VIDEO: A new 20-minute video has been released by the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board involving the 2018 Husky refinery explosion and fire in Superior. The goal of the board is to “drive chemical safety change through independent investigations to protect people and the environment.” The 2018 incident injured 36 workers, caused roughly $550 million in damage to the facility and released 39,000 pounds of flammable hydrocarbon vapor into the air.
- PUB DATE: 6/12/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KQDS-TV FOX 21 Duluth

As the 2023 hurricane season officially begins, state legislatures have so far kept pace with related legislative activity of prior years. Disaster resilience bills enacted so far reflect a range of topics both similar to and divergent from 2021-22 trends. These results, and the methodology behind them, can be found in a December report on the 2022 legislative session from Columbia Climate School’s National Center for Disaster Preparedness.
- PUB DATE: 6/12/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Columbia Climate School

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM CDT MONDAY... * WHAT...Temperatures from 31 to 36 degrees will result in frost formation. * WHERE...Langlade, Lincoln, Oneida, Vilas, Florence, and Forest Counties. * WHEN...From 1 AM to 7 AM CDT Monday. Frost Advisory 2023-06-12T01:00:00-05:00 2023-06-12T07:00:00-05:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Minor Likely Florence; Forest; Langlade; Lincoln; Oneida; Vilas FIPS6 055037 055041 055067 055069 055085 055125 UGC WIZ005 WIZ010 WIZ011 WIZ012 WIZ018 WIZ019 VTEC /O.NEW.KGRB.FR.Y.0005.230612T0600Z-230612T1200Z/

PHOTOS: A single-family home in Evansville is likely a total loss after an overnight fire, Chief Bob Fahey told 27 News. Rock County Communications told 27 News the call for the fire on the 100 block of North Sixth Street came in around 3:45 Sunday morning. Fahey says there were five people inside the home at the time of the fire, who were all able to escape.
- PUB DATE: 6/11/2023 2:46:00 PM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV ABC 27 Madison

Neighbors helped a resident escape off the roof of a home after a fire Thursday night in Beaver Dam. The report of a porch fire came in to the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office around 7:25 p.m. on the 200 block of E. Third Street. Crews reported seeing the fire on the first and second floors of the home when they arrived.
- PUB DATE: 6/9/2023 5:45:00 AM - SOURCE: WMTV NBC 15 Madison

...ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY... Very dry conditions, with relative humidity falling into the 15 to 25 percent range, will result in elevated fire potential this afternoon. The areas of greatest concern are the sandy soil regions of northern and central Wisconsin. Persistent dry weather has caused an increase in fire activity in recent days. Special Weather Statement 2023-06-09T04:20:00-05:00 2023-06-09T20:00:00-05:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Minor Observed 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

Flames lit up the sky over southwest Phoenix Thursday night as firefighters battled a massive blaze that broke out at a wood pallet facility near 35th Avenue and Lower Buckeye Road. According to Captain Todd Keller with Phoenix Fire, crews were called to the area around 8 p.m. after receiving a call about a fire coming from the business.
- PUB DATE: 6/9/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTVK-TV CBS 3 & KPHO-TV CBS 5 Phoenix (AZ Family)

VIDEO: The Dickinson Fire Department has been actively engaged in a series of rigorous training activities this summer. While their schedule is not atypical for their firefighters, the number of eyes witnessing the behind-the-scenes efforts is new. Throughout the year, Dickinson firefighters participate in a diverse range of training exercises, including bailout drills and downed firefighter CPR, which aim to enhance their skills and better serve the community by ensuring their readiness for emergencies.
- PUB DATE: 6/9/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Dickinson Press - Metered Site

VIDEO: Twenty five years ago Thursday, what at the time was the world’s larges grain elevator exploded southwest of Wichita, killing seven and injuring 10. The results and recovery efforts by emergency crews at the DeBruce Grain elevator went on for weeks. On June 8, 1998, Sedgwick County firefighters Ray Hensley and Robert Timmons responded to the hectic scene southwest of Wichita.
- PUB DATE: 6/9/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KWCH-DT CBS 12 Hutchinson

VIDEOS: When Ina Garten, the celebrated host of Food Network’s Barefoot Contessa, steps into the kitchen, culinary magic happens. But what transpires when she dons her apron not in her classic Hamptons home, but in a bustling fire station? In the episode “Drill Dinner,” Garten combined her culinary prowess with a local hero to whip up a decidedly un-Barefoot Contessa meal for East Hampton’s bravest.
- PUB DATE: 6/9/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Showbiz Cheat Sheet

Republican lawmakers and Democratic Gov. Tony Evers have reached a bipartisan deal in a plan that gives more tax money to local governments and saves Milwaukee and Milwaukee County from a looming fiscal crisis. The city would be allowed to raise its sales tax by 2% and the county by .04% to cover ballooning pension costs.
- PUB DATE: 6/8/2023 11:23:00 PM - SOURCE: WTMJ-TV NBC 4 Milwaukee

...ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY... Very dry conditions, with relative humidity falling into the 15 to 25 percent range, will result in elevated fire potential this afternoon and again on Friday afternoon. The areas of greatest concern are the sandy soil regions of northern and central Wisconsin. Persistent dry weather has caused an increase Special Weather Statement 2023-06-08T03:03:00-05:00 2023-06-08T20:00:00-05:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Minor Observed 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

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Temperatures in the lower to middle 30s will result in frost formation. * WHERE...Lincoln, Oneida, Vilas, Florence, Forest, and Northern Marinette County Counties. * WHEN...Until 7 AM CDT this morning. Frost Advisory 2023-06-08T03:03:00-05:00 2023-06-08T07:00:00-05:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Minor Likely Florence; Forest; Lincoln; Northern Marinette County; Oneida; Vilas FIPS6 055037 055041 055069 055075 055085 055125 UGC WIZ005 WIZ010 WIZ011 WIZ012 WIZ013 WIZ018 VTEC /O.CON.KGRB.FR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-230608T1200Z/

The Amherst Fire District has some new digs for work in the field. The AFD’s 24-foot-long Mobile Medical and Incident Command Center was unveiled last month at the department’s annual pancake breakfast. Assistant Fire Chief Adam Meshak on Wednesday said that the department was awaiting some final implements, but the trailer will be ready for action at the MREA’s annual Energy Fair later this month.
- PUB DATE: 6/8/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Point/Plover Metro Wire

VIDEO/PHOTOS: A fire tore through a large industrial building in the Salmon Creek area north of Vancouver late Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning and destroyed at least seven businesses, according to a news release from Clark County Fire District 6. There were no reported injuries. Dispatch records show crews were initially called to a commercial fire at 14615 NE 13th Court at around 10:45 p.
- PUB DATE: 6/8/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KGW-TV NBC 8 Portland

PHOTOS: A shadowy figure pitched a Molotov cocktail onto the veranda of the Texas Governor's Mansion 15 years ago, then vanished into the night-cloaked oaks. We might never know who torched and nearly destroyed the Texas landmark, now 167 years old, on June 8, 2008. Although there was surveillance video, the Texas Department of Public Safety has yet to charge anyone, and the statute of limitations for the crime expired in 2019.
- PUB DATE: 6/8/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: San Antonio Express-News - Metered Site

VIDEO: Dane County EMS is reporting double the national average success rate when returning a person who suffered cardiac arrest to quality of life. “We respond to just over 400 sudden cardiac arrests in a given year. In Dane County, for every patient that we respond to, we have about a 15% success rate in returning that person to a quality of life.
- PUB DATE: 6/8/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMTV NBC/CW 15 Madison

An FDNY spokesperson said Wednesday that no firehouses will be used to help address the city’s ongoing migrant crisis despite a fake memo circulating online. Social media users flooded websites with the fake memo, purportedly from Chief of Operations John Esposito, Tuesday night saying that firehouses would shelter migrants in their living quarters under orders from the office of Mayor Eric Adams, but FDNY spokeswoman Amanda Farinacci confirmed Wednesday that it was a fake.
- PUB DATE: 6/8/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: SILive.com

VIDEO/PHOTOS: Firefighters got real-world training they hope never to have to use in one of Norfolk Southern’s railyards in East Point Tuesday afternoon. The training comes a little more than four months after a devastating derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, which displaced about 5,000 residents. "We can do better," said Alan Shaw, CEO of Norfolk Southern, promising changes.
- PUB DATE: 6/8/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WAGA-TV FOX 5 Atlanta

VIDEO/PHOTOS: Milwaukee police are looking for the man who burglarized a home near 35th and Locust and then set it on fire Tuesday, June 6. Neighbors watched as the man walked out of the home with appliances and flames shot from the windows. "Just to see this, it hurts my heart," said Miranda Meeks.
- PUB DATE: 6/7/2023 8:04:00 PM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee