The Rice Lake Fire Department responded to a garage fire Saturday morning. According to a release from the RLFD, on Jan. 29 at 11:40 a.m. the RLFD received a report of a structure fire at 936 Linden Avenue in the City of Rice Lake. When firefighters arrived, they found a garage engulfed in fire. The fire was contained to the garage, with some radiant heat damage to an exposure.
- PUB DATE: 1/30/2022 10:16:29 AM - SOURCE: WLAX & WEUX-TV FOX 25 & 48 La Crosse

A firefighter who died after battling COVID-19 was honored with the Dale Fire & Rescue Department leading a funeral procession on Saturday. A large crowd of family members, friends, and firefighters from many local departments packed the Dale Town Hall and somberly lit up the streets in the Town of Dale.
- PUB DATE: 1/29/2022 10:28:34 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

An Appleton woman recently credited a firefighter with saving her life. He responded to a fire in a duplex on Appleton’s north side Jan. 18. The identity of that man was unknown, until now. Mystery solved. Less than a day after FOX 11’s story aired, a viewer tip came into the FOX 11 inbox on social media.
- PUB DATE: 1/29/2022 2:29:24 AM - SOURCE: WNFL-AM 1440 Green Bay

The Stevens Point Fire Department along with Portage County Ambulance are working to bring awareness to a heart healthy lifestyle. February is American Heart Month, and now through March 8 a red heart will be on the side of Stevens Point Fire Station #1. The heart has red bulbs, and for every heart attack or cardiac arrest that's recorded by the fire departments in Stevens Point, Amherst, and Plover a black bulb will replace a red one.
- PUB DATE: 1/28/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WAOW-TV ABC 9 Wausau

VIDEO: The Asheville Fire Department (AFD) has a new tool to help with investigations. Through FEMA’s Fire Safety and Prevention grant, AFD received a Matterport 3D imaging camera. “It allows us to essentially paint a picture of the entire incident,” Bill States, senior deputy fire marshal, said. The technology lets AFD go inside a fire scene long after the initial investigation has ended.
- PUB DATE: 1/28/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLOS-TV ABC 13 Asheville

The Northwest Fire District put out nearly 100 car fires in 2021, but it’s often unclear whether those fires are mechanical malfunctions or arson. This week, the International Association of Arson Investigators (IAAI) held the first training of its kind in Southern Arizona, drawing fire investigators from several states and throughout Arizona.
- PUB DATE: 1/28/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KGUN-TV ABC 9 Tucson

PHOTOS: It was a seemingly inconsequential homework assignment that saved Charles Lyman III’s life on a frigid night in January 1922. Then a 14-year-old prep school student, Lyman was visiting family in Washington, D.C. when a major storm buried the city under almost two and a half feet of snow. On Saturday, January 28—the second day of the blizzard—Lyman’s cousin David suggested spending a cozy evening watching a movie at the Knickerbocker Theatre in nearby Lanier Heights (now known as Adams Morgan).
- PUB DATE: 1/28/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Smithsonian Magazine

Interfering with a fire or medical first responder could soon become illegal if a bill being considered in the Washington State Legislature passes this session. A proposed House bill would create a gross misdemeanor for anyone who knowingly interferes with the actions of a firefighter or emergency medical services provider.
- PUB DATE: 1/28/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Spokesman-Review - Metered Site

VIDEO: The Arlington, Virginia, fire department is turning to telehealth to help ease the strain on ambulance crews and hospitals. Starting this month, if paramedics or EMTs in Arlington find that a patient meets certain criteria, the emergency workers will ask whether the patient would like to bring in a medical provider via an iPad.
- PUB DATE: 1/28/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTOP-FM 103.5 Washington, D.C.

A fire at a Sun Prairie apartment complex Wednesday night caused $75,000 in damage, the city’s fire department said Thursday. In a news release, the Sun Prairie Fire Department said the fire broke out around 10 p.m. at an apartment building in the 2000 block of Wyoming Avenue. When firefighters arrived, they found smoke coming from a first-floor apartment and evacuated nearby residents.
- PUB DATE: 1/27/2022 11:00:28 PM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison

What was normally a one-alarm fire Wednesday night in De Pere required response from six surrounding fire departments because of the extreme cold, officials say. De Pere Fire Chief Alan Matzke says firefighters work shifts were halved from 10-20 minutes to 5-10 minute intervals as they dealt with icy conditions on a bitter cold winter night as they doused a two-story wood-frame apartment complex at 833 Ash St.
- PUB DATE: 1/27/2022 4:40:47 PM - SOURCE: WGBA-TV NBC 26 Green Bay

Fire officials say a home is a total loss after it went up in flames Thursday. According to Suring Fire Chief Mark Zahn, the fire department responded to a fire on Highway G along the northeast side of Kelly Lake in Oconto County at 1 p.m. Thursday. Zahn said the year-round cabin, which had no occupants inside at the time of the fire, is a complete loss.
- PUB DATE: 1/27/2022 4:20:32 PM - SOURCE: WGBA-TV NBC 26 Green Bay

Workers at a local chocolate manufacturer evacuated a building that filled with smoke when a machine reportedly exploded at the facility Wednesday night. Firefighters responded to the 5:25 p.m. incident at Puratos Chocolate USA, 5000 70th Ave. where they encountered smoke but did not find a fire, according to Battalion Chief Ken Schroeder of the Kenosha Fire Department.
- PUB DATE: 1/27/2022 1:04:28 AM - SOURCE: Kenosha News

VIDEO: A teen struck while marching in the Waukesha Christmas Parade is back home with his family. Erick Tiegs, 16, returned home on Tuesday. The Waukesha South High School sophomore was playing trombone with the school marching band when a driver in an SUV drove through the parade, striking Tiegs and his bandmates.
- PUB DATE: 1/27/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee

Amherst Fire Chief Victor Voss and Assistant Fire Chief Brian Swan were honored by Assemblywoman Katrina Shankland (D-71st District) in Madison on Tuesday. "Brian Swan contacted me because he was very concerned that somebody had driven into a fire truck in nearby Waupaca. Instead of complaining or venting, he was like, let's change the law," Shankland said.
- PUB DATE: 1/27/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WAOW-TV ABC 9 Wausau

A garbage truck burst into flames in a neighborhood in Fresno on Wednesday afternoon – and the fireball was caught on camera. The Fresno Fire Department says the truck caught on fire in the area of Willow and Perrin avenues. A video shows intense flames and heavy black smoke billowing from the front of the truck.
- PUB DATE: 1/27/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KGPE-TV CBS 47 Fresno

VIDEO: When people call for an ambulance in Sackets Harbor, New York — and the crew shows up at their door — almost everyone has the same reaction. "A lot of people just come up and ask you, 'Wait, how old are you?'" Cooper Antonson said. "'You're the EMT?!'" Grayden Brunet said of how people have reacted.
- PUB DATE: 1/27/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CBS News

With a family of five dead in an unsolved house fire, night-vision images of the masked suspects haunted the metro for months — until Google led police to the accused killers. At age 16, Kevin Bui and Gavin Seymour — along with another teen charged as a juvenile — were arrested on counts of first-degree murder and more in the August 2020 killings in Green Valley Ranch.
- PUB DATE: 1/27/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KDVR-TV FOX 31 Denver

First responders face many risks, but for firefighters especially there is real concern about the risk of cancer. “Firefighters are at an increased risk for some types of cancer. Since 2015, over 70 percent of line of duty deaths has been because of cancer,” said Natasha Schaefer Solle, Ph.D., who is the Co-Deputy Director for the Firefighter Cancer Initiative with the University of Miami’s Sylvester Cancer Center.
- PUB DATE: 1/27/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFOR-TV CBS 4 Miami

To recruit new officers and firefighters and keep current employees local, one metro city is offering a new incentive. The City of South Fulton unveiled a program for housing allowance up to $450 a month toward rent or mortgage payments. The pilot program, which is open to 25 people, will run from Feb.
- PUB DATE: 1/27/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSB-TV ABC 2 Atlanta