The Menomonee Falls Fire Department announced that a car drove off the road, and into a home near Main and Rock Pointe in Menomonee Falls on Sunday, Dec. 12 Authorities did not describe the circumstances behind how the car went off-road into a home but reported that the car struck a gas meter attached to the home.
- PUB DATE: 12/12/2021 2:39:23 PM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

According to a post from the Professional Fire Fighters of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Fire Department Battalion Chief Sean Slowey passed away Saturday, Dec. 11 from job-related brain cancer. Reports show that Slowey served as a firefighter for 40 years. No additional information is available at this time.
- PUB DATE: 12/12/2021 1:53:49 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

The Merrill Fire Department newest high-tech toy gives them an edge few other departments in the state have access to. It's a new way to survey a scene and help fight fires, and serve as an eye in the sky, and all the fire department has to do is push a button. A tethered drone, called 'Fotokite', is built for first responders to enable quick set up and deployment, getting them the information they need, faster.
- PUB DATE: 12/10/2021 4:31:03 PM - SOURCE: WAOW-TV ABC 9 Wausau

Firefighters battled a fire Thursday night at a recycling business on the city's north side. Fire crews responding around 8:30 p.m. to Quincy Recycling, 701 Bay Beach Road, found heavy smoke coming from the back of the building, according to the Green Bay Metro Fire Department. Fire department officials said additional fire departments were called because of the building's large size and heavy smoke and fire.
- PUB DATE: 12/10/2021 8:04:34 AM - SOURCE: Green Bay Press-Gazette

Firefighters responded early Friday morning to reports of a fire in a residential part of Sun Prairie. According to 911 dispatchers, fire crews responded shortly before 6:30 a.m. to the 200 block of Kelvington Drive. Few details are available about the fire at this time. Authorities did not indicate if any injuries have been reported.
- PUB DATE: 12/10/2021 6:13:00 AM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison

The former home of the Southside Senior Citizen Center the former La Crosse Fire Station No. 5 has joined the ranks of the National Register of Historic Places. The Wisconsin Historical Society announced Thursday that the building at 1220 Denton Street on La Crosse’s south side has been added to the registry.
- PUB DATE: 12/10/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKBT-DT CBS 8 LaCrosse

A firefighter was rescued after falling through the floor as crews battled a massive house fire in Hudson, New Hampshire Thursday afternoon. SkyEye footage showed heavy smoke and flames engulfing the home on Greeley Street. The firefighter was brought to a hospital along with another firefighter who suffered smoke inhalation.
- PUB DATE: 12/10/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBZ-TV CBS 4 Boston

PHOTOS: Birmingham Fire Chief Paul Wells has been boasting that most of the department’s firefighters have some of the latest and greatest thermal imaging cameras built into their masks. He signed up for the city’s firefighting duties about 25 years ago and was introduced to thermal-imaging cameras soon after.
- PUB DATE: 12/10/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Hometown Life

It was 100 years ago that the McLean Volunteer Fire Department was first incorporated. Many things have changed since then, from development and population growth to fire and rescue technology and the involvement of career firefighters. But what hasn't wavered is the volunteer fire department's commitment to serve McLean and surrounding areas.
- PUB DATE: 12/10/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: McLean Patch

VIDEO: On Thursday evening, large plumes of smoke could be seen around Tampa International Airport. Tampa Fire Rescue Airport Rescue Fire Fighting division (ARFF) hosted a training exercise so firefighters can respond to emergencies at the airport like a plane catching on fire. Emergencies do not happen often, but the training is necessary.
- PUB DATE: 12/10/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFTS-TV ABC 28 Tampa

It’s the holiday season, which means many people are in a giving mood. People give money, and people give gifts. What about someone who gave a part of their own body to someone they’ve never even met? Cicero firefighter Paul Coir and Perry Galloro are best friends and have been since they first met working as truck drivers back in 1999.
- PUB DATE: 12/10/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSTM-TV NBC/CW 3 Syracuse

The city has a lot of options to consider for the future of the West Bend Fire Department, including potential staff increases, personnel restructuring and what fire stations to continue running. The city’s Common Council received a presentation Monday on the Fire Department organizational study and operational review from McMahon Associates.
- PUB DATE: 12/9/2021 4:47:24 AM - SOURCE: Greater Milwaukee Today

A massive fire destroyed a vacant building in South Jackson. The fire was reported about 9 p.m. Wednesday at what was once the ANCOR Adult Daycare on Robinson Road. The flames were so intense that part of the building collapsed. Deputy Chief Cleotha Sanders said the business was not operating and there was no power to the building.
- PUB DATE: 12/9/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WAPT-TV ABC 16 Jackson

The pandemic has shown how critical emergency medical services are across the country. But in South Carolina and most other states, EMS is not classified as an “essential service,” as law enforcement and fire services are. While those services have been part of the US in some fashion since colonial times, EMS is much younger, established in many areas of the country in the 1970s, according to South Carolina EMS Association Advocacy and Legislative Chair Steven McDade.
- PUB DATE: 12/9/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WIS-TV NBC/CW 10 Columbia

VIDEO/PHOTOS: Jefferson County Public Schools is utilizing virtual reality to train future firefighters. The district is incorporating virtual reality into its academic programs and pathways, including in the Fire Science program at Fern Creek High School. Students use VR headsets to experience what it's like to enter a burning building.
- PUB DATE: 12/9/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDRB-TV FOX 41 Louisville

Christopher Williams is still in disbelief that he’s going to be an astronaut. “It’s still almost a little bit surreal, something that you’ve dreamed about your whole life and now getting the opportunity to do, I feel so lucky and honored to have the chance to do this and to be part of the team,” he told MyMCM.
- PUB DATE: 12/9/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: My Montgomery County Media

Dec. 8, 2021, is officially known as Florida Urban Search & Rescue Task Force 3 Day in Hillsborough County in honor of the first responders that jumped into action after this summer's deadly Surfside condo collapse. In the wake of the tragedy that claimed 98 lives, some 75 men and women across the Tampa Bay area were dispatched to South Florida to assist with search and rescue efforts.
- PUB DATE: 12/9/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTSP-TV CBS News 10 Tampa

Governor Tony Evers signed an Assembly bill into law Monday that strengthens safety precautions for response workers on Wisconsin roadways. Assembly Bill 297, which is now Wisconsin Act 115, defines an “emergency or roadside response area” as a portion of a road within 500 feet of an authorized emergency vehicle, which must give a visible signal, or a tow truck that has flashing red lights.
- PUB DATE: 12/8/2021 9:10:11 PM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison

A man was flown to a hospital by helicopter ambulance Wednesday after falling off a ladder while working on a roof at a Union Grove restaurant, officials said. Chief Tim Allen of the Union Grove Yorkville Fire Department said the man, believed to be in his 50s, suffered a head injury in the fall and was bleeding and unconscious when crews arrived.
- PUB DATE: 12/8/2021 1:06:31 PM - SOURCE: Kenosha News

A 40-year-old Fond du Lac man was arrested for arson following a fire that happened Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 7. Fond du Lac police and fire officials were called to a home at 302 N. Macy Street just before 3:15 p.m. and extinguished the fire, but not before it caused extensive damage to the home. An investigation determined the cause of the fire was suspicious and appeared to be intentionally set.
- PUB DATE: 12/8/2021 9:14:58 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee