An overnight fire may in Brooklyn may have been caused by a lithium-ion battery. It left two people injured. The fire broke out on Goodwin Place in Bushwick just after 1:30 a.m. A 3-story attached home was filled with flames. The fire moved through all the floors, according to the FDNY. 138 firefighters were at the scene.
- PUB DATE: 2/14/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WNYW-TV FOX 5 New York City

Fire Chief Gene Gallegos is retiring after serving as a firefighter for Albuquerque Fire Rescue since 2000. Mayor Keller has appointed First Deputy Chief of Emergency Services, Emily Jaramillo, as the next Chief for AFR. Emily Jaramillo will be the first woman to lead the state’s largest Fire Rescue in its 123 year history.
- PUB DATE: 2/14/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Paper

The Wausau Fire Department has been having a bit of fun while the crew isn't fighting fires or rescuing people around the community. The department posted a video on its Facebook page Monday, premiering its full parody episode of "The Office," a popular sitcom that began in 2005. "The Fire Department" introduces the crew while having a good amount of fun, taking to the comedic style of "The Office.
- PUB DATE: 2/14/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLUK-TV FOX 11 Green Bay

PHOTOS: A Philadelphia Eagles fan apparently didn't handle his team's Super Bowl loss to the Kansas City Chiefs very well. Edward Dalasandro, 25, of Philadelphia was arrested Sunday night after the Martin County Sheriff's Office said he vandalized a fire station and assaulted a firefighter with a meat cleaver.
- PUB DATE: 2/14/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPTV NBC 5 Palm Beach

Husband and wife firefighters in Montgomery County cherish the opportunity to volunteer alongside one another. In celebration of Valentine’s Day, the Montgomery County Fire Chiefs Association is happy to recognize these couples. Tyler Miles and Gina Walters-Miles began volunteering at Limerick Fire Department as junior firefighters at age 16.
- PUB DATE: 2/14/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Reporter - Metered Site

A cattle hauler carrying 41 cows fell onto its side after a crash just outside Green Bay Monday morning. The crash involved the cattle hauler and a personal vehicle at Lime Kiln and Verlin roads at about 6:45 a.m., near the JBS plant. The Green Bay Metro Fire Department says it arrived to find the tractor-trailer overturned and blocking the intersection, and a power pole struck.
- PUB DATE: 2/13/2023 3:51:00 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

A fire that erupted on Monday morning was quickly extinguished by Sheboygan Fire Department crews, limiting damage and preventing any injuries. The call reporting a structure fire in the 1200 block of South 17th Street came in shortly after 9:30 Monday morning, and crews arrived at the scene within 3 minutes of being dispatched.
- PUB DATE: 2/13/2023 1:08:14 PM - SOURCE: WXER-FM 104.5 Sheboygan County

Firefighters have made progress overnight in the effort to extinguish a huge facility fire in Wayne County, a spokesman said Sunday morning. First responders remain at the scene in Dudley and have been aided by rain throughout the evening and morning as they battle the enormous blaze at National Salvage and Service Corp.
- PUB DATE: 2/13/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTVD-TV ABC 11 Durham

VIDEO: Being a firefighter and EMT is a tough job that calls for perfect communication skills. That’s why a Kirby firefighter says people underestimate her and her extreme hearing loss. However, thanks to state-of-the-art technology, she can save lives just as well as her crew members. “There was something about wanting to have that challenge,” Konstance Garner said.
- PUB DATE: 2/13/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSAT-TV ABC 12 San Antonio

VIDEO: A promise to never forget. Twenty-five years ago, Anthony Lockhart and Patrick King died in a four-alarm fire in the South Side neighborhood of Beverly. On Sunday, friends and family remembered the two fallen heroes. "We got that visit in the middle of the night that nobody ever wants to get ever, and it broke our family," said Gina King, Patrick's wife.
- PUB DATE: 2/13/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLS-TV ABC 7 Chicago

In the 1980s, rookie firefighters at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport endured a hazing ritual known as the “foam shower.” Recruits stood some 150 feet down the tarmac with 5-gallon buckets and were told to catch firefighting foam shot out of a crash-response truck’s water cannon. They would wear the usual helmet and heat-resistant gear, but still ended up drenched as the bubbly white liquid rained down on them.
- PUB DATE: 2/13/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Seattle Times - Metered Site

PHOTOS: It is always an interesting article when we can find the "oldest" here in New Jersey. It's even more interesting when we can find the "oldest" in Jersey which is the oldest in America. That is the case with this article. First I want to commend all the men and women who served and continue to serve as firefighters here in New Jersey as well as around America and the world.
- PUB DATE: 2/13/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJLK-FM 94.3 Asbury Park

On February 12, 2023, at approximately 5:30 pm., De Pere Fire Rescue Department units were dispatched to 903 Jordan Road in the City of De Pere for a report of a structure fire. At that address is a single family residence. Upon arrival fire crews found a working fire in the kitchen. Crews made entry and quickly extinguished the fire that started on the stove and extended to the kitchen cabinets.
- PUB DATE: 2/12/2023 7:46:00 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

The Portage Fire Department responded to a reported garage fire Saturday evening that destroyed the garage and damaged the home. The Portage Fire Department posted on Facebook, crews responded to the report of a fire just after 8 p.m. on Raven Road in the Town of Pacific. Fire Departments from Pardeeville, Arlington, Poynette and Wyocena were called to help.
- PUB DATE: 2/12/2023 6:43:00 PM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV ABC 27 Madison

The Madison Fire Department (MFD) responded to a fire on the city's south side that displaced three people and a dog Friday. Amanda Hornung, spokesperson for MFD, said crews responded to a report of a fire on the stovetop that spread to the cabinets and ceiling in an apartment unit on Moorland Road around 4:15 p.
- PUB DATE: 2/11/2023 6:22:00 PM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV ABC 27 Madison

PHOTO: The Reedsville Fire Department says the electrical is to blame for a fire in a remodeled church Friday. Reedsville Fire responded to the 100 block of North 7th Street in Reedsville around 5 p.m. When crews arrived they found smoke and flames coming out of the steeple of an old church that had been remodeled into a family home.
- PUB DATE: 2/11/2023 6:08:00 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

One person was treated for minor burns on their hand after a dryer started on fire in Sheboygan County on Friday. According to a Facebook post, around 7:30 a.m. on February 10, 2023, the Sheboygan County Communications Center received a 911 call regarding a fire in the basement of a residence on Woodland Road in the Town of Sheboygan.
- PUB DATE: 2/11/2023 12:11:00 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV CBS 5 Green Bay

A woman who had been allegedly claiming to work for a southeastern Wisconsin fire department to update fire extinguisher tags at local businesses was arrested. According to the Village of Caledonia Police Department, the woman who was reportedly claiming to work for the Caledonia Fire Department was arrested on Wednesday.
- PUB DATE: 2/10/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV CBS 5 Green Bay

Huge flames from inside a Bronx supermarket sent smoke billowing into the air, as a fire erupted when the busy store was filled with shoppers and workers. The blaze broke out at a C-Town Supermarket on University Avenue in the Morris Heights neighborhood round 5:30 p.m., fire officials said, and quickly grew to 5-alarms.
- PUB DATE: 2/10/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WNBC-TV NBC 4 New York City

VIDEO: As the world watches the deaths mount in Turkey following the devastating earthquakes, local firefighters are training to make sure they are prepared to respond to a similar disaster. Crews from all over Southern California gathered at a training center in Sherman Oaks, dubbed "Disaster City," to learn how to search for victims trapped under rubble brought by an earthquake.
- PUB DATE: 2/10/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCAL-TV CBS 9 Los Angeles