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| VIDEOS: Fire department investigating cause of large Harris County warehouse fire Multiple firefighter units and HAZMAT crews responded to a four-alarm fire at a warehouse on Saturday afternoon along SH-249 and the Beltway near Tomball. It started at about 5:30 p.m. in the 62000 block of Tomball Parkway (SH-249) and lasted throughout the night. Investigators are still unclear of the cause. Fortunately, no injuries were reported. The Harris County Fire Marshal's Office confirmed the building had been vacant for two years. It's currently owned by IQ Products Company, which supplies household, automotive and personal care products. The fire happened on the storage side of the building where they keep the finished products. Drivers passing the scene shared video with KHOU 11, showing heavy flames and large plumes of black smoke engulfing the building. KHOU-TV CBS 11 HOUSTON Hutto Fire Rescue recognized for excellence in fire prevention Hutto Fire Rescue in Williamson County Emergency Services District No. 3 was awarded the 2020 Achievement of Excellence in Fire Prevention Gold Level Award on Feb. 25. The annual award recognizes an organization's excellence in fire prevention with three levels: bronze, silver and gold. Criteria to receive the award requires the applicant to obtain 125 points in the bronze level, 150 in the silver level and 175 points in gold out of a possible 200 points each. Scoring categories include organization, fire safety programs, performance metrics and fire-prevention ordinances, according to a release from the Texas Fire Marshals Association. "I am very excited and proud to present this Gold Level Award to Hutto Fire Rescue whose hard work in fire prevention activities has earned such a prestigious award through their dedication and professionalism which is the cornerstone of this award, association and its members," said John Paul Erskine, Texas Fire Marshals Association president, in the release. COMMUNITY IMPACT - HUTTO Corpus Christi police looking for 24-year-old missing firefighter Corpus Christi police are looking for missing 24-year-old Creyton McDermett. He was reported missing by his family Friday. Investigators said Creyton was last seen leaving his residence at approximately 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Creyton is 5-9, weighs approximately 200 pounds, and has brown hair and blue eyes. He was last seen driving 2019 silver or gray Toyota Prius, license plate NML2255. Fire departments in the Coastal Bend are sharing posts in hopes of locating McDermett, including CCFD. If you have any information of the whereabouts of McDermett please call Corpus Christi Police Department directly at (361) 886-2600. KRIS-TV NBC 6 CORPUS CHRISTI ‘I cried in my car for an hour': Texas first responders share winter storm experiences Selena Xie's open letter details Austin-area medics' experience during the deadly winter storms that battered Texas last week. "Early Monday, power shut down for many Austinites. I jumped on an ambulance to start responding to emergency calls at around noon. While our shift started at 10 a.m., the ambulance had been T-boned by a vehicle that lost control," wrote Xie, the president of the Austin Emergency Medical Services Association. Calls tripled for medics and other first responders as Central Texans dealt with treacherous roadways and failing infrastructure. "My first patient who told me that he thought he was going to die, and he was telling me to put him out of his misery, because of the lack of oxygen," Xie told KXAN. KDAF-TV CW 33 DALLAS Texas Continues to Lead the Nation in Home Fire Deaths Just two months into the New Year, 566 Americans have lost their lives to fire, an average of ten deaths a day. Last week, as the winter storm sent temperatures plummeting, Montgomery County Firefighters responded to dozens of fires which left at least 29 homes and businesses with serious damage. Two residents suffered burn injuries but fortunately no deaths were recorded in Montgomery County. Across the region, one person died in a fire in San Jacinto County, while a home fire in Sugar Land claimed the lives of a grandmother and her three grand children, ages 11, 8, and 5. The family had lost power to their home and were using their fireplace to heat the home before going to bed the evening of the fire. Another suspected home heating fire in Austin claimed 3 lives and injured 3 others. WOODLANDS ONLINE Elderly man grabbed tree roots, called 911 after he was swept into the river, Forney police say A 69-year-old man survived a Saturday plunge into the East Fork Trinity River thanks to Forney police officers, firefighters, EMTs and a good Samaritan who stopped for help. Forney police said the man, who was not named, got lost sometime Friday along Highway 80 near Clements Drive. His car got stuck in high water and mud on the north side frontage road near the west bank of the river. Police said the man spent the night in his vehicle before trying to escape, but by then his truck had drifted downstream, partially submerged in water. The elderly man tried to swim to safety but was swept up in the river. He was able to hold on to a tree root system in the water and call 911. "He had just tried to swim across and got swept up," said Forney police officer Laramie Kennedy, who was the first to reach the man. KIDY-TV FOX 6 SAN ANGELO PREVIOUS STATE NEWS |
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| Fire department investigating cause of large warehouse fire in Texas VIDEO: Multiple firefighter units and HAZMAT crews responded to a four-alarm fire at a warehouse on Saturday afternoon along SH-249 and the Beltway near Tomball. It started at about 5:30 p.m. in the 62000 block of Tomball Parkway (SH-249) and lasted throughout the night. Investigators are still unclear of the cause. Fortunately, no injuries were reported. The Harris County Fire Marshal's Office confirmed the building had been vacant for two years. It's currently owned by IQ Products Company, which supplies household, automotive and personal care products. The fire happened on the storage side of the building where they keep the finished products. Drivers passing the scene shared video with KHOU 11, showing heavy flames and large plumes of black smoke engulfing the building. "And then you could start hearing aerosol cans popping off. Bam. Bam. Bam. We were safe at the distance we were at and then after a while, police came.' KHOU-TV CBS 11 HOUSTON Police: Connecticut ambulance employee arrested in string of Molotov cocktail attacks A Connecticut ambulance company employee was arrested and charged in a string of Molotov cocktail attacks across the state that targeted two emergency medical services agencies, a volunteer fire department and a private residence on the same day, authorities said. Richard White, 37, of Torrington, Connecticut, was arrested around 10 p.m. on Saturday by Pennsylvania State Police troopers who stopped his car on Interstate 80 near Milton, Pennsylvania, officials said. An arrest warrant was issued for White on Saturday night, charging him with third-degree arson and third-degree burglary. He is being held in Pennsylvania on a $150,000 bond and is awaiting extradition back to Old Saybrook, Connecticut, Old Saybrook Police Chief Michael A. Spera told ABC News on Sunday. ABC NEWS North Carolina fire department's dual driver ladder truck maneuvers through tight spots, features tall ladder PHOTOS: Asheville Fire Department's dual driver ladder truck is a tiller truck or a tractor drawn aerial (TDA). This hook-and-ladder truck features a specialized turntable ladder mounted on a semi-trailer truck. Ladder 1 was purchased for $1.2 million back in 2019. It runs out of the downtown station and responds to more than 2,800 calls per year. Maybe you are wondering why the Asheville Fire Department chose to purchase this type of truck versus a standard ladder truck. This type of ladder truck allows AFD firefighters to more safely maneuver through the narrow streets and challenging terrain of downtown Asheville. These types of trucks are designed with increased maneuverability with shorter wheelbases and impressive turning radius. The tractor drawn aerial truck responds to fires, rescues, car wrecks and EMS calls. Its ladder extends to 103 feet. THE CITY OF ASHEVILLE University of Kansas researchers answer call to improve sleep for firefighters to boost performance and safety A team of investigators at the University of Kansas is collecting data and designing interventions to improve the quality of sleep for firefighters and paramedics in the Lawrence Douglas County Fire-Medical Department. For these first responders, better sleep could improve their quality of life and boost their performance as they encounter life-and-death situations. The stressful work of responding to emergencies demands both physical stamina and quick decision making. "Among the many responsibilities of their job, our EMTs and paramedics have to make drug calculations regardless of the time of day or night or situation, so sleep deprivation is a concern," said Kevin Joles, division chief with LDCFM. "If somebody is sleep deprived and distracted when throwing a ladder against a house and they hit a power line, it could kill them or another firefighter." MEDICAL EXPRESS A Brief History of COVID, 1 Year In On February 20, 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that the first person in the United States had died from COVID-19 — a man in his fifties living in Washington state. Since then, close to 28 million Americans have been infected with the novel (new) coronavirus, officially known as SARS-CoV-2, according to the latest data from Johns Hopkins University. Nearly half a million have died, more than in any other country in the world. The year has been one of unspeakable tragedy, but also hope with the arrival of the first COVID-19 vaccines. The development of these highly effective vaccines is "a great scientific tour de force," according to Thomas Russo, MD, chief of infectious disease at the University of Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences in New York. Here's a look back at the most significant U.S. milestones in the pandemic's first year, where we stand now, and the challenges ahead. EVERYDAY HEALTH PREVIOUS NATIONAL NEWS |
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