Gary Weiland has set a new goal for himself - to become an American Ninja Warrior. Weiland is a Denton firefighter who beat the odds by returning to duty 10 months and 6 days after his leg was amputated. He’s a full time Denton firefighter and father of four, and he is now vying for a spot on American Ninja Warrior! Since then, he’s become a motivational speaker and children’s book author.
- PUB DATE: 3/14/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KXAS-TV NBC 5 Fort Worth

Firefighters, EMS and police nationwide are taking notice of the Village of New Haven’s fire department, as the facility has been authorized as a National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT) Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC) training center. “We are the only NAEMT authorized facility in metro Detroit,” New Haven Fire Chief Daniel Stier said.
- PUB DATE: 3/14/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Voice

VIDEO: Authorities in Cedar Rapids released body camera footage showing what happened inside Geneva Tower during the Feb. 20 fire that displaced more than 100 residents. It is clear from watching the video one of the major challenges in evacuating the building was the many people with disabilities and mobility issues.
- PUB DATE: 3/14/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCRG-TV ABC 9 Cedar Rapids

Things seem to be looking up as the US crosses into year three of the Covid-19 pandemic. Vaccines still do a good job of keeping people alive and out of the hospital. There's increasing access to tests and treatments. The numbers of cases, hospitalizations and deaths are heading in the right direction.
- PUB DATE: 3/14/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNN Health

VIDEO: The Minocqua Fire and Rescue, Newbold Fire Department, and the Oneida County Sheriff’s Office Public Safety Dive Team partnered up to practice diving through ice and lost diver drills. The agencies trained together with their airboats and divers to practice diving into icy waters in case of a real-life emergency.
- PUB DATE: 3/13/2022 7:27:53 PM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau

PHOTO: A small town western Wisconsin bar and restaurant is reduced to rubble following an overnight fire in the community of Luck. Fire crews were dispatched to the Luck-E Bar and Restaurant around 4:30 a.m. A Luck firefighter tells KARE 11 the business was fully engulfed when engines arrived, and three nearby fire departments from St.
- PUB DATE: 3/11/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KARE-TV NBC 11 Minneapolis

We all know how easy it can be to carry our jobs home with us. For those responding daily to calls of gun violence, reckless driving crashes and fires, the stress weighs extra heavy. The Milwaukee Fire Department is seeking answers in faith. The Milwaukee Fire Department is building in a new support team for when emergency responders need some help of their own.
- PUB DATE: 3/11/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee

The American Red Cross is helping 15 people affected by three separate fires in Northeast Wisconsin Thursday. A family of 8 was displaced by a fire on S. Andrews St. in Shawano. A family of 4 was displaced from their home on He-Nis-Ra Lane in Green Bay. And another family of 3 was forced from their home on Olson Rd.
- PUB DATE: 3/11/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

A Sullivan County firefighter is recovering from his injuries after he was forced to dangle from a window during a fire at a senior living complex - and it was all caught on camera. The Liberty volunteer firefighter is seen in the viral video clinging for safety to a fifth-story window Tuesday night.
- PUB DATE: 3/11/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: News 12 Westchester

VIDEO: KWWL news is currently on scene of a fire at the Lost Island Theme Park, currently under construction at the south edge of Waterloo, near the Isle Hotel and Casino, on the south side of Shaulis Road. The fire began between 7-8 p.m. There are no injuries. Eric Bertch, owner of the Lost Island, says an approximately 1500-square foot queue shelter building caught on fire at the far southwest edge of the park.
- PUB DATE: 3/11/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KWWL-TV NBC/CW 7 Waterloo

A Lafayette firefighter was injured after being forced over the ledge of an overpass when a semi-truck hit a nearby firetruck. The Lafayette Fire Department was on the scene Thursday night of a crash on Interstate 10 westbound near the Interstate 49 split. The firetruck was parked on the road while fire personnel helped with that crash, said Lafayette Police Department spokesperson Sgt.
- PUB DATE: 3/11/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Lafayette Daily Advertiser - Metered Site

The St. Louis Fire Department is creating a software database that will track the condition of vacant buildings. Thousands of vacant buildings lie in the city, and they often pose a threat to firefighters. But assembling the information for a database is a process. While the program has been in the works for years, recent events pushed it to the forefront after vacant building fire claimed the life of St.
- PUB DATE: 3/11/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSDK-TV NBC 5 St. Louis

Another new COVID-19 variant has been detected. The World Health Organization has confirmed that the new variant, dubbed Deltacron — a combination of Delta and Omicron — has been detected in the France, Denmark and the Netherlands. "The hybrid genome harbors signature mutations of the two lineages," said IHU Méditerranée Infection's Philippe Colson in a study published Tuesday.
- PUB DATE: 3/11/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: People

VIDEO: A Forsyth County environmental official was shocked when he learned how much pollution an inferno at a Winston-Salem fertilizer plant was sending into the air. Between midnight and 6 a.m. on Feb. 2, an Environmental Protection Agency air monitor set up at the Wake Forest University Police Station detected that particulate matter, called PM2.
- PUB DATE: 3/10/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The News & Observer

Some city employees will no longer be tested for marijuana on their drug screenings, and if the contract between the city and the firefighters union is approved, the list of exempt employees could soon grow longer. If the contract is ratified, firefighters will not be tested for marijuana when they go in for drug tests.
- PUB DATE: 3/10/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WICS-TV ABC 20 Springfield

PHOTOS: More than two years, $50 million and one ocean crossing later, San Francisco has its newest fire station. And it floats. The San Francisco Fire Department's two-story Fireboat Station 35 opens for operations Thursday on the Embarcadero at Pier 22½, more than a year after it was floated across the bay at low tide in the predawn dark from Treasure Island, where the superstructure was constructed.
- PUB DATE: 3/10/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle - Metered Site

Two Phoenix firefighters took him big titles just days ago at The Arnold Classic. Daniel Camacho was named the World’s Strongest Firefighter and even got a shout-out from Arnold Schwarzenegger on Instagram. “We all grew up watching him, admiring him, so yeah, it’s hard to explain that feeling, you know,” said Camacho.
- PUB DATE: 3/10/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KASW-CW6 & KTVK-3TV (azfamily.com)

Four months after the deadly Astroworld tragedy that killed 10 concertgoers, rapper Travis Scott announced a $5 million initiative dubbed "Project HEAL" that he says will be a "catalyst for real change" to heal in the aftermath. Scott, 30, detailed Tuesday a four-pronged project that includes solutions to address "challenges facing today's youth, especially those from marginalized and at-risk communities": $1 million in academic scholarships to historically black colleges and universities, free mental health resources, a creative design education program and a new tech-driven solution for event safety.
- PUB DATE: 3/10/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: USA Today

A report released Wednesday says more than $6 million in additional annual funding is needed to address reported staffing issues within the Western Lakes Fire District (WLFD), and the money could be raised by levying a wheel tax, holding a referendum or by cutting back on services. The WLFD's current budget is $6.
- PUB DATE: 3/10/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Greater Milwaukee

Waukesha police said a computer error delayed fire crews from getting help to a burning apartment building on Tuesday morning, March 8. The city's fire and police chiefs said they are reviewing the automated dispatch system. It never sent fire crews after the first 911 call came in. "We identified that the system didn’t work as ideally as we would want it to," said Fire Chief Steve Howard said.
- PUB DATE: 3/10/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WISN-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee