first responders

Former President Donald Trump wished all Americans a Happy Thanksgiving, gave thanks to God, and promised brighter days ahead in a video message released Thanksgiving morning. 

Missouri has joined the growing list of states installing Safe Haven Baby Boxes, which are secured incubators where mothers in crisis can surrender their newborns.

A newborn was surrendered to a Safe Haven Baby Box at the 2nd Platoon of Kokomo Fire Department in Indiana, Fox News Digital reported Friday. 

A 12-year-old from North Dakota has accepted the challenge to mow 50 lawns belonging to law enforcement officers, firefighters, EMTs, active duty military, and veterans for free.

The firefighter who was stationed at Ocala Fire Rescue headquarters and discovered the baby girl with a shoelace tying off her umbilical cord is now her adoptive father.

A 36-year-old man’s desire to serve his community has helped him achieve something very special in North Andover, Massachusetts.

A baby boy was left inside Tennessee’s first Safe Haven Baby Box early Saturday morning, approximately 30 minutes after his birth, according to the Knoxville Fire Department. 

A gas tanker exploded in Johannesburg, South Africa on Christmas Eve, blowing the roof off a nearby hospital and causing injuries hundreds of yards away. On Tuesday, the death toll from the blast was raised to 18, half of them staff and patients at the badly damaged Tambo Memorial Hospital.

A group of shelter dogs are getting yet another chance at life following a near-death experience Tuesday in Pewaukaee, Wisconsin.

Robert Cahaly, the senior strategist and pollster at Trafalgar Group, discusses the 2022 midterm election forecasts and the impact of the media on polling.

The Nevada Police Union said its members “overwhelmingly” have “no confidence” in Democrat Gov. Steve Sisolak.

The DeSantis administration is giving $1,000 bonuses to first responders in Florida — marking two years in a row — Gov. DeSantis announced this week. Speaking from Jacksonville, Florida, on Monday, the governor announced the administration will give out $1,000

A store in Mayabeque, Cuba, boasted of rewarding first responders for helping extinguish the largest fire in the history of the nation with a meager supply of chicken, deodorant, soda, and cooking oil this week – basic goods that have for decades been considered luxuries for many suffering under communism.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Monday announced the state’s “Hometown Heroes Initiative,” designed to help “hometown heroes” such as police officers and paramedics to purchase their first home by assisting with down payments and closing costs.

People are trying to “get the hell out” of blue dumpster fire states as Biden’s presidency plagues Americans with inflation and soaring gas prices, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said during a Thursday press conference in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, where he announced another round of $1,000 bonuses for Florida first responders.

Three officers from the Oakland Police Department (OPD) in Florida are being lauded for rescuing two residents from a house fire Tuesday.

First responders in Michigan rescued a labradoodle that became stranded on an ice floe in the frigid Detroit River Monday afternoon.

A young Iowa boy battling leukemia recently received a superhero-themed bedroom makeover after a nonprofit rallied his community together. 

Two Connecticut police officers and a fire chief rescued a 90-year-old woman and her daughter from a burning home Tuesday.

Bodycam footage caught the moment police officers in Georgia rescued a woman from frigid waters after she reportedly jumped off a bridge. 

Footage caught the moment two Utah Highway Patrol (UHP) troopers and an off-duty fireman rescued a woman from her car that ended up in frigid waters along Interstate 80 this month.

Hundreds of New York City first responders lined the streets Sunday as a hearse transported the body of slain Officer Jason Rivera, 22, from the medical examiner’s office to a funeral home in Inwood.

Police say a gunman’s stray bullet struck an 11-month-old baby girl in the face Wednesday night in the Bronx, leaving her in critical but stable condition.

First responders in New Jersey rescued a woman who fell through the ice of a frigid lake after she saved her dogs that fell in the water. 

A Seattle firefighter saved a man trapped in the basement on Friday after his house slid off its foundation during a landslide. 

Police in Illinois arrested two suspects Thursday night and charged them with aggravated battery after they allegedly assaulted a firefighter and a police officer.

An Indiana State trooper saved a 60-year-old motorist’s life with an automated external defibrillator after he suffered a heart attack. 

A 14-year-old girl painted a mural spanning several walls in Marion, Illinois, that pays homage to Marines and first responders. 

A 13-year-old Seattle boy reportedly watched his father die due to a medical emergency as staffing shortages likely delayed first responders.

California firefighters rescued a woman from a rolled-over vehicle in the nick of time as fire was rapidly engulfing the car.

A good Samaritan found a teenager who was trapped in a crashed car and comforted him until first responders arrived on scene.

Crime is on the rise in San Francisco but city officials have placed more than 180 employees including police and sheriff’s departments who have not received a coronavirus vaccine on paid leave, a move that triggers a process that could end in termination.

Fast-acting NYPD officers from the 75th precinct rushed a one-year-old baby who was not breathing to a Brooklyn hospital, where medical personnel saved the child’s life.

A heartwarming image of a firefighter reading to a little girl after a car crash in Billings, Montana, was captured on the evening of Wednesday, September 29.

Nine-year-old Natalea Decker of Arkansas has created a program called Adopt-A-Hero which connects first responders with children who send them letters, thank you cards, office supplies, and snacks.

Renowned 9/11 attorney Michael Barasch said, “more have now died of 9/11 illnesses” than on 9/11 itself and stating that “9/11 didn’t end on 9/11” as many individuals continue to die every day.