AT&T on Tuesday announced the launch of its new location-based routing to automatically transmit wireless 9-1-1 calls to the appropriate 9-1-1 call centers on a nationwide basis. AT&T can quickly and more accurately identify where a wireless 9-1-1 call is coming from using device GPS and hybrid information to route the call to the correct 9-1-1 call center, also known as public safety answering point or PSAP.
- PUB DATE: 5/11/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: MacTrast

A young man is breathing a little easier after nearly losing an engagement ring to a vehicle fire on Monday. According to Williamson County Fire Rescue, fire crews were dispatched to a car fire off I-840 on Monday afternoon. Fire-Rescue crews arrived to find the vehicle fully involved and quickly moved to stop the flames.
- PUB DATE: 5/11/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSMV-TV NBC 4 Nashville

The steady increase in COVID-19 cases this past month is not disconcerting to Americans, as they are less worried now about the coronavirus than they were at the start of the year, and fewer are social distancing. Fewer than one in three U.S. adults (31%) say they are "very" or "somewhat worried" about getting COVID-19, statistically similar to the 34% recorded in mid-February when cases were steeply declining after the omicron spike.
- PUB DATE: 5/11/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Gallup News

Two people were found dead near the scene of a fire in the Township of Presque Isle Tuesday afternoon. According to the Vilas County Sheriff's Office, the call for the fire off of Baer Road came in at 12:43 p.m. When they arrived, local firefighters and responders from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Fire Services were able to put out the flames.
- PUB DATE: 5/10/2022 5:04:00 PM - SOURCE: WAOW-TV ABC 9 Wausau

An east side apartment building is displaced following a fire that caused significant damage. Madison Fire crews arrived to a two-story, four-unit apartment building with smoke showing Monday night around 10:30 p.m. The crew made their way to the second floor from the exterior and entered the apartment.
- PUB DATE: 5/10/2022 5:00:49 PM - SOURCE: WMTV NBC 15 Madison

The cause of a barn fire in Wood County is still undetermined, but authorities are investigating if lightning may be the cause. Around 11:30 p.m. Monday night, several departments were paged to the scene of a barn fire on 11600 block of State Highway 10 in the town of Lincoln. That location is southwest of Marshfield.
- PUB DATE: 5/10/2022 12:00:39 PM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau

Crews fought a fire at a building at 7th and Cleveland in Milwaukee overnight Tuesday. Flames erupted in a large, two-story home there. A Milwaukee Fire Department battalion chief told us that everyone got out of the house and that no firefighters were injured. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
- PUB DATE: 5/10/2022 8:57:17 AM - SOURCE: WTMJ-TV NBC 4 Milwaukee

Action 2 News viewers captured the intense smoke and flames at the scene of a scrap metal business fire in Marinette County. Watch the video above to see images from viewers Robert Matthews, Cynthia Kusba, and April Lane. Crews responded to Sal B Scrap Metal and Recycling around 3 o’clock Monday afternoon.
- PUB DATE: 5/10/2022 4:48:09 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

When new Fire Chief Peter Fletty was starting out with the city's fire department, he thought he'd eventually move back to Eau Claire. Fletty, 47, grew up in Eau Claire and it's where most of his family still lives. But firefighter jobs were difficult to get 25 years ago, and the Marshfield Fire Department made him an offer.
- PUB DATE: 5/10/2022 4:01:24 AM - SOURCE: Marshfield News-Herald - Metered Site

The Fort Atkinson Fire Department is set to acquire two new vehicles by the end of 2022 and another vehicle in 2024 as the department prepares to add EMS services at the start of 2023. The purchases include a light rescue vehicle and associated equipment for $425,223, a used ambulance for $30,000 and a new ambulance for $263,448.
- PUB DATE: 5/10/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Daily Jefferson County Union

VIDEOS: Multiple buildings are damaged following a large fire that broke out Monday afternoon in Salem, Massachusetts. The three-alarm fire started just before 4 p.m. along Hancock Street between Canal and Lafayette streets. Video from Sky 5 showed flames extending from one triple-decker home to other structures nearby.
- PUB DATE: 5/10/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCVB-TV ABC 5 Boston

VIDEO: The future home of Station 30 is going to be electric and more than just in looks. The city of Charlotte’s budget includes funding to build a new Station 30 in southwest Charlotte. The newly constructed fire facility will be on Beam Road and will be “all electric,” complete with the city’s first electric fire truck.
- PUB DATE: 5/10/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSOC-TV ABC 9 Charlotte

A 27-year-old was charged after allegedly breaking into a Kaimuki fire station, where law enforcement sources say he was discovered naked in a bathroom. The suspect allegedly broke in through a ground floor bathroom window while firefighters were inside asleep. Just after 2 a.m. Sunday, a firefighter reported being woken up by a man who had flipped on the lights inside the dorm at Fire Station No.
- PUB DATE: 5/10/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Hawaii News Now

The city of Pittsburgh and the firefighters' union have agreed firefighters no longer must live within the city limits, reaching a negotiated end to an ongoing legal battle. "This is a great thing for not only the city, the citizens, but the firefighters who serve here," Ralph Sicuro, president, Pittsburgh Firefighters Union Local #1, told Pittsburgh's Action News 4.
- PUB DATE: 5/10/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTAE-TV ABC 4 Pittsburgh

Federal law enforcement agencies are getting involved in the search for the suspect or suspects who set fire to the office of a Madison-area anti-abortion group on Sunday morning. Police Chief Shon Barnes says someone was driving past the building when they noticed the fire and called 9-1-1. “Our responding officers observed smoke coming from inside the building and a ground-level window which had been breached,” Chief Barnes said during a press conference on Monday.
- PUB DATE: 5/9/2022 1:30:04 PM - SOURCE: WTMJ-AM 620 Milwaukee

...STRONG WINDS AND ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY... Even though relative humidity is expected to rise today, strong southeast winds will keep fire danger elevated across much of the region. Wind gusts will reach 35 to 45 mph this afternoon, with a few gusts near 50 mph possible in the eastern Fox Valley and lakeshore areas. Wind gusts this strong can cause minor damage to Special Weather Statement 2022-05-09T11:00:00-05:00 2022-05-09T19:15:00-05:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Minor Observed Brown; Calumet; Door; Florence; Forest; Kewaunee; Langlade; Lincoln; Manitowoc; Marathon; Menominee; Northern Marinette County; Northern Oconto County; Oneida; Outagamie; Portage; Shawano; Southern Marinette County; Southern Oconto County; Vilas; Waupaca; Waushara; Winnebago; Wood FIPS6 055009 055015 055029 055037 055041 055061 055067 055069 055071 055073 055075 055078 055083 055085 055087 055097 055115 055125 055135 055137 055139 055141 UGC WIZ005 WIZ010 WIZ011 WIZ012 WIZ013 WIZ018 WIZ019 WIZ020 WIZ021 WIZ022 WIZ030 WIZ031 WIZ035 WIZ036 WIZ037 WIZ038 WIZ039 WIZ040 WIZ045 WIZ048 WIZ049 WIZ050 WIZ073 WIZ074 VTEC

Wildfire season is in full swing, according to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR). The DNR's dashboard shows there's been more than 50 fires this weekend alone. "We're starting to see a lot of fire activity, particularly this weekend with the warm temperatures, low humidity, and increased winds," DNR Wildfire Prevention Specialist Catherine Koele said.
- PUB DATE: 5/9/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

Watertown moved a big step closer this past week toward acquiring land for a new, much larger fire station, with two sites identified as finalists, following a consultant’s lengthy research process. After enlisting the help of Five Bugles Design, which has assisted in fire station designs across Wisconsin, the common council was told Tuesday that six locations were identified, but sites at 800 S.
- PUB DATE: 5/9/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Watertown Daily Times

Fire officials say they were called to a barn on Concord Church Road just before 9 p.m. Saturday. Flames had engulfed the barn by the time crews arrived on scene. Lewisville Fire was the lead agency, with multiple other fire crews responding. They say they were able to get it under control in about an hour.
- PUB DATE: 5/9/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WXII-TV NBC 12 Winston-Salem

When Pavel Zboril moved to Owensboro from the Czech Republic, he thought he left his life as a firefighter behind. Zboril, who comes from a community near the Czech city of Olomouc, was a volunteer firefighter, from a family of firefighters. “We have a long family history of volunteer firefighters in my family,” he said.
- PUB DATE: 5/9/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Messenger-Inquirer