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

On Monday, Janesville Fire Department responded to a call regarding a fire in a garage at 304 Sunny Lane. Firefighters arrived to find a garbage truck fully engulfed in flames while inside the building. The fire was contained within the garage area by the fire department as they fought on the scene for three hours.
- PUB DATE: 3/1/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WIFR-TV CBS 23 Rockford

VIDEO: Officials with the Overland Park Fire Department are investigating what caused a massive blaze that destroyed three homes under construction in Johnson County, Kansas, early Monday. Firefighters were sent to a house fire call in the 11100 block of West 172nd Terrace around 4:20 a.m. on Monday.
- PUB DATE: 3/1/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KMBC-TV ABC 9 Kansas City

VIDEO: Another People's Parade rolled with an interesting theme on the Eastern Shore in Daphne. The "Loyal Order of the Fire Truck" keeping the tradition alive. The leading float of their parade -- not something you see every day. The 1950 Bon Secour fire truck is the inspiration behind Daphne's first Mardi Gras parading group.
- PUB DATE: 3/1/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WALA-TV FOX 10 Mobile

PHOTOS: What now is a park, 20 years ago was a row of buildings with businesses on the ground floor and apartments on the upper levels. During the early hours of March 2, 2002, the north side of the 200 block of State Street was engulfed in fire presumably caused by a malfunctioning wood-burning boiler in the basement of one of the buildings.
- PUB DATE: 3/1/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NNY 360 - Metered Site

Indianapolis EMS were dispatched to nearly 70 overdoses over the course of three days this weekend, a grim reminder of Indiana’s drug epidemic that has surged throughout the pandemic. According to officials, EMS paramedics and EMTs have administered the opioid reversing agent naloxone 255 times in the month of February.
- PUB DATE: 3/1/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WXIN-TV FOX 59 Indianapolis

The Lake Geneva Fire Department is warning people to not drive or walk on Geneva Lake after a car’s tire went through the ice and got stuck on Sunday, Feb. 27. “PLEASE STAY OFF OF THE ICE!! We cannot express this enough,” the fire department posted online on Facebook. The fire department went on to tell people, “Please understand that if you chose to drive on the lake you not only put your life at risk but ours as well.
- PUB DATE: 2/28/2022 1:05:14 PM - SOURCE: Lake Geneva News

An overnight fire in Janesville damaged five GFL Environmental, Inc., garbage trucks and caused more than a half-million dollars in damage, according to the fire department. More than two dozen firefighters responded to the scene, at 304 Sunny Lane, early Monday morning, its report stated. The first ones to arrive at the structure, around 1:15 a.
- PUB DATE: 2/28/2022 6:21:53 AM - SOURCE: WMTV NBC 15 Madison

VIDEO/PHOTOS: A raging six-alarm blaze spread to three multi-family homes in East Boston early Monday morning, leaving dozens of people displaced. Firefighters responding to a reported fire on Maverick Street around 3:30 a.m. found heavy flames on all three floors of one building and discovered that the fire had spread to two adjacent buildings, according to the Boston Fire Department.
- PUB DATE: 2/28/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHDH-TV ABC 7 Boston

VIDEO: An Oakland hook-and-ladder fire truck crashed into a building Saturday near Lake Merritt, and it was all caught on camera. The video shows one fire engine speed through the intersection. Then, a car tries to make a left turn, right in front of the ladder truck following closely behind. That ladder truck swerves to avoid the car, and goes straight into the storefront of a ground floor business at Grand Ave.
- PUB DATE: 2/28/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KGO-TV ABC 7 San Francisco

Big crowds can also create big emergencies in Mobile. First responders are ready. A 14 hour day on Sunday starts with a meeting. Crews get their gear and start wheeling it out. All Mardi Gras Emergency calls are routed through a command center at the fire station on Francis Street. It creates a city within the city for greater speed.
- PUB DATE: 2/28/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKRG-TV CBS 5 Mobile

If you’re wondering what the community level of COVID-19 is in your area, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has an updated map that makes the latest data easy to see. The U.S. COVID-19 Community Levels by County map covers all U.S. States and territories and breaks down the level of spread on a per-county basis.
- PUB DATE: 2/28/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Fast Company

Multiple crews responded to the Town of Burke for a significant residential fire Saturday night. According to Sun Prairie Fire & Rescue, at around 9:20 p.m., crews were dispatched to Rebel Drive for report of a single family residential fire. A command unit and Station Two Engine first arrived on scene and reported heavy smoke from two sides and roof of the structure.
- PUB DATE: 2/27/2022 9:37:08 AM - SOURCE: WMTV NBC 15 Madison

Crews were called to the report of a fire at a 16-unit apartment building on Anthony Lane in Racine around 10:45 p.m. Friday, Feb. 25. First arriving companies encountered heavy smoke and fire conditions in the basement that were rapidly spreading to the first and second floors. The search for victims was carried out in very challenging conditions.
- PUB DATE: 2/27/2022 7:55:48 AM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee

VIDEO/PHOTOS: Firefighters battled a fire at Karthauser & Sons Wholesale Florist in Germantown on Thursday morning, Feb. 24. Officials say a 911 call about the fire came into the Germantown Police Department around 6:45 a.m. Arriving officers saw the fire was contained to a detached shed where a wood-burning stove to heat boilers for the business was located.
- PUB DATE: 2/25/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee

Fire departments across the state of Wisconsin and the country are having to respond to an increased number of calls while many are dealing with staffing shortages. The five-year stretch between 2016 and 2020 saw a call volume increase of just over 12% for the West Bend Fire Department. In 2021, department members say units from the three stations in the city responded to roughly 4,800 calls.
- PUB DATE: 2/25/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

The Lake Rescue Team was called for a person who fell through the ice early Wednesday morning, according to the City of Madison Fire Department. Around 2 a.m. Wednesday, rescue teams were called to the area of John Nolen Dr. and S. Broom St. Paramedics spotted the victim, East of Law Park several hundred feet from shore.
- PUB DATE: 2/25/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMTV NBC 15 Madison

A small plane crashed and exploded in a Bucks County neighborhood on Thursday, killing both people on board. The crash occurred around 5 p.m. on Morgan and Victoria lanes in Hilltown Township. A ring camera from Catherine LaPat's home captured the blast. "I heard the engine shut off and glanced up and it did a flip and a spiral over my head," LaPat told NBC10.
- PUB DATE: 2/25/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCAU-TV NBC 10 Philadelphia