The state Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating the cause of a fire that badly damaged a home near Ester over the weekend. And the state Medical Examiner’s office will conduct an autopsy on a victim firefighters found inside the house.
Alaska’s next generation of firefighters is learning on the job SPONSORED: Not many students can say they save lives as part of their college education, but for these University of Alaska Fairbanks students, it’s all in a day’s work. Author: University of Alaska Fairbanks Board of Advisors Published 1 hour ago
Presented by UAF Paul Miranda was heading into his senior year of high school when, on a whim one day, he walked over to his neighborhood fire station in midtown Anchorage to see what he could learn about firefighting. That chance visit led him to the University of Alaska Fairbanks Community and Technical College Fire Science Program where, a year later, he was a full-time college student and a full-time firefighter responding to real calls for help.
West U analyzes response to unprecedented Texas winter storm
Ryan Nickerson, Staff writer
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Stephanie Gutierrez shows the damage in her living room after the ceiling collapsed from broken water pipes during last week s freezing temperatures on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. Gutierrez home was damaged after pipe broke during Winter Storm Uri.Elizabeth Conley, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer
Brianne Wheeler received a knock on her door on the morning of Feb. 15 as she was dealing with the impacts of Winter Storm Uri.
It was the West University Fire Department letting her know that there may be a water line leak beneath her home. Public Works was quickly sent out, confirmed the leak, and shut off her water immediately before any damage was done to her home.