VIDEO: A group of 12 balloon artists from around the United States gathered in Omro to create a life-sized fire truck out of balloons. Artists began working on the project on Monday, where they made the truck and other minor details. On Wednesday, the group unveiled the finished product inside the Omro Fire Department.
- PUB DATE: 5/19/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV CBS 5 Green Bay

In the last 150 years, Wisconsin has been the site of some of the most extreme fires and land-use changes in United States history. Settlers cleared forests, erased prairies, and wetlands, and shaped the land to provide livelihoods for farmers. Over time land management practices of Native Americans were pushed aside and forgotten.
- PUB DATE: 5/19/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee

The fire service has been a part of Fire Chief J.B. Moody's entire life. Moody, 42, grew up in Nekoosa, and his father was a volunteer firefighter and paramedic for the Nekoosa Fire Department. "It's been something around our household forever," Moody said. Moody had originally planned to be a flight nurse or an anesthetist, but he went into the United States Air Force and, about three years into nursing school, he was deployed overseas shortly after the Sept.
- PUB DATE: 5/19/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Stevens Point Journal - Metered Site

Honolulu firefighters are responding to a raging fire Wednesday night in the Campbell Industrial Park area. The blaze was reported around 8:15 p.m. at a structure near Kaomi Loop in Kalaeloa. Witnesses said the fire has been reaching heights of about 100 feet, and the glow from the blaze can be seen from miles away.
- PUB DATE: 5/19/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Hawaii News Now

A rare ambulance in Hamilton County is changing the game for the fifth leading cause of death in Ohio. In 2020, the CDC says more than 7,000 people died from strokes in the state. That same year, the region rolled out its first mobile stroke unit. “We have great stroke centers throughout the entire city, but just the logistics of transporting a patient from their home to the hospital -- that takes time when literally minutes matter.
- PUB DATE: 5/19/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKRC-TV CBS 12 Cincinnati

She may not know you personally, but Evanston Division Fire Chief Kimberly Kull says she thinks about your safety every day. Kull is the highest-ranking woman in the department, reporting directly to Fire Chief Paul Polep. She’s responsible for emergency management and logistics within the department and is also the Public Information Officer, also called a PIO.
- PUB DATE: 5/19/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Evanston Round Table

A group of 12 balloon artists from around the United States gathered in Omro to create a life-sized fire truck out of balloons. Artists began working on the project on Monday, where they made the truck and other minor details. On Wednesday, the group unveiled the finished product inside the Omro Fire Department.
- PUB DATE: 5/19/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV CBS 5 Green Bay

When EMS personnel are called out, they generally don’t know much about the patient they’re going to be treating. That is especially true for the city’s homeless population. EMS officials say when they respond, they need as much information as possible about a patient’s medical story. “Whether they were unable to speak, unresponsive, refused to give it,” Indianapolis EMS Quality Assurance Officer Milon Berry said.
- PUB DATE: 5/19/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTTV CBS 4 Bloomington

Gateway Technical College is hosting a new Junior EMS/Fire Summer Camp from June 20 through 22. Gateway’s three-day schedule allows for flexibility for students. Want to know what it’s like to be a firefighter or an EMT? Embark on this new opportunity to learn and use the skills of this trade. Get the chance to interact with axes, hoses, and extrication equipment.
- PUB DATE: 5/18/2022 10:22:37 AM - SOURCE: Racine County Eye

A crew of over 150 responded to a wind-driven fire at a pallet yard late Tuesday night in Phoenix. According to Phoenix Fire, crews arrived at the scene near 35th Avenue and Buckeye Road just after 10 p.m. on May 17 and immediately called for backup. When additional firefighters arrived, a surround and drown operation was established, "with elevated master streams and flowing big water to suppress the flames and keep them from extending to nearby businesses.
- PUB DATE: 5/18/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSAZ-TV FOX 10 Phoenix

Two local firefighter’s unions made clear Tuesday that they do not support the Firefighter Safety Act because it “seems poised to unreasonably restrict” them from performing their duties. The Baltimore Fire Fighters Association and the Baltimore Fire Officers Association in a six-page letter to the Baltimore City Council described their grievances with the bill, which regulates the way firefighters respond when a vacant building is on fire.
- PUB DATE: 5/18/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJZ-TV CBS 13 Baltimore

VIDEO: The Los Angeles Fire Department had a big day over the weekend after becoming the first fire department in the country to have an electric fire engine. The truck was unveiled Saturday morning outside the LAFD historical museum in Hollywood. It's been assigned to Station 82, and was custom-made by a company in Austria that builds firefighting tools and equipment.
- PUB DATE: 5/18/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KABC-TV ABC 7 Los Angeles

Each year, major cities across the U.S. play host to a fundraiser of ascending proportions. The Fight for Air Climb raises money for lung-related research, aid and advocacy by challenging people to climb thousands of stairs. On May 21, Minnesotans will climb 4,380 steps in “the best set of stairs in the Twin Cities,” at Allianz Field in St.
- PUB DATE: 5/18/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Hometown Source

After a generous donation from Heath Consultants of Houston, Texas, the Sterling Heights Fire Department becomes the first in Michigan to utilize a new remote methane leak detector. This device will allow first responders to quickly scan common venting points within a building from a safe distance to determine if methane gas is present.
- PUB DATE: 5/18/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDIV-TV NBC 4 Detroit

De Pere Fire Rescue quickly extinguished a house fire Tuesday. Firefighters were dispatched to a 2.5-story, wood-frame single-family home at 437 North Superior Street around 3:45 p.m., according to Battalion chief Brett Jansen. They found smoke venting out of the first-floor window. De Pere Police confirmed all two residents self-evacuated.
- PUB DATE: 5/17/2022 3:54:02 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources says the fire danger across Wisconsin is starting to go down, but most of our counties are still listed as a “high” risk. While the ground is greening up, the danger is not gone just yet. There was a brush fire on the Fox Valley Technical College campus Tuesday, but it was intentionally set.
- PUB DATE: 5/17/2022 2:38:30 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

Milwaukee firefighters battled a two-alarm house fire near 34th and Lisbon on Monday morning, May 16. The fire ended up spreading to another home. Initially, FOX6 News learned one person was unaccounted for. Authorities said the condition of the home was not stable for them to enter when they first arrived.
- PUB DATE: 5/17/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee

The Sheboygan County Hazmat team was called to Blue Harbor Resort after an employee came across fumes coming from the pool filtration room. The Sheboygan Fire Department says on May 16 around 12:30 p.m., crews were sent to Blue Harbor Resort for a possible Hazmat leak in the area of the pool filtration room.
- PUB DATE: 5/17/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV CBS 5 Green Bay

VIDEO: South Area Fire District now has a hovercraft to add to its arsenal. The cost was around $60,000, and it weighs more than 400 pounds. It will be commonly used for rescues on bodies of water. but can operate on most surfaces. The hovercraft is not in circulation yet because a lot of training is required before anyone can perform a rescue with it.
- PUB DATE: 5/17/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WAOW-TV ABC 9 Wausau

An Amazon semi-trailer fully engulfed in flames along westbound Interstate 80 affected traffic near Greenwood for several hours Sunday night. Nebraska State Patrol said troopers were called to mile marker 422, near Greenwood, just after 9 p.m. Sunday. Ashland Fire and Rescue said its crews, Greenwood Fire and Rescue, and Murdock Fire all assisted with the incident.
- PUB DATE: 5/17/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WOWT-TV NBC 6 Omaha