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| Fire Department says arson is cause of West Austin apartment fire, suspect in custody A suspect is in custody after Austin Fire Department arson investigators determined they intentionally started an apartment fire in west Austin early Friday morning. According to AFD, crews responded around 1:35 a.m. to a structure fire at the Grove at Northwest Hills apartments located at 3517 North Hills Drive. Upon arrival, firefighters saw flames coming from a first-floor apartment unit of a 3-story apartment building and beginning to extend to the apartment above. Crews went to work and quickly brought the fire under control. Austin police said they also responded to the scene and noticed the address was where they responded to a disturbance last week. Officers were able to locate and arrest a man nearby in the complex for unrelated warrants and also happens to be an ex-boyfriend of an occupant from the burned-down apartment. KABB-TV FOX 29 SAN ANTONIO ‘A Man Anyone Would Want To Be More Like': Dallas Fire-Rescue 40-Year Veteran David Leos Laid To Rest A funeral was held on Thursday, Sept. 9, celebrating the life and mourning the loss of David Leos, a 40-year Dallas Fire-Rescue veteran who died of COVID-19 on Sept. 2. Friends, family and dozens of first responders gathered at Lakepoint Baptist Church in Dallas. "He was a man who anyone would want to be more like," said Julian Costanzo, with Dallas Fire Rescue. Leos had just celebrated his 40th anniversary with Dallas Fire-Rescue in August. It's a milestone the department says they're glad he achieved. "I've come to realize, the importance of counting one's blessings every day," said DFR Capt. Christian Hinojosa. "Life can change so fast." Leos came down with COVID-19 in July, and had since been placed in Parkland's ICU. Last Wednesday night, fellow firefighters held a vigil outside his window, the night before he passed. KTXA-TV CBS 11 FORT WORTH Prosper Fire Chief Stuart Blasingame Announces Departure Prosper Town Manager Harlan Jefferson announced today that Prosper Fire Chief Stuart Blasingame has submitted his resignation from the Town of Prosper effective January 21, 2022. "Chief Blasingame has served the Town of Prosper for over 19 years and helped develop one of the finest Fire Rescue Departments in the state," said Jefferson. Blasingame began his service with Prosper Fire Rescue in 2002 as a Firefighter/Paramedic before promoting to Captain, Battalion Chief and Assistant Chief prior to his appointment as Chief in 2017. During Chief Blasingame's tenure, Prosper Fire Rescue has experienced significant growth, adding a Division Chief, three Battalion Chiefs, and multiple Firefighter/Paramedics to the staff of Prosper Fire Rescue, as well as a new ladder truck, replacement engine and ambulance. CITY OF PROSPER Off-Duty Dallas Fire Captain Removes Unconscious Crash Victim From Burning Vehicle in Frisco A 21-year veteran of Dallas Fire-Rescue was in the right place at the right time last Friday, Sept. 3 in Frisco. Shortly before 8:00 a.m. that day, a vehicle crashed on Eldorado Pkwy, east of Independence Pkwy. Dallas Fire-Rescue Captain Bret Storck, happened to in the area while off duty. Captain Storck initially tried to provide aid to the unconscious patient, but when he saw the vehicle ignite, he immediately removed the patient, the Frisco Fire Department said in a news release. Storck moved the patient to a safe location and then provided a triage report of the patient once Frisco fire crews arrived. Frisco crews put out the fire and rushed the patient to a local hospital. "The Frisco Fire Department is grateful that Captain Storck was there. His actions were instrumental in saving the patient from this vehicle accident that turned into a fire," said Frisco FD. KTXA-TV CBS 11 FORT WORTH PREVIOUS STATE NEWS |
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| How the Fire Department of New York Changed After 9/11 Most of us remember September 11, 2001 as a horrific day. For the Fire Department of New York (FDNY), however, the horror stretched on. Fires around the World Trade Center Plaza, including two of the biggest in New York's history, took three days to subdue. It took three months to extinguish the smoldering fires in the stories upon stories of rubble, rubble which included more than 90 vehicles and spewed out toxins and hampered the search for identifiable remains. All the while, the FDNY was grieving the loss of 343 colleagues, including many of its officers and several of its top leaders, preparing for the possibility of additional terrorist attacks, and tending to ongoing needs of its surviving firefighters — and of the massive and complex city it serves. HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW Georgia fire department unveils new mobile medic unit VIDEO: On Thursday, WALB News 10 was given its first look at the Valdosta Fire Department's (VFD) new mobile medic unit, which residents will be seeing cruising around. A lot of the calls the department gets are medically related, making this addition crucial to VFD's services. The unit will help reach patients in medical emergencies, wherever they are, including on rough terrain or unreachable areas. Robert Mercer, VFD special operations captain, explained that they've had the utility terrain vehicle (UTV) for a while, but the plan has always been to add this box to transport patients. Recently, with a Georgia Search and Rescue, or GSAR grant, VFD was able to make it happen. "It will allow us to transport a patient from a remote location to waiting EMS services, or a situation where maybe an ambulance couldn't reach them, or it's just difficult terrain to cross," said Mercer. Mercer said it's a GSAR asset as well and they can also deploy with it. WALB-TV NBC/ABC 10 ALBANY Frank Siller returns to NYC as part of 500-mile 9/11 walk, sharing message of heroism PHOTOS: Frank Siller had a message about heroism for the students at Blessed Sacrament School Thursday morning: It's all around us. "What do heroes do?" the CEO of the Tunnel to Towers Foundation asked the seventh- and eighth-graders gathered in the rain to greet him upon his return to Staten Island during his "Never Forget Walk." "They run toward danger, not away from it.'' Siller was referring not only to the 9/11 first responders — including his late brother Stephen — who gave their lives responding to the terrorist attacks on the United States, but to those the children encounter in their daily lives: police officers, firefighters, nurses, EMTs. "The greatest heroes of our country are the ones who serve us,'' he said. "You must thank them when you see them, because without them we don't have a society.'' STATEN ISLAND ADVANCE With Mutual Aid Box Alarm System, help is one call away for Wisconsin fire departments needing backup VIDEO: The 20th anniversary of 9/11 is now just one day away. The event changed the way crews across the country plan for and respond to emergencies, and that includes here in Wisconsin. There's one system more than 86% of fire departments use when disaster hits in Wisconsin, the Mutual Aid Box Alarm System, or MABAS. When most would run away from trouble, Fort Atkinson Fire Chief Daryl Rausch rushed to it. "I've been doing this for 41 years. This is the largest event I've ever managed," says Chief Rausch. Chief Rausch knew right away that he needed help fighting a large warehouse fire. "As soon as I turned onto Main Street, I called the county and requested the MABAS box alarm," says Chief Rausch. Forty-eight different departments spanning five counties and two states all came together thanks to one emergency response tool. WMTV NBC 15 MADISON Fire destroys Alabama church group's mobile kitchen during Ida recovery efforts VIDEO: Hundreds of volunteers from across the country are in South Louisiana easing some of the burdens from Hurricane Ida. Many of these volunteers are feeding neighborhoods, but now, one group is dealing with a disaster of their own. Over the last several days, Celebration Church in Terrytown has housed a group of volunteers from Oak Park Church in Mobile, Alabama. The group brought their mobile kitchen and other supplies to make sure those in the neighborhood had a hot meal and a cold drink. Wednesday night, a major fire totaled the church group's kitchen and halted all relief efforts. Cell phone video showed how aggressive the fire was and the moments when propane tanks began exploding. Oak Park Church Executive Pastor Shane Jones said, "It is heartbreaking, but there are people a lot worse off than we are. We can replace this." WKRG-TV CBS 5 MOBILE PREVIOUS NATIONAL NEWS |
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| L-O-D-D Florida - Randall "Randy" Burnham, Chief, Lake City Fire Department, Lake City, FL L-O-D-D Mississippi - Marshal Hilley, District Chief, Gulfport Fire Department, Gulfport, MS L-O-D-D Georgia - John Clay Gaddy, Firefighter/Paramedic, Forest Park Fire and Emergency Services, Forest Park, GA L-O-D-D Texas - David Leos, Driver/Engineer, Dallas Fire-Rescue Department, Dallas, TX L-O-D-D Pennsylvania - Laron Holcomb, Fire Police Captain, Ellsworth Volunteer Fire Department, Ellsworth, PA L-O-D-D Tennessee - Malcolm Arrington, Engineer, Nashville Fire Department, Nashville, TN L-O-D-D Texas - James Heater, Firefighter, Orange County Emergency Services District #1, Vidor, TX RFP: Community Risk Assessment/Standard of Coverage - Deadline: 4:00 PM, PDT, October 6, 2021 RFP: SAFER Grant Writing & Management - DEADLINE: October 11, 2021 @ 4:00 pm ET Atascocita Fire Department teams up with Community Response Task Force - providing life saving training for residents Registration Opens for 2022 FDSOA Conferences - January 9-12, 2022 NFPA announces "Learn the Sounds of Fire Safety" - theme for Fire Prevention Week 2021 AFSA Announces 2021 Beginning Fire Sprinkler System Planning School Schedule Fire Camp Scholarships - IAFC's National Volunteer Workforce Solutions Staffing for Adequate Fire & Emergency Response Grants - Check for Awards Assistance to Firefighters Grant Awards - Check for Awards The Daily Dispatch Is Now On Facebook Find us on Facebook - www.facebook.com/dailydispatch POST ANNOUNCEMENTS MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS |
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