September 24 marks a dark day for Sacramento. It was 50 years ago that 22 people died — 12 of them children — when a jet taking off from Sacramento Executive Airport overran the runway and slammed into Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlour. Witness accounts indicate about 100 people were inside the popular eatery when the inexperienced pilot who had participated in the Golden West Sport Aviation Show changed their lives forever.
- PUB DATE: 9/21/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: UC Davis Health

Waupun’s outgoing fire chief and emergency management director says there are several accomplishments he is proud of during his tenure. B.J. DeMaa is leaving the dual post on October 2nd to become Fond du Lac County’s new communications and emergency management director. DeMaa says the Integrated Emergency Management Course that he and Dodge County Emergency Management Director Amy Haase brought to Waupun at the end of April was a (quote) “once in a lifetime opportunity.
- PUB DATE: 9/20/2022 10:15:00 PM - SOURCE: WBEV-FM 95.3 Beaver Dam

Governor Tony Evers toured the state on Tuesday announcing nearly $32 million in grant funding to over 440 EMS districts to help with staffing and equipment needs. Interim Fire Chief Adam Grahn says he plans to split the funds up between purchasing some new equipment and offering incentives to new hires and current staffers, both areas where the department could use some help.
- PUB DATE: 9/20/2022 1:48:11 PM - SOURCE: WSAU-AM 550/99.9 FM Wasau

One person is dead after a crash on Interstate-94 near Pewaukee on Monday evening, Sept. 19. A news release from the Wisconsin State Patrol says around 8 p.m. Monday, a trooper was dispatched to a single vehicle versus pedestrian fatality crash. Several units with the Waukesha County Sheriff’s Department, City of Pewaukee Police Department, and City of Pewaukee Fire Department were also on scene to assist.
- PUB DATE: 9/20/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee

PHOTOS: A woman is in critical condition Monday, Sept. 19, after being rescued from her back deck during a raging house fire. The woman, whose name has not been released, was trapped on the deck of the Cutlerville home. Kent County sheriff’s deputies could not reach the woman but firefighters from Cutlerville, Dutton Township and Kentwood were able to rescue her while deputies sprayed water from fire hoses.
- PUB DATE: 9/20/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: MLive .com

VIDEO: An elderly volunteer firefighter underwent surgery Monday and remains in a hospital in Columbus after a rollover crash that happened Sunday. Middleport Fire Chief Jeff Darst tells WSAZ the 72-year-old firefighter suffered fractures in his lower leg. Darst says this could’ve easily been fatal, and they’re just grateful it wasn’t worse.
- PUB DATE: 9/20/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSAZ-TV NBC 3 Huntington

VIDEO: Kevin Woyjeck, 21, was one of the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshot firefighters killed while trapped in a fire in Arizona in 2013. Released in 2017, a movie called “Only the Brave” highlighted the men’s bravery, making Woyjecks father especially proud. “Kevin was the ninth firefighter in our family.
- PUB DATE: 9/20/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSAT-TV ABC 12 San Antonio

Denver firefighters now have a second option for covering cancer-related medical costs. The Denver City Council unanimously approved a bill that allows firefighters to join the Voluntary Cancer Benefits Award Program (VCAP) set up by the Colorado Firefighter Heart and Cancer Benefits Trust. This measure would exist in place of the existing workers' compensation program set up by the city, but there are a few key differences between the two programs that make the new one more attractive to city employees, city officials said.
- PUB DATE: 9/20/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Denver Gazette

...PATCHY DENSE FOG ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN... Patchy dense fog, with visibilities of a quarter mile or less, will continue or expand across central and north central Wisconsin early this morning. The dense fog is expected to slowly lift between 7 and 9 AM. Special Weather Statement 2022-09-19T04:34:00-05:00 2022-09-19T08:00:00-05:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Minor Observed Langlade; Lincoln; Marathon; Oneida; Portage; Vilas; Waushara; Wood FIPS6 055067 055069 055073 055085 055097 055125 055137 055141 UGC WIZ005 WIZ010 WIZ018 WIZ019 WIZ030 WIZ035 WIZ036 WIZ045 VTEC

The Forest History Association of Wisconsin will offer a free webinar at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 21. Author Bill Matthias of Wascott will present the program based on the story told in his 2010 book “Monster Fire at Minong,” published by the Wisconsin Historical Society Press. The account of this fire has been told and re-told as a “success story” in many forms.
- PUB DATE: 9/19/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Advocate

The Green Bay Metro Fire Department responded to a garage fire Saturday morning around 8:55 AM at 1280 Chicago Street. Upon arrival, the Battalion chief found a garbage can on fire; the flames spread into the detached garage and extended into the roof. Firefighters were quickly able to stop the fire from spreading any further inside the garage, or the car inside.
- PUB DATE: 9/19/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

Five people will need somewhere to stay after a fire ripped through the third floor and back porch of a multi-family home in Everett, Massachusetts Monday morning. Firefighters with the Everett Fire Department spent hours battling the fire on Woodlawn Street Monday, where they were met with towering flames when they first arrived.
- PUB DATE: 9/19/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBTS-TV NBC 10 Nashua

VIDEO: A Lauderhill fire rescue has been left damaged after someone shot at it while crews responded to a call. A paramedic saw the gunman, and it turned into quite a scare for the first responders. On Friday, the crew of Rescue 30 of Lauderhill Fire Rescue’s fire truck was en route to help a person who was suffering chest pains when it was shot multiple times in the area of Northwest 19th Street and 31st Avenue.
- PUB DATE: 9/19/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSVN-TV FOX 7 Miami

VIDEO: A Navy arson trial is about to get underway, more than two years after fire destroyed the USS Bonhomme Richard. The trial comes as the Navy continues to unravel why the fire became one of the worst peace-time disasters in Navy history. Beginning on July 12, 2020, the USS Bonhomme Richard burned for nearly five days in the San Diego Bay.
- PUB DATE: 9/19/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPBS-TV 15 San Diego

Chief William “Bill” Feehan kept a photo on his desk at the FDNY headquarters in Brooklyn. He and his young grandson Connor stand beaming in the photo on a fireboat in New York Harbor. The chief’s burly hands rest on Connor’s shoulders and the two brace a gust of wind that has made the boy’s hair into a wild nest.
- PUB DATE: 9/19/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal - Metered Site

VIDEO: The 36th annual International Association of Fire Fighters Fallen Fire Fighter Memorial ceremony returned to Colorado Springs Saturday. Approximately 8,000 guests were in attendance for the first of the event since the pandemic began. “The inability to be together took its toll on all of us," IAFF President Edward Kelly said.
- PUB DATE: 9/19/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KRDO-FM 105.5 Colorado Springs

A piece of machinery caught fire inside of County Materials Corp in Madison Saturday night, according to a news release from the Madison Fire Department. Crews found the piece of machinery on a 3rd floor mezzanine "fully involved" in fire when they responded just after 7:15 p.m. A sprinkler head activated and kept the fire contained until crews were able to extinguish it.
- PUB DATE: 9/18/2022 5:21:00 AM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV ABC 27 Madison

Beaver Dam firefighters were dispatched to S. Center Street on Friday evening, Sept. 16 for a house fire. When the emergency responders arrived on the scene, they found smoke coming from the front of the house and fire beginning to come out a rear window. A news release says crews were able to quickly knock down and extinguish the fire and keep the fire contained to the kitchen.
- PUB DATE: 9/16/2022 5:00:00 PM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee

One man is dead after a vehicle hit his motorcycle on State 54 early Friday morning. At 2:26 a.m. Friday, a caller reported a motorcycle was going west on State 54 when it approached Green Grove Lane, according to the Wood County Sheriff's Office. Deputies determined a vehicle traveling behind the motorcycle hit the back of it as they approached the intersection.
- PUB DATE: 9/16/2022 7:28:05 AM - SOURCE: Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune

Opioid related overdoses continue to rise in Milwaukee County. The county’s medical examiner reports that 80% of confirmed drug deaths this year involved fentanyl, with the county on track for 700+ drug related deaths this year. Now, local law enforcement agencies like the Oak Creek Fire Department are working to slow down those numbers by handing out Narcan Hope Kits.
- PUB DATE: 9/16/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTMJ-TV NBC 4 Milwaukee