The International Association of Fire Fighters called on Monday for the elimination of protective gear that contains “forever chemicals,” saying swift regulatory action is needed to address the toxic substances. The union — which has more than 333,000 members — announced that it has retained the services of three nationally recognized law firms to pursue these goals, and to help members and their families seek compensation for related illnesses.
- PUB DATE: 1/31/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDAF-TV FOX 4 Kansas City

President Joe Biden intends to end the Covid-19 national and public health emergencies on May 11, the White House said Monday. That means that many Americans could have to start paying for Covid-19 testing and treatment after the declarations cease. The White House, in a statement of administration policy announcing opposition to two House Republican measures to end the emergencies, said the national emergency and public health emergency authorities declared in response to the pandemic would each be extended one final time to May 11.
- PUB DATE: 1/31/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNN Health

Brooklyn homeowners are displaced after a garage fire Sunday. The Brooklyn Fire & EMS Protection District said several agencies responded to the fire on the 100 block of Stacie Court just before 5 p.m. When crews arrived, they found a "large amount of smoke and flames" coming from the home's attached garage.
- PUB DATE: 1/30/2023 10:33:00 PM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV ABC 27 Madison

Milwaukee firefighters twice battled fire at a house near 26th and Michigan on Monday, Jan. 30. Officials tell FOX6 News the first call came around 10:30 a.m. Fire started in the basement of the two-and-a-half story home – and spread to all floors. An extra fire engine was called in due to the bitter cold – so crews could rotate.
- PUB DATE: 1/30/2023 7:39:56 PM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST TUESDAY... * 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 10 AM CST Tuesday. * IMPACTS...The dangerously cold wind chills could cause frostbite Wind Chill Advisory 2023-01-30T21:32:00-06:00 2023-01-31T10:00:00-06:00 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.0002.000000T0000Z-230131T1600Z/

Grafton firefighters were dispatched to a home on Surrey Lane for a report of an explosion on Monday, Jan. 30. Grafton Fire Chief William Rice noted firefighters were dispatched to the neighborhood just after 11 a.m. Monday. When firefighters arrived, there was an older couple in the driveway – a man had suffered minor burns.
- PUB DATE: 1/30/2023 5:02:37 PM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee

The cold weather this week poses a concern for people who have to work outside, including area firefighters who now have to battle a lot of ice buildup. Case in point, firefighters in Kaukauna had to deal with extreme could while responding to a house fire (see related story). It was a combination of fighting heat and flames and the ice from their water freezing up all over the site, which can be dangerous.
- PUB DATE: 1/30/2023 2:27:00 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CST TUESDAY... * WHAT...Very cold wind chills expected. Wind chills of 25 below to 35 below zero. * WHERE...Marathon, Portage, Wood, Langlade, Lincoln, Oneida, Vilas, Florence, and Forest Counties. Wind Chill Advisory 2023-01-30T20:00:00-06:00 2023-01-31T10:00:00-06:00 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.0002.230131T0200Z-230131T1600Z/

PHOTOS: Firefighters on Monday, Jan. 30 responded to the scene of a fire near 57th Street and Villard Avenue in Milwaukee. The call came in shortly after 5 a.m. First units on scene reported a working fire in a two-story residential structure. Upon arrival, fire crews found one person with burns and another with smoke inhalation and minor injuries.
- PUB DATE: 1/30/2023 10:27:27 AM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... * WHAT...Hazardous conditions due to the combination of wind and cold. Wind chills of 20 below to 30 below zero. * WHERE...Marathon, Portage, Wood, Langlade, Lincoln, Oneida, Vilas, Florence, and Forest Counties. * WHEN...Until Noon CST today. Wind Chill Advisory 2023-01-30T03:33:00-06:00 2023-01-30T12:00:00-06:00 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.0001.000000T0000Z-230130T1800Z/

More than a dozen families are displaced after a fire at a Fitchburg apartment building Sunday afternoon. Dane County Communications received calls about a fire at a Fitchburg apartment building near the intersection of High Ridge Trail and Fish Hatchery Road just before 3:30 p.m. Fitchburg Fire Chief Joe Pulvermacher told 27 News about 10 agencies responded to the incident, including crews from Verona, Fitch-Rona, Oregon, McFarland, Maple Bluff, and Madison.
- PUB DATE: 1/30/2023 1:24:00 AM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV ABC 27 Madison

The Portage City Council has approved a new ambulance contract that will keep Portage and surrounding towns covered for the rest of the year with an option to extend into 2024. In September, Aspirus Wausau Hospital informed the city it was not going to extend the ambulance contract that has covered the city since 1999 and terminated the contract.
- PUB DATE: 1/30/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison

Fire crews responded to a two-alarm apartment fire in Oakland’s Cox neighborhood early Sunday morning, according to the Oakland Fire Department. Crews were called to the fire on the 9500 block of Birch Street and safely evacuated all parties inside of the residence. The property will be salvageable after the blaze, OFD said.
- PUB DATE: 1/30/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KRON-TV FOX 2 Oakland

VIDEO/PHOTOS: The Tulsa Fire Department says two firefighters suffered no life-threatening injuries after being hit by a car on Highway 75 Sunday night. In a social post, TFD said a vehicle approaching the scene of a crash near 1100 southbound on Highway 75 lost control and crashed into the original car the firefighters were working on.
- PUB DATE: 1/30/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOTV-DT CBS 6 Tulsa

VIDEO: The Fort Dodge Fire Department is using a new tool to fight fires. The department's new fire cameras are small, lightweight cameras that are mounted to their helmets. They capture footage that most people have never seen before, and that footage could help make firefighting safer in Fort Dodge.
- PUB DATE: 1/30/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCCI-TV CBS 8 Des Moines

VIDEO: Sunday marks the 20th anniversary of an explosion that changed Lenoir County forever. In 2003, a blast at a manufacturing facility killed six people and hurt 30 others. WITN talked with first responders and survivors as they look back at a day that will stay with them forever. “I didn’t hear [anything].
- PUB DATE: 1/30/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WITN-TV NBC/MyNetworkTV 7 Washington

A home in Kaukauna is now considered a ‘total loss’ following a fire that caused more than $400,000 in damages and its structure to collapse. According to the Kaukauna Fire Department, crews responded to the residence on Woodhaven Lane at 6:45 a.m. on Sunday. When firefighters arrived, the home was already fully engulfed in flames and crews say the structure had already begun to collapse.
- PUB DATE: 1/29/2023 11:15:00 PM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV CBS 5 Green Bay

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO NOON CST MONDAY... * WHAT...Very cold wind chills expected. Wind chills as low as 25 below zero. * WHERE...Marathon, Portage, Wood, Langlade, Lincoln, Oneida, Vilas, Florence, and Forest Counties. Wind Chill Advisory 2023-01-30T02:00:00-06:00 2023-01-30T12:00:00-06:00 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.0001.230130T0800Z-230130T1800Z/

Racine Fire Department is reporting that two people were saved and one person died in a fire that took place at around 4:00 a.m. at 1833 Woodland Ave. in Racine. According to officials, smoke alarms alerted two of the three people sleeping in the single-story house, and one person, a 74-year-old man was found inside the house alive but unresponsive.
- PUB DATE: 1/29/2023 5:12:15 PM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

...VERY COLD WIND CHILL READINGS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... .The combination of the cold and westerly winds will create wind chill readings of 20 below to 30 below zero late tonight through Monday morning. ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO NOON CST MONDAY... Wind Chill Advisory 2023-01-30T02:00:00-06:00 2023-01-30T12:00:00-06:00 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.0001.230130T0800Z-230130T1800Z/