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‘Out of Contol’ Maryland Fire Marshal issues warning after deaths double
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BALTIMORE — The variety of deadly fires is greater than double what Maryland State Hearth Marshal Brian Geraci usually sees within the first three months of the 12 months, and he’s sounding the alarm.
Geraci mentioned there have been virtually 40 fire-related fatalities within the first three months of the 12 months when fewer than 20 are usually reported throughout that point interval.
“We have by no means seen the hearth demise fee this excessive within the first three months of the 12 months for many years. You’d have to return to a time when individuals did not have smoke alarms,” Geraci informed WJZ Investigator Mike Hellgren. “This 12 months, it has simply gone loopy. It is uncontrolled.”
He wrote an open letter urging individuals throughout the state to comply with primary hearth security protocols.
“I’ll let you know that fires today burn sooner and warmer and produce poisonous smoke that may kill you shortly,” Geraci mentioned within the letter. “Hearth doesn’t discriminate; it may be current in your house on any given day or night time after we see these fires probably the most. You may have the least period of time to flee a fireplace in your house than at another time in historical past,”
Final week in Pasadena, an Anne Arundel County officer was in a position to save lives by alerting a manto the truth that his dwelling was on hearth.
Police body-camera video exhibits him speaking to a resident who had no thought the rear of his dwelling was engulfed in flames, and he had solely minutes to flee together with his pets.
“You may have two or three minutes as soon as that smoke alarm sounds to get out of your own home,” Geraci mentioned.
He informed Hellgren he has written to native hearth departments urging them to get out locally and ensure individuals have working smoke detectors.
“All of them are preventable. …These incidents are preventable and do not must occur,” Geraci mentioned.
He famous cooking is the primary reason for fires.
“We had one lady with a loose-fitting bathrobe,” he mentioned. “She caught her clothes on hearth, and she or he perished proper there on the kitchen ground.”
Geraci mentioned two individuals have died this 12 months in Maryland after going again inside their houses to retrieve belongings.
He mentioned fashionable houses have layouts that usually enable flames to unfold sooner. “Now, there isn’t any partitions,” he mentioned. “It is open idea. That fireplace can undergo that home, and all the pieces will get ignited. It occurs in a short time.”
There have been eight fires which have killed a number of victims.
One in all them occurred in West Baltimore. That is the place three younger kids died, together with 7-year-old Skye Blue. Her father talked to WJZ about his loss.
“She was energetic, at all times smiling, at all times needed to bop, beloved all her brothers and sisters, grandmothers and aunts,” Blue mentioned days after his daughter’s demise. “She was a daddy’s woman man…she was all the pieces a father might need in just a little woman you realize,”
On Friday, Baltimore County’s hearth division recognized 63-year-old Jeffrey Thomas Swimm because the sufferer of a deadly hearth in Catonsville on March 28.
Baltimore Metropolis’s hearth union tweeted they’re coping with an gear scarcity.
Geraci provided the next ideas for staying protected within the occasion of a hearth:
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Have working smoke alarms on each degree of your property, outdoors every sleeping space and inside every bed room. Battery-only alarms should be a ten-year sealed battery alarm. Name the native hearth division or the State Hearth Marshal’s Workplace in the event you want smoke alarms. They’re free, and we are going to even set up them for you.
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At night time, ensure all bed room doorways are closed, and make sure you shut all doorways behind you when you find yourself escaping a fireplace. This may stop the unfold of smoke and hearth all through your property and provide you with time to be rescued if trapped by a fireplace.
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Meet with your loved ones and develop an escape plan, have two methods out of each room. Ensure that door locks are openable with out utilizing a key, and that bed room home windows are operational from the within. Have a gathering place outdoors the house so your loved ones can guarantee everybody obtained out.
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Get out and Keep Out All the time! As soon as out, NEVER EVER return inside a burning constructing! You’ll not come again out alive.
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As soon as out, make that 911 name instantly to the hearth division to get them began as quickly as potential.
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Partial victory in effort to preserve historic Black cemetery in Maryland
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Maryland issues a new suicide prevention action plan for schools, families – WTOP News
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Suicide is the third leading cause of death for young people between the ages of 10 and 24 in Maryland. That’s according to a new suicide prevention action plan produced through the state’s Department of Health.
Suicide is the third leading cause of death for young people between the ages of 10 and 24 in Maryland. That’s according to a new suicide prevention action plan produced through the state’s Department of Health.
Scott Poland, the director of the Office of Suicide and Violence Prevention at Nova Southeastern University College of Psychology, talked to WTOP about the action plan he authored with his wife, Donna, who is a career educator.
The “Maryland Action Plan to Prevent Suicide in K-12 Schools” serves as a reference guide to school administrators and the community, and was developed in cooperation with the state health department’s Office of Suicide Prevention.
Poland said one thing that surprises people is that children as young as 8 years old may consider taking their own lives.
“I hear from school personnel all around the country (asking if they) have to take it seriously (if a fourth or fifth grader is talking about suicide). And the answer is absolutely yes,” Poland said.
Among the data points in the action plan is a survey of students in the “Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey of 2021/2022.” According to that survey, 21% of high school students “seriously considered suicide” in the past year, and 27% of middle schoolers considered suicide at some point in their lives.
Poland said it’s important to talk about suicide with young people, and that the idea that talking about it might encourage a young person to consider suicide is a “myth.”
“When we actually bring it up, it gives someone a chance to unburden themselves, to realize that they’re not alone, that there are alternatives and that there is help available,” Poland said.
But he said young people are most susceptible to imitating suicidal behavior: “It is important that we not glorify the suicide victim.”
Instead, Poland said, the emphasis after a suicide should be on healing those affected and helping them find appropriate ways to deal with their emotions and mental health.
The plan released this week includes providing intervention action plans for a young person who may be considering suicide.
“Part of that, of course, is removing lethal means and developing a written safety plan with them,” he said.
Poland said that can include helping people understand “the importance of calling 988, doing things that can calm themselves down,” and reaching out to the nearest trusted adult.
People can reach the national resource for crisis response services and suicide prevention by dialing 988.
Poland said social media is “wreaking havoc” on children’s emotional well-being, often making them feel “not smart enough, not rich enough, not good enough.” Poland said he’s currently working with the state of South Dakota on developing tools to help “young people be a little more mindful and make better decisions about their screen time.”
Poland said parents can help — when it comes to the hours and hours that many people spend online — by modeling healthy amounts of screen time themselves. And he said adults need to think about how they introduce technology to their kids.
“We’re in too (much of) a hurry to give kids smartphones and 24-hour internet access,” Poland said.
“I really have to compliment Maryland,” Poland said, on coming up with the new plan.
Poland said Maryland does not have an especially high rate of suicide, but “I think we all recognize that losing one young person to suicide is one too many.”
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Getting to know Michigan State football’s Week 2 opponent: Maryland
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Game two is coming up for Michigan State football as the Spartans hit the road for an early season Big Ten matchup against Maryland. The Terps have had MSU’s number in recent years, but the Spartans’ new-look team is ready to change that narrative this weekend.
Jonathan Smith and his staff have a lot to work on this week after a lackluster 16-10 win over Florida Atlantic, but we’ve become more than used to slow starts for MSU in their first game so it’s not time to panic just yet.
While the team wraps up their preparations for Maryland, let’s take a quick look at the Terps and see what we can learn about them before the big game on Saturday.
Maryland is off and running in their 2024 campaign and had an absolutely dominant week one performance. The Terps took on UConn at home and came away with an impressive 50-7 win. Sure UConn is an awful football program, but we saw how poorly Michigan State just did against a similar opponent.
Not only was the final score lopsided, but ever major statistical category was as well. Maryland doubled UConn in first downs and rushing yards, threw for nearly 400 passing yards and even won the turnover battle 3-0. The Terps also only had five penalties for 45 yards which is significantly better than MSU’s 12 for 140 yards against FAU.
Sure all of this took place against UConn, but it appears that Maryland is in a very good spot heading into this big week two matchup.
One thing that I thought would be a positive for Michigan State in this game is that Maryland is breaking in a new quarterback as well. The Terps’ quarterback, Billy Edwards Jr., went off against UConn and completed 20-of-27 passes for 311 yards and two touchdowns. He also is a capable runner and added 39 yards on the ground, so Michigan State will have its hands full on Saturday slowing him down.
The Terps don’t have one standout running back in the backfield, so that does benefit MSU. They do however have two solid backs in Roman Hemby and Nolan Ray who both ran for over 60 yards and one score each.
The one player however that Michigan State needs to pay the most attention to is wide receiver Tai Felton. He had one of the best Week 1 performances in the country as he recorded seven receptions for 178 yards and two touchdowns. Thankfully MSU’s defense and secondary looked much improved against FAU, so hopefully that carries over into this weekend’s matchup.
The opportunity in front of MSU on Saturday is massive. The Spartans are big underdogs in this matchup which they probably deserve, but a win would do wonders not just for the overall perception of the team but for their confidence moving forward.
I’ve got a strange feeling that we’re going to be very happy around 7 p.m. ET Saturday night.
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