Though the township's firefighters union has lost a court battle, it has won a victory in its fight for new safety measures. A state appeals court has thrown cold water on the union's request to seek arbitration on a grievance about manpower levels in the fire department, that arose after a May 2020 apartment building fire that left more than 30 tenants temporarily homeless.
- PUB DATE: 3/4/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: My Central Jersey - Metered Site

VIDEO: Winston-Salem Fire Chief Trey Mayo calls the Weaver Fertilizer Plant fire his “career fire.” Just about everyone can point to that one event: the most stressful, challenging, sleep-preventing, on-the-job happening unlike any other. For me, it was the interview I did with the husband of Sandy Bradshaw about a week after Sept.
- PUB DATE: 3/4/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WGHP-TV FOX 8 Greensboro

VIDEO: A group of FDNY probationary firefighters carried Ukrainian flags among U.S. flags as they ran across Ward’s Island Bridge in New York City on Thursday, March 3, in "a show of solidarity and support for the people and first responders of Ukraine," the FDNY said. Footage shared by the department shows the Ukrainian flag among American flags as the group ran above Harlem River on Thursday.
- PUB DATE: 3/4/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WNYW-TV FOX 5 New York

The Western Lakes Fire District Fire Board is set to hear a findings report into the district’s operational needs next week. The findings, compiled by Mueller Communications, are expected to guide the district as it considers whether to ask residents for a referendum or to take a different approach to solve reported staffing woes.
- PUB DATE: 3/3/2022 9:59:51 AM - SOURCE: Oconomowoc Enterprise

First responders across Wisconsin and nationwide continue to adapt to the ebb and flow of COVID-19 cases. Nearly two years into the pandemic, frontline workers still deal with daily exposure to the virus and staffing shortages. The Racine Fire Department is no exception. Assistant Chief Brian Wolf said December and January were particularly challenging months, as omicron rapidly spread through Wisconsin.
- PUB DATE: 3/3/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Spectrum News 1

Nobody was injured in a fire Wednesday morning in a residence at the Timber Ridge mobile home park at 1817 104th St. in Pleasant Prairie. Jennifer Bailey, her husband and their 18-year-old son were in the home at the time, but all were able to get out safely. Bailey was able to get one of her cats out of the home, and firefighters were able to save another cat along with three birds.
- PUB DATE: 3/3/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Kenosha News - Metered Site

UW-Milwaukee is scrambling to install carbon monoxide alarms in all of its residence halls. The move comes after at least 17 students were treated for carbon monoxide poisoning. Some 400 students were evacuated from the Cambridge Commons dorm late Monday night. Officials said they determined a boiler in the basement was to blame.
- PUB DATE: 3/3/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee

More than two dozen firefighters raced to put out fierce flames after a home in Margate caught fire. Margate Fire Rescue units responded to the scene of the blaze along the 1300 block of Northwest 58th Street, at around 6 p.m., Wednesday. Neighbors across the street recorded and sent videos to 7News of flames and gusts of black smoke coming from the burning residence.
- PUB DATE: 3/3/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSVN-TV FOX 7 Miami

PHOTOS: A diver with the Port Arthur Fire Department entered the Sabine-Neches Ship Channel in January in an attempted recovery. But he soon after got entangled in old metal and ended up underneath a concrete pad beneath the surface. Simultaneously, a military vessel was coming through the ship channel.
- PUB DATE: 3/3/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Port Arthur News - Metered Site

Every superhero has a secret identity and an origin story. When Eli Ramos isn’t protecting Jersey City as a firefighter, he can be seen putting his superpowers to the test as an art instructor, mural painter, and comic book illustrator. Now he’s teaming up with the West Hudson Arts & Theatre Company (W.
- PUB DATE: 3/3/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Jersey Journal - NJ.com

A group of Mississippi firefighters caught fire during their desperate attempt to save a 3-year-old from a burning apartment on March 1, according to the Greenville Fire Department. The boy died in the fire. But the valiant attempt to rescue him at all costs is being hailed as heroic in Greenville, 150 miles southwest of Memphis, Tennessee.
- PUB DATE: 3/3/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Raleigh News & Observer

Investigators are looking into a weekend accident in Sparta, Wis.. where a car caught on fire, killing one person and injuring another. Mary Slonka of rural Sparta died at the scene, after the Sunday morning crash. The other person in the car, Timothy Slonka, is listed in critical condition at Gundersen.
- PUB DATE: 3/2/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WIZM-AM 1410 La Crosse

A fire at a Beloit apartment complex drove six people from their homes Wednesday morning, the fire department reports. According to the Beloit Fire Department, firefighters were called to the five-unit building, in the 1200 block of Sixth Street, shortly before 7 a.m. When they arrived, crews reported seeing smoke coming from one of the apartments and they were able to get the fire under control quickly.
- PUB DATE: 3/2/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMTV NBC 15 Madison

Three people were injured after a semi rolled over on Interstate 94 near Hixton in Jackson County. The crash was reported at just before 3 a.m. Tuesday. Emergency services from Hixton Fire Department, Hixton EMS and Mayo Clinic EMS arrived at mile marker 97 west to find a semi on its side and an SUV pinned underneath.
- PUB DATE: 3/2/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WGLR-FM 97 Lancaster

A home exploded on Millers Court Tuesday afternoon in O’Fallon, Missouri. The St. Charles Ambulance District says that there are no injuries. The cause of the explosion is currently under investigation. Initial reports indicate that the fire department was called to the scene for a gas leak. First responders have the fire under control.
- PUB DATE: 3/2/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTVI-TV FOX 2 St. Louis

The Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to confirm the appointment of Deputy Chief Kristin Crowley who will become the first woman to lead the Los Angeles Fire Department. The appointment would be effective March 26, when Chief Ralph Terrazas is scheduled to retire. "I think it's so fitting for this nomination to come to council today, on the first day of Women's History Month,'' Council President Nury Martinez said.
- PUB DATE: 3/2/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KNBC-TV NBC 4 Los Angeles

PHOTOS: Fire officials this week took to social media to remember a firebombing at a local mattress factory that the FBI classified at the time as the “largest arson case” nationwide. Tuesday marked 47 years since an enormous blaze ripped through the B.F. Goodrich Sponge Rubber mattress factory — now, the site of the city’s riverwalk — in one of the biggest industrial arson cases to hit the nation.
- PUB DATE: 3/2/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New Haven Register

As of Tuesday, some Colorado Springs residents may hear something different when they call 911. "A unit will respond when a unit is available," call takers will say to residents in the south part of town who contact the emergency service for non-emergency situations — for example, when symptoms indicate the flu, a sprained ankle or a fractured hip.
- PUB DATE: 3/2/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Gazette - Metered Site

Alarm of a different kind is what the Parma Heights Fire Department discovered late last year leading to emergency construction work at the Pearl Road fire station. “The fire station was inspected by a qualified construction company,” Parma Heights Fire Chief Matt Bernard said. “It was under their recommendation that the building’s structural integrity needed to be addressed before a catastrophic failure.
- PUB DATE: 3/2/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Cleveland.com

The City of Lake Mills has decided to move forward with purchasing an ambulance as it looks to the future of emergency medical services without the Lake Mills EMS. However, what the service model looks like is still up in the air. The Lake Mills City Council conducted a special meeting on Feb. 23 with the only action item listed was the purchase of an ambulance.
- PUB DATE: 3/1/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Lake Mills Leader