For former running back Antonio Pittman, it's not the gridiron fueling his game anymore. He's traded in that sport for a spot with the Columbus Division of Fire. "It's a really, really, great job. I mean that from the bottom of my heart," Pittman said. ABC6/FOX 28 first spoke with Pittman about being a Columbus firefighter back in 2020, when he first started.
- PUB DATE: 10/7/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSYX-TV FOX 28 Columbus

“Don’t wait. Plan your escape.” - That’s the theme of this year’s Fire Prevention Month. “This week is very important to us in the fire service,” said Neenah-Menasha Fire Department Assistant Chief Adam Dorn. The Neenah-Menasha Fire Department has been putting on a fire prevention program in elementary schools for 32 years.
- PUB DATE: 10/6/2022 5:03:47 PM - SOURCE: WGBA-TV NBC 26 Green Bay

Across Wisconsin, 911 dispatch shortages continue, but an outgoing Dane County leader is making sure he leaves as a trailblazer, by building up a new pilot program. The Dane County 911 Communications Center backup screen lit up with an intense new police call scenario. “Is there any weapons involved?” high school senior Owen Reeves said into his headset during the simulation.
- PUB DATE: 10/6/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Spectrum News 1 - Metered Site

Firefighters from numerous Dane County agencies responded to a fire at a restaurant in McFarland Wednesday evening. The fire at the Maple Tree Supper Club at the corner of U.S. Highway 51 and Burma Road broke out around 5:20 p.m., a Dane County dispatcher said. The dispatcher had no reports of injuries from the fire.
- PUB DATE: 10/6/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison

As of the end of September, the Lodi Area Fire Department announced the decommissioning of Engine 10. Since 1998, Engine 10 has been the department's front line fire engine, but has been retired after 24 years of service. Maintenance of the vehicle, according to a statement released by Fire Chief Bobby Annen, had gradually begun to outweigh the value of retaining the truck.
- PUB DATE: 10/6/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Lodi Enterprise and Poynette Press

There's still time to get in on a weekend win-win by lacing up the running shoes. The Onalaska Firehouse 5K on Saturday, Oct. 8 benefits both the Onalaska Firefighters Association and local Children's Miracle Network Hospitals families. Offering a way to get in a workout bright and early, and support for a pair of local organizations, the event also features a family-friendly open house.
- PUB DATE: 10/6/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WXOW-TV ABC 19 La Crosse

PHOTOS: Bay District Schools is reporting an explosion that happened during the lighting of a traditional homecoming bonfire at A. Crawford Mosley High School. BDS officials said they are investigating the cause of the fire and they followed their customary safety protocols. “We know that many people who live close to A.
- PUB DATE: 10/6/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJHG-TV NBC 7 Panama City

VIDEO: For the last year, Suffolk Fire and Rescue has been training a new class of heroes. In that class is a one-of-a-kind recruit. When he graduates from training, there will be no other firefighter like him in Hampton Roads. In three weeks, Chris Heater will become a Suffolk firefighter. “I actually grew up watching Backdraft, so, I don’t know.
- PUB DATE: 10/6/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WAVY-TV NBC 10 Portsmouth

Ventura County Fire Department's pump pod system now being adopted by other agencies for huge water savings during training. We’re at Camarillo Airport, and at first glance, it looks like the scene of a fire. There are four Ventura County Fire trucks, hoses everywhere, and some firefighters pumping water.
- PUB DATE: 10/6/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCLU-FM 102.3 Santa Barbara

In December 2020, a Tompkins High School football player fought for his life in the intensive care unit after a devastating crash. Now, two years later, he is aiming to help others. Samuel "Sam" Mills was ejected from his vehicle on Dec. 26 after losing control and hitting a curb while driving home from his job at Chick-fil-A on Pin Oak Road.
- PUB DATE: 10/6/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTRK-TV ABC 13 Houston

A unique property recently hit the market on the westside of Grand Rapids. The multi-unit property originally housed the Grand Rapids Fire Department Engine No. 8 back in the early 1900s. The home, located at 40 Lexington Ave. NW and listed for $899,999, is MLive’s House of the Week.
- PUB DATE: 10/6/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: MLive

Firefighters on Wednesday evening, Oct. 5 responded to the scene of a house fire on Iris Court near Lakeview Drive in Brookfield. The call came in around 7:30 p.m. All occupants and their dogs had exited the residence before arrival of fire department units. First arriving units found a two story, multi-family residence, with nothing showing and evacuation in progress.
- PUB DATE: 10/5/2022 5:00:00 PM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee

Just before 9 a.m. on Tuesday, the Algoma Fire Department responded to a report of smoke coming from a barn with animals inside in the Town of Lincoln. According to the Algoma Fire Department, crews were sent to N9388 County P on October 4, and heavy smoke could be seen coming from the barn windows while crews were on the way.
- PUB DATE: 10/5/2022 4:52:49 PM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV CBS 5 Green Bay

Nationwide, communities are feeling the impacts of the firefighter and EMS shortage. Town of Holland is turning to its residents for help. In November, Town of Holland residents have the choice to vote for a recurring $582,000 referendum. That’s a $135 increase per $100,000 in property value for the first year.
- PUB DATE: 10/5/2022 12:51:48 AM - SOURCE: WKBT-TV CBS 8 La Crosse

Chippewa Valley Technical College presented the Chippewa Falls Fire Station with a decontamination bucket to help prevent cancer in their first responders. Firefighters have an increased risk of cancer because of the various carcinogens they are exposed to on the job. Money was raised by CVTC to provide these buckets to local fire departments.
- PUB DATE: 10/5/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WEAU-TV NBC/CW+ 13 Eau Claire

A massive fire erupted at a former bank building in Boyle Heights and authorities say a person of interest is being interviewed. The blaze was reported at around 1:30 p.m. at a vacant, single-story structure located at 1308 S. Soto St, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. AIR7 HD captured intense flames quickly burning through the roof of the building, sending a towering column of thick black smoke into the air.
- PUB DATE: 10/5/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KABC-TV ABC 7 Los Angeles

They go from door to door, hoping to find survivors and accounting for the dead, a grueling mission that continues even as bright and sunny skies make monstrous Hurricane Ian seem like something out of our deepest nightmares. “We end up in this paradise — but next to us is an apocalypse,” one Miami-Dade firefighter assigned to a rescue team told the Miami Herald’s David Goodhue.
- PUB DATE: 10/5/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Miami Herald - Metered Site

Two High Point firefighters are quickly recovering after coming face-to-face with a fire that caused first and second-degree burns to several parts of their bodies. “I definitely feel like it was one of those situations that was kind of a freak accident and kind of the wrong place at the wrong time,” Josh Bryant said.
- PUB DATE: 10/5/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WGHP-TV FOX 8 High Point

Chippewa Valley Technical College presented the Chippewa Falls Fire Station with a decontamination bucket to help prevent cancer in their first responders. Firefighters have an increased risk of cancer because of the various carcinogens they are exposed to on the job. Money was raised by CVTC to provide these buckets to local fire departments.
- PUB DATE: 10/5/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WEAU-TV NBC 13 Eau Claire

During Fire Prevention Week, Oct. 9-15, participating Domino's Pizza stores will highlight this year's safety campaign theme: "Fire won't wait. Plan your escape" with flyers on top of boxes. Domino's is planning the event in conjunction with the National Fire Protection Association, which is celebrating the 100th anniversary of Fire Prevention Week, according to a press release.
- PUB DATE: 10/5/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Pizza Marketplace