Ray Olsen has had it with the pictures. He’s been leaning against the front bumper of a 1966 American LaFrance fire truck, posing for photos as best he can, but there’s a limit, and Ray, a man for whom vanity is not a strong point, has reached it. “That’s it,” he says as Deseret News photographer Ben Braun pauses to check the latest digital images on his camera.
- PUB DATE: 8/2/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Deseret News

A Baraboo firefighter is recovering following a freak accident. Justin Boak said he was working on his truck when the shop-vac exploded in his face. He was severely burned all over his body. Boak was transferred from Baraboo to the UW Madison Hospital burn unit. "I was standing there vacuuming around it and all of a sudden it exploded," he said.
- PUB DATE: 8/1/2022 2:14:00 PM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV ABC 27 Madison

According to the North Shore Fire Department (NSFD), a four-car garage caught fire around 6 a.m. Monday morning. Crews were originally called for a vegetation fire, but once on scene it was determined to be a four-car detached garage. The NSFD worked to quickly put out the fire as it began spreading to the fence and exterior of a duplex next door.
- PUB DATE: 8/1/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

A detached garage in Superior was destroyed by fire Saturday night. According to the Superior Fire department, firefighters were dispatched to East 5th street around 9:00 p.m. Authorities said when they arrived on the scene, flames were coming out of the roof and the overhead garage door of the structure, and fire was starting to spread to an adjacent garage.
- PUB DATE: 8/1/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CBS 3 Duluth

Two firefighters were taken to an area hospital after they were injured while battling a two-alarm house fire in New Castle County, Delaware. According to officials, the fire began at about 9:45 p.m. in the 100 block of Belmont Drive in Pike Creek. When crews arrived, heavy smoke was showing from a two-story home.
- PUB DATE: 8/1/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPVI-TV ABC 6 Philadelphia

PHOTOS: It has raced to fires, rolled through parades, is part of a museum and still works. One hundred years after “Old Engine One” first rolled into Caribou, the 1922 American LaFrance pumper is still the pride and joy of the city’s fire and EMS department. In a time when old vehicles end up in metal compactors, the city of Caribou sees the treasure in its first fire truck and works hard to preserve it.
- PUB DATE: 8/1/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Bangor Daily News - Metered Site

Firefighters, their families, departments and community leaders gathered in Sacramento on Saturday to pay tribute to the 82 California firefighters who lost their lives in the line of duty with a memorial ceremony at the Safe Credit Union Convention Center. “It’s solemn, but we also want it be as uplifting as it can be to help those family members remember,” said Rick Martinez, the executive director of the California Fire Foundation.
- PUB DATE: 8/1/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCRA-TV NBC 3 Sacramento

It’s rare for an electric bus to burst into flames in the way a state-operated one did last month at a Hamden bus depot, but the same can’t be said for all electric vehicles, according to industry experts. And the National Transportation Safety Board, a federal agency that investigates significant transportation accidents, has joined the efforts to determine the exact cause of the fire.
- PUB DATE: 8/1/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CT Insider

VIDEO: Fire departments across the country are using various different tactics to recruit more females. Efforts are happening at a boot camp in Boise, Idaho, a girl’s summer camp in Charlotte, North Carolina, to recruiting college athletes in Columbus, Ohio, and changing public perception in Lexington, Kentucky.
- PUB DATE: 8/1/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KMGH-TV ABC 7 Denver

Current firefighters from across the Midwest got hands-on training in extrication this weekend. The two-day training was hosted by Jefferson Fire & Safety in Middleton. It included eight skilled instructors and several real-world scenarios that taught students how to properly use Holmatro Rescue Tools, which help free people from cars following accidents.
- PUB DATE: 7/31/2022 3:08:00 PM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV ABC 27 Madison

A man in Racine was sent to the hospital after a house fire Saturday morning, July 30. Firefighters say it could have been much worse. The man was rescued before first responders arrived. "My upstairs neighbor was on top of the roof yelling fire, and there was a bunch of smoke coming out of the windows," said Nicole Evans.
- PUB DATE: 7/29/2022 5:00:00 PM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee

One person is dead after a house fire in Chippewa Falls Wednesday. The Chippewa Falls Police Department said the death and the fire are being investigated as a criminal act. Police also identified a suspect, 58-year-old Scott Vaningan of Chippewa Falls, who was taken into custody without incident Thursday evening.
- PUB DATE: 7/29/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WEAU-TV NBC 13 Madison

A fire in the City of Green Bay caused around $10,000 in damages on Thursday. According to a release, firefighters with the Green Bay Metro Fire Department were sent to the 300 Block of South Roosevelt Street for a report of an exterior fire along a fence. After arriving on the scene, firefighters found the fire extended into the detached garage of the residence.
- PUB DATE: 7/29/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV CBS 5 Green Bay

PHOTOS: State transportation crews have reopened all southbound lanes of Interstate 5 in Seattle Thursday evening after a vehicle carrying liquid oxygen caught fire and exploded, snarling traffic for motorists through the midday and afternoon commute. No injuries were reported during the incident, which resulted in the closure of both north- and southbound lanes near downtown Seattle for over an hour.
- PUB DATE: 7/29/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle

If you’re not one for heights, then this view may not be for you. Rural Metro Fire – Knox County gave WATE’s Bo Williams an inside look at its newest and biggest addition. In June, Rural Metro added a new $1.2 million aerial truck to its fleet to serve North Knox County for the next 20 years. “This aerial is 107 feet.
- PUB DATE: 7/29/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WATE-TV ABC 6 Knoxville

A Bradenton firefighter has received the county’s highest honor for a firefighter after donating a kidney to a fellow firefighter’s wife. As a firefighter and former Marine, Lieutenant Derek Foss is always ready to answer the call. "Make a decision as it comes in," he explained. He says he didn't need any convincing on the decision to donate a kidney after learning he was a perfect match to be a kidney donor to Brianne Baker.
- PUB DATE: 7/29/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTVT-TV FOX 13 Tampa

Nico Smith didn’t want to merely make a living, but to “have a living.” She wanted to feel alive. That desire prompted her to quit her $116,000 a year job as a lawyer in February 2020 to strike out on her own. She ended up starting her own law firm, and later discovered a passion for firefighting. “A lot of things in my life were in flux at the time,” the 36-year-old California resident tells CNBC Make It.
- PUB DATE: 7/29/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Make It

At least 16 people are dead following catastrophic flooding in Kentucky, Gov. Andy Beshear said Friday. That number is expected to double and includes children, he told CNN earlier, as rescuers scramble to reach areas difficult to access. "It's going to get a lot higher," Beshear said at a news conference Friday morning.
- PUB DATE: 7/29/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNN

While strong men – and women – flex their muscles for the title of the Brat City Strongest, Sheboygan Firefighters will be fighting Muscular Dystrophy on Saturday at 3 Sheeps Taproom in Sheboygan. Roy Brion of the Sheboygan Firefighters Local 483 is chair of this year’s “Pints for a Purpose” that kicks off the firefighters’ annual “Fill the Boots” campaign.
- PUB DATE: 7/28/2022 5:08:59 AM - SOURCE: WHBL-AM 1330 Sheboygan

No known injuries are reported after a house fire in Chippewa Falls Wednesday. Chippewa Falls Police Department is considering this fire to be “suspicious in nature.” According to a media release by Chippewa Falls Police Department, Chippewa Falls Fire and Emergency Services along with Chippewa Falls Police responded to the scene of a house fire located at 721 Superior Street.
- PUB DATE: 7/28/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WEAU-TV NBC 13 Madison