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| Anchorage: Retired 176th Wing PJ, firefighter partners with Guardian Angels for rescue Few would know from looking at retired Alaska Air National Guard Senior Master Sgt. Michael Wayt that he served 21 years on active duty between the regular Air Force and the Alaska Air National Guard before putting in 18 years and counting with the Anchorage Fire Department. Now a firefighter with the AFD's Station 9C on the southern outskirts of the city, Wayt looks more like a world class marathoner or an American Ninja contestant than he does a retiree following a second career. Service members looking to retire often joke about becoming a door greeter at a department store, but Wayt said he wanted to put his skills — honed through decades of rescue operations under challenging weather conditions in rough terrain — to good use. Even though he was off shift at the time, his experience would be needed Aug. 15 following the successful AFD rescue of four out-of-state hikers near Beluga Point, a hiking locale south of Anchorage on the Seward Highway. DVIDS PREVIOUS STATE NEWS |
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| 'One of the toughest fires I've ever fought': Massachusetts firefighters battle wind-fueled house blaze VIDEO: Fire Chief Michael Williams has seen and fought his fair share of fires in his 34-year career in Brockton. But when it comes to 2 1/2-story homes, few fires rival the difficulty of the one battled late Monday night in the city. "This is one of the toughest fires I've ever fought in a 2 1/2-story home," Williams said at the scene. "It all relates back to that wind condition. We had a really hard time containing the fire and then extinguishing it. I can only attribute that to the wind conditions." With fire shooting through windows and the roof and winds whipping, firefighters battled a two-alarm blaze in a two-family home late Monday night and into early Tuesday morning. The Brockton Fire Department responded to a report of a house fire at 582-584 Crescent St. at about 10:55 p.m. The first firefighters on scene found smoke coming from the rear of the home. They then located fire at the back of the home, Williams said. The fire then quickly began shooting through second-floor windows of the home. ENTERPRISE NEWS Chicago mass honors victims, survivors and heroes of Our Lady of Angels fire 62 years later An oversized, multicolored quilt, deemed the "Quilt of the Angels," was draped over the altar at the Church of the Holy Family in Little Italy for Sunday's 5 p.m. Mass. The names and ages of all 95 victims from the Our Lady of Angels School fire in 1958 are stitched on each patch. "It's beautiful, isn't it?" said Larry Furio, a survivor of the tragic blaze that resulted in stricter fire safety codes nationwide. Tuesday marks the 62nd anniversary of the Our Lady of Angels School fire that killed 92 elementary-school students and three nuns. On Sunday, about 50 people gathered for Mass at the Church of the Holy Family to remember the lives lost, the families of the victims, the survivors and the first responders. During the ceremony, Furio and his lifelong friend and fellow survivor, Frank Giglio, read off the names of each victim. Several people in the congregation wiped tears from their eyes while others bowed their heads. CHICAGO SUN TIMES - METERED SITE USS Bonhomme Richard warship fire hero shares his story In an exclusive interview with ABC10 News, a firefighter shared his heroic story of helping battle the massive fire that erupted aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard this past July. "It was a crazy situation," said Deputy Fire Chief Robert Sepulveda with Navy Region Southwest Fire Emergency Services. "We [had] about 400-plus firefighters on-scene at the time," he stated and added, "I was on the front lines with the firefighters and was directing the fire attack on the forward side of the ship at that time." His first shift lasted for 30 hours. It took almost a week to knock it all down. "What I was feeling at that time was obviously fear and wanting to make sure that everyone was safe on-scene and make sure I had that command presence to be able to unify everybody," he told ABC10 News. He has now received a civilian of the year award for his heroic actions. KGTV ABC 10 SAN DIEGO Related: Navy to de-commission and scrap warship USS Bonhomme Richard after major fire First responders? Long-term care patients? CDC committee considering who's in group '1a' for COVID-19 vaccine The committee that decides who gets the coronavirus vaccine first meets virtually Tuesday as officials prepare for distribution that could potentially come within two weeks. Look for discussion of two questions: Where should people in long-term care facilities be in the vaccine line and the power of states and governors to shift priorities for who gets immunized first. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices is an independent group convened by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to offer advice on who should get specific vaccines and when. It typically deals with less time-sensitive questions such as what age people should get the shingles vaccine (50 and over) or whether adults need a whooping cough booster (under discussion.) When a pediatrician says, "It's time for the second polio immunization," it's based on ACIP recommendations. USA TODAY Related: Fauci asks Americans to prepare to get vaccinated as states plan for distribution Defense Department Project Detects Change, Assesses Damage With Artificial Intelligence In a project for the Defense Department's Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), computer scientists have turned to artificial intelligence and aerial imagery to construct a detailed damage assessment solution. The tool can be used remotely and automatically to determine the amount of damage to buildings and structures from a natural disaster or catastrophe. The prototype, known as the xView II model, was tested this fall, with the goal of rolling out a more finalized operational version next year. "One of the biggest problems that faces our first responders today is building damage assessment," Gupta shares. "Building damage assessment is actually a very critical task that happens early on in order to support the rest of the disaster response. But it is a very dangerous task. For example, with the wildfires in California, [they] pretty much have a 24- to 48-hour period to go in, figure out what buildings are damaged, how badly damaged they are, and where the damage occurred." AFCEA SIGNAL PREVIOUS NATIONAL NEWS |
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