Low wages, a lack of work-life balance and burnout are among factors driving emergency medical services personnel around the country to quit ambulance duty. Last year, the turnover rate for full-time emergency medical technicians, known as EMTs, was 36% and for full-time paramedics, it was 27%, according to an American Ambulance Association survey.
- PUB DATE: 2/6/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Pew Charitable Trusts

Sabrail Davenport's heart ached when she learned a judge dismissed charges against a former village building department official resulting from the investigation into the fire in which her firefighter son died. Davenport fears no one will be held responsible for the deaths of her son Jared Lloyd, 35, and adult home resident Oliver Huested, 79.
- PUB DATE: 2/6/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Journal News - Metered Site

A fire department in one of our hometowns caught word that bullying was happening in the community and they decided they were going to do something about it. They surprised one teen by eating lunch with him trying to show him he was not alone. “When Dawn Roberts adopted her son Jackson from China, she didn’t know he had autism.
- PUB DATE: 2/6/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDBJ-TV CBS 7 Roanoke

Multiple fire departments responded to a large fire near a factory in Newton. Individuals watching them work say they were shocked to see the flames. “I was coming out visiting a friend helping her with some stuff and saw that there was a bunch of smoke, I could see it from Sheboygan and I came out here and the place was just lit up,” stated John Timmer.
- PUB DATE: 2/5/2023 6:31:13 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV CBS 5 Green Bay

The Madison Fire Department (MFD) responded to a report of an unattended cooking fire that led to $100,000 in damages on the city's north side Saturday. Bernadette Galvez, a spokesperson for MFD- told 27 News the fire started around 11:30 a.m. in a second-floor apartment on the 700 block of Vera Court due to a resident cooking with grease and leaving it unattended.
- PUB DATE: 2/5/2023 12:07:00 AM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV ABC 27 Madison

The Green Bay Metro Fire Department (GMFD) held a swearing-in ceremony on Friday afternoon, recognizing its new leader. Matthew Knott from the Rockford (IL) Fire Department was met with applause and celebration after officially becoming GBMFD’s next fire chief. Knott has more than 25 years of public service in career and volunteer fire departments and law enforcement.
- PUB DATE: 2/4/2023 2:39:54 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV CBS 5 Green Bay

Several area fire departments received essential firefighting tools as donation from a grateful community on Thursday. The Wisconsin Masonic Foundation gifted fire suppression tools to six different volunteer fire departments in the Northwoods. That includes the Pelican Fire Department, and Fire District Alpha.
- PUB DATE: 2/3/2023 5:43:00 AM - SOURCE: WAOW-TV ABC 9 Wausau

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... * WHAT...Very cold wind chills expected. Wind chills as low as 25 to 35 below zero. * WHERE...Marathon, Portage, Wood, Langlade, Lincoln, Oneida, Vilas, Florence, and Forest Counties. * WHEN...Until Noon CST today. Wind Chill Advisory 2023-02-03T03:21:00-06:00 2023-02-03T12:00:00-06:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Minor Likely Florence; Forest; Langlade; Lincoln; Marathon; Oneida; Portage; Vilas; Wood FIPS6 055037 055041 055067 055069 055073 055085 055097 055125 055141 UGC WIZ005 WIZ010 WIZ011 WIZ012 WIZ018 WIZ019 WIZ030 WIZ035 WIZ036 VTEC /O.CON.KGRB.WC.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-230203T1800Z/

VIDEO/PHOTOS: A large fire broke out Thursday morning at the American Legion post in New Haven, Illinois. Post 1141 shared photos of blaze, which appear to have destroyed the building. Their caption just says “No words!!!” Many residents shared comments with memories. “My parent met there,” said Melissa Blake Kittinger.
- PUB DATE: 2/3/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFIE-TV NBC 14 Evansville

At age 44, there are days when Virginia Beach Fire Captain Matt Chiaverotti doesn't have the energy to pick himself up from his recliner that sits by his living room window. Cancer is making him weak. On Aug. 23 of last year, he got a grim diagnosis: late-stage anaplastic thyroid cancer, a rare disease making up 1% to 2% of thyroid cancer cases.
- PUB DATE: 2/3/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WVEC-TV ABC 13 Hampton

We all hear and see them in our community virtually every day, fire trucks and first responders responding to fire calls. Many times, those calls turn out to be false alarms and fire officials across the nation and our region say they have seen the number of false alarms increasing and that’s creating an unnecessary risk to the public and first responders.
- PUB DATE: 2/3/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBRE-TV NBC 28 Wilkes-Barre

An FDNY lieutenant received a life-saving lung transplant from fallen firefighter William “Billy” Moon — and, in a heartfelt tribute from his hospital bed, thanked the hero’s widow for donating her late husband’s organs. Lt. Terrence Jordan is among five people — and two members of New York’s Bravest — to whom Moon’s organs were donated after the 47-year-old dad of two died during a training accident at his Brooklyn firehouse in December.
- PUB DATE: 2/3/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Post - Metered Site

VIDEO: A Fort Worth Fire Department truck was stolen on Wednesday night in south Fort Worth while the members of its crew were treating a patient, the department said. A person purloined Engine 17 from the Delux Inn near South Freeway and East Seminary Drive. Its crew arrived at the motel at 7:42 p.
- PUB DATE: 2/3/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: AOL News

Multiple fire departments in southeastern Wisconsin are looking for a woman who they say is going to businesses and asking to inspect fire extinguishers. Two of those businesses told FOX6 News it was also a scam. "Soon as she walked in, the entire room just felt different," said Taylor Kowalski, a hair stylist at Klip Joynt in Caledonia.
- PUB DATE: 2/2/2023 9:43:42 PM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY... * WHAT...Very cold wind chills. Wind chills as low as 35 below zero. * WHERE...Marathon, Portage, Wood, Langlade, Lincoln, Oneida, Vilas, Florence, and Forest Counties. * WHEN...Until Noon CST Friday. * IMPACTS...The dangerously cold wind chills could cause frostbite Wind Chill Advisory 2023-02-02T21:56:00-06:00 2023-02-03T12:00:00-06:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Minor Likely Florence; Forest; Langlade; Lincoln; Marathon; Oneida; Portage; Vilas; Wood FIPS6 055037 055041 055067 055069 055073 055085 055097 055125 055141 UGC WIZ005 WIZ010 WIZ011 WIZ012 WIZ018 WIZ019 WIZ030 WIZ035 WIZ036 VTEC /O.CON.KGRB.WC.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-230203T1800Z/

A Merrill man is thanking the first responders who saved his life after an explosion last year. Joe Kohn is a service technician. He was working on a cooler compressor at the Marathon gas station when something caused a blast and sent him to the hospital. Kohn met the firefighters and paramedics who came to his rescue at the Merrill Fire Department on Thursday.
- PUB DATE: 2/2/2023 4:53:59 PM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBC 7 Wausau

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST FRIDAY... * WHAT...Very cold wind chills expected. Wind chills as low as 30 to 35 below zero. * WHERE...Marathon, Portage, Wood, Langlade, Lincoln, Oneida, Vilas, Florence, and Forest Counties. Wind Chill Advisory 2023-02-02T18:00:00-06:00 2023-02-03T12:00:00-06:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Minor Likely Florence; Forest; Langlade; Lincoln; Marathon; Oneida; Portage; Vilas; Wood FIPS6 055037 055041 055067 055069 055073 055085 055097 055125 055141 UGC WIZ005 WIZ010 WIZ011 WIZ012 WIZ018 WIZ019 WIZ030 WIZ035 WIZ036 VTEC /O.CON.KGRB.WC.Y.0003.230203T0000Z-230203T1800Z/

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST FRIDAY... * WHAT...Very cold wind chills expected. Wind chills as low as 25 to 35 below zero. * WHERE...Marathon, Portage, Wood, Langlade, Lincoln, Oneida, Vilas, Florence, and Forest Counties. Wind Chill Advisory 2023-02-02T18:00:00-06:00 2023-02-03T12:00:00-06:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Minor Likely Florence; Forest; Langlade; Lincoln; Marathon; Oneida; Portage; Vilas; Wood FIPS6 055037 055041 055067 055069 055073 055085 055097 055125 055141 UGC WIZ005 WIZ010 WIZ011 WIZ012 WIZ018 WIZ019 WIZ030 WIZ035 WIZ036 VTEC /O.CON.KGRB.WC.Y.0003.230203T0000Z-230203T1800Z/

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST FRIDAY... * WHAT...Very cold wind chills expected. Wind chills as low as 25 to 35 below zero. * WHERE...Marathon, Portage, Wood, Langlade, Lincoln, Oneida, Vilas, Florence, and Forest Counties. Wind Chill Advisory 2023-02-02T18:00:00-06:00 2023-02-03T12:00:00-06:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Minor Likely Florence; Forest; Langlade; Lincoln; Marathon; Oneida; Portage; Vilas; Wood FIPS6 055037 055041 055067 055069 055073 055085 055097 055125 055141 UGC WIZ005 WIZ010 WIZ011 WIZ012 WIZ018 WIZ019 WIZ030 WIZ035 WIZ036 VTEC /O.NEW.KGRB.WC.Y.0003.230203T0000Z-230203T1800Z/

While responding to fire calls, Watertown Mayor Emily McFarland said she recognized the need for V.E.S.T. or Volunteer Emergency Support Team to respond to crises and provide victims with needed services, she said in a press release. “It became clear to me that because our firefighters are actively fighting a fire and providing emergency medical care, and our police officers are securing the scene, evacuating or interviewing people that no one on the scene was available to serve the families in the moment, so I found this space where I could serve them in their time of need,” McFarland said in the release.
- PUB DATE: 2/2/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Watertown Daily Times