The driver was not injured.
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Incredible video shows the moment a trash truck exploded into flames after hitting an overpass on Indianapolis Monday.
The driver was not injured, WTHR reported.
East New York Street was shut down at LaSalle Street for a time while the crash was investigated.
The fire in Shadow Hills involves buildings, debris and vegetation.
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Firefighters were battling a building fire in an industrial area in Shadow Hills Wednesday morning that lasted more than four hours.
The fire involving two commercial buildings, debris and vegetation was reported at about 2:30 a.m., and was still burning by 6:30 a.m., CBS Los Angeles reported.
No injuries had been reported as a contingent of firefighters continued their effort to quell the flames.
Constance Zappella said she’s honored to be the highest-ranking female fire officer in the state.
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When Constance Zappella raised her right hand, she made history not only in the Jersey City Fire Department, but the entire state.
“I am no longer the young girl who sought to change a century of outdated tradition. I am now humbled and honored to serve as the highest-ranking professional female fire officer in the state and city where I was born and raised,” Zappella said in a statement. “The difference between my success and failure is the network of people I built who supported me throughout my journey.”
Zappella was the first woman to join the department back in 2003, according to CBS New York.
Mayor Steven Fulop said it was an honor to promote the firefighters.
“In JC, we have 700+ firefighters. it’s a demanding job physically/mentally + she has been a top performer,” he tweeted.
The rental vehicles caught fire less than 24 hours after they were returned after President Joe Biden’s visit to Nantucket.
By David Matthews Source New York Daily News (TNS) Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.
Several cars recently rented by the Secret Service were destroyed Monday morning after a fire broke out at a Nantucket airport.
The cause of the blaze at Nantucket Memorial Airport is still under investigation, but one of cars, a Ford Expedition SUV, was subject to a safety recall because of a battery issue known to cause fires.
The car had not been repaired at the time of the fire, according to the Nantucket Current.
A Chevy Suburban, Ford Explorer, Infiniti QX80 and Jeep Gladiator were also destroyed. No injures were reported.
The Secret Service had returned the cars rented from Hertz for President Biden’s Thanksgiving trip to the Massachusetts island less than 24 hours before the fire. A spokesperson for the agency told NBC Boston there were no issues with the cars during the trip.
A mobile lung cancer screening unit will be going to firehouses across the city.
By Jon Harris Source The Buffalo News, N.Y. (TNS) Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.
Nov. 29—Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center may have just rolled out its largest tool yet in its battle against lung cancer.
“Let me introduce you to Eddy,” President and CEO Candace S. Johnson told those gathered Tuesday at the Buffalo Fire Department’s Rescue 1 quarters on Jefferson Avenue in Buffalo.
Eddy is Roswell’s new mobile lung cancer screening unit — the size of a tractor-trailer — and its mission is in its name: Early Detection Driven to You. Eddy, funded in part by state dollars, has a CT scanner on board, geared toward bringing lung cancer screening directly into underserved and high-risk communities. By boosting access, the hope is that more people will get screened for lung cancer.
“We wanted this lifesaving cancer screening easier, more accessible and equitable,” Johnson said. “We want everyone who should be screened to get screened. We have a tremendous opportunity here to save a lot of lives.”
The need is clear: Johnson said that only 5.7% of those eligible for lung cancer screening actually get screened. Compare that, she noted, with how more than 90% of women get mammograms to screen for breast cancer.
“Lung cancer is the biggest cancer killer,” said Mary Reid, Roswell’s chief of cancer screening, survivorship and mentorship. “It kills more people than all the other major cancers combined, and it doesn’t have to be that way.”
Screening firefighters
To get Eddy rolling, Roswell announced a program that will allow every Buffalo firefighter to get screened for lung cancer through the mobile unit’s visits to firehouses around the city.
Some studies have found that firefighters face a 60% higher risk of developing lung cancer, even though most firefighters do not qualify for lung cancer early detection based on current federal guidelines.
Roswell officials said its program to screen Buffalo firefighters is the first of its kind in New York and one of the only ones in the country.
It’s a program that Garnell Whitfield, the former Buffalo fire commissioner, appreciates.
Speaking at the Jefferson Avenue fire quarters Tuesday, Whitfield said it was the first time he had been at the firehouse since May 14, the day of the mass shooting just one block away at the Tops grocery store where his mother, Ruth Whitfield, was one of the 10 people murdered in the attack.
It was a racist attack that showed, on a national stage, Buffalo’s longstanding inequities.
“The truth of the matter is firefighters and the community are underserved — not taken care of in terms of lung cancer,” Whitfield said. “Neither of them get the care that they need in terms of lung cancer and for Roswell to be here and to provide that service, not only to the Fire Department but to this community, is a big deal.”
“I’m sure it’s going to help save lives,” he added.
Eddy’s future
This is just Eddy’s start.
Roswell has been screening Buffalo firefighters for the past two weeks and plans to screen the entire department, including retirees, Reid said.
The cancer center also is beginning to schedule residents who have reached out to see if they’re eligible for screening. Those interested can visit roswellpark.org/eddy and fill out a form to see if they qualify for a mobile lung cancer screening.
If they do, Roswell will schedule an appointment with them. Roswell officials said the screening is usually covered by insurance but if a resident doesn’t have insurance and wants to pay out of pocket, Reid said the cancer center is “establishing a really low rate for that.”
Eddy is staffed with a radiology technician, a nurse, a physician’s assistant and navigators to talk to patients getting scanned. Back at the mothership on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, Roswell’s radiologists can read the scan.
It was an effort that got a big boost from the state.
This year’s state budget provided a one-time investment of $4 million to Roswell for the procurement of lung cancer screening mobile units and medical technology. Reid said the plan is to bring Eddy all over the eight counties of Western New York, from Niagara County down to Cattaraugus and Chautauqua counties.
State Assembly Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes said it was money well spent.
“People say, you know, you’re bringing government money,” she said Tuesday. “No, I’m bringing back taxpayer money. This money belongs to people because it was given by the people. And when we are able to take the money that people give us to provide the service that’s beneficial to all, than we’re actually doing what we’re required to do. We’re doing our job.”
Peoples-Stokes also reminded attendees of where they stood, just a couple of blocks away from heavily traveled Route 33 and the fumes that have been poured into nearby neighborhoods for decades.
That means Eddy has a lot of work to do, and a lot of people to reach.
That’s why Johnson believes Roswell and its new mobile unit have an opportunity to “change the trajectory of lung cancer in our communities” and hopefully save lives.
“This is just the beginning,” she said. “We’d like to see lots of Eddys driving around all of New York State, because believe me, there are very few Eddys in the whole country that are doing this.”
It took hours for Broward County Fire Rescue firefighters to get the fire out.
By Angie DiMichele South Florida Sun-Sentinel (TNS) Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.
A fire erupted inside of a wetsuit manufacturing company and retail shop Tuesday night in Pembroke Park, where the neoprene inside the store causing the flames to reach “extremely” high temperatures, Broward Sheriff’s Office Fire Rescue Battalion Chief Michael Kane said.
Firefighters were called to the strip mall at 2930 SW 30th Ave. about 5:30 p.m. and found heavy smoke billowing inside the bay of the business, WetWear Custom Wetsuits.
It took 100 Broward Sheriff’s and Hollywood Fire Rescue firefighters over an hour to get the flames under control and about two hours to extinguish them, Kane said.
The flames left extensive damage to the business, Kane said, and smoke damaged the business next door, Brand Lighting.
“This was an extremely, extremely hot fire,” Kane said. “Neoprene is a plastic, and it burns very, very hot. So these firefighters were exposed to intense temperatures for long periods of time.”
WetWear Custom Wetsuit’s website says the family business manufactures the custom suits in their own facility, “just a few feet away from the retail showroom.”
Kane said it would take crews a few hours to start removing debris and melted materials before they can get to where the fire broke out inside.
The State Fire Marshal will investigate the cause of the fire.
Lafayette Firefighter William Holycross fled from deputies after they clocked his vehicle at 123 mph.
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A Lafayette firefighter who managed to escape deputies during a high-speed chase wasn’t as lucky when he bragged about it at a local bar.
An Indiana State Police trooper overheard William Holycross telling others how he got away during the pursuit, and that he had been drinking that night, WLFI reported.
He was charged with resisting law enforcement and misdemeanor charges of unlawful use of a police radio and reckless driving.
Members of the Lafayette Fire Merit Commission voted Tuesday to fire Holycross after they were forwarded charges from Chief Richard Doyle, published reports indicated.
Although the chase occurred in March, he wasn’t charged until July. And, there were no alcohol-related offenses. Prosecutors waited until July to formally charge Holycross and did not file counts of drunk driving.
He was sentenced to a year of probation in 2019 on two misdemeanor charges of operating while intoxicated.
In 2019, he received probation for two misdemeanor charges of operating while intoxicated, according to reports.
Colleton County Fire-Rescue treated the woman who had plunged about 15 feet from a deer stand, leaving her with “multiple traumatic injuries.”
By Simone Jasper Source The Charlotte Observer (TNS) Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.
A woman plunged about 15 feet from a deer stand, leaving her with “multiple traumatic injuries,” South Carolina officials said.
The woman had to be carried from the woods and flown to a trauma center after falling from the hunting stand on Saturday, Nov. 26, according to Colleton County Fire-Rescue.
Officials said the incident happened just before 6 p.m. near Pine Grove Road, roughly 60 miles west of Charleston. About a quarter-mile into the woods, crews found the injured woman on the ground.
A second woman suffered non-life-threatening injuries after her off-road vehicle flipped. She had been trying to reach the woman who fell off the deer stand, Colleton County Fire-Rescue wrote in a news release.
Another recent fall led South Carolina firefighters to urge people to use safety equipment in tree stands. People also are encouraged to let others know where and when they plan to hunt, McClatchy News reported in September.
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Marion County Fire Rescue Lt. Anthony “Tony” Gillon suffered a serious neck injury.
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A Florida fire officer seriously injured earlier this month while training new recruits has a long road to recovery.
Marion County Fire Rescue Lt. Anthony “Tony” Gillon is working to get back to work, PIO James Lucas told WKMG.
“During the evolution, it was noticed that he got hurt… The firefighter medics immediately went into care mode,” Lucas said.
Gillon sustained a neck injury and had to have some vertebrae fused. No information has been released about what type of training was taking place when he was hurt.
The community and fellow firefighters are rallying to lend support. During a recent event, they raised $15,000 in less than 24 hours.
“He’s in good spirits…He is a United States Marine, he’s hard-headed, he’s bull headed, he doesn’t want to listen to people, he just wants to get his rehab started and get back to the job and to the men and women he loves so dearly,” Lucas said.
Brevard County Fire Rescue. Firefighters were kept at bay by exploding fireworks.
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The driver of an SUV was killed Monday after the vehicle slammed into a fireworks store igniting fireworks.
Brevard County Fire Rescue crews couldn’t get near the store due to the exploding fireworks.They were kept at bay for nearly an hour, Chief Patrick Voltaire told WKMG.
Voltaire said the store’s strict safety rules with escape routes helped save the two workers in the store.
Crews remained on the scene throughout the night.