A family of six and two other people are without a home this morning after a fire in a Franklin County home this morning. Franklin County firefighters say the fire began around 3 a.m. Wednesday morning at the intersection of Metcalf Rd. and Sagemoor Rd. When crews arrived they said the fire had spread to a nearby power pole and crews had to tend to the pole before the house.
- PUB DATE: 6/23/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KNDO-TV NBC 23 Yakima

Wednesday, Gov. Andy Beshear ceremonially signed House Bill 562, relating to mental health for first responders. The bill establishes 48 hours of time off for police officers and firefighters following critical incidents. The bill also redefines a critical incident. It includes officer-involved shootings, serious vehicle crashes, the death of a colleague or partner and other circumstances.
- PUB DATE: 6/23/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHAS-TV ABC 11 Louisville

UT Health East Texas EMS paramedics will teach roughly 20 EMTs from Guam this summer about specialized clinical training to become accredited in advanced life support techniques. “They’re going to experience high performance 911 training through UT Health East Texas EMS and receive training from paramedics who are actively working in the field,” said TC Howard, chief operating officer of the School of EMS, which helped coordinate the effort.
- PUB DATE: 6/23/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KYTX-TV CBS 19 Nacogdoches

One hundred years ago, on a distant Feb. 16 evening, a blaze erupted at the Prospect School. The tragedy that occurred during the blaze has become a part of village lore. And the firefighter who gave his life was memorialized during a Tuesday evening ceremony at the location. It was freezing cold outside when the village’s firefighters responded.
- PUB DATE: 6/23/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Daily News - Metered Site

PHOTOS: Usually, looking up while walking around Boston is the way to go. But if you find your eyes turned to the ground in the coming days and weeks, be sure to keep an eye out for a handful of delightful mice-sized storefronts that have popped up around the city. AnonyMouse has so far revealed two Boston installations on Instagram — a bookstore and a fire station — but there are a handful more still out there, according to the group.
- PUB DATE: 6/23/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Boston.com

Body camera video shows a 3-year-old boy being rescued from a burning home in West Allis early Sunday, June 19. The intense video shows West Allis police and firefighters not giving up. West Allis police shared video Tuesday. It shows panic, emotion and the moment a boy was carried away from a burning home.
- PUB DATE: 6/22/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee

Four people and six dogs are without a home due to a kitchen fire in Neenah that happened Tuesday. According to a release, around 5:00 p.m., the Neenah-Menasha Fire Department was sent to the 1200 Block of Honeysuckle Lane for reports of smoke showing at a single-family residence. After arriving on the scene, firefighters learned that of the six dogs, four of them were still inside the burning house with one of them being in a cage.
- PUB DATE: 6/22/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV CBS 5 Green Bay

Summer lived up to its name as the first day of the season brought a heat index of 100 degrees or more to Northeast Wisconsin. As Mother Nature continued to bring on the heat Tuesday, Wisconsinites are trying to find ways to stay cool. It was obvious why folks were hanging out at the pool. Just ask the Candela family.
- PUB DATE: 6/22/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

A plane carrying 126 people caught fire after landing at Miami International Airport Tuesday, leaving three people hospitalized with minor injuries. Red Air Flight 203 from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, had landed around 5:30 p.m. when the landing gear in the nose of the plane collapsed, Miami International Airport officials said.
- PUB DATE: 6/22/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTVJ-TV NBC 6 Miami

Every traffic light in St. Charles County will soon automatically turn green for first responders heading to emergencies — the latest move in a $17 million effort to create "smart intersections" across the county. Emergency vehicles now get priority at 210 of the more than 350 traffic lights in St.
- PUB DATE: 6/22/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Government Technology

An important event for first responders is scaling back this year. Texas A&M Extension Service (TEEX) announced their Spanish Fire School will no longer be happening in-person. The loss of this year’s Spanish Fire School is a disappointment for TEEX as well as tourism officials. The school not only provides valuable training to firefighters, but also brings big money to the area.
- PUB DATE: 6/22/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KBTX-TV CBS 3 Bryan

Bob Shank’s mother asked him to help run Shank’s Tavern in Marietta in 1968, which got him involved in the family business and Lancaster County’s oldest tavern established in 1814. Four years later in 1972, Shank had to deal with the aftermath of the destruction wrought by Tropical Storm Agnes. Shank recalled in detail what the tavern looked like in the wake of the storm.
- PUB DATE: 6/22/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Lancaster Online

Starting July 7 through August 25, ten talented home cooks will grace our screens and compete in Rhode Island PBS’s search for “the Great American Recipe.” Amongst those chosen to share their signature dishes with the world is Rhode Island’s very own Dan Rinaldi. We caught up with the Providence firefighter by day and meal maker by night ahead of the premiere to learn a little more about his Italian cooking roots, his time on the show and his favorite Rhode Island eats.
- PUB DATE: 6/22/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Rhode Island Monthly

A 23-year-old La Crosse woman facing arson and second-degree recklessly endangering safety charges appeared in court Tuesday. Brianna Lawrence allegedly started a fire May 3 at 1917 Prospect St. that caused an estimation of more than $70,000 in damage to the property, according to the criminal complaint.
- PUB DATE: 6/21/2022 1:22:19 PM - SOURCE: WKBT-TV CBS 8 La Crosse

A controlled-burn of scrap materials at the River Valley Ranch mushroom farm, 39960 60th St., went wrong, catching plastic planting trays on fire an creating a smoke cloud large enough to be seen from Green Bay Road in Kenosha and from Lake Geneva in Walworth County Tuesday morning. Cheri Petkus, a manager at River Valley Ranch & Kitchens, which sits across Highway 50 from the farm, said she noticed the fire and called 911.
- PUB DATE: 6/21/2022 11:30:00 AM - SOURCE: Kenosha News - Metered Site

A joint southern Ozaukee County fire and EMS department has already been created, and now a group of communities in the county’s central section will begin discussions about consolidating their operations. The communities that oversee the Grafton, Cedarburg, Saukville and Port Washington fire departments will all consider signing a memorandum of understanding in the coming weeks, with the villages of Grafton and Saukville and the city of Port Washington taking it up this week.
- PUB DATE: 6/21/2022 8:57:00 AM - SOURCE: Milwaukee News And Event

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of northwestern Vilas County through 445 AM CDT... At 348 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Madeline Island to near Upson to 12 miles east of Winter. Movement was northeast at 55 mph. HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph and pea size hail. Special Weather Statement 2022-06-21T04:06:00-05:00 2022-06-21T04:45:00-05:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Minor Observed Vilas 46.19,-89.35 45.96,-90.04 45.98,-90.04 45.99,-89.97 46.01,-89.93 46.3,-89.93 46.19,-89.35 FIPS6 055125 UGC WIZ005 VTEC

Five Fox Valley fire departments are examining ways they can further their collaboration with one another to meet increased demands for service amid fiscal constraints and a tight labor market. The Appleton, Oshkosh, Neenah-Menasha, Grand Chute and Kaukauna fire departments recently hired the Wisconsin Policy Forum to study opportunities for regional cooperation.
- PUB DATE: 6/21/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Post Crescent - Metered Site

A few firefighters in Stevens Point were honored for their courage. Distinguished Service Awards were given to two members of city fire staff (Lt. Mark Schoeberle, and John Klementz) and a Mid-State Technical College intern (Riley Cate) for saving lives at a fire in a Stevens Point high rise last October.
- PUB DATE: 6/21/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WAOW-TV ABC 9 Wausau

VIDEO: Local firefighters battled what Las Vegas Fire & Rescue reports to be the largest fire involving occupied buildings in the city of Las Vegas in 25 years. At least ten buildings were either damaged or destroyed in the massive fire in Downtown Las Vegas early Sunday morning. As the fire jumped from building to building, several vehicles were also destroyed.
- PUB DATE: 6/21/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSNV-TV NBC 3 Las Vegas