A vehicle broke through the ice on Lake Winnebago in Fond du Lac Thursday evening, and crews are warning people that the ice is not safe at this time. At 6:57 p.m., Fond du Lac Fire Rescue, police and deputies responded to Lakeside Park for a report of a vehicle through the ice. It was near the Garden Drive landing area, about a quarter mile from shoreline.
- PUB DATE: 3/18/2022 7:13:25 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

In Wisconsin, where people frequent outdoor recreation such as hiking, kayaking, horseback riding, snowmobiling, biking or all-terrain vehicle riding, such activities don’t always come without injury. The Caledonia Fire Department has had incidents where people have injured themselves while off the main roads, but the department wasn’t as fully equipped as it could’ve been to best serve these people.
- PUB DATE: 3/18/2022 4:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Journal Times - Metered Site

With recent increases in fuel prices, fire and ambulance departments that have to use a large amount of fuel to operate are starting to see the impacts on their budgets. Baraboo Ambulance Service already set their fuel budget for 2022, so now it’s a matter of staying within it. Fire and ambulance departments do get a small tax break on gas, but fuel still takes up a chunk of their budget.
- PUB DATE: 3/18/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMTV NBC 15 Madison

A grass fire burned 35 acres in a marsh area owned by the Wisconsin DNR Thursday afternoon. Town of Clayton’s emergency manager, Kaylin Rieckmann, tells Action 2 News the wildfire started along the railroad tracks near Pioneer Road and Medina Junction Road. Clayton Fire Rescue called for more help, and ultimately 10 agencies responded to the fire.
- PUB DATE: 3/18/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

Crews in a small Texas community are working to put out a fire that engulfed the city Thursday afternoon. Heavy flames filled the city of Ranger's downtown area and engulfed historic structures including the police department building and a 100-year-old church. Video taken by the Eastland County Today newspaper showed crews working to put out the fire at the historic Second Baptist Church and the police station.
- PUB DATE: 3/18/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFAA-TV ABC 8 Dallas

For years, the fire prevention messaging was simple and snappy: When you change your clocks for daylight saving time, change the batteries in your smoke detectors and carbon monoxide alarms. If Congress does away with the biannual clock change, as the Senate this week proposed, that reminder won’t be there anymore.
- PUB DATE: 3/18/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Boston Globe - Metered Site

Tow truck driving can be a dangerous job when workers are along the interstate cleaning up the scene of an accident or towing a vehicle away. After the loss of Ross Booker, local tow truck drivers are asking if something can be done to make their jobs easier. Booker was killed by a 16-year-old after a Scott's Law violation in early March.
- PUB DATE: 3/18/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KHQA-TV CBS/ABC 7 Hannibal

Calhoun County firefighters are looking to establish a firefighter training association to help standardize fire response protocols across the county. “One of the big things is that you’ve got every department now doing kind of their own training. There is not a whole lot of uniformity within Calhoun County.
- PUB DATE: 3/18/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Times and Democrat

A simple call to action from an Iowa woman has gone viral on social media. Allison Marois made a TikTok in February asking for help for a gift she's working on for her father's birthday in August. Her father, Bill Collins, recently retired after being a firefighter for more than 38 years. "He really is passionate about being a firefighter.
- PUB DATE: 3/18/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KHBS-TV ABC/CW+ 40 Fort Smith

Firefighters on Wednesday, March 16 responded to the scene of a house fire near 12th Street and Superior Avenue in Sheboygan. The call came in around 6:20 a.m. Firefighters arrived on the scene in three minutes and reported smoke coming from the second-floor of the residence. Firefighters entered the building with a hose line and found a working fire in the ceiling of the second floor.
- PUB DATE: 3/17/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee

VIDEOS/PHOTOS: A fire at a Walmart warehouse distribution center has cast a large plume of smoke visible throughout Indianapolis. Nearly 200 firefighters are on scene with officials calling on anyone living near the looming plume of smoke to shelter in place and stay indoors along with not touching any of the debris that is raining down on the city’s west side.
- PUB DATE: 3/17/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WXIN-TV FOX 59 Indianapolis

The St. Andrew Pipes & Drums band plays year-round at graduations and funerals. But there's nothing like the thrill of Kansas City's legendary St. Patrick's Day parade. Iain McKee grew up listening to the hum of the Highland bagpipe. Sixty years ago, his grandfather Wallace McKee helped found St. Andrew Pipes & Drums.
- PUB DATE: 3/17/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCUR- FM 89.3 Kansas City

When it comes to protecting first responders at accident scenes nationwide, brighter isn’t better. A recent study by the Emergency Responder Safety Institute revealed that the light-emitting diode flashers on police cruisers, fire engines, and ambulances that spray the night with intense beams to protect first responders from oncoming traffic actually create a lot of glare, and that effect intensifies when the light bounces off retroreflective chevrons attached to the back of emergency vehicles.
- PUB DATE: 3/17/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Coffee or Die Magazine

Saturday, March 19, 2022, marks the 40th anniversary of a fire that killed a Petersburg firefighter Mike Goff and nearly cost the city its entire downtown. For those who were there, the day is remembered as a nightmare. "Every second. It was yesterday. You know, in your minds, it was just yesterday," retired Petersburg Fire Captain Glenn Dean said.
- PUB DATE: 3/17/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTVR-TV CBS 6 Richmond

AVillage of Pleasant Prairie proposed public safety referendum has received public endorsements from three professional organizations. Endorsements have been announced from the Pleasant Prairie Professional Firefighters IAFF Local 3785, Pleasant Prairie Police Appreciation Association (PPPOA), and Pleasant Prairie Professional Police Association Local 185 (PPPPA).
- PUB DATE: 3/16/2022 7:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Kenosha News - Metered Site

Fire crews from multiple departments responded to a house fire in the village of Park Ridge in Portage County. The call of the fire on Sunrise Avenue came in around 12:45 a.m. Wednesday. Departments responding to the scene include Park Ridge Fire, Stevens Point Fire, Stockton Fire, Hull Fire, Dewey Fire, Plover Fire, Rosholt Fire, Amherst Fire and Almond Fire.
- PUB DATE: 3/16/2022 1:11:34 AM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau

VIDEO: No one is hurt after a garage fire Tuesday night in Eau Claire. The fire, which happened at 7:45 p.m. Tuesday at a detached garage near the intersection of 9th Street and Walnut Street on Eau Claire’s northwest side, was quickly brought under control, according to a release from Eau Claire Fire and Rescue.
- PUB DATE: 3/16/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WEAU-TV NBC 13 Madison

Smoke was visible miles away after a fire broke out Tuesday night in Milford, Massachusetts. Aerial footage showed massive flames engulfing a three-story building on Haven Street. Fire crews from Milford and multiple neighboring communities responded. No one was injured, fire officials said. Access to water was a problem for firefighters.
- PUB DATE: 3/16/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBTS-CD NBC 10 Boston

Researchers in Washington are updating a database on different types of fentanyl to keep first responders safe when they arrive to the scene of an overdose or crime scene. The idea is to put that information into a handheld device that officers or firefighters can use so they know if the substance they have found is dangerous.
- PUB DATE: 3/16/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KUSA-TV NBC 9 Denver

It was March 25, 2018, and then high school standout Bones Hyland was in his room in his family’s Delaware home after an AAU game. He was watching the Kansas vs. Duke Elite Eight game on his laptop and talking to a friend when his room started to fill with black smoke. The home was quickly engulfed in fire and Hyland was forced to jump from his second-story window to safety on the ground.
- PUB DATE: 3/16/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC Sports