...A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH THE START OF THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND... .An intense but slow moving storm system will bring a prolonged period of wintry weather to the area the next few days. Snow is expected today. Northwest winds will increase significantly this afternoon and evening, leading to widespread blowing and drifting Winter Storm Warning 2022-12-22T03:59:00-06:00 2022-12-24T18:00:00-06:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Moderate Likely Vilas FIPS6 055125 UGC WIZ005 VTEC /O.EXT.KGRB.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-221225T0000Z/

The Marshfield Common Council on Tuesday unanimously directed the city’s Fire and Police Commission to draft a referendum question regarding public safety staffing to discuss at its Jan. 10 meeting. The move comes after Fire Chief Pete Fletty and Police Chief Jody Geurink presented to the council the struggles their departments are facing — after the city cut their budgets by 4% to deal with shortfalls and after the fire department had to cut three positions earlier this year because the Emergency Medical Services Enterprise Fund had come up short of projections.
- PUB DATE: 12/22/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Marshfield News Herald - Metered Site

VIDEO: The smoke detectors woke up Gina Harris around 1:30 a.m. Wednesday. There was a smell of smoke in her unit. She called 911 when she couldn’t get the detectors to stop. Soon, she was standing in the street watching part of her condo complex burn. Dallas Fire-Rescue said the fire at Parkway Quarter Condominiums, off the Dallas North Tollway between Keller Springs and Arapaho, was out by 5 a.
- PUB DATE: 12/22/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFAA-TV ABC 8 Dallas

It is with great sadness that the Fire Engineering/FDIC International and Clarion Events family announces the unexpected passing of Chief (Ret.) Bobby Halton, editor in chief of Fire Engineering and Educational Director for FDIC. Chief Halton passed away at his home in Oklahoma Monday night, December 19th, 2022.
- PUB DATE: 12/22/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Fire Engineering

VIDEO: Tuesday's train derailment in Collegedale closed roads and created challenges for cleanup crews and motorists. Ten train cars and three locomotives derailed when the train crashed into a truck carrying a concrete beam. It caused a massive diesel spill at the crossing on College Drive East and Apison Pike.
- PUB DATE: 12/22/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WRCB-TV NBC 3 Chattanooga

VIDEO: Sasha, an 8-year-old Czechoslovakian German Shepherd, is the first pet in Beckley to try out a new oxygen mask, made just for pets. Her handler, Jerry Johnson of the Raleigh County Community Emergency Response Team, reached out to the company, Invisible Fence, to get a free mask kit for Beckley Fire Department, through a program called Project Breathe.
- PUB DATE: 12/22/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WVNS-TV CBS/FOX/MyNetworkTV 59 Lewisburg

The Air Force has grounded its entire fleet of B-2 stealth bombers following an emergency landing and fire earlier this month, and none of the strategic aircraft will perform flyovers at this years' college bowl games. A bomber experienced an in-flight malfunction on Dec. 10, forcing it to make an emergency landing at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri, where it caught fire.
- PUB DATE: 12/22/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KNBC-TV NBC 4 Los Angeles

Children who are likely to spend Christmas in the hospital are getting a major gift from area first responders. Firefighters Local 127 made two stops Wednesday. First to Gundersen followed by Mayo Clinic Health System. They delivered red blankets donning the La Crosse Fire Department logo. The gifts are an annual tradition.
- PUB DATE: 12/21/2022 11:30:00 PM - SOURCE: WXOW-TV ABC 19 La Crosse

...A PROLONGED PERIOD OF WINTRY WEATHER WILL RESULT IN TRAVEL DISRUPTIONS LEADING INTO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND... .A slow moving storm system will bring a prolonged period of wintry weather to the area the next several days. The initial phase of the storm will consist of mainly snow, which will fall tonight through Thursday. The second phase will consist of lighter snow, but very Winter Storm Warning 2022-12-21T21:34:00-06:00 2022-12-24T06:00:00-06:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Moderate Likely Oneida; Vilas FIPS6 055085 055125 UGC WIZ005 WIZ010 VTEC /O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-221224T1200Z/

...A PROLONGED PERIOD OF WINTRY WEATHER WILL RESULT IN TRAVEL DISRUPTIONS LEADING INTO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND... .A slow moving storm system will bring a prolonged period of wintry weather to the area the next several days. The initial phase of the storm will consist of mainly snow, which will fall from this afternoon through tomorrow. The second phase will consist of lighter Winter Storm Warning 2022-12-21T18:00:00-06:00 2022-12-24T06:00:00-06:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Moderate Likely Oneida; Vilas FIPS6 055085 055125 UGC WIZ005 WIZ010 VTEC /O.UPG.KGRB.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-221223T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KGRB.WS.W.0011.221222T0000Z-221224T1200Z/ /O.UPG.KGRB.WS.A.0005.221223T0000Z-221224T1200Z/

...A PROLONGED PERIOD OF WINTRY WEATHER WILL RESULT IN TRAVEL DISRUPTIONS LEADING INTO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND... .A slow moving storm system will bring a prolonged period of wintry weather to the area the next several days. The initial phase of the storm will consist of mainly snow, which will fall from this afternoon through tomorrow. The second phase will consist of lighter Winter Weather Advisory 2022-12-21T14:00:00-06:00 2022-12-22T18:00:00-06:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Minor Likely Oneida; Vilas FIPS6 055085 055125 UGC WIZ005 WIZ010 VTEC /O.CON.KGRB.WW.Y.0024.221221T2000Z-221223T0000Z/ /O.CON.KGRB.WS.A.0005.221223T0000Z-221224T1200Z/

...A PROLONGED PERIOD OF WINTRY WEATHER WILL RESULT IN TRAVEL DISRUPTIONS LEADING INTO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND... .A slow moving storm system will bring a prolonged period of wintry weather to the area the next several days. The initial phase of the storm will consist of mainly snow, which will fall from this afternoon through tomorrow. The second phase will consist of lighter Winter Storm Watch 2022-12-22T18:00:00-06:00 2022-12-24T06:00:00-06:00 Actual Alert Met Future Moderate Possible Oneida; Vilas FIPS6 055085 055125 UGC WIZ005 WIZ010 VTEC /O.CON.KGRB.WW.Y.0024.221221T2000Z-221223T0000Z/ /O.CON.KGRB.WS.A.0005.221223T0000Z-221224T1200Z/

The Lake Mills City Council voted to create a unified fire and EMS department, taking a step forward after a year of murky debate on the future of EMS service in the city. Alders voted 3-1, with one abstention, to have the City Manager blueprint the new service model, which will entail hiring four new full-time staffers while continuing to rely heavily on volunteer and paid-on-premise responders.
- PUB DATE: 12/21/2022 7:33:00 AM - SOURCE: Cambridge News / Deerfield Independent

...A COMPLEX WINTER STORM WILL BRING SNOW, STRONG WINDS WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW, AND COLD TEMPERATURES TO THE AREA HEADING INTO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND... An intensifying storm system will track from the Plains to the Great Lakes region the next few days. The storm will result in snow and increasingly windy conditions, and impact travel during Special Weather Statement 2022-12-22T18:00:00-06:00 2022-12-21T11:00:00-06:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Minor Observed Brown; Calumet; Door; Florence; Forest; Kewaunee; Langlade; Lincoln; Manitowoc; Marathon; Menominee; Northern Marinette County; Northern Oconto County; Oneida; Outagamie; Portage; Shawano; Southern Marinette County; Southern Oconto County; Vilas; Waupaca; Waushara; Winnebago; Wood FIPS6 055009 055015 055029 055037 055041 055061 055067 055069 055071 055073 055075 055078 055083 055085 055087 055097 055115 055125 055135 055137 055139 055141 UGC WIZ005 WIZ010 WIZ011 WIZ012 WIZ013 WIZ018 WIZ019 WIZ020 WIZ021 WIZ022 WIZ030 WIZ031 WIZ035 WIZ036 WIZ037 WIZ038 WIZ039 WIZ040 WIZ045 WIZ048 WIZ049 WIZ050 WIZ073 WIZ074 VTEC

...A PROLONGED PERIOD OF WINTRY WEATHER WILL RESULT IN TRAVEL DISRUPTIONS LEADING INTO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND... .A slow moving storm system will bring a prolonged period of wintry weather to the area the next several days. The initial phase of the storm will consist of mainly snow, which will fall from this afternoon through tomorrow. The second phase will consist of lighter Winter Weather Advisory 2022-12-21T14:00:00-06:00 2022-12-22T18:00:00-06:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Minor Likely Oneida; Vilas FIPS6 055085 055125 UGC WIZ005 WIZ010 VTEC /O.EXT.KGRB.WW.Y.0024.221221T2000Z-221223T0000Z/ /O.CON.KGRB.WS.A.0005.221223T0000Z-221224T1200Z/

...A PROLONGED PERIOD OF WINTRY WEATHER WILL RESULT IN TRAVEL DISRUPTIONS LEADING INTO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND... .A slow moving storm system will bring a prolonged period of wintry weather to the area the next several days. The initial phase of the storm will consist of mainly snow, which will fall from this afternoon through tomorrow. The second phase will consist of lighter Winter Storm Watch 2022-12-22T18:00:00-06:00 2022-12-24T06:00:00-06:00 Actual Alert Met Future Moderate Possible Oneida; Vilas FIPS6 055085 055125 UGC WIZ005 WIZ010 VTEC /O.EXT.KGRB.WW.Y.0024.221221T2000Z-221223T0000Z/ /O.CON.KGRB.WS.A.0005.221223T0000Z-221224T1200Z/

Firefighters say improper use of extension cords with a heating device sparked an apartment fire early Wednesday. At about 2:35 a.m., firefighters were called to a two-story apartment building at 1316 Honeysuckle Lane. The first engine arrived to find heavy smoke in the building. They used a ladder to rescue a person from the building.
- PUB DATE: 12/21/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

More than 50 people have died in house fires so far this year. That’s nearly a dozen more than the year before and part of an upward trend of home fire deaths nationwide. Seeing the statistics of all the people that have died this year after their homes caught fire, one word comes top of mind for Merrill Fire Chief Josh Klug: disappointment.
- PUB DATE: 12/21/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WXPR-FM 91.7 Rhinelander

A fire that started in a strip mall early Wednesday morning drew more than 50 firefighters and a dozen fire engines to respond to the scene, according to the Louisville Fire Department. The firefighters were dispatched at 4:04 a.m. to a facility with an attached garage and multiple stores at S. 18th and W.
- PUB DATE: 12/21/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Courier Journal - Metered Site

VIDEO: The Tulsa Fire Department (TFD) has updated their physical ability test for any candidate who wants to be a part of the department. It’s a test of physical and mental strength, and it must be passed before candidates can move on to the interview portion of the process. Up until January 2022, TFD did a candidate physical ability test of its own, but now the Oklahoma State Firefighter’s Pension Board requires every department in the state to align with these tests.
- PUB DATE: 12/21/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOKI-TV FOX 23 Tulsa