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Fire tornadoes pose a threat in California. A fire lab shows how they work

As if they aren’t already facing enough, firefighters in California also could encounter fire tornadoes — a rare but dangerous phenomenon in which wildfires create their own weather. The National ...
KCCI Des Moines

Greenfield volunteer fire department looks to rebuild new station one year after tornado

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 ...

20 years later: First responders remember November 6, 2005 tornado

It’s a day former Knight Township Fire Department Assistant and Deputy Chiefs Dale Naylor and Scott Foreman will never forget ...
Fox 23

Bristow Fire says tornado siren struck by lightning has been repaired

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 Charles ...
KTHV

Little Rock breaks ground on new Fire Station 9 two years after devastating tornado

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Tuesday, March 31, 2025, is a day that now marks the two-year anniversary of the day when a destructive high-end EF-3 tornado tore through Central Arkansas. It's a day no one will ...
WTVY

Cottonwood celebrates new fire station nearly two years after tornado destruction

COTTONWOOD — Cottonwood has a new fire station nearly two years after a tornado destroyed the old one. January will mark the ...
News-Press NOW

Kentucky fire major was shielding wife from tornado when he died, and may not have known it was her

LAUREL COUNTY, Kentucky (WLKY) — A fire major was killed in the line of duty during a tornado in Laurel County. Now, his fire department says he was shielding his wife from harm when he died — and he ...