VIDEO: Austin Fire Department and Austin-Travis County EMS responded to a three-alarm apartment fire early Friday morning. ATCEMS said six ambulances responded to the Ventura Apartments at 9133 Northgate Blvd. between West Rundberg Lane and U.S. Highway 183. Upon arrival, AFD said the top portion of the complex was engulfed in flames.
- PUB DATE: 1/7/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KXAN-TV NBC 36 Austin

VIDEO: Dozens of Chevrolet C8 Corvettes may have survived a tornado last month, but that doesn’t mean they’re out of danger. In fact, about 120 examples of the iconic sports car are now scheduled to be demolished, according to Jalopnik. The vehicles, which were damaged when a catastrophic tornado hit Kentucky and five other states last month, will reportedly be scrapped to ensure no defective cars end up on the road.
- PUB DATE: 1/7/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Robb Report

Knowing there's a health care crisis in Maine, one man is answering the call to help. He's the "newest" firefighter and paramedic for the Augusta Fire Department. “It’s like we never skipped a beat. That’s why they call it brotherhood, you’re always family,” Augusta Firefighter and Paramedic Greg Coniff said.
- PUB DATE: 1/7/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WGME-TV CBS 13 Portland

VIDEO: A group of Chicago firefighters have come up with a unique fundraising campaign to keep you hot all year round! They are posing with their fire retardant pants, axes, hoses, hats… and nothing more. "We have to stay in physically fit condition anyway, why not use the calendar as a motivator," said Henry Mendez, a Chicago firefighter EMT.
- PUB DATE: 1/7/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFLD-TV FOX 32 Chicago

An EMT and Cherokee Nation citizen who helped save a police officer’s life in 2021 is following in the footsteps of his father and grandfather to become a Tulsa firefighter. “Failure for me is not an option,” said Christian Kaiser, 21, of Kansas, Okla. “The Tulsa Fire Department, to me, is critical.
- PUB DATE: 1/7/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Cherokee Phoenix

There's an update on the Milwaukee firehouse with structural damage after a Fire and Police Commission meeting Thursday, Jan. 6. A problem with the flooring at Teutonia and Locust forced Ladder 12 and Engine 30 to move to another firehouse about a mile away. Milwaukee Fire Chief Aaron Lipski said the city and a structural engineer are working to determine what kind of long-term repairs need to be made.
- PUB DATE: 1/6/2022 10:12:20 PM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee

A Wisconsin man is lucky to be alive after being gored by a buck west of Portage. A news release posted online by the Portage Fire Department says firefighters were dispatched to a property in Lewiston Township to help the Columbia County Sheriff's Office with locating and rescuing the man who was apparently lost in the woods.
- PUB DATE: 1/6/2022 2:12:08 PM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee

They were veteran firefighters. Part of the backbone of this city where history is celebrated. But on Thursday this Iowa County community of 2,487 was in mourning after the two men with more than a combined 60 years of service with the Mineral Point Fire Department were killed in a crash on Highway 151 while responding to a rollover crash.
- PUB DATE: 1/6/2022 1:32:44 PM - SOURCE: Kenosha News

Two firefighters were killed in an early morning crash on US 151 near Mile Marker 38 near Mineral Point, according to the Iowa County Sheriff’s Office. According to the release from officials, a Mineral Point Fire truck was driving to a scene on US 151 early Thursday morning. The truck was trying to use an emergency crossover when it was hit by a north bound semi-tractor trailer.
- PUB DATE: 1/6/2022 6:24:52 AM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison

No injuries were reported after a unit caught fire in an eight-unit apartment building on East Capitol Drive in Shorewood Wednesday evening. North Shore Fire/Rescue said in a statement a 911 caller reported an oven fire that was getting larger and spreading to the rest of the kitchen, at the apartment building at Capitol Drive and Larkin Street around 7 p.
- PUB DATE: 1/6/2022 5:36:03 AM - SOURCE: WTMJ-TV NBC 4 Milwaukee

Firefighters on Thursday, Jan. 6 responded to the scene of a house fire near 22nd and Wright in Milwaukee. The call came in just before 1 a.m. Officials say no one was home at the time of the fire. One cat was found in the home but is OK. No injuries were reported. No additional details have been released – including the cause of the fire or the amount of damage sustained.
- PUB DATE: 1/6/2022 5:25:59 AM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee

PHOTOS: Two vacant buildings were lost to a fire Thursday morning in the North End district. Superior firefighters received the call at 5:50 a.m. and 13 off-duty firefighters also responded at 6:10 a.m., Fire Chief Scott Gordon said in a news release. The fire quickly consumed the Sivertson warehouse at 1507 N.
- PUB DATE: 1/6/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Duluth News Tribune - Metered Site

PHOTOS: Flames from a warehouse engulfed in fire in the North End district could be seen throughout the city early Thursday morning. Firefighters battled the fire in brutal conditions. As of 8:45 a.m., the temperature was 10 degrees below zero, with wind chill at 22 degrees below zero, according to the National Weather Service in Duluth.
- PUB DATE: 1/6/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Duluth News Tribune

The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) and Georgetown County Fire/EMS recently teamed up to test the feasibility of conducting an MRI scan in the back of a moving ambulance. The goal, according to MUSC, was to “cut down the steps that need to happen between the time a stroke patient is wheeled through the ambulance bay until the treatment can begin.
- PUB DATE: 1/6/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSPA-TV CBS 7 Spartanburg

The DeLand Fire Department has been awarded a sapling from the 9/11 Survivor Tree. The sapling has been planted on the southwest side of the new DeLand Fire Station 81 at 343 W. Howry Ave.. The 343 address number represents the 343 firefighters who were killed on 9/11. Each year, saplings from the 9/11 Survivor Tree are awarded to communities that have faced significant hardship.
- PUB DATE: 1/6/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The West Volusia Beacon

It's been an incredibly difficult day for Philadelphia and for firefighters who responded to a deadly duplex fire on Wednesday morning. "I'm not doing well at all. I mean personally, I have a job to do, this is what we do, but we are human beings just like everybody else," said Captain Derek Bowmer, the executive chief of the Philadelphia Fire Department.
- PUB DATE: 1/6/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPVI-TV ABC 6 Philadelphia

Atlanta firefighters will get new washers, dryers and furnishings thanks to an anonymous donor gifting $150,000 to the Atlanta Fire Rescue Foundation’s Fire Station Fund. This most recent contribution is the largest ever in the history of the Fire Station Fund and will give four Atlanta Fire Rescue Stations in the neighborhoods of Buckhead and Southwest Atlanta the resources to make improvements and upgrades to the interiors of the fire rescue stations.
- PUB DATE: 1/6/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Northside Neighbor

Blood is in short supply across the country, so the Rock River Valley Blood Center in Janesville is aiming to bring in donations. It's hosting an event called the Battle of the Badges Blood Drive. It will be held Wednesday from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. and Thursday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.at the Janesville Fire Department.
- PUB DATE: 1/5/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV ABC 27 Madison

A 36-year-old man was found deceased after a vehicle was pulled from a retention pond in Oak Creek Tuesday, Jan. 4. The Oak Creek Fire Department responded to the pond in the area of 13th Street and Ryan Road around 10:30 a.m. after officers discovered broken car parts on the side of the road near the pond.
- PUB DATE: 1/5/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

A section of a wall collapsed in Lincoln County just feet away from where firefighters were battling an early morning blaze Tuesday. The Winfield-Foley Fire Department responded to the house fire around 7 a.m. in the 500 block of Highway Y. The fire caused the front stone veneer wall to collapse and nearly strike one of the firefighters.
- PUB DATE: 1/5/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTVI-TV FOX 2 St. Louis