ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Albuquerque Fire Rescue says a pilot program to respond to outdoor fires this winter was a success. The department began deploying a brush truck late last year patrolling the city to find and contain fires that break out outside of a building. AFR says out of the 3,700 outside fires from []
Help has arrived for Moores Mill Volunteer Fire/Rescue after the department shared with News 19 in April they are facing funding challenges due to an increase in recruits. The Alder Springs Volunteer Fire Department has stepped up to assist, hand-delivering turnouts to Moores Mill Tuesday evening.
One prisoner was injured after a fire broke out in a jail cell at the Veenhuizen detention facility in Drenthe, local media reported. The injured person was rescued from the fire in their own cell in the Norgerhaven wing, ANP reported.The victim was treated at the scene by paramedics, according to RTV Drenthe. The prisoner was in their own cell at the time, and did not share the unit with another. The incident happened at about 6:15 a.m. on Thursday.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – It helped carry thousands of people in medical emergencies through Albuquerque for years. Now the city is donating a decommissioned ambulance to help thousands of people in the war-torn country of Ukraine. "I want to thank everyone who helped us who stay with Ukraine," said Nataliya Edelman, with Ukrainian Americans of []
Police officers and a brave passerby saved a man from a burning building. A police officer's body camera was filming during the rescue.
Police officers and a brave passerby saved a man from a burning building. A police officer's body camera was filming during the rescue.
Duluth Fire Department said damage to structure and contents is estimated at $400,000.
Emergency services were called at around 9.30 this morning (May 8) to reports of a house fire on Copperfield View in Leeds’ Cross Green area. West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service sent three crews, two from Hunslet and one from Leeds, to tackle the blaze. Sign up for our free newsletters today On arrival, firefighters rescued one adult and one baby from the property. They then extinguished the fire before leaving the scene.
Two fishermen required assistance after being caught by high tide in the dark on Monday night, according to the Santa Barbara County Fire Department (SBCFD).
A 91-year-old’s $500,000 donation has saved a tiny Missouri volunteer fire company from certain doom. In April, Sam Sloan decided to make good on a promise he made to himself decades ago when he got out of the cattle and seed processing business: donate to the Calhoun Volunteer Fire Department. “They need the money once I had the money. I’d been saving money for a long time,” Sloan said Thursday. Sloan had an idea of the how cash-strapped the fire company was because he lives about 2 miles...
Firefighters pulled a casualty from a blazing Sheffield building in a dramatic rescue following a suspected arson attack. Crews went into the house on Ellesmere Road, Burngreave, after receiving an emergency call after the blaze had broken out. South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service were on the scene, along with South Yorkshire Police and Yorkshire Ambulance Service, and the road was closed while they dealt with the incident. The fire service confirmed they had carried out a rescue in a...
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