Thursday, International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) President and Board Chair, Chief Donna Black, testified before the Research & Technology Subcommittee of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology to support the reauthorization of the Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) program, the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) program, and the U.
- PUB DATE: 5/12/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: IAFC.org

VIDEO/PHOTOS: Flames poured out of the second and third windows of an abandoned rowhome, lighting the early morning sky. Crews from multiple fire engines rushed inside, but within minutes the interior of the building collapsed, killing three firefighters and badly wounding a fourth. It was the Baltimore City Fire Department's worst on-duty loss of life since the mid 1950s.
- PUB DATE: 5/12/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FOX News

VIDEO: Police agencies across central Ohio are looking for thieves who have been busting into cars owned by firefighters while they are on duty keeping communities safe. Two suspects were captured on security camera outside Concord Township Fire Station No. 341 on Dublin Road shortly before midnight on Wednesday.
- PUB DATE: 5/12/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSYX-TV ABC/FOX/MyNetworkTV 6 Columbus

VIDEO: With the variety of accident-avoidance technology now available on passenger cars, there is growing interest in making it mandatory on the big rig trucks that travel the highways each day. It's the kind of thing that could have made a difference in a tragic accident more than 40 years ago that changed California's rules of the road.
- PUB DATE: 5/12/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPIX-TV CBS 5 San Francisco

United States Attorney Gregory J. Haanstad of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that on May 10, 2023, 32-year-old Jonathan T. Lane, of Plymouth, Wisconsin, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for arson to a building. According to court filings, Lane admitted that on November 9, 2017, he started a fire in a small, two-story apartment building in Plymouth, Wisconsin.
- PUB DATE: 5/11/2023 11:05:00 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

VIDEO: The Kenosha Fire Department is facing a challenge hitting many communities in trying to find enough people to fill vacant positions. As recently as five years ago, the department said they would have more than a thousand applicants for each yearly recruiting class, which consists of about 18 members.
- PUB DATE: 5/11/2023 4:30:00 PM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee

One person is safe after a mobile home caught fire early this morning in Oconto County. Fire swept through the home on Whipporwhill Lane at about 5:30. The property is about a mile off Highway 41, in the town of Pensaukee. The person who lived here got out. The flames were out but the building was still smoking when our Action 2 News crew arrived on the scene at about 6:30 a.
- PUB DATE: 5/11/2023 1:54:00 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

VIDEO: Jackson Busch plans to pursue a career as a paramedic and volunteer for the same fire department his father Brian Busch served on when he was killed in the line of duty. Mineral Point Fire Department Captain Brian Busch and Jim Ludlum were killed when a semi hit their fire truck on the highway.
- PUB DATE: 5/11/2023 1:29:00 AM - SOURCE: WMTV NBC 15 Madison

A massive overnight fire in Washington Park destroyed two houses and damaged a third home. No serious injuries are being reported; however, one firefighter was treated at the scene for heat exhaustion. It all happened on Portland Place, not far from Route 111 and north of I-64. Authorities told FOX 2 the two homes that were destroyed were both vacant, the third home which is damaged was occupied.
- PUB DATE: 5/11/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTVI-TV FOX 2 St. Louis

VIDEO: Public-safety and utility officials announced Wednesday that the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department will soon have another tool to keep the public safe — an agency-wide set of multi-gas detectors slated to be distributed to the city's emergency-response vehicles. The devices, which can detect natural gas, carbon monoxide and other toxic vapors, were donated by San Diego Gas & Electric and will be delivered to all 52 SDFRD stations this year, officials said during a morning briefing at San Diego Fire Station 45 in Mission Valley.
- PUB DATE: 5/11/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KNSD-TV NBC 7 San Diego

VIDEO: Tucked away at a Buffalo fire station is the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives' (ATF) National Response Team truck — a mobile unit filled with tools and tech to investigate fires and explosions anywhere in the nation. “When we get on scene, we want to get right to work,” said Mark Meeks, ATF special agent in charge from the Albany field office.
- PUB DATE: 5/11/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Spectrum News 1 - Metered Site

When Arlington firefighters respond to drug overdoses, they could soon start bringing along enough doses of an opioid-reversal drug to leave some behind. This is part of a statewide effort “to prevent fatal overdoses and increase community access” to the nasal spray Narcan, one form of the reversal drug called naloxone.
- PUB DATE: 5/11/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ARL Now

VIDEO/PHOTOS: Madison Fire Chief Chris Carbon gave an update on the explosion in the area of South Gammon Road and Park Ridge Drive in Madison. According to Chief Carbon, multiple injuries have been reported. First responders took one person to the hospital, and three others traveled to the hospital on their own.
- PUB DATE: 5/10/2023 12:00:00 PM - SOURCE: WXOW-TV ABC 19 LaCrosse

VIDEO: The Marshfield Fire Department has made it their mission to work with kids who they say have a habit of starting fires, using illegal fireworks, or pulling fire alarm pranks, to help them learn that fire is a tool, not a toy. Relief Lieutenant Tony Feiter says that it's about more than teaching kids not to play with fire, but also that it can be as serious as life and death.
- PUB DATE: 5/10/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WAOW-TV ABC 9 Wausau

On May 9, 2013, a massive truck fire erupted on the ramp of Route 22/322 in Dauphin County. The fire caused many headaches for motorists and people around the area. According to abc27 media partner Lancaster Online/LNP, reports said that the truck was heading northbound when it flipped over on a ramp to Route 22/322 westbound.
- PUB DATE: 5/10/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHTM-TV ABC 27 Harrisburg

Tuesday, the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) announced the launch of the modernization effort to develop a new, interoperable fire information and analytics platform, known as the National Emergency Response Information System (NERIS), for the American fire and emergency services. This effort is being carried out as a partnership between USFA and the US Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate (S&T).
- PUB DATE: 5/10/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FEMA.gov

PHOTOS: I am betting there are many out there that would agree that there's something kinda cool about a shiny new fire engine. After all, isn't that why toy companies have been marketing toy versions of them to kids for the better part of the last hundred years?! As cool as a shiny new fire engine might be, it's even cooler when it's customized for the town it's going to serve, and even cooler still, when that customization comes at the hands of one of the fire department's very own! Meet Orono Firefighter, Dennis Bean.
- PUB DATE: 5/10/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WQCB-FM 106.5 Brewer

VIDEO: A newer safety feature on iPhones is creating an unexpected challenge for first responders. Crash detection technology automatically alerts 911 if you're in a crash. But it's also leading to false positives - emergency runs, with no emergency. That happened two times in two days last week in Johnson County.
- PUB DATE: 5/10/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTHR-TV NBC 13 Indianapolis

When Shannon Anthoine is in public in her impressive uniform, she gets a lot of comments, questions and stares. "What do I call you?" asked one girl. A firefighter is fine, Anthoine said. She knows she is a role model and would like to see more female firefighters. "Females add another dimension to the department," Anthoine said.
- PUB DATE: 5/9/2023 4:00:48 AM - SOURCE: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Metered Site

...PATCHY DENSE FOG EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING... Patchy dense fog, with visibilities of 1/4 mile or less, may develop across Vilas County early this morning. The patchy dense fog is expected to continue through 8 am or 9 am before lifting. Motorists traveling across the region overnight can expect rapidly changing and poor visibilities at times. Remember to turn Special Weather Statement 2023-05-08T21:33:00-05:00 2023-05-09T09:00:00-05:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Minor Observed Vilas FIPS6 055125 UGC WIZ005 VTEC