The Milwaukee Fire Department announced Wednesday, Dec. 15, the service dates and plans for the funeral of Battalion Chief Sean W. Slowey. Slowey passed away Saturday, Dec. 11 at the age of 68. According to the announcement, the funeral will take place at the Wisconsin Center on Friday, Dec. 17. A visitation will be held from 9 a.
- PUB DATE: 12/16/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

A dead dog, another had to be resuscitated, a battery victim who had a gun pointed at them and a house intentionally set on fire. That was the scene on the 2000 block of Onalaska Court Wednesday, beginning about 1:15 a.m. when the fire department got a call for a house on fire. They fought the fire until about 5 a.
- PUB DATE: 12/16/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WIZM-AM 1410 La Crosse

Fire destroyed a Monroe County home early Thursday morning. The call went out to the home on Mascot Avenue, just north of Cashton, around 1:30 a.m. When Cashton fire crews arrived, they found flames shooting out of the roof. “There was fire coming out of the attic, and quite noticeably on two sides, so we had to start attacking attic windows with water,” Cashton Fire Chief Al Erickson said.
- PUB DATE: 12/16/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKBT-DT CBS 8 LaCrosse

VIDEO: Three people were killed late Wednesday night after a fire truck collided with an SUV and crashed into a building in Westport. A Kansas City Fire Department truck was heading northbound on Broadway Boulevard near Westport Road on the way to a house fire shortly after 10 p.m. The fire truck then collided with a Honda CRV that was traveling westbound on Westport Road.
- PUB DATE: 12/16/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCTV CBS 5 Kansas City

VIDEO: A fire helmet is a piece of equipment firefighters use every day. But the helmets can’t be used forever. “These helmets, they have about a 10-year shelf life,” Shanen French, Founder of Lids For Kids, said. “At 10 years, regardless of if it’s new, used, or whatever, we have to figure out a way to repurpose it.
- PUB DATE: 12/16/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJHG-TV 7 NBC/CW+ Panama City

Firefighters were temporarily trapped after multiple power poles reportedly snapped and fell over in front of Hobby Lobby at Frisco Station Mall in Rogers, Ark., causing stoplights to be out all along Walnut Street Wednesday afternoon. Witnesses say they believe strong winds caused the accident. “Around lunchtime today Engine 4 was traveling down Walnut Street when several utility poles broke and dropped live electrical wires on the fire truck, trapping the crew.
- PUB DATE: 12/16/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KNWA-TV NBC 51 Rogers

Join the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (NFFF) for a special video salute to our nation’s fallen firefighters. America’s Tribute to Fallen Firefighters, a 1-hour tribute video, features both the Candlelight and Memorial ceremonial events from this year’s NFFF 40th Anniversary Memorial Weekend.
- PUB DATE: 12/16/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: National Fallen Firefighters Association

VIDEO: A Trumpeter Swan was stuck on a frozen lake in southern Wisconsin, and local water rescue personnel were able to save it. According to the Western Lakes Fire District, a resident contacted the authorities as well as Wildlife in Need about a swan that appeared to be stuck on the ice and unable to fly.
- PUB DATE: 12/15/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV CBS 5 Green Bay

Sky 25 captured a heart-stopping scene in Haverhill on Tuesday after a fire broke out at an oil company. It happened on Hale Street in Haverhill. Two workers had to race to pull away a tube that appeared to have been feeding the burning truck. The men raced up the stairs of the rig beside the tanker, and one of them climbed on board the burning tanker to free the tube and then stomped on an open hatch to make sure it was closed.
- PUB DATE: 12/15/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFXT-TV FOX 25 Boston

VIDEO: When deadly weather moves into the area, speed saves lives. That’s why Tampa Fire Rescue just installed five brand new, state-of-the-art weather stations, scattered throughout the city. The department says the information gathered by the WeatherSTEM system will help protect first responders and the public by relaying potentially life-saving information about storms, changing weather patterns and dangerous lightning in our region – right down to the neighborhood level.
- PUB DATE: 12/15/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTSP-TV CBS News 10 Tampa

What started out as a team-building exercise landed the Tahlequah Fire Department in a TV commercial for the national company Ragú. Firefighter Anthony Margarit posted a video to his personal TikTok account, after he and his co-workers filmed a “commercial” wherein Margarit was cooking at Station 1 using Ragú sauce.
- PUB DATE: 12/15/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Tahlequah Daily Press

PHOTOS: A male worker that was reported unconscious within a chemical transport tank was rescued Tuesday afternoon. According to a tweet from Salt Lake City Fire Department, heavy rescue and hazmat teams arrived on scene for rescue efforts. SLC Fire Captain Anthony Burton said they responded to a situation around 2 p.
- PUB DATE: 12/15/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSL-TV NBC 5 Salt Lake City

COVID-19 hospitalizations are once again ticking upward after a lull in October and early November, with tens of thousands more Americans filling hospital beds across the country in the past four weeks. The increase is particularly noticeable in the Rust Belt and the Southwest. As of Wednesday, Michigan's population-adjusted rate is highest in the nation, followed by Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
- PUB DATE: 12/15/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC News

Wausau Fire Department proposed a plan to add 12 new firefighters by 2024. They presented the plan to the City's Human Resources Committee Monday night where it was approved. Wausau Fire Chief, Bob Barteck said the department has not changed its employee requirements since 1970 and needs a major update.
- PUB DATE: 12/14/2021 6:49:18 PM - SOURCE: WAOW-TV ABC 9 Wausau

All the animals at Ochsner Park Zoo are safe and were not hurt in a Tuesday morning fire that destroyed the building where their donkeys, llamas, and wolves are housed, zoo staff confirmed. In a post on Facebook, officials credited firefighters’ efforts in helping protect the animals and keep them safe as well as for preventing the fire from spreading to other buildings.
- PUB DATE: 12/14/2021 10:26:00 AM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison

VIDEO/ PHOTOS: Firefighters are still monitoring the scene where a large fire broke out in Malvern on Monday evening. The question now is what the status is of a few of the other buildings in the area. Crews from roughly a dozen agencies have helped at the scene and continue to water down hot spots from the fire.
- PUB DATE: 12/14/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KMTV CBS 3 Omaha

VIDEO: Nothing shines like a new fire truck -- except maybe two new fire trucks. With record growth and tourism, the city of Gulf Shores is investing in the safety of its residents and visitors. The new Pierce engine and ladder truck are now in service. They came with a significant price tag of $2 million dollars, an investment the city felt it was time to make.
- PUB DATE: 12/14/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WALA-TV FOX 10 Mobile

New Jersey's pension system for public employees costs more than most other states while offering "generous" benefits that are increasingly going toward more retirees than active employees, according to a new report. One retirement fund, for police and firefighters, had more people collecting pension benefits in 2019 than current workers, and two others were on a similar trajectory — meaning those funds are less able to handle investments risks, the analysis by the fiscally conservative think tank Garden State Initiative found.
- PUB DATE: 12/14/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NorthJersey.com - Metered Site

Fire Chief Larry Walters spoke to City Council about a new initiative the department is currently working on to help promote safety through social media. “We’re always looking for ways to get safety messages out regarding fires, hazards, that sort of thing,” Walters said. “Social media has been a good way to do that.
- PUB DATE: 12/14/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Cleveland.com

A new Oneida County program will better prepare first responders for emergency situations involving people with special needs. The Assistance for Special, Cognitive, Emotional Needs and Disabilities (ASCEND) program will allow people to voluntarily register their disability or condition with the county so emergency workers will be notified of the circumstances during an emergency call.
- PUB DATE: 12/14/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKTV NBC/CBS/CW+2 Utica