...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 27. * WHERE...Vilas, Oneida, Forest, Florence, Lincoln, Langlade, Marathon, Wood and Portage Counties. * WHEN...Until 8 AM CDT this morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other Freeze Warning 2022-09-28T05:46:00-05:00 2022-09-28T08:00:00-05:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Moderate 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.FZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-220928T1300Z/

Wausau Fire Department will be getting some new hires. Tuesday night, the city council approved grant funding for the fire department. The more than 3 million dollar grant will help the department hire nine new full-time firefighter positions beginning next year. It will help sustain those positions for three years, something Fire Chief Bob Barteck said will help get them to full staff and meet the workload, following an increase in calls.
- PUB DATE: 9/28/2022 1:14:00 AM - SOURCE: WAOW-TV ABC 9 Wausau

A man was seriously hurt on Tuesday, Sept. 27 in what fire crews call an industrial accident at an asphalt plant in Saukville. The plant is located on Lakeland Road. The investigation found a 53-year-old man from Portage was transferring heated oil used in the production of asphalt from a tanker truck to a holding tank when a failure occurred.
- PUB DATE: 9/28/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee

Firefighters on Tuesday night, Sept. 27 responded to the scene of an apartment complex fire on 49th Street near Deer Run Drive in Brown Deer. The call came in around 9:22 p.m. Upon arrival, crews found smoke showing from a two-story multifamily apartment complex. Crews were able to locate the fire in a second-floor bedroom and bring it under control.
- PUB DATE: 9/28/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee

PHOTOS: Crews worked all night to put out the hot spots of a massive junkyard fire in the Hunting Park section of Philadelphia. The three-alarm fire broke out around 6 p.m. Tuesday at Sedgley and Erie avenues, sending a black plume of smoke into the sky. Multiple vehicles and tires were ablaze inside the junkyard, officials said.
- PUB DATE: 9/28/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPVI-TV ABC 6 Philadelphia

VIDEO: Two of the three firefighters critically injured in an apartment gas explosion in Southeast Oak Cliff returned to work on Tuesday. They managed to make the return two days before the one-year anniversary of the explosion. One year ago on Thursday, Cpt. Christopher Gadomski, Ron Hall and Pauline Perez were investigating a gas leak at Highland Hills Apartments in Southeast Oak Cliff.
- PUB DATE: 9/28/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KDFW-TV FOX 4 Dallas

PHOTOS: Grays Harbor Fire District 1 Station 2 has been temporarily put out of service after $90,000 in lifesaving equipment was stolen Tuesday morning. Police were called at 6 a.m. to the fire station located at 1880 South Bank Road for an overnight burglary. Officials said thieves stole equipment such as defibrillators, jaws of life, radios and more from a tender, fire engine, and an ambulance.
- PUB DATE: 9/28/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7 Seattle

In addition to battling blazes, Dearborn Heights firefighters are hard at work these days trying to snuff out something that hits very close to home for them – cancer. The department has embraced a “Movember” fundraising campaign that encourages mustache growth to raise awareness of men’s health issues.
- PUB DATE: 9/28/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Press & Guide - Metered Site

VIDEO/PHOTOS: Chuck Stenger loved being a firefighter in New Albany. But after serving for more than 30 years, his career was cut short by his knee. “Started noticing trouble with climbing a ladder, went to an orthopedic doc and was getting shots of cortisone," Stenger said. One day, the pain was so bad Stenger said he fell over while helping a patient.
- PUB DATE: 9/28/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSYX-TV FOX 28 Columbus

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures are expected. * WHERE...Vilas, Oneida, Forest, Florence, Lincoln, Langlade, Marathon, Wood and Portage Counties. * WHEN...From midnight tonight to 8 AM CDT Wednesday. Freeze Warning 2022-09-28T00:00:00-05:00 2022-09-28T08:00:00-05:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Moderate 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.FZ.W.0003.220928T0500Z-220928T1300Z/

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 expected. * WHERE...Marathon, Portage, Wood, Langlade, Lincoln, Oneida, Vilas, Florence and Forest Counties. * WHEN...From Midnight tonight to 8 AM CDT Wednesday. Freeze Warning 2022-09-28T00:00:00-05:00 2022-09-28T08:00:00-05:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Moderate 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.FZ.W.0003.220928T0500Z-220928T1300Z/

The Oshkosh Fire Department conducted a hazmat training session to prepare firefighters in the event of an emergency involving dangerous waste. As a part of the training, the fire department needed to find a way to stop the leak in a tanker. According to firefight Kevin Sawicki, they used a pop-up pool to contain the leak and then put a cap on the valve to keep the substance from leaking further.
- PUB DATE: 9/27/2022 12:29:19 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV CBS 5 Green Bay

Massive wildfires swept through the forests of Michigan & Wisconsin, engulfing the Midwest & East, then northeast U.S. in a yellow sky & blue sun from the smoke. Known at the "Thumb Fire" the entire thumb of Michigan's forests were burned. Entire towns burned, killing at least 282 & causing upwards of $65 million (inflation-adjusted) in damage.
- PUB DATE: 9/27/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLFI-TV CBS/CW+ 18 Lafayette

After keeping fire crews busy for nearly 14 hours, an industrial park fire in Sauget that filled the air with smoke is finally out. Fire crews cleared the scene just before 6:00 a.m. at the Eagle Industrial Park on Mississippi Avenue in Sauget. The Sauget Fire Chief, Roger Thornton, said some crews may return throughout the day to check on a few small hot spots.
- PUB DATE: 9/27/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTVI-TV FOX 2 St. Louis

World Heart Day is just a few days away, and in honor of that, one Houston firefighter is sharing his story of how his own fellow first responders came to his rescue when his heart nearly stopped. Being a firefighter is not an easy job. But for Engineer Operator Jason Belin, it’s a job he loves but nearly had to quit after he got quite the scare back in June.
- PUB DATE: 9/27/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KHOU-TV CBS 11 Houston

VIDEO: The Red Sox paid tribute to three fallen Baltimore firefighters during a baseball game in Boston on Monday. The team flashed pictures of Lieutenant Paul Butrim, Firefighter Paramedic Kenneth Lacayo and Lieutenant Kelsey Sadler on the Fenway Park jumbotron during a break in the game. Lieutenant Butrim was a lifelong Red Sox fan.
- PUB DATE: 9/27/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMAR-TV ABC 2 Baltimore

PHOTOS: John Moon stands on the 2000 block of Centre Avenue in Pittsburgh's Hill District. He's in front of a building that houses the Hill District Federal Credit Union, but he points to a plaque affixed to the stone façade commemorating the Freedom House ambulance service, widely acknowledged as the first paramedic program in the United States.
- PUB DATE: 9/27/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WEKU-FM 88.9 Richmond

VIDEO: Jason Aldean remembers hearing a popping noise, and thinking it was an equipment malfunction. “When I turned around,” he says, “my bass player was just looking at me like a deer in the headlights. And my security guy was on stage at that point, telling me to get down, waving me off the stage.
- PUB DATE: 9/27/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Cowboys & Indians Magazine

Waupun residents could see a referendum next year to help cover the costs of expanding its ambulance service. The city recently launched an Emergency Medical Responder program, which is currently being bolstered by trained “paid-on-call volunteers.” Mayor Rohn Bishop says the program started to help cut down on wait times.
- PUB DATE: 9/26/2022 10:15:00 PM - SOURCE: WBEV-FM 95.3 Beaver Dam

No one is injured but two dogs die in a fire at a northside La Crosse home Sunday evening. The La Crosse Fire Department was called at 7:09 p.m. to 2218 Loomis St. for the fire. Smoke was coming from the first floor of the residence when firefighters arrived on the scene. The fire was located in the kitchen area.
- PUB DATE: 9/26/2022 7:37:00 AM - SOURCE: WXOW-TV ABC 19 La Crosse