PHOTOS: The City of Shakopee's Zamboni just got a red hot upgrade. Last Thursday, the city debuted its firetruck-wrapped Zamboni at the Shakopee girls hockey game. Complete with a fire engine red design and details, the Zamboni also features the message "Become a Firefighter" across the side. On top of giving first responder firefighters a well-deserved shoutout at games, city officials hope the design, which was created in partnership with SignPRO, helps raise awareness about the fire department's recruiting program.
- PUB DATE: 1/11/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KARE-TV NBC 11 Minneapolis

PHOTOS: An apartment high-rise fire in the Bronx that killed 17 people and injured dozens of others on Sunday was one of the deadlier building fires in the city's history. Some lists of New York City's most deadly fires include the 9/11 attacks at the World Trade Center. Two commercial airline flights crashed into the towers, leading to fires and collapses of both buildings that killed about 2,750 people.
- PUB DATE: 1/11/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WNYW-TV FOX 5 New York

Comedian and actor Bob Saget passed away over the weekend in Florida. The ‘Full House’ star died at the age of 65. Tributes have poured in from everywhere including one fire department in Louisiana. St. Tammany Fire Protection District #1 put together a touching video in honor of Saget and posted it to their Facebook page.
- PUB DATE: 1/11/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WVLA-TV NBC 33 Baton Rouge

VIDEO: The team efforts at a harrowing 2021 fire in a Vernon tenement are being featured on a national documentary. The fire took place at 80-82 Union Street last March. A raging inferno trapped residents on the third floor and the building was engulfed in smoke. A rescue team that sprang to action spared no title — in addition to firefighters and police officers, a registered nurse from nearby Rockville General Hospital, an Air National Guard sergeant who lived next door and Vernon's town administrator and emergency management director sprang into action and the two people trapped on the third floor were rescued.
- PUB DATE: 1/11/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Vernon Patch

Fond du Lac Fire Rescue is welcoming its largest class of recruits. The team of seven will help to man a fourth ambulance in the city. Monday was day one for the seven Fond du Lac Fire Rescue recruits. While they’re spending their first day working on paperwork and getting to know their new fire service family, it’s also the beginning of a new era within the department.
- PUB DATE: 1/10/2022 3:57:16 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

At about 6 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 9, the Appleton Fire Department was dispatched to Green Bay Road for a space heater that had been on fire in a residential home. Smoke was reported inside the residence. The first arriving fire department unit confirmed a single family home was evacuated. The residents believed they had the fire extinguished, having used their fire extinguisher.
- PUB DATE: 1/10/2022 2:38:06 PM - SOURCE: WGBA-TV NBC 26 Green Bay

Just three days after two Mineral Point firefighters were killed in a crash, members of their community raised roughly 50 thousand dollars to help support the two men’s families. Fire Capt. Brian Busch and firefighter James Ludlum died Thursday in a crash on Highway 151 while responding to another crash.
- PUB DATE: 1/10/2022 1:36:07 PM - SOURCE: WKBT-TV CBS 8 La Crosse

At least twenty-seven people were rescued from the ice along the Bay of Green Bay on Saturday. Sam Greenberg is a volunteer firefighter with Southern Door County who was off-duty at the time and went to assist. “Even before I got down to our property down there, I could see out in the water a large crack had developed on that ice,” said Greenberg.
- PUB DATE: 1/10/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV CBS 5 Green Bay

VIDEO/PHOTOS: An electric space heater is being blamed for sparking the horrific high-rise Bronx apartment fire that killed at least 19 people, including nine children, city officials confirmed Sunday evening. The fire originated in a duplex on the second and third floors of the building but never extended past the unit and the hallway nearest the apartment, FDNY Commissioner Dan Nigro revealed.
- PUB DATE: 1/10/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WNBC-TV NBC 4 New York

The National Fire Sprinkler Association (NFSA), the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF), the National Fallen Fire Fighter Foundation (NFFF), International Association Fire Chiefs (IAFC), and the National Association of State Fire Marshals (NASFM) are calling on Congress to immediately pass critical legislation to improve fire safety in public housing and older high-rise buildings.
- PUB DATE: 1/10/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Bakersfield.com

PHOTOS: As he stood in the third-floor corner room that served as his office from 2000 to 2010, retired Hartford Fire Chief Charles Teale reflected on some of the more historic moments that had taken place at the Pearl Street headquarters during his tenure. He recalled firefighters coming into the room after the 9/11 attacks and dumping piles of money they had collected for the 343 firefighters who perished at Ground Zero out onto the long conference table that dominated the room.
- PUB DATE: 1/10/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Hartford Courant - Metered Site

On the morning of January 6, 2021, Christopher Holmes was starting out his second day as a battalion chief for DC Fire and EMS. "I'd just recently been promoted," said Holmes, who's been with the department for more than 20 years. In his role as battalion chief, he was part of the team helping to lead the DC Fire and EMS response at the Capitol as a violent crowd began storming the building.
- PUB DATE: 1/10/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJLA-TV ABC 7 Washington DC

In an ideal world, the U.S. would be awash in COVID tests. Anyone exposed to COVID-19 could self-test and/or go to a lab or clinic for a test if necessary. But right now, self-tests are in short supply in many parts of the country. The Biden administration is pledging to distribute 500 million rapid tests "within weeks," White House coronavirus response coordinator Jeff Zients said Wednesday, but few other details have been announced.
- PUB DATE: 1/10/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: National Public Radio

Hall of fame inductees organized a “Fill The Boot” fundraiser for the families of two firefighters killed in the line of duty earlier this week. Cpt. Brian Busch was driving a fire truck with passenger James Ludlum when a semi truck hit them on U.S. Highway 151 Thursday morning. The two men received special recognition at the Mineral Point High School Junior Varsity and Varsity Girls basketball games.
- PUB DATE: 1/8/2022 4:38:53 PM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison

Local fire departments and state safety officials announced Friday a new grant initiative that will help fund youth firefighter training programs. The program will provide fire departments, technical colleges, and school districts with grants of up to $25,000 to develop or expand training programs for high school juniors or seniors.
- PUB DATE: 1/8/2022 4:28:59 PM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison

Milwaukee police are investigating a crash that happened Saturday, Jan. 8 involving a Hales Corners Fire Department ambulance. It happened around 6:15 a.m. near 43rd and Oklahoma. According to the Hales Corners Fire Department, the ambulance was on its way back from St. Luke's Hospital and was heading to another call when the crash happened.
- PUB DATE: 1/8/2022 9:14:34 AM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee

With new statewide data obtained by NBC15, first responders say a trend is moving the wrong direction. The numbers from Wisconsin Department of Transportation reflect statewide crashes which involve emergency vehicles, like police cars, fire trucks and ambulances. There were about twice as many crashes in 2021 than there were in 2016, the data show.
- PUB DATE: 1/8/2022 6:27:13 AM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison

Firefighters from 10 departments in surrounding towns and cities battled a fire in a multi-family dwelling Friday in Alma. The first department arrived at the dwelling on North Second Street around 12;30 p.m. By the time the first firefighters arrived, all of the occupants had evacuated as well as neighbors on both sides of the building.
- PUB DATE: 1/7/2022 3:35:16 PM - SOURCE: WKBT-TV CBS 8 La Crosse

After retiring in October, former Somers Fire Chief Carson Wilkinson, a self-described workaholic, is still adjusting to just being a “spectator.” He also wonders about the future of firefighting in the community. Wilkinson joined the Somers Fire and Rescue Department as fire chief in 2016, the final step in a five-decades-long career in firefighting.
- PUB DATE: 1/7/2022 1:05:36 AM - SOURCE: Kenosha News

On December 5, 2019 Bob Odegard suffered a heart attack. Odegard said quick response times and life saving efforts like CPR and AED shocks from first responders, police and fire/EMS saved his life. He said he’s feeling healthy now in his retirement. During his career, he spent 33 years with the Merrill Fire Department.
- PUB DATE: 1/7/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSAU-AM 520 Wausau