VIDEO/PHOTOS: The Waco Fire Department is celebrating a major milestone. This year marks 150 years for the department; 150 years of service, courage and sacrifice for the city of Waco and its residents. The beginning: On March 23, 1873, a devastating fire destroyed a number of small businesses and professional offices on Bridge Street.
- PUB DATE: 5/25/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCEN-TV NBC 6 Temple

PHOTOS: Officials with the Portage Fire Department say a massive fire at a recycling center has been 90% contained, but crews will continue to work at the scene on Thursday. In an update on Facebook Thursday morning, the Portage Fire Department said crews worked through the night to control the fire before they were sent home at 4 a.
- PUB DATE: 5/24/2023 10:19:00 PM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS/MyNetworkTV 3 Madison

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THURSDAY... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures from 26 to 32 degrees expected. * WHERE...Vilas, Florence, Forest, and Northern Marinette County Counties. * WHEN...Until 7 AM CDT Thursday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops and other Freeze Warning 2023-05-25T01:00:00-05:00 2023-05-25T07:00:00-05:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Moderate Likely Florence; Forest; Northern Marinette County; Vilas FIPS6 055037 055041 055075 055125 UGC WIZ005 WIZ011 WIZ012 WIZ013 VTEC /O.CON.KGRB.FZ.W.0001.230525T0600Z-230525T1200Z/

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM CDT THURSDAY... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures from 26 to 32 degrees expected. * WHERE...Vilas, Florence, Forest, and Northern Marinette County Counties. * WHEN...From 1 AM to 7 AM CDT Thursday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops and other Freeze Warning 2023-05-25T01:00:00-05:00 2023-05-25T07:00:00-05:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Moderate Likely Florence; Forest; Northern Marinette County; Vilas FIPS6 055037 055041 055075 055125 UGC WIZ005 WIZ011 WIZ012 WIZ013 VTEC /O.CON.KGRB.FZ.W.0001.230525T0600Z-230525T1200Z/

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM CDT THURSDAY... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures from 26 to 32 degrees expected. * WHERE...Vilas, Florence, Forest, and Northern Marinette County Counties. * WHEN...From 1 AM to 7 AM CDT Thursday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other Freeze Warning 2023-05-25T01:00:00-05:00 2023-05-25T07:00:00-05:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Moderate Likely Florence; Forest; Northern Marinette County; Vilas FIPS6 055037 055041 055075 055125 UGC WIZ005 WIZ011 WIZ012 WIZ013 VTEC /O.CON.KGRB.FZ.W.0001.230525T0600Z-230525T1200Z/

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM CDT THURSDAY... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures from 26 to 31 degrees expected. * WHERE...Vilas, Florence, Forest, and Northern Marinette County Counties. * WHEN...From 1 AM to 7 AM CDT Thursday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops and other Freeze Warning 2023-05-25T01:00:00-05:00 2023-05-25T07:00:00-05:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Moderate Likely Florence; Forest; Northern Marinette County; Vilas FIPS6 055037 055041 055075 055125 UGC WIZ005 WIZ011 WIZ012 WIZ013 VTEC /O.NEW.KGRB.FZ.W.0001.230525T0600Z-230525T1200Z/

VIDEO/PHOTO: If you saw smoke on the horizon near the Central Wisconsin Airport Tuesday, no need to panic. It was all part of a training exercise to refresh the airport staff on emergency skills. "We have an FAA approved mobile simulator that goes all around the country and it has this live fire that is propane derived so when the fire trucks show up, they spray their water and they're able to practice as if it was in a real life scenario," said Louis Kurtz, owner of ARFF Specialists, who lead the training.
- PUB DATE: 5/24/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WAOW-TV ABC 9 Wausau

Several students were evacuated safely after a fire engulfed an entire school bus in Queens on Tuesday. First responders received a call around 3:45 p.m. of multiple vehicles on fire at 65-44 Saunders Street in Rego Park. Newscopter 7 was over the scene and captured a school bus engulfed in flames with black smoke swirling into the sky.
- PUB DATE: 5/24/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WABC-TV ABC 7 New York

Water, and lots of it, is one of a firefighter’s most powerful weapons. But a small vial of blood can also go a long way in saving lives among their ranks. Virginia Beach is screening hundreds of firefighters this week for more than 50 types of cancer — which is the leading cause of line-of-duty deaths in departments nationwide.
- PUB DATE: 5/24/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Virginian-Pilot - Metered Site

VIDEO: The world of IndyCar got an up-close look at the Indianapolis 500 Track Rescue teams Monday, when Stefan Wilson and Katherine Legge crashed in Turn 1 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. But what fans might not realize is how many women respond to those wrecks. “When I go out in public and I’m wearing anything that says track rescue on it, they’re like, ‘Oh, your husband’s a member of the track rescue team?’ And I’m like, ‘No I am!’” Amber Hull said.
- PUB DATE: 5/24/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WISH-TV CW 8 Indianapolis

VIDEO: NBC reveals the real-life heroes on “LA Fire & Rescue,” a new docuseries from Wolf Entertainment (the producers behind NBC’s hit drama “Chicago Fire”), and Universal Television Alternative Studio and 44 Blue Productions. The series offers unprecedented access to the inner workings of the Los Angeles County Fire Department and premieres Wednesday, June 21 at 8 p.
- PUB DATE: 5/24/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Hollywood Outbreak

...AIR QUALITY ADVISORY ISSUED FOR WISCONSIN... The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has issued an Air Quality Advisory for Ozone from noon until 11:00 PM CDT tonight. This advisory affects people living in the following counties: Brown, Calumet, Door, Florence, Forest, Kewaunee, Langlade, Lincoln, Manitowoc, Marathon, Marinette, Menominee, Oconto, Air Quality Alert 2023-05-23T11:28:00-05:00 2023-05-23T23:00:00-05:00 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

As of Monday evening, fire officials said a massive fire in the Town of Polk is 85 to 90% contained. Assistant Fire Chief Brad Schaefer with the Slinger Fire Department said the containment comes after more than 150 firefighters from 45 departments battled the flames for upwards of 24 hours. “We have full-time paid, on-call and volunteer fire departments that are all here working seamlessly together.
- PUB DATE: 5/23/2023 12:38:00 AM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV ABC 27 Madison

PHOTOS: First responders were working to battle a large house fire in Anne Arundel County on Monday. Firefighters were called to 100 block of Wallace Manor Road in Edgewater, officials said. Everyone inside made it out safely, according to the Anne Arundel County Fire Department. Residents were asked to avoid the area.
- PUB DATE: 5/23/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJLA-TV ABC 7 Washington, D.C.

President Joe Biden yesterday nominated telecom attorney Anna Gomez to be the fifth FCC commissioner and renominated current commissioners Geoffrey Starks and Brendan Carr to serve additional five-year terms on the FCC. “I thank President Biden for this honor,” Gomez tweeted yesterday. “I am humbled and grateful.
- PUB DATE: 5/23/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: IWCE's Urgent Communications

"Odd Hours, No Pay, Cool Hat." That's a new film that honors volunteer firefighters. It premiered over the weekend at Deere and Company world headquarters in Moline. The goal is to encourage more people to volunteer. Jacob Smith is a "product dissolve specialist" at John Deere in Silvis. He also volunteers for the Hillsdale and Coal Valley fire departments.
- PUB DATE: 5/23/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WVIK-FM 90.3 Rock Island

VIDEO: EMS national week is May 21 through May 27, and it is an opportunity to celebrate emergency medical services staff and the work they do in our communities. In Denver alone, paramedics at Denver Health respond to more than 120,000 calls every year. But it would not be possible to do without proper training.
- PUB DATE: 5/23/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CBS Colorado

VIDEO: Arlington County Fire and EMS addressed an image showing an explosion near the Pentagon Monday, tweeting that there was no credibility to the picture. The photo was posted on Twitter and circulated across social media platforms. Some news outlets, including Russia Today, were among the organizations and people who shared the image, which appeared to show a large cloud of smoke rising near a building.
- PUB DATE: 5/23/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: DC News Now

On May 21, 2023 at approximately 7:23 p.m. the Washington County Communications Center began taking 911 calls reporting smoke and flame coming from Oak Creek Wood Products, which is located alongside I-41 south of Slinger in the Town of Polk. The first responding Deputy observed dark smoke coming from the area while still en route.
- PUB DATE: 5/22/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Washington County Insider

VIDEO: House bill 213 is being fast-tracked through the Alabama legislature right now. One of the main draws for the bill is it could help EMTs and paramedics be reimbursed for their college expenses in full, unlike previously where portions of their college expenses were paid for, according to Chauncey Wood, Governmental Affairs Legislative Liaison for the Alabama Rescue Squad Association.
- PUB DATE: 5/22/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBMA-LD ABC 33/40 Birmingham