PHOTOS/VIDEO: Waukon firefighters used hundreds of thousands of gallons of water to fight the fire, running through Waukon's water supply. Schools in the community held virtual class Monday and businesses had reduced hours due to the water issues. City officials say the issue was too much water going through a strained system.
- PUB DATE: 2/15/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WXOW-TV ABC 19 LaCrosse

Firefighters believe a Janesville home fire started Sunday night after fireplace ashes were thrown away into a garbage can on the side of the residence. According to the Janesville Fire Department, crews were called to the 900 block of East Russel Road in Janesville for the report of a house fire with smoke and flames visible from the attached garage.
- PUB DATE: 2/14/2022 1:30:49 PM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison

Local fire officials said a family’s fast action and decision to close a bedroom door stopped an apartment fire from becoming much worse. Authorities with the Madison Fire Department said crews responded early Monday morning to the 400 block of Bayview for a report of a residential fire in an apartment building.
- PUB DATE: 2/14/2022 10:45:35 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison

Seven and a half years ago, medically speaking, Penny Price was as good as dead. No pulse. No response. But she's still alive, still working, in large part because of a medical device. And Door County firefighters are asking people to help in a fundraising campaign to get more of those devices into the county.
- PUB DATE: 2/14/2022 10:25:41 AM - SOURCE: Green Bay Press-Gazette

A resident discovered a fire in a downtown apartment bedroom early Monday morning, and alerted the rest of their family so all could escape safely, the Madison Fire Department reported. Shortly after 12:30 a.m. Monday, fire crews were sent to 400 Bayview where a resident had discovered the fire in a second-floor bedroom, closed the bedroom door, which helped suppress the fire’s spread, then alerted other family members to flee the apartment, Fire Department spokesperson Bernadette Galvez said in a statement.
- PUB DATE: 2/14/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Madison.com

One man was rescued and more than a dozen residents were displaced after a large fire in Jersey City on Friday afternoon. The fire was reported at a three-story residential building around 4 p.m. on 163 Van Horne Street. A Jersey City police officer who was first on the scene ran into the building where the fire originated and rescued one man.
- PUB DATE: 2/14/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WABC-TV ABC 7 New York

Frontline workers will once again have a faster path to Workers' Compensation benefits in Minnesota, a presumption in law that a COVID-19 infection happened in the workplace and is a job-related injury. First responders and healthcare workers joined lawmakers at Brooklyn Park's central fire station Friday afternoon, to watch Gov.
- PUB DATE: 2/14/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KARE-TV NBC 11 Minneapolis

A group of amateur radio operators in Caribou have banded together to start Aroostook County’s first municipal-based emergency service, hoping to modernize the region’s use of technology during disasters. In a rural county where internet, cellphone and other types of communication can be spotty in good weather, storms can easily knock out those modes of communication.
- PUB DATE: 2/14/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Bangor Daily News - Metered Site

VIDEO: Cleveland firefighters are leading a walk to Nashville starting on February 14th to raise awareness for suicide, something they say frequently impacts their work community. The walk will take place over several days, ending on February 23rd. The firefighters will be accompanied by family members, policy leaders and other community members.
- PUB DATE: 2/14/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTVC-TV ABC/FOX 9 Chattanooga

COVID-19 cases have continued to subside throughout the United States, while deaths have also settled after increasing rapidly amid surges of infections brought on by the Omicron variant. The United States reported a daily average of 178,705 new COVID-19 cases, down 67% over 14 days, according to data gathered by The New York Times, as individual states have begun to loosen masking mandates and other restrictions to mitigate the spread of the virus and health officials have indicated the peak of Omicron infections has passed.
- PUB DATE: 2/14/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Gephardt Daily

EMS workers and firefighters at the Eau Claire Fire Department’s Station 5 got a sweet surprise Friday. Several health care workers from Marshfield Medical Center-Eau Claire stopped by the fire station Friday afternoon to deliver giant valentines and sweet treats ahead of Valentine’s Day. They said it’s their way to say thank you for EMS workers’ service during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- PUB DATE: 2/13/2022 8:20:31 PM - SOURCE: Eau Claire Leader-Telegram - Metered Site

Emergency crews in southeastern Wisconsin are thankful that circumstances weren't worse after two ice shanties fell through lake ice in the past two days. While no one was inside or injured, area fire departments are now more prepared for a worst-case scenario thanks to rescue training in Kansasville.
- PUB DATE: 2/12/2022 7:36:54 PM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee

Jb Moody will take over as Stevens Point Fire Chief on March 2. Moody has been with the department since 2004 and has been assistant fire chief since 2018. Current Stevens Point Fire Chief, Robert Finn will retire on March 1. “Chief Finn has been an asset to the fire department and the community and we thank him for his many years of service.
- PUB DATE: 2/12/2022 11:01:25 AM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau

A dryer fire at a Janesville home caused $30,000 in damage Friday evening, the city’s fire department said. In a news release, the Janesville Fire Department said the fire broke out at a duplex in the 700 block of Hawthorne Avenue just before 5:10 p.m. When firefighters got to the scene, they found smoke throughout a portion of the duplex and flames in the laundry area.
- PUB DATE: 2/12/2022 4:28:49 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison

Fire engulfed an ATV dealership in Marinette County Thursday. At about 7:30 p.m., crews responded to Jake’s Sales and Service at County Road P and Highway 141 in the Town of Beaver. Pound Volunteer Fire Chief Turner Gross says the shop was engulfed in flames. People were doing mechanic work inside.
- PUB DATE: 2/11/2022 7:36:00 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

VIDEO: Emergency crews worked to extinguish a large fire in Gary, Indiana. Firefighters responded to the 3100 block of Grant Street just before 11 a.m. for reports of a fire at the Denny’s restaurant and Love’s Truck stop. SkyCam 9 flew over the scene. Gary Police posted on Facebook asking drivers to stay away from the area.
- PUB DATE: 2/11/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WGN-TV 9 Chicago

VIDEO: Surveillance video has been released showing a fire truck on the move after someone attempted to steal it from a fire station in Lauderhill. “The person, the male subject, became aggressive with the firefighters,” said Lauderhill Fire Department Assistant Fire Chief Jeff Levy. He climbs into the truck, lights it up and throws it into reverse, before eventually being dragged out.
- PUB DATE: 2/11/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSVN-TV FOX 7 Miami

Thick smoke billowed from the vacant, crumbling St. Louis house, but Benjamin Polson knew homeless people might be inside taking refuge from the January chill. So the 33-year-old firefighter went in. It cost him his life. Eleven days later, three Baltimore firefighters died when an abandoned row home collapsed.
- PUB DATE: 2/11/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KMOV-TV CBS 4 St. Louis

Even with six years of fighting fires under his belt, Renard Cox approaches his job with the excitement of a rookie. “I love it. I love putting this uniform on every day,” Cox said. “If you’ve ever been at this station when tones go off, it is a rush.” The veteran of the Richmond Fire Department thrives on helping strangers in need.
- PUB DATE: 2/11/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTVR-TV CBS 6 Richmond

States that recently announced plans to lift either indoor or school mask mandates have at least two things in common: Hospitalization rates are on the decline, and all except one have a larger share of fully vaccinated residents than the national average. Most of the governors in those states have linked these metrics to their moves to lift some Covid-19 mitigation measures.
- PUB DATE: 2/11/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNN Health