The FOX 8 I-Team has found more and more local first responders training for a new way to get medical help more quickly to victims of a gunman on a rampage. The plan revolves around sending ambulance crews into scenes right behind the first officers. While the officers search for the gunman, the paramedics search for victims.
- PUB DATE: 6/2/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJW-TV FOX 8 Cleveland

Now that summer has (unofficially) arrived, the calendar of cool stuff to do outdoors in Boston is suddenly packed. That is certainly the case on the Harbor, where party boat and island ferry season is now in full force, the ICA Watershed is open, and a cliff diving competition in the Seaport is just around the corner.
- PUB DATE: 6/2/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Boston Magazine

Five people are named as finalists to become the next chief of the La Crosse Fire Department. The city released the names of the candidates Wednesday afternoon. None are currently with the department. Only one is from the area. Assistant Fire Chief Les Norin of the Onalaska Fire Department is one of the five.
- PUB DATE: 6/1/2022 12:35:00 PM - SOURCE: WXOW-TV ABC 19 lacrosse

The Marshfield Fire and Rescue Department, in partnership with Mid-State Technical College, hosted a partnership celebration at the Marshfield Fire and Rescue Training Center located at 2615 South Vine Avenue. The event was attended by many contributors, collaborators and champions of the project, including Marshfield Fire and Rescue leadership, city officials, college officials and local legislators.
- PUB DATE: 6/1/2022 6:22:44 AM - SOURCE: WCCN-FM 107.5 Neillsville

Firefighters are in the middle of a sleep study being conducted by the University of Wisconsin-Superior’s Health and Human Performance Department. The goal of the study is to improve firefighter health. Smart watches worn by Superior crew members 24 hours a day, seven days a week are gathering data about their heart rate, blood pressure and sleep patterns at home and on the job.
- PUB DATE: 6/1/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Superior Telegram - Metered Site

VIDEOS: A fire at a chemical production plant in downtown Omaha burned Monday night into Tuesday morning. KETV NewsWatch 7 drone footage and Google Earth images show the damage to the Nox Crete facility, located near 20th and Center streets. The first call for help at the facility came at 6:53 p.m., according to Battalion Chief Scott Fitzpatrick.
- PUB DATE: 6/1/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KETV ABC 7 Omaha

VIDEO: Vandals destroyed the Homewood Acres volunteer firehouse over Memorial Day weekend – and the break-in happened in broad daylight. The discovery was made days later, and the vandals were kids caught on camera. As CBS 2's Marissa Perlman reports, the firehouse at 3860 183rd St. in the unincorporated community of Homewood Acres was left looking like a tornado had ripped through it.
- PUB DATE: 6/1/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBBM-TV CBS 2 Chicago

Firefighters are in the middle of a sleep study being conducted by the University of Wisconsin-Superior’s Health and Human Performance Department. The goal of the study is to improve firefighter health. Smart watches worn by Superior crew members 24 hours a day, seven days a week are gathering data about their heart rate, blood pressure and sleep patterns at home and on the job.
- PUB DATE: 6/1/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Superior Telegram - Metered Site

The Junction City Fire Department is hoping to stop bullying starting with schools in Boyle County. Firefighters said after incidents in their own community and now the tragedy in Texas, the department is hoping to change lives, one student at a time. It is called “Firefighters Against Bullies.” The program was started in Pennsylvania by a group of firefighters hoping to draw awareness to schools and to build an anti-bullying program.
- PUB DATE: 6/1/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDKY-TV FOX 56 Danville

It was the single biggest loss of life in the history of the Houston Fire Department. Nine years ago, the Southwest Inn fire ultimately claimed the lives of five firefighters. The four firefighters who died on the scene were Robert Bebee, Robert Garner, Mathew Renaud, and Anne Sullivan. In March 2017, Captain Bill Dowling, who lost both of his legs in the fire, died of complications from the injuries sustained in the line of duty.
- PUB DATE: 6/1/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTRK-TV ABC 13 Houston

The chief of the Pittsville Fire Department in Wood County has been named as this year's Hero of Hope by the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation. According to the Wisconsin Ag Connection, Jerry Minor received the honor, which is focused on shedding light on rural heroes who have helped others through a tough time.
- PUB DATE: 5/31/2022 10:26:34 PM - SOURCE: WCCN-FM 107.5 Neillsville

Five years after the deadly explosion at Didion Milling Inc. in Cambria, Wisconsin, the fire chief who led the rescue mission uses lessons learned that night to educate other departments around the state. He also stresses the importance of putting out the battles from the inside, mental health. Tuesday night marks five years after the deadly explosion at Didion Milling in Cambria, Wisconsin.
- PUB DATE: 5/31/2022 8:23:11 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

The Town of Beloit has received a $7 million grant throught the Neighborhood Investment Fund which will be used to rebuild the township’s fire station on Inman Parkway. Neighborhood Investment Fund is an allocation of $650 million to invest in community building and recovery statewide. The program was announced in August of 2021 and is administered by the Wisconsin Department of Administration.
- PUB DATE: 5/31/2022 8:00:00 PM - SOURCE: Beloit Daily News - Metered Site

Local fire departments are experiencing a shortage of volunteer and full time firefighters. In an effort to combat the shortage, the Department of Safety and Professional Services awarded Western Technical College $22,593 at the Onalaska Fire Department in an effort to spark high school students' interest in becoming a fire fighter.
- PUB DATE: 5/31/2022 3:37:00 PM - SOURCE: WXOW-TV ABC 19 La Crosse

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 45 mph expected. * WHERE...Vilas County. * WHEN...Until 4 PM CDT this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree Wind Advisory 2022-05-31T08:18:00-05:00 2022-05-31T16:00:00-05:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Minor Likely Vilas FIPS6 055125 UGC WIZ005 VTEC /O.CON.KGRB.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-220531T2100Z/

This is the first time that Appleton is back to a fully in-person schedule of events in years. Which is why veterans and Memorial Day organizers said it was so important to remember servicemen and women killed in the line of duty. “To honor all who have paid the price for our freedom in life and blood,” Bob Johnson with the Appleton American Legion Post 38 said during the Moment of Remembrance in Appleton on Monday, May 30.
- PUB DATE: 5/31/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

The fire department has a new assistant fire chief. Howard Huber, a 16-year veteran of the Superior Fire Department, stepped into the job May 2. The new position is 40 hours per week, Monday through Friday, instead of the firefighters' schedule of 48 hours on, 96 hours off. “I’m learning what weekends are,” Huber said.
- PUB DATE: 5/31/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Superior Telegram - Metered Site

Crews are investigating what caused a fire at the Deer Track Park landfill near Johnson Creek Monday afternoon. Capt. Craig Cahill with the Johnson Creek Fire Department said the fire broke out around 1 p.m. The fire covered an area roughly two acres in size, he said. Firefighters were able to extinguish the flames in roughly an hour.
- PUB DATE: 5/31/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison

A house went up in flames on Sunday evening in Brodhead, according to authorities. According to the Rock County Sheriff’s Office, the fire started around 7:30 p.m. on Sunday at a home on West Dorner Road in Brodhead. Authorities say overnight the fire rekindled creating hot spots that crews needed to put out Monday morning.
- PUB DATE: 5/31/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMTV NBC 15 Madison

PHOTOS: As thick black smoke visible from miles away billowed above a chemical fire in downtown Omaha on Monday night, fire officials recommended residents in the nearby area evacuate. Omaha Fire confirmed in a report Monday night that a fire broke out in an industrial building near 20th Street and Woolworth Avenue a few minutes before 7 p.
- PUB DATE: 5/31/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WOWT-TV NBC 6 Omaha