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| Remembering the 2013 West fertilizer plant explosion, fire VIDEOS: The fertilizer plant explosion and fire in West, Texas, happened on April 17, 2013, killing 15 people and causing hundreds of injuries among the rural area's 2,800 people. So what happened? Here's a look back at the explosion, as it happened with animations, from the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board. The explosion flattened the farming community, just north of Waco, turning some 500 homes into rubble as residents tried desperately to flee the horrific scene. More than 200 people were injured, NBC News reported. The force felt was equivalent to that of a magnitude-2.1 earthquake, and a 93-foot-wide crater scarred the site of the fertilizer plant, where dangerous chemicals, including ammonium nitrate, were stored. KPRC-TV NBC 2 HOUSTON 2 injured in house fire in San Antonio Two people were injured Thursday morning in a house fire on the city's North Side. According to the San Antonio Fire Department, the two-alarm fire was reported around 10 a.m. at a two-story home at 12 Champion Trail in the Stone Oak area. When firefighters approached the area, they could see flames shooting from the home in the gated community of Champions Ridge. The fire, which started on the second floor, was upgraded to a second alarm due to the size of the home and due to the proximity to other homes and wildlife. The homeowners were already outside the house when crews started arriving. One of the homeowners suffered a burn injury to the arm and was transported to a nearby hospital, fire officials said. Another resident was treated on the scene for smoke inhalation. The fire took about 30 minutes to put out because of the size of the home. KSAT-TV ABC 12 SAN ANTONIO Unions back ballot measures in Austin, Pflugerville The Austin Firefighters Association's collective bargaining agreement with the city is due for renegotiation in 2022, and the union hopes those talks will be aided by voters' approval of Proposition A on the May 1 ballot. The charter amendment, which the firefighters gathered signatures to place on the ballot, would allow either the city or the union to request binding arbitration if the parties reach an impasse in negotiations. Texas state law, which grants police and fire unions access to collective bargaining rights not available to other public-sector labor groups, allows for binding arbitration but by default requires both sides to agree to use it if talks are deadlocked. Since the AFA first won voter approval for collective bargaining in 2004, three of the six rounds of contract talks – in 2008, 2013, and 2014 – ended in a stalemate; each time, says AFA President Bob Nicks, the association requested arbitration and the city refused, and both sides walked away without agreeing to pay raises for firefighters. AUSTIN CHRONICLE Corpus Christi: New ambulance training simulator for EMS students at Del Mar College VIDEO: The Corpus Christi Medical Center hosted a 'Classroom on Wheels' day for Emergency Medical Service students at Del Mar College Thursday. The simulation ambulance gave students the opportunity to see real life situations in a mannequin. Meet Charlie: He serves as the latest technology for young professionals on their way out into the real world of an EMS. "His pupils react to light," said Lacy Whitt, an Emergency Training Specialist, "We can make his pupils different sizes. He bleeds. He can have venous or arterial bleeding, so I can make blood shoot all the way across the ambulance. He has actual breath sounds. That's indescribable for students to get that kind of experience. Other than live people, there's nothing that compares to this." KIII-TV ABC 3 CORPUS CHRISTI Odessa breaks ground on new fire station North Odessa is experiencing explosive growth. The brush is coming down. Homes are going up. Jovan Subia moved to the north part of the city a year and a half ago. She is one of the thousands of people who call North Odessa home. But with the move away from the main part of the city comes problems. In December, Jovan's mother had a medical emergency when she slipped and fell. "You know, my mom was having a bad day. She had a slip in the house, and when she slipped, she hit her head, causing a seizure," she said. The family called 9-1-1. According to National Fire Protection Association standards, time from bell to arrival at the scene should take no longer than five minutes and twenty seconds. Jovan said it took two to three times that long. But she's not mad. "We do live way out here, so it's understandable," she said. KOSA-TV CBS 7 ODESSA Smith County Dispatchers Honored in Commissioners Court Smith County dispatchers – those who answer 9-1-1 emergency calls – are the backbone and the lifeline for first responders. "These men and women here are the first ones that someone on their worst day talk to on the telephone," Smith County Sheriff Larry Smith said about a group of dispatchers being honored during Commissioners Court on Tuesday, April 13. The Smith County Commissioners Court adopted a resolution proclaiming April 11-17, 2021, as National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week. Seven dispatchers and their supervisors, Capt. Craig Halbrooks and Lt. Nikki Keegan, were present in court to be honored. "We have a true group of professionals and we appreciate you recognizing them," Smith said, adding that dispatchers help calm 9-1-1 callers down and are often a lifeline and backbone to law enforcement and other first responders. SMITH COUNTY PREVIOUS STATE NEWS |
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| San Diego firefighters simulate airport emergency VIDEO: Most San Diego firefighters spend the majority of their career fighting house and brush fires, but this week, dozens are practicing for something very different - a plane on fire at the airport. "In a house is what we call a Class A fire, typically materials, linens, and wood," Capt. Derrin Austin with San Diego Fire-Rescue said. "With aircraft firefighting, it's the fuels, which are different than vehicle fuels, and more than likely hazardous materials that are part of the cargo." Also different, planes can be packed with people who are panicking to get out. "One of the challenges is balancing getting in to put the fire out and staying out of the way of the passengers and crew that have to evacuate from the plane," Capt. Austin added. San Diego Fire-Rescue has a station at the airport and the crews there have to go through Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighter training every year. KFMB-TV CBS/CW 8 SAN DIEGO Florida Rapper Involved In Fiery Tractor Trailer Crash On Miami's Airport Expressway VIDEO: All lanes of SR-112/Airport Expressway are back open after a fiery crash involving a tractor-trailer and a Florida rapper shut them down early Thursday morning. The accident happened near NW 12th Avenue shortly after 3:30 a.m. The driver of the tractor-trailer, who lost his shoe escaping his burning truck, said the other vehicle involved had been speeding on the shoulder when the crash happened. The tractor-trailer ended up hitting a concrete barrier. Officials said the tractor-trailer carrying about 100 gallons of fuel and erupted into flames after the crash. "I kicked the door and then I was able to throw myself from the cab," said the truck's driver Reynier Acosta. The four people involved in the crash were not seriously hurt, according to Miami Fire Rescue. One of the people in the SUV was North Miami rapper Tafia, according to CBS4 news partner The Miami Herald. He posted on his Instagram Thursday morning that he was leaving the hospital. WFOR-TV CBS 4 MIAMI Partnership between Tennessee city and utilities will allow emergency services to operate without power Chattanooga city leaders came together Thursday afternoon to discuss their commitment to public safety and emergency response. This project is called Power to Protect. It's a joint initiative between the city and EPB. Mayor Andy Berke said he doesn't know of another community in the country doing this. The project is using solar energy and pairing it with different technologies to increase the resiliency of our power supply to our public safety agencies. This will pay dividends when catastrophic events happen in Chattanooga. "Extreme weather events are more and more common than ever before," Mayor Berke said. The Tennessee Valley knows that well. Last year's Easter tornadoes highlighted just how devastating bad weather events can be. The city has been working on a plan to have better communication with first responders in those terrifying moments for the past few years. They did that by partnering with EPB to build a microgrid. WRCB-TV NBC 3 CHATTANOOGA Texas 911 Dispatch manager talks evolution of service They sit behind multiple computer screens their entire shift, but they could save your life. They are the operators of 911 dispatch. And although National Public Safety Telecommunications Week is under way, their jobs have not become any less stressful. Longview Police Department Communications Manager Matt Ainsworth says if anyone deserves a week named for them, it's 911 telecommunicators. "It's a week that we set aside every year to acknowledge who do this very, very difficult job," Ainsworth said. He agrees that it's right up there with air traffic control. "High stress, technology dependence, shift work, long hours; it's definitely something else," Ainsworth said. That something else has gone from two monitors to six over the years, and they keep an eye on everything. "You're monitoring the phones, you're monitoring GPS, you're monitoring radios. Multi-tasking is absolutely the heart of what we do back there," Ainsworth said. KLTV ABC 7 TYLER Cleveland fire union raises safety concerns over aging fire trucks The Cleveland Fire Fighter's Association said it has safety concerns when it comes to the city's aging fleet of fire trucks. Fire union President Francis Lally pointed to Cleveland's latest annual report on the fire department, which indicated 13 of the city's 42 fire trucks are listed in "poor condition," with eight of the trucks having more than 120,000 miles on them. "I'm not only worried about the safety of our crews out on the streets, but for the citizens and the residents out there, because we have more and more people living downtown, we have more and more people living in high-rise buildings," Lally said. "It is a safety issue, some of these pumpers that are out there right now have failed their annual inspection. Which means they can't pump at the pressures that are needed, say for high-rise fires." "By the city's own metrics they're in poor condition. It's not just one, it's not just two, it's not just three that need to be replaced on an annual basis, it's over a dozen." WEWS-TV ABC 5 CLEVELAND PREVIOUS NATIONAL NEWS |
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