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Witnessing. you were going on a ride-along with houston first responders. what did you see? >> reporter: chris, it was absolutely heartbreaking, joined houston fire department and paramedics yesterday evening and rode along with one of the fire captains, one phone call after another from his ambulance drivers who told him the same thing, theyd pull up to a hospital, either forced to wait outside because there was no room on the inside or the hospital would let them in but the paramedic cannot le...

Great Falls Fire Rescue welcomes its first female officer Great Falls Fire Rescue welcomes its first female officer By: Kailey Neitzel and last updated 2021-06-29 19:48:42-04 GREAT FALLS — Maren Reilly took the oath of office on Tuesday and became the first female fire officer at Great Falls Fire Rescue. Fire Chief Jeremy Jones conducted the ceremony, administering the oath and promoting her to the rank of lieutenant. Maren’s husband Eric pinned her new gold lieutenant...

Robert “Bob” John Bratcher, 75, of Lake Brownwood, passed away Saturday, January 30, 2021. Funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM, Friday, February 5, 2021 at the Grace Lutheran Church, 1401 1st St, Brownwood, TX 76801. Bob was born May 18, 1945 at North Island Naval Air Station, San Diego, California to Ernest and Mally Bratcher.  Bob graduated high school at Santa Ana Valley high school in California.  He devoted his life to being a fireman in 1970 when he joined the State of Californi...

Clark county fire department, we have been somewhat planning on a major event in our valley for an awful long time along these lines. around 2010, we were the first organizations in the country to place one of our fire captains into the fusion center, the multiagency counterterrorism fusion center hosted by the las vegas metro. through that, we build relationships, weve developed response plans to movement the community on many different fronts. we were able to build out programs to handle situa...

That has burned 105 square miles and 600 homes t. valley fire theftening,000 homes, 2400 firefighters got a brake from the weather on tuesday. with the winds calming down, they were able get that fire 30% contained. allowing some homeowners to witness first hand their worst fears. >> i always said the earthquake in california was nothing compared to this. it was so chaotic the firemen it seemed like they didnt know what was going on. i was hearing fire captains going save that water the tree was...

Four hikers died when water rushed through zion national park. three other hikers are missing. the forecast officials are warning there could be more flooding in the days ahead. firefighters are struggling to gain the upper hand on a northern california wildfire that has burned 105 square miles and nearly 600 homes. they got a break from the weather on tuesday. the winds calming down. they were able to get the fire 30% contained allowing some homeowners to witness first hand their worst fears. >...

The upper hand on a northern cant. wildfire that has burned 105 square miles, nearly 600 homes burned. the valley fire is threatening more than 9,000 homes. 24 hour 00 firefighters battling this blaze, they got a brake from this weather on tuesday. with the winds calming down, they were able to get the fire 30% contained, allowing some homeowners to witness first hand their worst fears. >> i say the earthquake at candle stick was nothing tward to this. the fireman seemed like they didnt know wha...

Significant than we have here. that fire is being fanned a bit as its burning near the corner of colorado. the one for two weeks has consumed much of this part of the state, firefighters are getting a much better handle on it as people are being allowed back in. its dry and smoky here. the temperatures have dropped a bit. they will be right around the high 80s, that is all positive. weve had a chance to talk to one of the fire captains in greer, how people are being allowed back in to their home...