The number of reported public safety deaths due to COVID increased significantly between July and August 2021, according to the NFFF. In July, 15 deaths were reported, In August, 43 deaths were reported. The current numbers for reported COVID-related deaths are: Fire: 149 (2020: 84; 2021 to-date: 65) EMS: 78 (2020: 68; 2021 to-date: 10) Law Enforcement: 493...Read More
Acute coronary syndrome Overview Acute coronary syndrome is a term used to describe a range of conditions associated with sudden, reduced blood flow to the heart. One such condition is a heart attack (myocardial infarction) — when cell death results in damaged or destroyed heart tissue. Even when acute coronary syndrome causes no cell death,...Read More
All, The number of reported public safety deaths due to COVID increased significantly between July and August 2021, according to the NFFF. In July, 15 deaths were reported, In August, 43 deaths were reported. The current numbers for reported COVID-related deaths are: Fire: 149 (2020: 84; 2021 to-date: 65) EMS: 78 (2020: 68; 2021 to-date: 10) Law...Read More
A Queens family’s very first night in their new apartment turned into a fiery nightmare. A raging blaze ignited by a charging moped battery killed a 9-year-old boy early Wednesday as his desperate parents struggled in vain to rescue their trapped child from the flames in their basement home, authorities said. Remi Fernandez, 9, who...Read More
9/2/1975 the 1st reported Learn Not to Burn® PSA started in Jamaica Plain, MA and, Muskegon, MI. 9/2/1666 The Great Fire of London, a major conflagration, swept through central London, burning from Sunday to Wednesday. The fire destroyed the medieval City of London consuming over 13,200 houses, 87 parish churches including St. Paul’s Cathedral. The...Read More
