VIDEO: One retired fire crew that has turned into collectors has been looking to tap into the little kid energy that often follows a field trip to a local firehouse. "My family had no problem buying for me at Christmas," said Bob Franklin, retired Little Rock captain. "It was always fire trucks." He has used that story to explain what drove him to more than 50 years in the fire service.
- PUB DATE: 3/30/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTHV-TV CBS 11 Little Rock

The IAFC is now accepting nominations for the IAFC Ben Franklin Award for Valor. Since 1970, the IAFC’s most prestigious award has recognized the spirit of service, courage and heroism that is a proud tradition among the world's fire and emergency service. The program is named for one of the first fire chiefs in the United States, Benjamin Franklin.
- PUB DATE: 3/30/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: IAFC.org

Lake Country Fire & Rescue‘s chief said they’ve been experiencing closed fire stations and fewer firefighters because of a lack of funds. On April 4, voters could shape the department. Fire officials called the Wisconsin spring election critical. If voters in two communities agree to tax increases or fees, crews say they’ll be able to get to emergencies more quickly.
- PUB DATE: 3/29/2023 6:48:07 PM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee

A drone helped bring an area teen home safe Monday. Officials say it started when the fourteen-year-old boy, who lived near Babcock, went for a walk with his dog. "The juvenile had been missing for about an hour, family had already been searching for him," said Wood County Sheriff Shawn Becker. Pittsville Fire Company was called in to use their drone, and after nearly two hours he was found near the Pittsville School Forest.
- PUB DATE: 3/29/2023 3:15:00 PM - SOURCE: WXOW-TV ABC 19 La Crosse

A Sun Prairie resident was badly burned during an overnight kitchen fire, according to the Sun Prairie Fire Department. Fire officials said they were called to the 200 block of Foxdale Drive just before 1 a.m. Wednesday for a report of a building fire. When crews arrived to the multi-family building, they learned a kitchen fire happened in one of the units.
- PUB DATE: 3/29/2023 2:15:00 PM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV ABC 27 Madison

A fire at an apartment building on Madison's southwest side Wednesday afternoon left two dogs dead and three people displaced, the city's fire department said. The fire was reported in the 2300 block of Carling Drive around 1:50 p.m. Madison Fire Department spokesperson Cynthia Schuster said firefighters arrived to find smoke and flames in a unit in the building.
- PUB DATE: 3/29/2023 1:11:00 PM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison

VIDEO/PHOTOS: Three people are dead following a structure fire near 33rd and Fairmount in Milwaukee Wednesday morning, March 29. Crews were called to the scene around 4:30 a.m. Upon arrival, crews found the basement and first floor engulfed in flames. An 83-year-old Milwaukee man was pronounced dead at the scene.
- PUB DATE: 3/29/2023 8:19:26 AM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee

One person is dead, two are unaccounted for and several others are hospitalized following a massive fire that consumed a rooming house in New Bedford on Tuesday afternoon. As of Tuesday evening, fire officials were using a drone to peer through windows and search the ruined building. "We can confirm one fatality," Mayor Jon Mitchell said.
- PUB DATE: 3/29/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCVB-TV ABC 5 Boston

Since Sept. 28, when Southwest Florida’s first responders and dispatchers took thousands of heartbreaking 911 calls, there has been a big focus on those first responders’ mental well-being. Part of Florida’s emergency response plan for Ian was providing mental health support for our first responders.
- PUB DATE: 3/29/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WINK-TV CBS 11 Fort Myers

PHOTOS: While some doctors play golf or tennis on their days off, one local emergency room physician spends his free time riding along with the Peoria Fire Department with his camera. Dr. Elsburgh Clarke is an ER doctor at Hopedale Medical Complex. He’s been working in emergency medicine for more than 40 years and previously trained at LA County Hospital, where he began taking photographs.
- PUB DATE: 3/29/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCBU.org

With a proposed $750 million grant program, the newly introduced FIRE STATION Act (Facilitating Investment Required for Emergency Services to All Towns in Our Nation Act), put forth by U.S. Sens. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), as well as U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), pushes for modifications, upgrades and build-up of fire and EMS facilities across the country.
- PUB DATE: 3/29/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Homeland Preparedness News

VIDEO: Zach Krato is a Florissant Valley Fire District firefighter, husband, and dad who has spent over a decade serving as a first responder. Zach receives the FOX 2 Proud to Serve award in March 2023, including $500 from Brown & Brown Law Firm. In addition to being a valued firefighter, Zach has the added responsibility of implementing and training the district on the ‘STARS’ program.
- PUB DATE: 3/29/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTVI-TV FOX 2 St. Louis

A Madison man was arrested in Boston Tuesday on charges connected to the firebombing of a Madison anti-abortion office building in May of 2022. Hridndu Sankar Roychowdhury, 29, is charged with one count of attempting to cause damage by means of fire or an explosive, according to court documents. Early in the morning of May 8, 2022, two Molotov cocktails were thrown into the Wisconsin Family Action building, in the 2800 block of International Lane, Madison Police previously stated.
- PUB DATE: 3/28/2023 9:54:17 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

A Soundview house fire has left multiple families without a home overnight, officials say. Firefighters responded to the house fire on Rosedale Avenue at around 11 p.m. Monday. The owners of the home lived there since 2017 and included three brothers and their parents who lived on the second floor and another family downstairs who rented the space.
- PUB DATE: 3/28/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: News 12 Bronx

VIDEO: Changes are being made to work schedules for some Summerville firefighters that could give them more time with family. Traditionally, firefighters worked 24 hours in a row, and then they would get 48 hours off. So, you would work one day and then have two days off. But a new plan would give them a better schedule and spend more time with their loved ones.
- PUB DATE: 3/28/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCDB-TV NBC/CW+ 2 Charleston

VIDEO: Fox 4 is following up on a recall for a brand of eye drops called EzriCare Artificial Tears or Delsam Pharma’s Artificial Tears. According to the CDC and FDA, these eye drops have caused 3 deaths, dozens of infections, and more than a handful of vision loss cases. It was just 3 days ago that North Collier County said their Fire Captain has been affected by these eye drops.
- PUB DATE: 3/28/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFTX-TV FOX 4 Cape Coral

VIDEO: The first ambulance service in the United States reportedly rolled to the aid of patients in Cincinnati, Ohio, on this day in history, March 28, 1866. "For many years, Bellevue Hospital in New York claimed to have introduced the first citywide ambulance service in 1869, but records show Cincinnati beat them to it," the Cincinnati Enquirer reported in 2018.
- PUB DATE: 3/28/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FOX News

VIDEO: The survivor of a house fire in Columbus is making good on his mission to reward the crew at the station that came to his rescue. The fire, more than 10 years ago, caused $325,000 in damage. “It was fully involved,” Firefighter Jeffrey Yepez told WRBL. “When we pulled out, we could see heavy black smoke.
- PUB DATE: 3/28/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WRBL-TV CBS 3 Columbus

A high schooler in Pittsville is returning the favor to the fire department, helping them in their time of need. It may lead to a lasting partnership with the school district. Fire Chief Jerry Minor says it all started when the department was gifted a drone. "Part of the package with the drone is how do we charge the drone batteries in a remote setting," he said.
- PUB DATE: 3/27/2023 11:57:00 PM - SOURCE: WAOW-TV ABC 9 Wausau

PHOTOS: A livestock barn in Ozaukee County caught fire over the weekend, and over ten agencies were called to assist. The Grafton Fire Department posted on its Facebook page about a barn fire that happened on March 25. Around 6:15 p.m., fire crews were sent to a reported fire east of Port Washington Road on Lakefield Road.
- PUB DATE: 3/27/2023 10:51:09 PM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV CBS 5 Green Bay