...AIR QUALITY ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY EVENING... The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has EXTENDED the Air Quality Advisory for Ozone which will now be in effect through 11 PM CDT SATURDAY night. This advisory affects the full state of Wisconsin. Favorable meteorological conditions combined with the presence of Air Quality Alert 2023-06-23T10:05:00-05:00 2023-06-24T23:00:00-05:00 Actual Alert Met Unknown Unknown Unknown Lincoln; Oneida; Vilas FIPS6 055069 055085 055125 UGC WIZ005 WIZ010 WIZ018 VTEC

...AIR QUALITY ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING... The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has issued an Air Quality Advisory for Ozone which will be in effect through 11 PM CDT tonight. This advisory affects the full state of Wisconsin. Favorable meteorological conditions combined with the presence of aged Canadian wildfire smoke will lead to enhanced surface ozone Air Quality Alert 2023-06-22T13:33:00-05:00 2023-06-23T23:00:00-05:00 Actual Alert Met Unknown Unknown Unknown Brown; Calumet; Door; Florence; Forest; Kewaunee; Langlade; Lincoln; Manitowoc; Marathon; Menominee; Northern Marinette County; Northern Oconto County; Oneida; Outagamie; Portage; Shawano; Southern Marinette County; Southern Oconto County; Vilas; Waupaca; Waushara; Winnebago; Wood FIPS6 055009 055015 055029 055037 055041 055061 055067 055069 055071 055073 055075 055078 055083 055085 055087 055097 055115 055125 055135 055137 055139 055141 UGC WIZ005 WIZ010 WIZ011 WIZ012 WIZ013 WIZ018 WIZ019 WIZ020 WIZ021 WIZ022 WIZ030 WIZ031 WIZ035 WIZ036 WIZ037 WIZ038 WIZ039 WIZ040 WIZ045 WIZ048 WIZ049 WIZ050 WIZ073 WIZ074 VTEC

Medical helicopters can be critical to a person’s survival in rural settings, and that becomes more apparent along a stretch of highway in Chippewa and Rusk Counties. Along Wisconsin Highway 27, the owner of Rocque Ridge Guides and Outfitters Thomas Rocque said helicopters landed on his property three times this year.
- PUB DATE: 6/23/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WEAU-TV NBC 13 Madison

An intense fire erupted at a rubbish yard and spread into commercial-residential buildings, sending a thick plume of smoke billowing into the sky in downtown Los Angeles Thursday afternoon. LAFD crews responded near San Pedro and Seventh streets around 3:10 p.m. Nearly 150 firefighters battled the massive commercial fire near Skid Row.
- PUB DATE: 6/23/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KABC-TV ABC 7 Los Angeles

The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has released a new report, “Fatal Firefighter Injuries in the U.S. in 2022”, which showed a total of 96 on-duty U.S. firefighter fatalities in 2022. Of these deaths, 51 were volunteer firefighters, 38 were career firefighters, six were contractors for federal or state land management agencies, and one was a full-time federal land management employee.
- PUB DATE: 6/23/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Sierra Sun Times

The legacy of Darien-EMS Post 53 is a long one for many of the teenagers who staff it. “Growing up in Darien, you've known what Post is since you were a little kid,” 15-year-old Marin Nehro, a first-year volunteer, said. “Most of the people in here have wanted to do it for a really long time.” For the past 53 years, teenagers like Nehro have provided the town of Darien with much of its emergency medical service, helping deliver babies, navigate a global pandemic and provide lifesaving care to their community.
- PUB DATE: 6/23/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Darien Times - Metered Site

VIDEO: For a second year in a row, the Horry County Fire Rescue team was designated as a Fire Safe South Carolina community. Fire Safe South Carolina is a Palmetto state original. The program is not only designed to teach the public how to stay safe, but to also get firefighters into the communities they serve.
- PUB DATE: 6/23/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMBF-TV NBC 32 Myrtle Beach

VIDEO/PHOTOS: A hailstorm rained down on people attending a concert at Red Rocks Wednesday night. Large hail stones pummeled concertgoers just before 9:30 p.m., sending seven people to the hospital. That was before performer Louis Tomlinson took the stage, and the concert had to be canceled. "It started like an instant.
- PUB DATE: 6/23/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CBS News

A family is without a place to stay after a fire burned through their apartment in Sun Prairie. Sun Prairie Fire & Rescue along with Sun Prairie EMS and Police responded to the 200 block of Foxdale Drive for a fire at an 8-unit multi-family residential building. Smoke was coming from the ground floor unit.
- PUB DATE: 6/22/2023 11:03:00 PM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV ABC 9 Madison

A Madison family is displaced after their home went up in flames Wednesday afternoon, fire officials said. According to the Madison Fire Department, officials were dispatched to the 2600 block of Badger Lane at 3:30 p.m. after callers reported thick black smoke. Firefighters were able to extinguish the fire from the inside quickly, but they said that some hotspots in the ceiling and attic lingered.
- PUB DATE: 6/22/2023 3:44:00 AM - SOURCE: WMTV NBC 15 Madison

According to the Wisconsin DNR, this year's wildfire season is outpacing 2022. Fires have burned nearly three times the amount of acres compared to last year. The season is usually March, April, and May with June often being a wet and green month. However, drought conditions have caused more fires.
- PUB DATE: 6/22/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV ABC 27 Madison

A massive fire at a North Side apartment complex has sent two people to the hospital and forced more than a dozen others out of their homes early Thursday morning, according to the San Antonio Fire Department. The fire was called in just before 3 a.m. at the ICON Apartments in the 1300 block of Patricia Drive, not far from both Blanco Road and Churchill High School.
- PUB DATE: 6/22/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSAT-TV ABC 12 San Antonio

Chitvan Killawala and Umer Bakali want to help protect firefighters from a potential threat. Their strategy to do so does not involve creating a better forcible-entry axe or a thicker face shield but deploying a device no bigger than a USB flash drive. The two University of Miami graduate students have developed a special sensor capable of detecting the real-time presence of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the warm zone at structural fires.
- PUB DATE: 6/22/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: University of Miami

As warehouses continue to pop up in western Hancock County, local fire departments are sounding the alarm. The firefighter’s union said they simply don’t have the staff to fight fires at those massive buildings. At 2.2 million square feet, a brand-new Walmart distribution center in western Hancock County is the largest in the world.
- PUB DATE: 6/22/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WXIN-TV FOX 59 Indianapolis

Missouri’s first responders could be in store for extra help when seeking mental health services. A bill awaiting a decision from Gov. Mike Parson would broaden an existing firefighter cancer trust fund to also help cover mental health services for other first responders, including 911 operators. Sen.
- PUB DATE: 6/22/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Missourinet

VIDEO: The cause of Tuesday night’s massive apartment complex fire in the southwest Las Vegas valley is still under investigation. A statement on Wednesday from the company building the unfinished project thanked the Clark County Fire Department for their work in investigating the blaze. “The Associates of Martin-Harris Construction are disheartened by the fire on June 20, 2023, at our Kaktus Life III Project Site.
- PUB DATE: 6/22/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KLAS-TV CBS 8 Las Vegas

A West Allis apartment fire Wednesday morning, June 21 left at least a dozen people without a home. The West Allis Fire Department was called to the scene near 88th and Maple around 7 a.m. When they got there, flames were coming out of the second floor of the more than 100-year-old building. "Something told me to have her sleep in our room.
- PUB DATE: 6/21/2023 10:54:17 AM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee

...AIR QUALITY ADVISORY ISSUED FOR WISCONSIN... The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has issued an Air Quality Advisory for Ozone which will be in effect through 11 PM CDT Friday night. This advisory affects the full state of Wisconsin. Favorable meteorological conditions combined with the presence of Air Quality Alert 2023-06-21T09:27:00-05:00 2023-06-23T23:00:00-05:00 Actual Alert Met Unknown Unknown Unknown Brown; Calumet; Door; Florence; Forest; Kewaunee; Langlade; Lincoln; Manitowoc; Marathon; Menominee; Northern Marinette County; Northern Oconto County; Oneida; Outagamie; Portage; Shawano; Southern Marinette County; Southern Oconto County; Vilas; Waupaca; Waushara; Winnebago; Wood FIPS6 055009 055015 055029 055037 055041 055061 055067 055069 055071 055073 055075 055078 055083 055085 055087 055097 055115 055125 055135 055137 055139 055141 UGC WIZ005 WIZ010 WIZ011 WIZ012 WIZ013 WIZ018 WIZ019 WIZ020 WIZ021 WIZ022 WIZ030 WIZ031 WIZ035 WIZ036 WIZ037 WIZ038 WIZ039 WIZ040 WIZ045 WIZ048 WIZ049 WIZ050 WIZ073 WIZ074 VTEC

PHOTOS: Dozens of Clark County Fire Department units responded on Tuesday afternoon after a large fire broke out at an apartment complex under construction in the southwest Las Vegas Valley at approximately 4:29 p.m. CCFD reported at least 20 units responded to a two-alarm fire on the 8000 block of W.
- PUB DATE: 6/21/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KVVU-TV FOX 5 Henderson

A pioneering firefighter is getting some overdue recognition. The Mississippi Senate and the City of Starkville have honored former Starkville fire Chief Willie Johnson with a resolution from the state. Johnson was the first African American fire chief in the state of Mississippi. Johnson’s legacy began in 1988 when he took on the unprecedented role.
- PUB DATE: 6/21/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCBI-TV CBS 4 Columbus