel in the 5300 block of Stateline Avenue. Officials say the problem came from the kitchen area of the building. "When crews arrived, they noticed heavy smoke and fire in the kitchen area they made a quick attack on the fire, but it had extended to the roof," said TTFD Chief Eric Schlotter. The hotel had to be evacuated. Scott Rutherford and several elementary school students were inside the building taking exams, and were among those evacuated to safety. "We were in the ballroom right next door to the kitchen and apparently the grease fire started in the kitchen," said Rutherford. Fire investigators are working to determine the cause of the blaze. KSLA-TV CBS 12 SHREVEPORT More than 40 structures saved from Helium Fire in Moore County, Dumas Fire Department says The Dumas Fire Department has reported more than 40 structures being saved from the Helium Fire near Masterson. According to Dumas FD, 32 commercial oil and gas infrastructure buildings and warehouses, as well as 10 structures in Masterson, including residential homes, a school and a church were saved from the flames. However, multiple structures including two coolant towers, four factory warehouses and six oilfield 18-wheelers and one shed/garage in Masterson were lost in the blaze. The Texas A&M Forest Services' latest update reports that 3,264 acres have burned in the Helium Fire and it is 80% contained. KVII-TV ABC/CW+ 7 AMARILLO Plano Fire-Rescue Team Rescues Cat One lucky cat has nine more reasons to celebrate after being rescued from a fire Monday morning. The Plano Fire-Rescue crew responded to an early morning house fire on Monday. Once respondents arrived, the Plano FR team found the garage fully engulfed in flames and the house full of smoke. Officials say the team quickly knocked down the fire as a search crew looked through the home. During their search, Plano FR located and removed the family's cat, treating it for any possible injuries from the fire. Following the fire, the team share photos in a Facebook post of awaiting firefighters who administered life-saving oxygen to the family's fur baby. No other injuries were reported and the cat is on its way to recovery. KXAS-TV NBC 5 FORT WORTH Austin-Travis County EMS responds to four scooter crashes in nine days It's been a busy start to May for first responders in Austin-Travis County when dealing with motorized scooter crashes. Since May 1, Austin-Travis County EMS has responded to four different scooter collisions involving five patients in total. One of those people died, according to data provided to KVUE. In late April, another person died in a crash involving a scooter and a car. The City of Austin Transportation Department allows 13,600 scooters in the Capital City. Four different companies operate here, including Bird and Lime. Data provided by the City indicates there were an average of 7,853 daily scooter trips in the first three months of 2021. The median trip duration is only about eight minutes. A 2019 study by Austin Public Health found that 48% of the 190 injured scooter riders hurt their head with a fracture, laceration or abrasion during a three-month period when epidemiologists reviewed scooter-related injuries. KVUE-TV ABC 24 AUSTIN PREVIOUS STATE NEWS |
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| 1 person found dead after massive fire at New Jersey waste management facility VIDEOS: A raging fire at a waste management facility sent thick, black smoke into the sky for hours Tuesday in Elizabeth, New Jersey. The fire is out, but officials say one person was found dead Wednesday morning. CBS2's Elijah Westbrook has learned the fire claimed the life of a person who first responders believe was a missing employee. It took firefighters more than 10 hours to get the massive fire under control. Neighbors said they were stunned at how intense the fire was. One family said they didn't feel comfortable staying in their home because of how close they were to the fire, and felt like they had no choice but to stay at a hotel. "I was sleeping, then all the smoke came out and we came running out of the house like crazy," witness Jorge Rodriguez told CBS2. "It's crazy. It could have been worse. You never know," another person added. WCBS-TV CBS 2 NEW YORK Hand pumper returned home to Pennsylvania fire company after years of searching People lined the streets of Kutztown for the long-anticipated return of a hand pumper used to fight fires in the mid 1800's. "Joel Bates built approximately 27 hand pumpers between the 1820's and 1850's," says Jeremy Bellois, history buff formerly of Kutztown Fire Company, who currently runs with Allentown Fire Dept. "This is one of about 8 still known in existence, and this is the only one in original, unrestored condition." "Through a 15-year project through a couple members and historians, we were able to locate a collector out of Conway, New Hampshire who had it in his museum at the Fryeburg Fairgrounds," says Bellois. Kutztown bought the pumper from Philadelphia early on. It remained here until the mid 1970's. It was then stored at the Kempton Farm museum; after that its whereabouts were a mystery. WFMZ-TV 69 ALLENTOWN AT&T Launches New Location-Based Routing System for 9-1-1 Calls in the United States AT&T on Tuesday announced the launch of its new location-based routing to automatically transmit wireless 9-1-1 calls to the appropriate 9-1-1 call centers on a nationwide basis. AT&T can quickly and more accurately identify where a wireless 9-1-1 call is coming from using device GPS and hybrid information to route the call to the correct 9-1-1 call center, also known as public safety answering point or PSAP. AT&T says that this new location-based routing initiative, launched in partnership with Intrado, is the first-ever of its kind. The carrier says that the "Locate Before Route" feature will allow AT&T to identify where a 911 call is coming from within 50 meters of a device's location. Today, 68% of adults don't have a landline in their homes. When the first 9-1-1 systems were established over 50 years ago, communication technology was drastically different, as landline phones dominated the market. Now, 80% of 9-1-1 calls come from a mobile device. MACTRAST Man proposes after Tennessee firefighters save engagement ring from burning car A young man is breathing a little easier after nearly losing an engagement ring to a vehicle fire on Monday. According to Williamson County Fire Rescue, fire crews were dispatched to a car fire off I-840 on Monday afternoon. Fire-Rescue crews arrived to find the vehicle fully involved and quickly moved to stop the flames. Monday afternoon, Brooklynn Stevens and her high school sweetheart, Myers Hart, were driving a rental car when they heard a loud pop. Myers pulled off to the side of the road to check the car. He realized the car was on fire. "There was a loud bang. I think the coolant reservoir blew and it shot the hood up and spewed fluid everywhere and then it went up in flames," Myers said. "Her friend knew about it and we looked at each other and said, ‘the ring is in there and we couldn't get it out," Myers said by that point all they could do was pray the ring would make it through the fire. WSMV-TV NBC 4 NASHVILLE U.S. COVID Cases Are Rising Again, but Worries Are Not The steady increase in COVID-19 cases this past month is not disconcerting to Americans, as they are less worried now about the coronavirus than they were at the start of the year, and fewer are social distancing. Fewer than one in three U.S. adults (31%) say they are "very" or "somewhat worried" about getting COVID-19, statistically similar to the 34% recorded in mid-February when cases were steeply declining after the omicron spike. Americans' current worry level is the lowest Gallup has recorded since July 2021. These data are from a Gallup survey conducted April 15-23, when COVID cases in the U.S. were steadily increasing following a massive falloff of the omicron variant spike. Cases have continued to climb gradually in the weeks since the survey, but the latest increases pale in comparison to the massive spike recorded during the winter. GALLUP NEWS PREVIOUS NATIONAL NEWS |
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| L-O-D-D Oklahoma - Jason Smith, Captain, Balko Fire Department, Balko, OK L-O-D-D Virginia - Rory "Bud" Swanson, Firefighter, Lower King & Queen Fire - EMS, Shacklefords, VA L-O-D-D West Virginia - John Dean Forbush, Firefighter, Gassaway Volunteer Fire Department, Gassaway, WV L-O-D-D Colorado - Stephen Smith, Fire Marshal, West Douglas County Fire Protection District, Sedalia, CO With Memorial Day and the summer months approaching - NFPA offers safe grilling tips and recommendations to help reduce fires and injury NFPA receives $225K grant from General Motors - to deliver free electric vehicle training to 12,000 volunteer & underserved U.S. fire departments NFPA, ESFI raise awareness of alternative energy technologies and related hazards during National Electrical Safety Month College scholarship program for the children of active, retired or fallen firefighters in USA - Accepting Applications Now COVID-19 vaccination and testing mandates for EMS agencies Fire Camp Reimbursements - IAFC's Volunteer Workforce Solutions offering $5,000 reimbursements to 20 fire departments Staffing for Adequate Fire & Emergency Response Grants - Check for Awards Assistance to Firefighters Grant Awards - Check for Awards The Daily Dispatch Is Now On Facebook Find us on Facebook - www.facebook.com/dailydispatch POST ANNOUNCEMENTS MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS |
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| Fire Marshal - North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District - Incline Village, NV Lateral Firefighter - Kirkland Fire Department - Kirkland, WA Assistant Fire Chief - City of Sunnyside - Sunnyside, WA Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting Instructor - University of Missouri - Columbia, MO Assistant Director of First Responder Education and Coordinator of Fire & Rescue Training Institute - University of Missouri - Columbia, MO Lateral - Firefighter Paramedic - City of Tacoma - Tacoma, WA Assistant Fire Chief - EMS - City of Fairbanks Fire Department - Fairbanks, AK Training Captain - City of Fairbanks Fire Department - Fairbanks, AK *** Confidential Fire Chief Recruitment *** - Redmond Fire & Rescue - Express Interest by May 23, 2022 - Redmond, OR Fire Chief - Grays Harbor Fire District 2 - Aberdeen, WA Division Chief Revised - Mohave Valley Fire Department - Mohave Valley, AZ Fire Inspector II - Mehlville Fire Protection District - Saint Louis, Missouri Firefighter/EMT - City of Bethel Employment Opportunities - Bethel, AK Community Paramedic - City of Port Angeles - Port Angeles, WA Entry Level and Lateral Firefighter/EMT - North County Regional Fire Authority - Stanwood, WA Fire Chief - Watch Hill Fire District - Westerly, RI Integrated Medical Services Manager - City of Spokane Fire Department - Spokane, WA Fire Chief - City of Salinas - Salinas, CA (closes: May 13, 2022) Firefighter - City of Mount Vernon - Mount Vernon, WA (closes: May 15, 2022) Firefighter - Paine Field Airport Snohomish County - Everett, WA (closes: May 15, 2022) Fire Chief - City of Grants Pass - Grants Pass, OR (closes: May 15, 2022) Deputy Fire Marshal - City of Salem - Salem, OR (closes: May 16, 2022) Fire Prevention Specialist - City of Mount Vernon - Mount Vernon, WA (closes: May 18, 2022) Firefighter EMT / Firefighter Paramedic, Lateral Entry Eligibility List - Port of Portland - Portland, OR (closes: May 18, 2022) Single Role Paramedic - Marion County Fire District No. 1 - Salem, OR (closes: May 21, 2022) Firefighter Paramedic - Marion County Fire District #1 - Salem, OR (closes: May 21, 2022) Assistant Fire Chief - Portland Airport Fire & Rescue - Portland, OR (closes: May 22, 2022) Prevention Division Chief - Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One - Gig Harbor, WA (closes: May 23, 2022) Fire Chief - Fond du Lac Fire/Rescue Department - Fond du Lac, WI (closes: May 27, 2022) Firefighter/EMT / Firefighter/Paramedic - Central Valley Fire District - Belgrade, MT (closes: May 27, 2022) Lateral Firefighter - City of Redmond - Redmond, WA (closes: May 29, 2022) Wildland Resource Manager - City of Spokane Fire Department - Spokane, WA (closes: May 31, 2022) Entry Level Firefighter/EMT-Firefighter/Paramedic - Missoula Rural Fire District - Missoula County, MT (closes: Jun 01, 2022) Firefighter/EMT-Firefighter/Paramedic, Entry-Level Eligibility List - Port of Portland - Portland, OR (closes: Jun 03, 2022) Firefighter - Campbell County Fire Department - Gillette, WY (closes: Jun 03, 2022) Deputy Fire Chief - Lynchburg Fire Department - Lynchburg, VA (closes: Jun 05, 2022) Fire Chief - West Valley Fire Rescue - Helena, MT (closes: Jun 07, 2022) POST JOB MORE JOBS |
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