The Spokane Fire Department is implementing a new way to care for sick and injured children. SFD has partnered with Handtevy, a company that specializes in EMS pediatric technology, to create a new emergency medical care system for kids. It offers a pediatric resuscitation system and a mobile application to reduce the stress that comes with pediatric medical emergencies.
- PUB DATE: 5/9/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4 Spokane

Volvo is obviously a very safety-oriented brand. It's consistently ranked as one of the safest automakers out there. Now, some firefighters are going to tear up a Volvo XC40 Recharge in the name of safety. Volvo says it's donating the fully-electric SUV to the Boston Fire Department so that the department's crews can learn more about electric vehicle fires.
- PUB DATE: 5/9/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CarBuzz

One York County fire department has generations of moms and families to celebrate on Mother’s Day, not to mention the traditions they’ve passed down. Three generations of Micki Rife’s family have worked in the West Manchester Township Fire Department, going back decades. She said firefighting is in their blood.
- PUB DATE: 5/9/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHTM-TV ABC 27 Harrisburg

Madison Police are investigating what they believe was targeted arson and vandalism on the city’s north side. It happened at the office of Family Action Wisconsin, which is a non-profit that supports anti-abortion measures. Police say they believe someone threw a molotov cocktail into the office window Sunday morning, but it didn’t ignite.
- PUB DATE: 5/8/2022 2:17:56 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

...ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY AND POSSIBLY INTO MONDAY.. Even though relative humidity is expected to rise over the next couple days, increasing southeast winds will keep fire danger elevated across the region. Southeast winds are expected to gust to 25 to 30 mph this afternoon, and could get as high as 35 to 45 Special Weather Statement 2022-05-08T05:19:00-05:00 2022-05-08T19:00:00-05:00 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

...ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND... Mild temperatures and very low relative humidity will result in elevated fire weather conditions this afternoon and early evening. Even though relative humidity is expected to be a bit higher on Sunday, increasing southeast winds will keep fire danger elevated across the region. Special Weather Statement 2022-05-07T03:51:00-05:00 2022-05-07T17:00:00-05:00 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

...VERY DRY AIR COULD INCREASE FIRE DANGER IN CENTRAL AND NORTHERN WISCONSIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... Temperatures from 65 TO 70 combined with relative humidity values of 15 to 25 percent could create conditions suitable for fire activity Saturday afternoon. Please use caution with anything that can create a spark or fire outdoors. Burning restrictions may be Special Weather Statement 2022-05-06T14:47:00-05:00 2022-05-06T18:00:00-05:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Minor Observed Brown; Calumet; Florence; Forest; Langlade; Lincoln; 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 055037 055041 055067 055069 055073 055075 055078 055083 055085 055087 055097 055115 055125 055135 055137 055139 055141 UGC WIZ005 WIZ010 WIZ011 WIZ012 WIZ013 WIZ018 WIZ019 WIZ020 WIZ021 WIZ030 WIZ031 WIZ035 WIZ036 WIZ037 WIZ038 WIZ039 WIZ045 WIZ048 WIZ049 WIZ073 WIZ074 VTEC

PHOTOS: Four people are dead after a house fire in rural Monroe County Thursday evening. The Sparta Area Fire District said they went to a call of a reported structure fire on Backtrail Road in the Town of Little Falls east of Melrose at 9:09 p.m. Thursday. According to the Fire District in a release, the report was that a house was on fire with people trapped upstairs and unable to get out.
- PUB DATE: 5/6/2022 5:13:40 AM - SOURCE: WEAU-TV NBC 13 Eau Claire

Sharon Purifoy-Smoots became the first Black female to be promoted to assistant chief of the Milwaukee Fire Department on Thursday. The promotion continues an already trailblazing career for the 19-year department veteran. In 2020, she became the first Black female to be named deputy chief at the department.
- PUB DATE: 5/6/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Metered Site

No one is hurt after a structure fire in Chippewa Falls Thursday afternoon. According to a media release by Chippewa Falls Fire and Emergency Services, at 3:15 p.m. on May 5 the Chippewa Falls Fire and Emergency Services responded to a report of smoke coming from under the siding of a duplex at the address of 564 East Wisconsin Street.
- PUB DATE: 5/6/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WEAU-TV NBC 13 Madison

VIDEO: An early morning apartment fire has displaced six people and destroyed five to six cars in Phoenix, the city's police department said. Phoenix and Glendale firefighters responded to the scene near 12th St & Maryland Friday morning, the department said. Heavy fire was coming from a single-story apartment when crews arrived.
- PUB DATE: 5/6/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPNX-TV NBC 12 Phoenix

Ten firefighters were transported to the hospital, three of whom were administered naloxone, after becoming ill while at the scene of a house fire Wednesday afternoon on Webster Road in the town of Portland. All of the first responders have since been released and are recovering at home, Portland Fire Chief David McIntyre said.
- PUB DATE: 5/6/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Post-Journal

PHOTO: A piece of Baltimore history has a new home in Timonium. The fireboat "Tommy" rolled into the Fire Museum of Maryland on a flatbed truck Thursday morning. The boat is named after former Baltimore Mayor Thomas D'Alesandro Jr., who served the city for 59 years and is the father of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
- PUB DATE: 5/6/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBAL-TV NBC 11 Maryland

VIDEO: A duo in Hernando County are bringing the beverages to events around the Tampa Bay area in a very unique way. Jeffrey Jackson and Devin Mormando volunteered in the 1991 fire truck they now run for events. They saw the truck in an auction and new they had to have it. “We used to volunteer on it back at our volunteer department locally.
- PUB DATE: 5/6/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFLA-TV NBC 8 Tampa

VIDEO: For the first time in months, daily hospital admission levels and new COVID-19-related deaths in the United States are both projected to increase over the next four weeks, according to updated forecast models used by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The projected increases come after weeks of steady upticks in infections across the country, subsequent to the removal of masking requirements and mitigation measures in many states and cities.
- PUB DATE: 5/6/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPVI-TV ABC 6 Philadelphia

Watertown officials announced Wednesday that Travis Teesch will be the city’s new chief of fire and emergency operations, replacing Kraig Biefeld, who retired Monday. Teesch comes to Watertown from his former position as assistant fire chief in Kaukauna, where he served since August of 1999. The amount of Teesch’s pay is still being negotiated, according to Watertown Mayor Emily McFarland, and is expected to be approved Monday at a meeting of the city’s finance committee.
- PUB DATE: 5/5/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Watertown Daily Times

The right lane of eastbound Interstate 39/90/94 is blocked near County Highway CS in Columbia County due to a vehicle fire Wednesday night, according to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation. A Columbia County dispatcher said the fire was reported around 10:05 p.m. The Poynette Fire Department was called to the scene.
- PUB DATE: 5/5/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison

Firefighters extinguished a massive fire burning west of downtown Phoenix that temporarily shut down Interstate 10 Wednesday night. The second-alarm fire was burning at Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway near 19th Avenue and McDowell Road on May 4, officials said. First responders discovered a large pile of railroad ties fully engulfed in flames.
- PUB DATE: 5/5/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSAZ-TV FOX 10 Phoenix

VIDEO: The sole survivor of a deadly building collapse that killed three Baltimore City firefighters honored his fallen comrades Wednesday on International Firefighters Day. Firefighter John McMaster was critically injured on Jan. 24 when he and his fellow firefighters battled a blaze at a vacant home in the 200 block of South Stricker Street in West Baltimore's Mount Clare section.
- PUB DATE: 5/5/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBFF-TV FOX 45 Baltimore

VIDEO: Three workers were injured in a collapse at a construction site in South Boston. Boston Fire Commissioner Jack Dempsey said emergency crews were called to the Edison Power Plant building around 1:40 p.m. Two of the injured workers were able to be removed immediately. A third person was trapped, prompting a rescue operation with about 100 firefighters in support roles, Dempsey said.
- PUB DATE: 5/5/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFXT-TV FOX 25 Boston