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| | | | | | Neighbors have been left stunned by a massive fire that ripped through an abandoned Harlem apartment building. The flames broke out around 9:00 Wednesday night. Fire officials say the blaze was aggressive and had spread through all five floors of the building, even through the roof. "Our units moved in very aggressively with multiple handlines to extinguish the fire. Due to the structural stability of this building, as it was vacant for many years and the amount of fire, we had to pull our members out of the building and got to an exterior fire attack," FDNY Chief of Operations Kevin Woods said. |
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| | | | | | VIDEO: About 68% of firefighters develop cancer at some point in their lives. That’s according to the Firefighter Cancer Support Network. To help fight the disease, the West Fargo Fire Department has become a Gold Helmet Department. The Gold Helmet Challenge is when more than half of a department registers for the National Firefighter Registry, which is helping researchers understand, and reduce the risk of cancer among firefighters. |
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| | | | | | The Meridian Fire Department is undergoing training this week on responding to different versions of trauma calls around the area. GTI, or Global Trauma Institute, is a company that offers training to emergency personnel and first responders on how to react in situations such as car crashes, gunshot victims, and more. Each fire member took turns on different parts of the cadavers, learning how to stabilize bleeding, how to properly incubate, and so much more. |
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| | | | | | VIDEO/PHOTOS: The Coming Street Fire Station in Charleston serves as a physical reminder of the contributions and accomplishments of the Black community in Charleston. With its extensive history, members of the fire department are working to honor the legacy that came before them. Assistant Chief of Technical Services Joseph Roberts details the history of the station and how they have historically served the community. |
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| | | | | | VIDEO/PHOTOS: An atmospheric river brought heavy rain, serious mountain snow and strong winds to California that flooded roads and rivers and triggered landslides – and more rain is on the way. The first storm, which impacted a large swath of the state, including Los Angeles, San Francisco and Sacramento, tapered off on Wednesday. Northern California bore the brunt of the impacts, with reports of landslides and flooding in urban and low-lying areas. |
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