With the Maryland State Firemen's Association Convention in town, a possible name change is looming. Some feel a simple change to 'Firefighter' would be more inclusive for women. The MSFA said this is not the first time they have heard this proposal and that a name change is 100% on the table this year.
- PUB DATE: 6/21/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBOC-TV CBS/FOX 16 Salisbury

VIDEO: Six months ago, someone dropped off a newborn baby in Florida’s only Safe Haven box located at Ocala Fire Rescue Station 1. Today, Baby Zoey is a happy and healthy little girl in large part thanks to the Safe Haven Baby Box and the rescuer who opened the box, who would become her adoptive father.
- PUB DATE: 6/21/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKMG-TV CBS 6 Orlando

His girlfriend told him not to buy the electric scooter. But Alfonso Villa Muñoz was intrigued. He was working in a Brooklyn bodega last August when a delivery man said he knew someone selling one for $700. Mr. Muñoz said yes. The scooter was cherry red with the number 7 on the front. Under the seat was an extra-large lithium ion battery.
- PUB DATE: 6/21/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Times - Metered Site

Gov. Tony Evers made a stop at Chippewa Falls Fire Station No. 1 on Tuesday after signing a revenue bill that morning which, Evers said, will boost state funding across its cities, counties, villages and towns by at least 20 percent and add $1 billion in funding for public schools under a historic revenue agreement.
- PUB DATE: 6/20/2023 8:30:00 PM - SOURCE: Chippewa Herald - Metered Site

The Green Bay Metro Fire Department has two new fire trucks in its fleet. Of the two trucks, one will go to Station No. 3 in Green Bay, and the other will go to Station No. 8 in Allouez. The new rigs are replacing two older trucks. Battalion Chief Ray Fuiten said the older rigs are being placed in its reserve fleet.
- PUB DATE: 6/20/2023 6:39:00 PM - SOURCE: WGBA-TV NBC 26 Green Bay

...AIR QUALITY ADVISORY ISSUED FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN... The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has issued an Air Quality Advisory for Ozone which will remain in effect until 11:00 PM CDT tonight. This advisory affects people living in the following counties: Lincoln, Marathon, Oneida, Portage, Vilas, Air Quality Alert 2023-06-20T13:19:00-05:00 2023-06-20T23:00:00-05:00 Actual Alert Met Unknown Unknown Unknown Lincoln; Marathon; Oneida; Portage; Vilas; Waushara; Wood FIPS6 055069 055073 055085 055097 055125 055137 055141 UGC WIZ005 WIZ010 WIZ018 WIZ030 WIZ035 WIZ036 WIZ045 VTEC

New video from NewsChopper 9 shows what's left of a warehouse following a four-alarm fire last week. It took nearly 24 hours for Kansas City firefighters to get the fire at Pioneer Pallet under control. Three firefighters were hospitalized with injuries and nearly 200 were needed to combat it. Flames shot up more than 100-feet in the air at the peak of the fire.
- PUB DATE: 6/20/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KMBC-TV ABC 9 Kansas City

VIDEO/PHOTOS: Impossible means nothing to one firefighter in Lawrence, Massachusetts, who is now back to the job he loves after a serious injury nearly killed him. The amputee is officially suiting up, fulltime. “Firefighting means everything to me,” said Miguel Baez, who has worked at the department for more than two decades.
- PUB DATE: 6/20/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBTS-TV NBC 10 Nashua

The Perryton Fire/EMS station is destroyed after an EF-3 tornado struck the town on Thursday evening, and now the department is looking for a new location. Perryton Fire Chief Paul Dutcher said two firefighters were on duty when the tornado hit. “They did manage to make it into the storm shelter into the stairwell.
- PUB DATE: 6/20/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KAMR-TV NBC 4 Amarillo

PHOTOS: Typically, when people call 911 in emergencies, communication with a dispatcher is limited to voice only. But those calling the Ravenna police and fire dispatch center with a cellphone now have the option of providing dispatchers with a livestream video of an incident, thanks to new software.
- PUB DATE: 6/20/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Record-Courier - Metered Site

A fire that injured one person and destroyed several vehicles is under investigation in Howard. Around 8 a.m., firefighters responded to a call of a fire at a storage facility on Velp Avenue in Howard. One person was at the scene when firefighters arrived and was taken to the hospital for minor burns.
- PUB DATE: 6/19/2023 6:15:00 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

...AIR QUALITY ADVISORY ISSUED FOR NORTH-CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN... The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has issued an Air Quality Advisory for Ozone which will remain in effect until 11:00 PM CDT tonight. This advisory affects people living in the following counties: Calumet, Florence, Forest, Langlade, Lincoln, Air Quality Alert 2023-06-19T12:54:00-05:00 2023-06-19T23:00:00-05:00 Actual Alert Met Unknown Unknown Unknown Calumet; Florence; Forest; Langlade; Lincoln; Marathon; Menominee; Northern Marinette County; Northern Oconto County; Oneida; Outagamie; Portage; Shawano; Vilas; Waupaca; Waushara; Winnebago; Wood FIPS6 055015 055037 055041 055067 055069 055073 055075 055078 055083 055085 055087 055097 055115 055125 055135 055137 055139 055141 UGC WIZ005 WIZ010 WIZ011 WIZ012 WIZ013 WIZ018 WIZ019 WIZ020 WIZ021 WIZ030 WIZ031 WIZ035 WIZ036 WIZ037 WIZ038 WIZ045 WIZ048 WIZ049 VTEC

The Green Bay Police Department is taking on a partner to keep neighborhoods safe this Fourth of July. To reduce the overall use of illegal fireworks and related hazards while celebrating Independence Day, the Green Bay Police Department is partnering with the Green Bay Metro Fire Department for fireworks enforcement beginning Friday, June 23, through Tuesday, July 4.
- PUB DATE: 6/19/2023 6:46:53 AM - SOURCE: WLUK-TV FOX 11 Green Bay

Recent weather has created the right conditions for brush fires. A fire in a field started in the Town of Farmington on Thursday after wind picked up a spark that was not properly extinguished. Town of Farmington's Fire Chief Richard Paisley said the sandy ground conditions in the town make it easy for fire to spread.
- PUB DATE: 6/16/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKBT-DT CBS 8 LaCrosse

Firefighters battled a heavy fire that tore through the roof of a commercial building in downtown Los Angeles. The fire broke out at the building in the 700 block of East 9th Street between San Pedro and Crocker streets. Video captured by AIR7HD showed flames rising from the roof, spreading smoke through the area nearby.
- PUB DATE: 6/16/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KABC-TV ABC 7 Los Angeles

PHOTOS: Four old FDNY aerial fire trucks were set to be scrapped and sat rusting at Camp’s salvage yard in Wayne…but one of them was special. It was a rig from FDNY Firehouse Engine 279 & Ladder 131 in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn and emblazoned on its side panel was a memorial for five firefighters who died on 9/11.
- PUB DATE: 6/16/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: TAP into Wayne

VIDEO: November 14, 2020, started off just like any other day for the Harrisonburg Fire Department in Virginia. At 10:07 am, everything changed. The department was alerted for a structure fire, not an uncommon occurrence for the four-station department – serving approximately 52,000 residents and home to James Madison University.
- PUB DATE: 6/16/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: National Fallen Firefighters Foundation

VIDEO: From lifeguards to 911 dispatchers, women are behind the scenes for Walton County emergency operations. HERricane week brings a sea of pink to the concrete shelter in DeFuniak Springs, filled with young women on summer break. “We’re so excited to host these girls and just teach them all about the different fields within public safety as well as just give them empowering skills that they can take throughout their lives,” Walton County Emergency Management Operations Coordinator Catie Feeney said.
- PUB DATE: 6/16/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMBB-TV ABC 13 Panama City

The head of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced plans Thursday to hold a public meeting to further investigate safety issues with lithium-ion batteries in e-bikes following a sting of deadly fires. "Lithium-ion battery fires are deadly and destructive, as we have all learned from recent e-bike fires in New York and around the country," Alexander Hoehn-Saric, chair of the CPSC, tweeted.
- PUB DATE: 6/16/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FOX Business

VIDEO: Police and fire crews were rushing to the north side of the stadium at around 10 a.m. on June 15, 2023. Officials told our reporter Emily Reilly at the scene that the injured worker had to be freed after he became trapped in the construction area of the stadium. First responders only needed seven minutes to get the man out, according to the Green Bay Metro Fire Department.
- PUB DATE: 6/15/2023 11:13:00 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay