Professional firefighters held a girls fire camp in Marina to recruit more women into the career. Less than 10 percent of all career firefighters are women across the U.S.
One woman was taken to hospital with injuries
The Nigerian army says it has rescued one of the missing Chibok schoolgirls abducted by militant Islamic group Boko Haram a decade ago. Lydia Simon was rescued along with her three children by troops conducting an operation in the northern Borno State, the military said Thursday, adding that she was five months’ pregnant at the time of her rescue. The army didn’t specify how or when the rescue happened, only saying it was “recent.” CNN has contacted the military for comment. Of the 276...
Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue has welcomed twelve new wholetime firefighters to the Service. The new firefighters have completed a two-week induction to the service where they were given the opportunity to learn about the organisation by spending time with different departments, including Prevention, Protection and Business Services. The new recruits have now gone to the Fire Service College in the Cotswolds, where they will spend eight weeks learning firefighting skills including how to use...
A few days after the commemoration of the 10-year anniversary, another Chibok girl, Lydia Simon, has been rescued by troops of Operation Desert Sanity III, North East Operation Hadin Kai.
Masie was described as a ‘bright, loving, bubbly child who enjoyed books, singing and dancing’
After working more than nine hours in a confined underground space Catoosa County firefighters working with multiple partners freed a man who was trapped inside a partially-clogged storm drain beneath Georgia Highway 2 in the City of Fort Oglethorpe.
A hapless horse had to be rescued by firefighters after getting stuck in the mud. The 25-year-old Chestnut mare called Storm had got her rear left leg trapped in fencing and her rear right leg stuck in mud in a field in the Low Flatts area of Chester-le-Street. Crews from County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service (CDDFRS) were called just before 7.30am on Friday, April 19. One fire engine from High Handenhold Fire Station and the Special Rescue Unit from Bishop Auckland Fire Station...
Toronto fire crews utilized an inflatable raft to rescue three people inside a vehicle that rolled into a ditch in North York on Sunday morning. According to the Toronto Fire Service, the vehicle left the roadway in the area of Highways 400 and 401 at around 5 a.m. and became “partially submerged.” Crews then used an inflatable vessel to rescue the individuals, they said. The circumstances leading up to the incident remain unclear and TFS did not provide details on whether the occupants...
The Henderson Police Department published bodycam video showing a fire rescue last month, in which officers saved an 8-year-old girl who was trapped and calling for her mom. The post Police in Nevada rescue 8-year-old girl crying for her mother during apartment fire: video first appeared on WFIN Local News.
Nevada authorities released bodycam video of their officers rescuing a distraught young girl from an apartment fire last month. The Henderson Police Department shared the bodycam video, which was taken on Mar. 10, on Facebook last week. Authorities said they were told a child and mother were trapped in the apartment. "Upon arrival, officers observed the windows of the apartment shattered, with smoke and flames coming from within," police said in a video. "Officers were then informed that a...
The father, who was on the overloaded boat, collapsed in tears after he was rescued from the sea and brought back to shore by the French Coast Guard this morning.