The spinning blaze was about as intense as an EF-3 tornado, and it sent meteorologists scrambling to try and understand whether it was an oddly strong fire whirl—more akin to a dust devil—or a ...

Above: A fire tornado in California in 2022. As if they aren’t already facing enough, firefighters in California also could encounter fire tornadoes — a rare but dangerous phenomenon in which ...

YES, YES, SHE WAS GREAT. WELL, MANY FIRST RESPONDERS HAVE BEEN HELPING PEOPLE ACROSS TOWN WHILE PROCESSING THEIR OWN LOSS, ESPECIALLY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, KCCI OPHELIA JACOBSON JOINS US WITH THEIR ...

LOUIS — After sirens did not go off on Friday ahead of the deadly EF3 tornado, St ... The St. Louis Fire Department is taking over siren activation and was working with the National Weather ...

UPDATE (5/19/25) — The Bristow Fire Department said the tornado siren on South Maple Circle has been repaired after it was struck by lightning on Sunday. BRISTOW, Okla. — Bristow Fire Chief ...

Laurel County Fire Major Roger Leslie Leatherman devoted his career to protecting others. He died doing precisely that while shielding his wife from the powerful tornado that ravaged their ...

GREENFIELD, Iowa — Many in Greenfield adapted to a new normal after the fatal tornado on May 21, 2024. That was certainly the case for the Greenfield Volunteer Fire Department. The department is ...

ABOUT: The song written by Colbert heights Fire Science students and members of the band, Project 256, feature lyrics like, “When things are heating up, it’s getting hard to see, get down on ...

tornado. At approximately 11:47 p.m Friday, a fire alarm went off near Leatherman’s home. He responded to the scene, letting his department know that he was en route via a private radio channel. “ ...