VIDEO: Over 75 million Americans are being urged to take proper precautions as temperatures could top 100 degrees in parts of the Midwest on Tuesday. The extreme heat comes as a new report published in JAMA shows that heat-related deaths have risen significantly in the U.S. in recent years. The report, which was compiled using data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, showed there were 21,518 fatalities from 1999-2023 citing heat as the underlying or contributing cause of death.
- PUB DATE: 8/27/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Scripps News

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 653 IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN WISCONSIN THIS WATCH INCLUDES 22 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN MARATHON PORTAGE WAUSHARA WOOD IN EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN CALUMET MANITOWOC WINNEBAGO IN NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN LANGLADE LINCOLN ONEIDA VILAS IN NORTHEAST WISCONSIN BROWN DOOR FLORENCE FOREST KEWAUNEE MARINETTE MENOMINEE OCONTO OUTAGAMIE SHAWANO WAUPACA THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALASKA, ANGELICA, ANTIGO, APPLETON, ARBOR VITAE, ARGONNE, ARMSTRONG CREEK, ARNOTT, AURORA, AURORAVILLE, BAKERVILLE, BLACKWELL, BLOOMVILLE, BORTH, BOULDER JUNCTION, BROOKSIDE, BRYANT, CAVOUR, CLAY BANKS, CLINTONVILLE, COMMONWEALTH, CONOVER, CRANDON, DARBOY, DEERBROOK, DOERING, DUNBAR, DUNDAS, DUVALL, ELCHO, ENTERPRISE, GLEASON, GOODMAN, GOODNOW, GREEN BAY, HARMONY, HARRISON, HILES, HOFA PARK, INSTITUTE, JEFFRIS, KEMPSTER, KESHENA, KEWAUNEE, KING, LAC DU FLAMBEAU, LAKE TOMAHAWK, LAONA, LIND CENTER, LITTLE SUAMICO, MACKVILLE, MANITOWISH WATERS, MANITOWOC, MARSHFIELD, MC NAUGHTON, MENASHA, MERRILL, NEENAH, NEOPIT, NEVA, NEW LONDON, NIAGARA, NORMAN, NORTHERN LAKE WINNEBAGO, NORTHPORT, OCONTO, OSHKOSH, PEMBINE, PENSAUKEE, PESHTIGO, PINE RIVER, PLOVER, POINT BEACH STATE PARK, POLAR, PORTERFIELD, POTAWATOMI STATE PARK, PRESQUE ISLE, RANKIN, RHINELANDER, RIO CREEK, ROSTOK, RURAL, SHAWANO, SHOTO, SILVER LAKE, SOBIESKI, SPREAD EAGLE, STARKS, STEVENS POINT, THORNTON, TWO RIVERS, VALMY, WAUPACA, WAUSAU, WAUTOMA, WINCHESTER, WINNEBAGO, WISCONSIN RAPIDS, WITTMAN FIELD, AND WOODBORO. Severe Thunderstorm Watch 2024-08-26T20:41:00-05:00 2024-08-26T20:41:00-05:00 2024-08-26T20:41:00-05:00 2024-08-27T04:00:00-05:00 Actual Alert Met Future Severe Possible Brown, WI; Calumet, WI; Door, WI; Florence, WI; Forest, WI; Kewaunee, WI; Langlade, WI; Lincoln, WI; Manitowoc, WI; Marathon, WI; Marinette, WI; Menominee, WI; Oconto, WI; Oneida, WI; Outagamie, WI; Portage, WI; Shawano, WI; Vilas, WI; Waupaca, WI; Waushara, WI; Winnebago, WI; Wood, WI SAME 055009 SAME 055015 SAME 055029 SAME 055037 SAME 055041 SAME 055061 SAME 055067 SAME 055069 SAME 055071 SAME 055073 SAME 055075 SAME 055078 SAME 055083 SAME 055085 SAME 055087 SAME 055097 SAME 055115 SAME 055125 SAME 055135 SAME 055137 SAME 055139 SAME 055141 UGC WIC009 UGC WIC015 UGC WIC029 UGC WIC037 UGC WIC041 UGC WIC061 UGC WIC067 UGC WIC069 UGC WIC071 UGC WIC073 UGC WIC075 UGC WIC078 UGC WIC083 UGC WIC085 UGC WIC087 UGC WIC097 UGC WIC115 UGC WIC125 UGC WIC135 UGC WIC137 UGC WIC139 UGC WIC141 AWIPSidentifier WCNGRB WMOidentifier WWUS63 KGRB 270141 BLOCKCHANNEL EAS BLOCKCHANNEL NWEM BLOCKCHANNEL CMAS EAS-ORG WXR VTEC /O.NEW.KGRB.SV.A.0653.240827T0141Z-240827T0900Z/ eventEndingTime 2024-08-27T09:00:00+00:00

While the possibility always exists, responding to an active shooter or mass casualty situation is something local law enforcement, fire and EMS hope never happens. The call comes in, first responders react. Police, fire and paramedics race to the scene. But a call on Friday, to Thrivent, was not really an emergency, instead it was a drill.
- PUB DATE: 8/26/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTAQ-AM 1360 Green Bay

One person was hurt after a fire broke out in a Janesville apartment on Sunday. Janesville Fire Department Battalion Chief Tyler Johnson said firefighters responded at 1:24 p.m. to 2006 Morningside Drive. Crews encountered smoke coming from a first-floor apartment in the rear of a two-story, eight unit building.
- PUB DATE: 8/26/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV ABC 27 Madison

PHOTOS: A large house fire that sent one to the hospital devastated a home in Skiatook, taking multiple departments and tanker trucks hours to put out. 2 News got a call from a viewer about the fire. By the time crews got there, the home was completely engulfed. It was a shocking scene in Skiatook on Aug.
- PUB DATE: 8/26/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KJRH-TV NBC 2 Tulsa

VIDEO/PHOTOS: Firefighting is a tough, dangerous job, especially in Arizona where wildfires are prevalent and deadly. Phoenix launched its first fire department in 1886 when a special bond raised $10,000 to purchase equipment and improve the water supply. In the decades after, the city worked to expand staff and upgrade equipment to effectively fight blazes around town.
- PUB DATE: 8/26/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: AZ Central - Metered Site

VIDEO: Crews with Dallas Fire-Rescue (DFR) rescued 15 people associated with the Los Angeles Chargers -- both players and members of the team's traveling party -- who were trapped in an elevator at The Westin hotel in Downtown Dallas on Friday night. The Chargers, in town for their final 2024 preseason matchup against the Dallas Cowboys on Saturday at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, acknowledged in a social media post Friday night that members of the team were stranded in an inoperable elevator in the team's hotel.
- PUB DATE: 8/26/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFAA-TV ABC 8 Dallas

Near the end of an April workday in 2022, the Virginia International Raceway fire and rescue team was notified that a racecar driver had fallen and hit his head just after getting out of his vehicle. The driver had collapsed while talking to his pit crew, and the response team soon learned that the situation was more serious than a simple fall.
- PUB DATE: 8/26/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Cardinal News

Patchy dense fog, with visibilities of less than 1/4 mile, will create locally hazardous driving conditions across northern and eastern Wisconsin this morning. The worst conditions are expected over far northeast Wisconsin and near Lake Michigan. The fog should mix out in most areas between 8 am and 9 am. When driving in fog, slow down, use your low beam headlights and keep a safe distance from other vehicles. Allow extra time to reach your destination. Special Weather Statement 2024-08-25T04:48:00-05:00 2024-08-25T04:48:00-05:00 2024-08-25T04:48:00-05:00 2024-08-25T09:00:00-05:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Moderate Observed Vilas; Oneida; Forest; Florence; Northern Marinette County; Lincoln; Langlade; Northern Oconto County; Door; Brown; Kewaunee; Manitowoc; Southern Marinette County; Southern Oconto County SAME 055125 SAME 055085 SAME 055041 SAME 055037 SAME 055075 SAME 055069 SAME 055067 SAME 055083 SAME 055029 SAME 055009 SAME 055061 SAME 055071 UGC WIZ005 UGC WIZ010 UGC WIZ011 UGC WIZ012 UGC WIZ013 UGC WIZ018 UGC WIZ019 UGC WIZ021 UGC WIZ022 UGC WIZ039 UGC WIZ040 UGC WIZ050 UGC WIZ073 UGC WIZ074 AWIPSidentifier SPSGRB WMOidentifier WWUS83 KGRB 250948 NWSheadline PATCHY DENSE FOG WILL IMPACT TRAVEL ACROSS NORTHERN AND EASTERN WISCONSIN EARLY THIS MORNING BLOCKCHANNEL EAS BLOCKCHANNEL NWEM BLOCKCHANNEL CMAS EAS-ORG WXR

VIDEO: One man is in the hospital after crashing into a house near 27th and Burleigh Streets that then caught on fire Saturday night. The Milwaukee Fire Department said it responded to the scene just after 7 p.m. Witnesses tell WISN 12 News the collision could be heard throughout the neighborhood. "First of all, I heard a big boom," said John Cole, a witness who was walking to a store nearby when the crash happened.
- PUB DATE: 8/25/2024 12:36:00 AM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee

At 755 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking thunderstorms along a line extending from near Watersmeet to 9 miles northwest of Rainbow Flowage. Movement was southeast at 25 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Strong thunderstorms will be near... Rainbow Flowage around 810 AM CDT. Eagle River and Phelps around 825 AM CDT. Other locations impacted by these storms include Arbor Vitae, Sayner, Land O Lakes, Lac Vieux Desert, Trout Lake, Upper Buckatabon Springs Natural Area, Star Lake, Woodruff, St Germain, and Conover. Special Weather Statement 2024-08-23T07:55:00-05:00 2024-08-23T07:55:00-05:00 2024-08-23T07:55:00-05:00 2024-08-23T08:45:00-05:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Moderate Observed Vilas; Oneida 46.14,-89.09 46.09,-88.97 45.71,-89.34 45.95,-89.8 46.2,-89.42 46.14,-89.09 SAME 055125 SAME 055085 UGC WIZ005 UGC WIZ010 AWIPSidentifier SPSGRB WMOidentifier WWUS83 KGRB 231255 NWSheadline THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN VILAS AND NORTHEASTERN ONEIDA COUNTIES THROUGH 845 AM CDT eventMotionDescription 2024-08-23T12:55:00-00:00...storm...306DEG...20KT...46.23,-89.26 45.97,-89.66 maxWindGust 40 MPH maxHailSize 0.25 BLOCKCHANNEL EAS BLOCKCHANNEL NWEM BLOCKCHANNEL CMAS EAS-ORG WXR

An area fire department has a new resource thanks to some generous donors. It's an eye in the sky, a drone for the Grand Rapids Fire Department, and it was completely donor funded. It's a game changer for area fire departments. "If we have a wildfire, we can tell em where the hotspots are and he can tell em on the screen as its happening oh yeah send a crew over there," said John Fawley, Firefighter/EMS and Drone Pilot.
- PUB DATE: 8/23/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WAOW-TV ABC 9 Wausau

The Cedarburg Fire Department has announced the promotion of Blake Karnitz to the rank of captain. After joining the department in 2010, Karnitz first took on the role of assistant training officer in 2013. He was hired to his full-time position as fire inspector in 2017. In addition to being a state certified fire inspector, Karnitz is an advanced EMT and earned the rank of rescue lieutenant in 2019.
- PUB DATE: 8/23/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Greater Milwaukee Today - Metered Site

The Battle of the Badges is making a comeback after a brief hiatus because of the pandemic. The event is a softball game between the Watertown Fire Department and Watertown Police Department. Fire Chief Tanya Reynen says it used to be a casual game but has turned it into a community event. “The losing team goes in the dunk tank,” says Reynen.
- PUB DATE: 8/23/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBEV-AM 1430/FM 95.3 Beaver Dam

PHOTOS: A fire broke out at a boat anchored to a Wildwood, NJ, fuel dock that had the fire department working on the scene for three and a half hours. Firefighters were dispatched to a 42-foot vessel engulfed in flames, and the fire partially spread to the dock. The boat eventually sank from the large amount of water used to put out the fire, and the cause of the fire remains under investigation.
- PUB DATE: 8/23/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPHL-TV CW 17 Philadelphia

VIDEO: An Inglewood woman was arrested after she was seen on video yelling and swatting at a Los Angeles County firefighter in Gardena before crashing her car into the firefighter's. It happened around 1 p.m. Wednesday. Frank Rojas said he heard an argument outside his Gardena home before he took out his cell phone and started recording.
- PUB DATE: 8/23/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTTV FOX 11 Los Angeles

VIDEO/PHOTOS: From Hurricane Beryl to the wildfires in the Panhandle, Texas has experienced the impact of natural disasters in 2024. During large-scale incidents in the Big Country and beyond, the Abilene Fire Department has the right vehicle for the job. An ambulance bus known as an Ambus has been stationed at Station 4 since 2021.
- PUB DATE: 8/23/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTAB-TV CBS 32 Abilene

VIDEO: The Northwest Allen County Fire Department held a safety training session on Wednesday, providing multiple area fire departments the opportunity to observe how to respond to a hot air balloon crash. For the safety training session, the Northwest Allen County Fire Department reached out to a hot air balloon pilot with more than 30 years of experience to provide education on specific hot air balloon safety measures.
- PUB DATE: 8/23/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPTA-TV ABC/NBC/MyNetworkTV 21 Fort Wayne

Volunteer firefighter Jeff Westphal is getting used to being back in the Slinger Fire Department. It’s the place where he almost lost his life. Westphal was preparing to go out on a call on the morning of July 27 for a carbon monoxide detector activation. “Just going to another call, mindset same as always,” said Westphal.
- PUB DATE: 8/22/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTMJ-TV NBC 4 Milwaukee

VIDEO: A home in the Town of Bristol is a total loss after a early morning fire, according to Dane County Dispatch. Crews from Sun Prairie, Columbus, Madison and Dane Fire Departments as well as Dane County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to the fire Thursday at about 1:55 a.m. The house in the 2000 block of Branch Road was fully engulfed when crews arrived, and no one was inside.
- PUB DATE: 8/22/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMTV NBC/CW 15 Madison