A young child needed to be the one who went to get help late Sunday morning after a crash left the driver pinned inside a vehicle. According to the Madison Fire Department, the vehicle was traveling at a high rate of speed when it went through a fence near the S. Stoughton Road and Pflaum Road intersection and crashed into a large garage.
- PUB DATE: 10/10/2022 8:32:32 AM - SOURCE: WMTV NBC 15 Madison

Two people have been displaced after a house fire in Appleton early Monday. At about 1 a.m., the Appleton Fire Department responded to a house fire in the 200 block of E. Wentworth Lane. Flames were coming from the back of the home. Crews attacked the fire from outside while others searched the home.
- PUB DATE: 10/10/2022 4:34:58 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

One local fire department kicked off Fire Prevention Week with a brand new engine. The Westby-Christiana Fire Department debuted its 2022 Rosenbauer Commander Engine today at its open house. This engine was purchased by the department, and replaces one from 1992. It seats eight people, can hold 2,500 gallons of water and can pump up to 1,500 gallons per minute.
- PUB DATE: 10/10/2022 4:26:21 AM - SOURCE: WKBT-TV CBS 8 La Crosse

Fire trucks from across Dane County paraded down State Street Sunday in celebration of the annual Fire Truck Parade. Fitchburg Fire Chief Joe Pulvermacher said the tradition has been going for 20 years strong now. He believes it is a wonderful opportunity to connect with the community outside of 911 calls.
- PUB DATE: 10/10/2022 3:24:00 AM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV ABC 27 Madison

VIDEO: Three firefighters were injured while battling a fire at a Long Beach strip mall. Firefighters responded to the 5600 block of Atlantic Avenue just before 4:30 a.m. Saturday and saw heavy smoke and flames coming from one of the buildings. Dozens of firefighters took defensive Three firefighters were injured while battling a fire at a Long Beach strip mall.
- PUB DATE: 10/10/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTTV FOX 11 Los Angeles

The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) and the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) celebrate the progress of the City’s “Keeping Homes Fire Safe” campaign reaching over 60,000 New Yorkers with life-saving fire safety information and strengthening ties between the City agencies overseeing fire and housing safety enforcement.
- PUB DATE: 10/10/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The City Life Org

Two dozen Boston Police officers are shedding the blue for the red this year, switching over to Boston Fire in an unusually large swing among the city’s first responders. Data provided by the city shows that 24 Boston police officers have transferred to the fire department in 2022, enrolling in the academy to become firefighters.
- PUB DATE: 10/10/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Day - Metered Site

Derek Kaplan has had a passion for baking since the age of 15, but he never imagined that his side hustle would turn into a staple in the Wynwood dessert scene. Known by many as Fireman Derek, Kaplan opened his first bake shop in 2014. Eight years later, Fireman Derek's has customers traveling to Miami from across the country for a taste of their one-of-a-kind pies.
- PUB DATE: 10/10/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTVJ-TV NBC 6 Miami

During the 1990s and well into the 2000s, Las Vegas gained a worldwide reputation for imploding older hotels and casinos to make way for newer and bigger resorts. In true Las Vegas tradition, the building implosions were an event — an epic show with each one appearing to out-implode the previous. Between 1993 to 2016, 13 major properties were imploded, and others were just torn down.
- PUB DATE: 10/10/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSNV-TV NBC 3 Las Vegas

Athletes showed up bright and early at the Onalaska Fire Department Saturday for the 11th annual Firehouse 5k. The run/walk event was put on by Onalaska Firefighters Association and the Children’s Miracle Network. Organizers say they hope this event helps to promote health and wellness in the community.
- PUB DATE: 10/9/2022 4:59:36 AM - SOURCE: WKBT-TV CBS 8 La Crosse

The community turned up in big numbers for Madison Police and Fire's third annual Battle of the Badges Saturday. The soccer game at Breese Stevens Field raises money for the NextGen Responders Academy at Madison College. Firefighter Kevin McDonald said the organization provides high school students real world experience in firefighting and EMS to prepare them for the workforce.
- PUB DATE: 10/9/2022 12:35:00 AM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV ABC 27 Madison

At around 8:20 AM the Fond du Lac County Communications Center received a call from a home owner at W11455 Longview Road, between County Highway M and Savage Road north of Waupun, reporting there was a fire in the house. The Waupun Country Fire Department, as well as Brandon, Alto, Oakfield, Lamartine and Fox Lake Fire Departments were paged out to the scene.
- PUB DATE: 10/8/2022 7:17:35 AM - SOURCE: KFIZ-AM 1450 Fond du Lac

Three people are dead after a police pursuit ended in a crash with the suspect vehicle going over the 16th Street Viaduct and catching fire on Thursday. According to Milwaukee police, officers assigned to District 2 pursued a vehicle involved in drug dealing and reckless driving shortly before 6 p.m.
- PUB DATE: 10/7/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTMJ-TV NBC 4 Milwaukee

Reid Berger, a longtime member of the Baldwin community as the United Fire and Rescue District Chief and a physician’s assistant, passed away Sept. 30 at the age of 72 at Abbott Northwestern Hospital. Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 7 at Peace Lutheran Church with the funeral service starting at 11 a.
- PUB DATE: 10/7/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Baldwin Bulletin - Metered Site

No one is hurt after a fire at a home in Osseo on Wednesday. The Osseo Fire Department said that the fire happened Wednesday evening at a home on 9th Street. At the time of the fire, a woman and her two children were at the home, but were able to get out safely, the Fire Department said. A neighbor saw smoke and called 911, and crews responded just before 5 p.
- PUB DATE: 10/7/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WEAU-TV NBC/CW+ 13 Eau Claire

Sparta Area Fire Department is getting a head start on educating the community while having a little fun ahead of Fire Prevention Week. The department is hosting its first-ever block party. The fundraiser will have live music, a beanbag tournament and demonstrations with the department’s new fire extinguisher prop.
- PUB DATE: 10/7/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKBT-DT CBS 8 La Crosse

Crews say 80 people will be displaced after huge apartment fire broke out in north Phoenix on Thursday evening. The flames broke out around 7 p.m. at a complex near Cave Creek Road and Cinnabar Avenue, north of Dunlap Avenue. One man had minor burns, firefighters said. Residents will be taken to temporary housing, but it’s still unknown what sparked the fire.
- PUB DATE: 10/7/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTVK-TV 3 & KPHO-TV CBS 5 Phoenix (AZ Family)

VIDEO: The Holyoke Fire Department is working to restore a piece of the city’s history. “Firefighting is steeped in history and tradition and this is our, if you will, this is our connection to our forefathers that were here before us, that build the Holyoke Fire Department to what is today,” said Holyoke Fire Capt.
- PUB DATE: 10/7/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WGGB-TV ABC 26 Springfield

"Time-restricted" eating is a popular way to lose weight, and a new study suggests it can offer shift-workers a way to eat more healthfully. Time-restricted eating is a form of intermittent fasting, where people limit themselves to eating within a certain time window each day. Outside of that window, they swear off everything other than calorie-free drinks.
- PUB DATE: 10/7/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: US News

Florida officials said firefighters working in Hurricane Ian damage zones are encountering a new problem that is proving challenging - electric vehicle fires from corroded batteries. Florida’s Chief Financial Officer & State Fire Marshal Jimmy Patronis took to social media Thursday to show the response by North Collier Fire Rescue to an EV that caught fire in the middle of a busy roadway.
- PUB DATE: 10/7/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FOX Weather