VIDEO: First responders can now make use of a new state law meant to help with post-traumatic stress disorder. Senate Bill 24 includes PTSD as an occupational disease when diagnosed in first responders and establishes benefits under workers' compensation. The bill states there is no physical injury required for a first responder to receive benefits.
- PUB DATE: 9/6/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KMIZ-TV ABC 17 Columbia

VIDEO/PHOTOS: A driver who plunged off a 100-foot cliff in a remote area of Southern California and spent five days "immobilized" in their wrecked pickup truck, was rescued this weekend by firefighters who formed a human pulley system to pluck the victim from the ravine, authorities said. The rescue unfolded about 10:58 a.
- PUB DATE: 9/6/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ABC News

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN VILAS COUNTY THROUGH 100 AM CDT... At 1237 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Lac Du Flambeau, or 15 miles east of Turtle Flambeau Flowage, moving northeast at 25 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. Special Weather Statement 2023-09-06T00:38:00-05:00 2023-09-06T01:00:00-05:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Minor Observed Vilas 46.23,-89.57 46.04,-89.4 45.94,-89.91 45.98,-89.95 45.98,-89.93 46.25,-89.93 46.29,-89.85 46.23,-89.57 FIPS6 055125 UGC WIZ005 VTEC

PHOTOS: The Fond du Lac Fire/Rescue Department responded to a house fire overnight, Monday, September 4, 2023 in the 200 block of north Military Avenue. Just after 1:30 AM, Jeff and Stephanie Albers awoke to the sound of their house’s smoke alarm going off. Running downstairs they saw the breezeway separating their house and garage fully engulfed in flames.
- PUB DATE: 9/5/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KFIZ-AM 1450 Fond du Lac

VIDEO: The Village of Grafton Fire Department says a dog alerted its family of a garage fire, allowing the family to get out unharmed. The fire department said it was called to the corner of 16th Avenue and Falls Road around 5:16 a.m. on Saturday. The initial engine company arrived five minutes later, and the garage was engulfed in flames.
- PUB DATE: 9/5/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee

VIDEO: A driver and passenger were killed in an apparent street race when their vehicle crashed into a firetruck, injuring four crewmembers, in West Compton Tuesday. The crash was reported around 12:30 a.m. as the engine company was responding to a medical incident, Los Angeles County Fire Department spokesperson Craig Little said.
- PUB DATE: 9/5/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTLA-TV CW 5 Los Angeles

VIDEO: A very scary situation, a 12-year-old boy now hospitalized after partaking in a TikTok challenge went wrong. "I woke up to him just screaming and I woke up so fast that I kicked the dog gate out of my door frame, and then I saw him, he was on fire," Tiffany Roper mother of 12-year-old boy said.
- PUB DATE: 9/5/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPNX-TV NBC 12 Mesa

VIDEO/PHOTOS: A Prince George's County fire station was damaged after an ambulance caught fire early Sunday morning, the agency said. "We do have our share of fires in Prince George’s County, but running a fire within one of our own fire stations is very unique," Department Public Information Director Alan Doubleday said.
- PUB DATE: 9/5/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJLA-TV ABC 7 Washington D.C.

VIDEO/PHOTOS: The memory of the victims of the September 11th, 2001 attacks was on the minds of dozens of people at AT&T Field in Chattanooga Monday morning. With a week before the 22nd remembrance of that dark day, first responders and the public climbed stairs in their memory. 2,977 people lost their lives in the 9/11 terrorist attack.
- PUB DATE: 9/5/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTVC-TV ABC/FOX 9 Chattanooga

...ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY... A combination of the ongoing drought, hot temperatures, relative humidity values between 25-35 percent and south to southwest winds sustained at 10 to 15 mph, with gusts to around 20 mph will bring elevated fire weather conditions to portions of central, northern and northeastern Wisconsin today. The hottest temperatures and Special Weather Statement 2023-09-04T15:00:00-05:00 2023-09-04T19:00:00-05:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Minor Observed Forest; Langlade; Lincoln; Marathon; Menominee; Oneida; Outagamie; Portage; Shawano; Vilas; Waupaca; Waushara; Winnebago; Wood FIPS6 055041 055067 055069 055073 055078 055085 055087 055097 055115 055125 055135 055137 055139 055141 UGC WIZ005 WIZ010 WIZ011 WIZ018 WIZ019 WIZ020 WIZ030 WIZ031 WIZ035 WIZ036 WIZ037 WIZ038 WIZ045 WIZ048 VTEC

Two cats were rescued from a house fire that was put out in Eau Claire on Sunday. According to Eau Claire Fire Department Battalion Chief Jamie Burkhardt, ECFD received a call at approximately 2:23 p.m. on Sunday of smoke coming from the garage attached to a house on Raedel Road, near 14th Street in Eau Claire.
- PUB DATE: 9/3/2023 10:45:00 PM - SOURCE: WQOW-TV ABC 18 Eau Claire

PHOTOS: Members of the Beaver Dam Fire Department spent a few days in last week’s sweltering heat working on heavy lifting training. Fire Chief Michael Wesle says the Beaver Dam Raceway recently hosted a monster truck show that included a few school buses. He says they got in contact with the folks that run the Raceway to take advantage of this rare opportunity.
- PUB DATE: 9/1/2023 7:20:00 AM - SOURCE: WBEV-FM 95.3 Beaver Dam

VIDEO: State officials had been warning Florida residents about the threat posed by storm surge to electric vehicles since Monday, days before Hurricane Idalia made landfall. In the aftermath of the destructive storm, Pinellas officials report at least two incidents of electric vehicles combusting after their lithium-ion batteries were exposed to the saltwater.
- PUB DATE: 9/1/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTVT-TV FOX 13 Tampa Bay

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the creation of a new Inter-Agency Fire Safety Working Group meant to ensure the safety and security of energy storage systems across the state, following fire incidents at facilities in Jefferson, Orange, and Suffolk Counties this summer. State agencies will begin immediate inspections of energy storage sites, and the working group is intended to help prevent fires and ensure emergency responders have the necessary training and information to prepare and deploy resources in the event of a fire.
- PUB DATE: 9/1/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: POWER Engineering

Firefighters who battled the deadly Lahaina wildfires on August 8 have earned immense gratitude for their efforts to fend off the historic inferno fed by hurricane force winds and large swaths of fire prone bone-dry brush. Chris Frueh, a psychology professor at the University of Hawaii at Hilo provides insight into short- and long-term medical, psychological and social risks firefighters can sustain in their line of work.
- PUB DATE: 9/1/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: University of Hawaii News

VIDEO: Killeen’s Fire Station 9 held an auction to raise donations for two firefighters who are currently battling cancer. The station has an allotted pool of donations named the Benevolence fund, which goes to taking care of firefighter’s financial stability when they leave work due to medical or personal issues.
- PUB DATE: 9/1/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KWTX-TV CBS 10 Waco

The City of Wausau and Wausau’s Police and Fire Commission have announced the appointment of Jeremy Kopp as Wausau’s next Fire Chief. Kopp has been serving as a firefighter for 28 years since he joined to the Weston Fire Department at 18 years old. From there, he went on to join the Wausau Fire Department in 2004.
- PUB DATE: 8/31/2023 11:27:00 PM - SOURCE: WJFW-TV NBC 12 Rhinelander-Wausau

The Green Bay Metro and Appleton Fire Departments were on the receiving end of $2,000 each in grant money to assist in the purchase of new lifesaving equipment. On Thursday, the charitable foundations of Wisconsin Public Service (WPS) and We Energies unveiled critical safety tools for use by the stations’ firefighters as part of the Rewarding Responders Grant Program.
- PUB DATE: 8/31/2023 6:15:00 PM - SOURCE: WNFL-AM 1440 Green Bay

VIDEO/PHOTOS: Beaver Dam firefighters found themselves in a mess after a semi fire Wednesday morning, literally. The Beaver Dam Fire Department responded to the northbound off ramp at Highway 151 and Madison Street after a fire in the trailer of the semi, which was hauling solid waste at the time. To put out the fire, though, they needed to dump out all that waste onto the highway, leaving a trail of trash behind the semi.
- PUB DATE: 8/31/2023 12:56:00 AM - SOURCE: WMTV NBC 15 Madison

Two Chicago firefighters were rescued after being lured into a home and attacked by a man armed with a knife Tuesday afternoon, fire officials said. Chicago police said the incident occurred in the 7700-block of South Marshfield Avenue at about 12:18 p.m. Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford said firefighters were called to a garage fire.
- PUB DATE: 8/31/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLS-TV ABC 7 Chicago