The IAFF has been collaborating with the U.S. Navy on a program to improve the fitness, health and wellness of Navy fire fighters by encouraging them to become more active. In January 2022, the IAFF launched Integrated Group Navy Fire Instruction, Training and Education (IGNITE), a comprehensive 18-month wellness-fitness program, in collaboration with fire fighters from Navy Region Mid-Atlantic (NRMA).
- PUB DATE: 5/24/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: IAFF.org

The Kissimmee Fire Department will begin integrating telemedicine and patient navigation into the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) system with the Tele911 program beginning Monday, June 6. The use of Tele911, Inc. by Kissimmee Fire Department is intended to reduce ambulance transports to the Emergency Room for residents who call 911 with non-emergency medical issues.
- PUB DATE: 5/24/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Positively Osceola

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT TUESDAY... * WHAT...Temperatures from 32 to 37 will result in widespread frost formation. * WHERE...Langlade, Lincoln, Oneida, Vilas, Florence, Forest and Northern Marinette counties. * WHEN...From 1 AM to 8 AM CDT Tuesday. Frost Advisory 2022-05-24T01:00:00-05:00 2022-05-24T08:00:00-05:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Minor Likely Florence; Forest; Langlade; Lincoln; Northern Marinette County; Oneida; Vilas FIPS6 055037 055041 055067 055069 055075 055085 055125 UGC WIZ005 WIZ010 WIZ011 WIZ012 WIZ013 WIZ018 WIZ019 VTEC /O.NEW.KGRB.FR.Y.0002.220524T0600Z-220524T1300Z/

...COLD TEMPERATURES EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT... Another cold night is on tap across northern Wisconsin tonight as low temperatures are forecast to drop into the 30s. Clouds are expected to increase overnight and prevent widespread frost from developing. There is some uncertainty as to whether these clouds will arrive fast enough to keep frost from forming, thus tender Special Weather Statement 2022-05-23T14:18:00-05:00 2022-05-23T22:00:00-05:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Minor Observed Door; Florence; Forest; Langlade; Lincoln; Northern Marinette County; Northern Oconto County; Oneida; Southern Marinette County; Southern Oconto County; Vilas FIPS6 055029 055037 055041 055067 055069 055075 055083 055085 055125 UGC WIZ005 WIZ010 WIZ011 WIZ012 WIZ013 WIZ018 WIZ019 WIZ021 WIZ022 WIZ073 WIZ074 VTEC

A Medford couple fought and killed a 120-pound adult female black bear that broke into their home on Friday night, injuring both of them. The attack was reported at 11:11 p.m. Friday on Castle Road in the town of Medford, according to the Taylor County Sheriff's Office. When deputies and emergency services got to the home, they found the injured homeowners and their children, who had been asleep at the time of the attack and were unharmed, the sheriff's office said.
- PUB DATE: 5/23/2022 6:03:23 AM - SOURCE: Marshfield News-Herald

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures from 25 to 30 expected. * WHERE...Langlade, Lincoln, Oneida, Vilas, Florence and Forest Counties. * WHEN...Until 8 AM CDT this morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops and other Freeze Warning 2022-05-23T03:25:00-05:00 2022-05-23T08:00:00-05:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Moderate Likely Florence; Forest; Langlade; Lincoln; Oneida; Vilas FIPS6 055037 055041 055067 055069 055085 055125 UGC WIZ005 WIZ010 WIZ011 WIZ012 WIZ018 WIZ019 VTEC /O.CON.KGRB.FZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-220523T1300Z/

A fire on Milwaukee's north side left dozens of people without a place to sleep Saturday night, May 21. The Red Cross was able to put up some residents at their downtown office for the night before a shelter was opened Sunday. The fire happened after the Red Cross spent the weekend installing hundreds of smoke alarms on Milwaukee's south side.
- PUB DATE: 5/23/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee

VIDEO: A major scrapyard fire has been put out after Phoenix Fire Department and several other agencies worked early Sunday morning to contain it near the I-10 stack. Fire crews were called out to the scene near 22nd Avenue and Willetta Street, south of McDowell Road around 5:45 a.m. Video from the scene showed massive plumes of black smoke over central Phoenix as firefighters worked to put out the flames.
- PUB DATE: 5/23/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPHO-TV CBS 5 Phoenix

VIDEO: Jackie Lam joined the Detroit Fire Department a few years ago because of the department’s reputation of being the best of the best. And without even knowing it, Lam ended up doing a lot more than just fighting fires as she instead paved the way for future generations to follow in her footsteps.
- PUB DATE: 5/23/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDIV-TV NBC 4 Detroit

PHOTOS: Sickness and death stalk firefighters who put out a massive blaze in 1975 that destroyed the New York Telephone Exchange in the East Village. “I have leukemia. Everybody got something,” said retired FDNY Firefighter Danny Noonan. “We lost about 18 guys in the first 10 to 12 years,” Noonan said.
- PUB DATE: 5/23/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Daily News - Metered Site

Earning themselves the moniker of "forever chemicals" due to their ability to persist for a long time in the environment, perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are increasingly being shown to pose serious risks to human health. In light of this improved awareness scientists are ramping up their efforts to better break them down before they can cause harm, and a new breakthrough demonstrates how it might be done in a matter of hours using UV light.
- PUB DATE: 5/23/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New Atlas

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT MONDAY... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures from 25 to 30 expected. * WHERE...Langlade, Lincoln, Oneida, Vilas, Florence and Forest Counties. * WHEN...From 1 AM to 8 AM CDT Monday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops and other Freeze Warning 2022-05-23T01:00:00-05:00 2022-05-23T08:00:00-05:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Moderate Likely Florence; Forest; Langlade; Lincoln; Oneida; Vilas FIPS6 055037 055041 055067 055069 055085 055125 UGC WIZ005 WIZ010 WIZ011 WIZ012 WIZ018 WIZ019 VTEC /O.UPG.KGRB.FR.Y.0001.220523T0600Z-220523T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KGRB.FZ.W.0001.220523T0600Z-220523T1300Z/

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT MONDAY... * WHAT...Low temperatures in the upper 20s to middle 30s will result in frost formation. * WHERE...Portions of central, north central, and northeast Wisconsin. * WHEN...From 1 AM to 8 AM CDT Monday. Frost Advisory 2022-05-23T01:00:00-05:00 2022-05-23T08:00:00-05:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Minor Likely Florence; Forest; Langlade; Lincoln; Marathon; Menominee; Northern Marinette County; Northern Oconto County; Oneida; Portage; Shawano; Vilas; Waupaca; Waushara; Wood FIPS6 055037 055041 055067 055069 055073 055075 055078 055083 055085 055097 055115 055125 055135 055137 055141 UGC WIZ005 WIZ010 WIZ011 WIZ012 WIZ013 WIZ018 WIZ019 WIZ020 WIZ021 WIZ030 WIZ031 WIZ035 WIZ036 WIZ037 WIZ045 VTEC /O.NEW.KGRB.FR.Y.0001.220523T0600Z-220523T1300Z/

Firefighters responded to a local family restaurant shortly before 1 a.m. Sunday morning. Crews were at Red Coal BBQ on North Clairemont Avenue for a kitchen fire. Officials with the Eau Claire Fire Department said they forcibly entered the building after heavy smoke was seen upon arrival. They worked to extinguish the fire so it did not spread beyond the kitchen, but there was heavy smoke throughout the restaurant.
- PUB DATE: 5/22/2022 5:59:00 AM - SOURCE: WQOW-TV ABC 18 Eau Claire

Fireman’s Park in Campbellsport was vandalized for a third time this year, this time in the woman’s bathroom. But unlike the previous incidents, responsibility for the vandalism has been accepted. A number of Parents and children confessed to local authorities regarding the vandalism. In a social media post issued Thursday the Campbellsport Police Department said many tips were given, followed by parents bringing their children in and advising the Department that they had been involved in the vandalism.
- PUB DATE: 5/20/2022 3:38:07 AM - SOURCE: KFIZ-AM 1450 Fond du Lac

Three civilian workers and three firefighters were injured in a massive explosion and fire Thursday at a construction company in Waukesha County. The explosion and fire started shortly before 8 a.m. at Summerset Marine Construction on Chapman Lane in Eagle. No deaths were reported. Two workers were taken to the hospital, one with serious injuries.
- PUB DATE: 5/20/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee

The city's newest fire chief has a long history with the fire service. Chief Todd Eckes officially took the oath of office Tuesday evening during the Wisconsin Rapids Common Council meeting. He had been interim fire chief since former Chief Scott Young's retirement in October. The Wisconsin Rapids Police and Fire Commission named him as the new fire chief on May 2.
- PUB DATE: 5/20/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Yahoo News

Three civilian workers and three firefighters were injured in a massive explosion and fire Thursday at a construction company in Waukesha County. The explosion and fire started shortly before 8 a.m. at Summerset Marine Construction on Chapman Lane in Eagle. No deaths were reported. Two workers were taken to the hospital, one with serious injuries.
- PUB DATE: 5/20/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee

PHOTOS: A New Jersey firefighter says his department is still recovering emotionally after attempting to dig two teenage victims out of a sand collapse at Toms River’s Ocean Beach on Tuesday. Despite first responders’ efforts, Levi Caverly, 18, died in the collapse of a 10-foot hole he dug on the beach with his 17-year-old sister, whom rescuers saved after hours of digging.
- PUB DATE: 5/20/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FOX News

PHOTOS: In 2021, the Orem Fire Department requested, and was granted by the city council, a major purchase for the city — a tiller fire truck. Tiller trucks are the most maneuverable type of fire apparatus in the fleet of fire trucks. They also come with a hefty price tag. Orem’s truck is being built to custom specifications and ,when completed, will cost about $1.
- PUB DATE: 5/20/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Daily Herald