Daily Dispatch

VIDEO/PHOTOS: A firefighter in Kentucky is receiving a lot of deserved attention after his remarkable act of bravery. Bryce Carden was one of the heroes that saved a woman from a cab, attached to a tractor-trailer, that was dangling over a bridge and above the Ohio River. The Louisville firefighter went over the Clark Memorial Bridge to bring the driver to safety.
- PUB DATE: 3/4/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The National Desk

A witness jumped into action after seeing a large house fire in Chicago's South Shore neighborhood early Monday morning. Flames started shooting from the house just after 2 a.m. at 81st Street and South Shore Drive. The fire spread to a second house, causing smoke damage. A man told CBS 2 he was inside a CTA bus when he noticed the flames.
- PUB DATE: 3/4/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBBM-TV CBS 2 Chicago

Fairdale High School in Fairdale, KY is making waves by training the next cohort of fire fighters and EMTs. During a recent ceremony held at the school, Dan Shirley, an instructor at the school’s Fire and EMS Academy, announced the acquisition of the school’s new Candidate Physical Ability Test (CPAT) license allowing students to undergo testing before graduation.
- PUB DATE: 3/1/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: IAFF.org

VIDEO: Alachua County Fire Chief Harold Theus is excited for the public to check out their newest and largest station. Chief Theus is hosting a ribbon-cutting ceremony alongside Alachua County Manager Michele Lieberman, Commission Chair Mary C. Alford, and Public Works Director Ramon Gavarrete. The 11,500 square foot building fits 10 beds and three bays.
- PUB DATE: 3/1/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCJB-TV ABC/CW+ 20 Gainesville

PHOTOS: Greeley Fire’s newest ride — a walk-in hazardous materials response truck — has been on nearly a year’s worth of calls involving hazardous materials, a number that approached 230 in 2023. Already, the hazmat team says, it has made everybody’s lives easier. The truck equipped with most — if not all — the bells and whistles carried a price tag of $710,000.
- PUB DATE: 3/1/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Greeley Tribune - Metered Site

A massive fire tore through a 23-bedroom historic mansion in Northbridge, Massachusetts. The fire at the Whitin Lasell Manor, which is more than 100 years old, started just after 1 a.m., fire officials said. Several people were living inside the manor that has stood on Hill Street since 1890. According to a Facebook post by Estate of Mind, an artist collective that operates at the home, all of the residents escaped without injury.
- PUB DATE: 3/1/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCVB-TV ABC 5 Boston

VIDEO: Dunedin Fire Rescue just got a new set of wheels which, they say, will help them respond to calls more efficiently. Firefighters say they’re the only department in the Tampa Bay region with a miniature ambulance. Alex Miller is a firefighter with Dunedin Fire Rescue. He said it's going to be perfect for responding to crowded events where they would have to maneuver through narrow spaces.
- PUB DATE: 2/29/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTSP-TV CBS 10 St. Petersburg

Last week, AT&T suffered a nationwide outage that the company believes was caused by “the application and execution of an incorrect process used as we were expanding our network, not a cyber attack,” according to the company’s website. AT&T acknowledged the outage on its site at 10:15 a.m. on Thursday and reported that all service was restored just after 2 p.
- PUB DATE: 2/29/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Redstone Rocket

PHOTOS: After more than a century at the town’s Island Avenue fire station, the department officially moved Wednesday to its new home at the town’s public safety building. The last firefighters to work from the old fire station, at 16 Island Ave. on the island downtown, finished their shift Wednesday morning.
- PUB DATE: 2/29/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Central Maine - Metered Site

PHOTOS: One firefighter was injured after a three-alarm fire in south Austin that is now under control, the Austin Fire Department said. No civilians were injured. The blaze started Wednesday afternoon, and AFD said over 120 firefighters were working to extinguish the fire. At 2:20 p.m., AFD said crews responded to the three-story building with a “defensive” fire in the 2900 block of South Interstate 35 service road northbound, the agency said on social media.
- PUB DATE: 2/29/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KXAN-TV NBC 36 Austin

VIDEO; For those looking for a trip to the city, or Philadelphians planning a day in their community, the Fireman's Hall Museum promotes fun and fire safety! "There's been a lot of sacrifice to make this experience great for all ages...To learn where we came from to where we are today in fire safety," said Firefighter and Curator Brian Anderson.
- PUB DATE: 2/28/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPVI-TV ABC 6 Philadelphia

VIDEO: First responders in Jeffersontown are celebrating the grand opening of their brand-new fire and EMS Station. The ribbon cutting for Station 54 happened Monday morning at the new firehouse on Taylorsville Road, near the Gene Snyder. The project has been in the works for about five years. The firehouse will be staffed around the clock.
- PUB DATE: 2/28/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WAVE-TV NBC 3 Louisville

Firefighters have been working to put out a "fully-involved" structure fire at an old plant in Polk County that went up in flames Tuesday afternoon. The City of Cedartown said in a social media post that the fire engulfed the old Jockey plant on West Avenue. They asked that residents avoid the area and find other ways to travel.
- PUB DATE: 2/28/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WXIA-TV NBC 11 Atlanta

The Ohio Department of Commerce Division of State Fire Marshal recently announced the integration of cutting-edge technology into the Ohio Fire Incident Reporting Management System (OFIRMS). The state-of-the-art database management solution, 3Di Engage, is developed by 3Di Systems and serves as a significant upgrade that revolutionizes how fire departments throughout the state manage and report incidents.
- PUB DATE: 2/27/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Delaware Gazette

PHOTOS: The Fire Trucks from Davis Volunteer Fire Department turn heads when they pull up to the scene. Of the current fleet of vehicles at the Fire Hall, three are as comfortable at a car show as they are at the forefront of a call. Davis VFD Chief Alan Cosner and his crew have worked hard to keep their fleet in use, including several antique vehicles.
- PUB DATE: 2/27/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Parsons Advocate

VIDEO: The South Texas city of McAllen is offering to train Mexican firefighters in what the mayor calls the first such binational collaboration among fire departments. “This is the first in the country where you have a Mexican fire department coming and training in the United States. So we’re really proud of what we’re doing,” McAllen Mayor Javier Villalobos said Monday afternoon.
- PUB DATE: 2/27/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTSM-TV NBC 9 El Paso

A raging fire at a northwestern Minnesota grain elevator kept crews from at least 17 different departments busy overnight, closing area schools Monday and triggering a request for residents to refrain from using water. Reports of the fire near the city of Hawley began coming in around 11:30 Sunday night and by the time engine crews arrived the structure was engulfed, with flames leaping high into the night sky.
- PUB DATE: 2/27/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KARE-TV NBC 11 Minneapolis

VIDEOS/PHOTOS: Today marks a grim anniversary in New York City history - on Feb. 26, 1993, shortly after noon, terrorists set off a homemade bomb in the parking garage beneath the World Trade Center's Twin Towers. Six people were killed, including a pregnant woman, and more than 1,000 were injured in the massive explosion and smoky aftermath.
- PUB DATE: 2/26/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WABC-TV ABC 7 New York

PHOTOS: One person was injured after a crash behind a Fire and EMS station in Independence on Sunday morning. The Independence Fire/EMS Department says crews responded to a motor vehicle accident behind the Fire-EMS station at 11:17 a.m. Sunday. On-duty staff reported via radio a loud explosion sound at the station and found a full-sized pickup had struck the back of the station.
- PUB DATE: 2/26/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KAKE-TV ABC 10 Wichita

The former Rock Island Livestock Auction Barn had multiple buildings burn to the ground on Saturday, Feb. 24, but crews were able to save 22 cows and millions of dollars worth of surrounding homes and businesses. Rock Island Fire Department crews were called out at 5:37 p.m. to 534 34th Ave. According to Rock Island Fire Marshal Greg Marty, crews arrived within three to four minutes of the call and found a large fire already burning on the backside of a barn along the railroad tracks.
- PUB DATE: 2/26/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WQAD-TV ABC/MyNetworkTV 8 Moline