VIDEO/PHOTOS: There was a celebration in San Jose for a milestone birthday of a retired fire captain. Sam Seibert turned 105 years old on Tuesday. And to honor him, a party was held at the San Jose Fire Museum, which he helped create years ago. Seibert served with the department from 1946 to 1976 and he is the oldest known living former San Jose firefighter.
- PUB DATE: 8/29/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTVU-TV FOX 2 Oakland

VIDEO: Firefighters in Maitland had to battle an early morning fire at their own station on Wednesday. Officials say the flames destroyed three vehicles parked behind Fire Station 47 on Fennell Street, but luckily, no one was hurt. The station is next to the Maitland Police Department and both buildings were surrounded by caution tape after the fire.
- PUB DATE: 8/29/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WESH-TV NBC 2 Daytona Beach

Wisconsin's first responders will receive upgraded life-saving equipment, thanks to a $100,000 dollar grant from the We Energies Foundation. The money is part of the "Rewarding Responders" grant program, which, since 2020, has given more than $400,000 dollars to public safety agencies. This year, nearly 60 departments in the state are benefitting from the funds, including several in southeast Wisconsin.
- PUB DATE: 8/28/2024 7:07:25 PM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

First responders in the Village of Kronenwetter received a pleasant surprise Wednesday when the WPS Foundation awarded them nearly $4,000 in grant money for new equipment. The Village Fire Department was awarded $2,000 for new helmets, which Chief Kris Grod says came at just the right time. “Our [current] helmets are set to expire at the end of this year,” he said.
- PUB DATE: 8/28/2024 11:02:26 AM - SOURCE: WDEZ-FM 101.9 Wausau

Mayor Joe Hammer read a proclamation for Captain Jake Bisbee of the Columbus Fire Department who retired in January after 18 years of service. Bisbee was appointed to the department in January of 2021, by the Police and Fire Commission with over 15 years of prior experience with the Monona Fire Department.
- PUB DATE: 8/28/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBEV-AM 1430/FM 95.3 Beaver Dam

Milwaukee firefighters responded to an attic fire in the city's Bay View neighborhood on Monday, Aug. 26, and the extreme heat and humidity complicated their efforts. According to the Milwaukee Fire Department, crews responded to a fully-involved attic fire at a home near Lenox and Montana just before 5:30 p.
- PUB DATE: 8/28/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee

VIDEO/PHOTOS: A family of six loses their home and three dogs after a fire Monday morning. Around 9:30 a.m. Aug. 26, the Town of Beloit Fire Department along with several other departments in the area were called to the 4108 W. Spring Creek Road for a house fire. When crews arrived on scene, they found the two-story home engulfed in heavy smoke and flames.
- PUB DATE: 8/28/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WIFR-TV CBS 23 Rockford

Plumes of smoke filled the night sky after a massive barge caught fire overnight Tuesday. The smell of smoke continues to linger in Queens where the fire broke out. Officials say they were able to put out the flames at the Sims Metal Facility in just under two hours. The video of the scene shows the intensity of the flames, which looked like a large ball of fire with heavy smoke rising and billowing into the air.
- PUB DATE: 8/28/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WABC-TV ABC 7 New York

PHOTOS: New recruits with the Oklahoma City Fire Department are having their sweat tested. NMotion, a sports and human performance center based out of Norman, is partnering with the department to help firefighters understand their sweat composition. It will help optimize hydration and maintain peak performance in high-temperature environments.
- PUB DATE: 8/28/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOKH-TV FOX 25 Oklahoma City

PHOTOS: Saturday marked the 50th anniversary of the infamous 1974 Main Avenue Fire in downtown Durango that destroyed six buildings and killed two first responders. The tragic event lives in the minds of Durango’s first responders and helped evolve Durango Fire Protection District’s downtown fire suppression tactics.
- PUB DATE: 8/28/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Durango Herald - Metered Site

VIDEO: Firefighters are warning parents after a Cocomelon children’s book caused a minivan fire in North Carolina. The George Hildebran Fire & Rescue Department said Sunday that a child’s car seat caught fire soon after the child had gotten out. After the flames were put out, the Fire Marshal’s Office determined that the fire was started by a “button battery” inside a children’s book that was left underneath the seat.
- PUB DATE: 8/28/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCTV CBS/MyNetworkTV 6 Thomasville

The Beaver Dam Fire Department has the only dive team in Dodge County. Fire Chief Michael Wesle says it is key for its members to stay up-to-date on current practices and conduct trainings when necessary. “Throughout the year we do dive trainings…our dive team gets together at least once a month,” says Wesle.
- PUB DATE: 8/27/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBEV-AM 1430/FM 95.3 Beaver Dam

The Grand Chute Fire Department credits an automatic sprinkler system for suppressing a fire at an area trampoline park. Just before 7:30 p.m. Sunday, GCFD was dispatched for a commercial fire alarm in the 4700 block ofWest Lawrence Street. Responding units were advised the fire alarm "indicated a water flow alarm in one of two businesses at that location, then followed up with a report of another fire alarm notification in the second business.
- PUB DATE: 8/27/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLUK-TV FOX 11 Green Bay

A Green Bay homeowner was alerted by her neighbors on Sunday that her garage was on fire. Just after 4 p.m. on Sunday, the Green Bay Metro Fire Department responded to a garage fire in the 1400 block of Farlin Avenue. At the scene they found an attached garage with smoke coming out of it. The owner of the home wasn’t aware that there was a fire until her neighbors alerted her to it.
- PUB DATE: 8/27/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

At least nine people were injured in a four-alarm fire that swept across a cluster of buildings in Brooklyn late Monday night, according to the FDNY. The fire broke out at a building on Dean Street between Mother Gaston Boulevard and Sackman Street around 10:40 p.m. Over 160 firefighters and EMS personnel responded to the scene, per fire officials.
- PUB DATE: 8/27/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPIX-TV CW 11 New York City

VIDEOS: On Sept. 8, 1994, 132 people were killed in what is the deadliest air disaster in Pennsylvania's history: The crash of USAir Flight 427. On this edition of Chronicle, we looked back at rarely seen video from the years-long investigation and spoke with the lead investigator who provided exclusive new insights into the crash.
- PUB DATE: 8/27/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTAE-TV ABC 4 Pittsburgh

VIDEO: The 2024-2025 Tennessee Teacher of the Year has been crowned: Bryan Kerns of Dobyns-Bennett High School in Kingsport City Schools. Kerns has spent 17 years of a 20-year teaching career as an Algebra 1, Geometry and Algebra 2 teacher at Dobyns-Bennett High School. However, Kerns also holds a unique position — fire management instructor.
- PUB DATE: 8/27/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKRN-TV ABC 2 Nashville

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