The CARES Program operated by Capital City Fire Rescue plans to expand staffing after nearly two years of existence. Joe Mishler, who heads up the Community Assistance Response and Emergency Services program, said on Action Line that the positions are currently filled with emergency workers. Those positions include one in the sleep off-center and a community paramedic. Mishler said these will be full-time benefited positions. Applicants must be at least 18 years of age. Applicants must possess an emergency trauma technician certificate. Once hired Mishler said they will work with them to achieve an emergency medical technician certificate. He was asked what qualifications applicants must have going in.  

PHOTO: The #MooseCreekFire (#162) has burned an estimated 61 acres and the nearby fire has a number and name. The #ZyryankaFire (#166) has burned an estimated 33 acres. Original information: BLM Alaska Fire Service smokejumpers responding to a lightning-caused fire today found two neighboring 10-acre burned areas in the White Mountains National Recreational Area. The Moose Creek Fire (#162) was discovered burning in a limited management option area Monday night. Typically, fires in limited area are left to burn in order to provide natural ecological benefits. However, because this is an early season fire burning a few miles from a public use cabin on BLM managed lands, fire managers decided to send eight smokejumpers Tuesday morning to put the fire out.  

VIDEO: On Tuesday morning, firefighters responded to a fire at Galice Resort, the iconic restaurant and store situated along the Rogue River to the northwest of Merlin. Austin Prince from Rural Metro Fire confirmed to NewsWatch 12 that the structure was "fully involved," as firefighters responded to the two-alarm fire. The agency later posted an update, saying that people should avoid the area to prevent congestion as fire crews work on the major fire incident. According to fire officials at the scene, the building is a total loss. Some of the rafts and nearby vehicles were salvaged from the fire, but the building itself and most of its contents were destroyed. Mary Lou Thomason told NewsWatch 12 that her daughter, and now owner of Galice Resort Debbie Thomason, was working at the Resort when the fire began, although she did not see what caused it.  

The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) announced "Learn the Sounds of Fire Safety" as the theme of this 2021's Fire Prevention Week. This year, Fire Prevention Week is recognized from October 3 through 9 and seeks to better educate the public about the sounds of smoke alarms, what they mean, and how to respond to them. According to an NFPA report, working smoke alarms reduce the risk of dying in a fire by more than half. The same report, entitled "Smoke Alarms in the U.S.," stated 41% of household fire deaths occur in homes with no smoke alarm or 16% in homes with alarms that failed to activate. "Smoke alarms have played a leading role in reducing fire death rates over the past 40 years, but we still have more work to do in maximizing their effectiveness," said Lorraine Carli, NFPA vice president of outreach and advocacy.  

A Tarboro 16-year-old raised more than $22,000 for his local volunteer fire department as part of a project to become an Eagle Scout. If it wasn't for Will Wooten's hard work, leaders of the Heartsease Volunteer Fire Department said they wouldn't be able to fight fires safely. "I was not expecting this at all," Wooten said. "It's just a really great thing." This spring, a service project was all that stood between Wooten and the rank of Eagle Scout, the highest level in the Boy Scouts of America organization. The project would need to make an impact in Wooten's community, and his father came to him with an idea. "We were kind of thinking about ideas on what to do for the project, and he said Heartsease is really struggling right now," Wooten said.  

Monday night, a fire tore through the upper floors of a building on Greig Street; two people were in the home at the time and were taken to area hospitals. A firefighter was also taken for treatment and is on the mend. The Firefighters Association said they had to wait over seven minutes to get an ambulance for a firefighter suffering from a rapid pulse and heat exhaustion, the delay they say is unacceptable. The City of Rochester said Tuesday, the firefighter was treated on-scene and the transport wasn't an issue, ambulances were there. "They realized that he needed to go to the hospital and we didn't have an ambulance," says Eddie Santiago, President of the Rochester Firefighter's Association. He says this is not about the EMTs, he says they do a phenomenal job.  

VIDEO: An Oklahoma fire department is working hard to rescue "The Spirit Of Oklahoma," a fire truck sent to New York City to help with 9/11 recovery. Now that it's up for sale, the Calera Fire Department is doing everything it can to buy it and bring it home. The clock is ticking as a bright red badge of brotherhood between Oklahoma and New York firefighters – with a history spanning 26 years - could be lost in just 10 days. In 1995, ten New York firefighters came to the rescue following the Oklahoma City Bombing. Those same ten men lost their lives in the September 11th attacks. Seeing the aftermath, a Fort Gibson school saw a need - and filled it. Students raised nearly half a million dollars and bought a new fire truck. Dubbed the 'Spirit of Oklahoma,' it was sent to spend the rest of its days in New York City but recently it was sold at an auction.