The Seguin Police Department threw down a challenge to the Seguin Fire Department, along with its razors, to help raise money for a local teen and awareness about the cancer he is battling. The pair of city departments are in the midst of the No Shave November “Stache-Off.” The firefighters and police officers are tasked with growing out their best mustache, or beard, to raise money for Navarro High School senior Triston Brashears, who was diagnosed with testicular cancer last month.
- PUB DATE: 11/29/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Seguin Gazette

Omicron, the newest coronavirus variant, is also the quickest to be labeled a "variant of concern" by the World Health Organization because of its seemingly fast spread in South Africa and its many troubling mutations. Its emergence has already led to travel restrictions, high-level government meetings and promises by vaccine makers to start working on strain-specific vaccines just in case.
- PUB DATE: 11/29/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNN Health

The American Red Cross is helping two adults after their building caught fire in Sun Prairie Sunday morning, the communications director for the Red Cross of Wisconsin said. Sun Prairie Fire officials say they received a call reporting smoke coming from a four-unit building on Broadway Drive around 8 a.
- PUB DATE: 11/28/2021 6:05:33 PM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison

A child using a lighter started a fire at a four-unit apartment on Main Street Sunday morning, according to the Dodge County Sheriff's Office. The sheriff's office said it got a report of the fire at about 7:30 a.m. The building was evacuated and firefighters quickly put out the fire. The apartment residents have been displaced because of smoke and water damage to at least two apartments, the sheriff's office said.
- PUB DATE: 11/28/2021 11:14:37 AM - SOURCE: Fond du Lac Reporter

Tenants of a small apartment complex are safe after a fire rendered the building a total loss Tuesday night. The Dewey Fire Department received a report of a fire on County Road DB, near Tiki Beach Bar & Grill at about 10 p.m. Tuesday, Dewey Fire Chief LeRoy Pukrop said. Four people lived in the complex, Pukrop said, and they were all able to make it out of the building.
- PUB DATE: 11/24/2021 8:09:11 AM - SOURCE: Stevens Point Journal

Area municipalities are updating their safety precautions for their holiday events and parades in the wake of the mass casualty event that took place at the Waukesha Christmas parade Sunday night. Menomonee Falls has decided to cancel its parade scheduled for this weekend because of the tragedy in Waukesha, an alert said on the village website.
- PUB DATE: 11/24/2021 5:50:42 AM - SOURCE: Greater Milwaukee Today

With the dust still settling after a red SUV mowed down Christmas parade marchers in a Milwaukee suburb Sunday, killing at least five people and injuring dozens – including children – law enforcement and witnesses at the scene are praising first responders’ handling of the chaos that unfolded. Brayden Kowalski, 19, one of the witnesses at the scene, described the first responders’ professionalism as "wonderful" in an interview with Fox News.
- PUB DATE: 11/24/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FOX News

Every year, the Green Bay Metro Fire Department teams up to spread holiday cheer to Brown County teens in need. The department's 'Gifts for Teens' program collects gifts and monetary donations for teenagers who have signed up for Christmas assistance through the Salvation Army. “We started this program 10 years ago and it was just kind of a pass the hat program with the firefighters to raise donations for area teens who we found out just really weren’t supported in some of the other charitable giving drives here in town,” said engineer Chad Decker.
- PUB DATE: 11/24/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WGBA-TV NBC 26 Green Bay

A raging house fire in Cranford, New Jersey claimed the life of one person and injured another, local authorities said. Chopper 4 captured images of the intense scene that unfolded on Beach Street near West End Place -- prompting several area fire departments to spring into action. One woman died and two other people who were inside had to be rescued by a neighbor after the flames were reported around 7 a.
- PUB DATE: 11/24/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WNBC-TV NBC 4 New York

PHOTOS: With the dust still settling after a red SUV mowed down Christmas parade marchers in a Milwaukee suburb Sunday, killing at least five people and injuring dozens – including children – law enforcement and witnesses at the scene are praising first responders’ handling of the chaos that unfolded.
- PUB DATE: 11/24/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FOX News

New research by Cassandra Kwon, a research assistant professor at NC State’s Textile Protection and Comfort Center, and former Ph.D. student Meredith McQuerry, who is currently an associate professor at Florida State University, suggests that many women firefighters may struggle with poorly fitting gear that is designed with the male form in mind.
- PUB DATE: 11/24/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Technician Online

Researchers at Columbia Engineering have teamed up with the Fire Department of New York (FDNY) to upgrade the FDNY's ambulance Emergency Medical Services (EMS) response operations and optimize hospital capacity balancing so that hospitals aren’t overwhelmed in the future by an unprecedented patient surge like the one that occurred in the early months of the pandemic.
- PUB DATE: 11/24/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Newswise

Thursday marks the second Thanksgiving during the coronavirus pandemic. Many grandparents are excitedly planning to see their grandchildren. Friends are dressing their dining tables for turkey and loved ones. Some people have flights booked or road trips scheduled. But in the background, COVID-19 case numbers are inching upward across the United States and millions of Americans remain unvaccinated -- leaving some people worried about the possible COVID-19 risks that could come with their Thanksgiving plans.
- PUB DATE: 11/24/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNN Health

De Pere Firefighters put out a fire on the rooftop of an industrial building Tuesday morning. Crews were called to Sustana, 1751 Mathew Dr., just before 4 a.m. They found a fire on the roof of an outbuilding that handles methane gas. Firefighters put out the fire on the rooftop, but it had extended into the insulation, causing firefighters to overhaul the roof.
- PUB DATE: 11/23/2021 2:01:36 PM - SOURCE: WNFL-AM 1440 Green Bay

One person was taken to the hospital with burns to the face after a fire at a Milwaukee apartment fire early Tuesday morning, Nov. 23. Officials say the call came in around 5:19 a.m. for a fire on the second story of a building near 62nd and Chambers. When crews arrived, they were able to rescue a man from a second story porch.
- PUB DATE: 11/23/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

VIDEO/PHOTOS: Police are investigating after a house explosion in Flint on Monday night. It happened on the 3900 block of Hogarth Avenue. According to Battalion Chief Ramsey Clapper, multiple people are injured. A 3-year-old girl, that was in the house at time of the explosion, is missing at this time.
- PUB DATE: 11/23/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WEYI-TV NBC 25 Saginaw

They’re our modern-day superheroes — charging into burning buildings without hesitation, rescuing those in peril, staving off destruction. But in risking their lives for us, firefighters pay a heavy price, with cancer rates that far outpace the public at large. Derek Urwin, a longtime firefighter who expects to complete his Ph.
- PUB DATE: 11/23/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: UCLA Newsroom

VIDEO/PHOTOS: His name may not be Griswold, but Justin Rhodes has mapped out a stunning show that debuts on Thanksgiving night outside his home at 93 Crayton Road in Asheville. “One of the big reasons I do it is seeing the joy it brings to kids,” said Rhodes, who’s been working since Nov. 1. “All of our props are custom made,” he explained.
- PUB DATE: 11/23/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLOS-TV ABC 13 Asheville

PHOTOS: Murdo, South Dakota had only just gotten started as a town when disaster struck on a cold February night in 1910. A fire that was likely started by a hot stovepipe in a printing business on Main Street quickly spread to nearby buildings and destroyed an entire block of businesses before it finally burned itself out.
- PUB DATE: 11/23/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: South Dakota Public Broadcasting

The latest U.S. COVID-19 wave is taking its toll on some states’ intensive-care units, with several parts of the country seeing outbreaks that are as bad as ever. In 15 states, patients with confirmed or suspected COVID are taking up more ICU beds than a year earlier, according to Department of Health and Human Services data.
- PUB DATE: 11/23/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Bloomberg - Metered Site