A Sioux City woman was arrested early Saturday and charged with causing thousands of dollars of damage to vehicles parked at a Sioux City fire station. According to court documents, firefighters at the station at 2630 Third St. heard a car alarm going off in their parking lot at 6:53 a.m. When they went outside to check the alarm, they found Dominique Carman in the lot damaging the vehicles.
- PUB DATE: 11/16/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Sioux City Journal

The Evansville Community Fire District and Evansville Police are mourning after a firefighter died unexpectedly on Sunday. Christopher Augustin served as a firefighter and Emergency Medical Responder in Evansville starting in 2013. He also served in the Bellville Fire Department. “Firefighter Augustin served honorably until his passing,” Evansville Chief of Police Patrick Reese said in a statement Monday.
- PUB DATE: 11/15/2021 8:50:54 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison

Evansville firefighter and emergency medical responder Christopher Augustin died unexpectedly over the weekend, the police department reported Monday morning. Its statement described Augustin’s death on Sunday as “untimely and unexpected,” adding that “he served honorably until his passing.” Augustin served with the Evansville Community Fire District and Evansville Medical Services since 2013, the statement indicated, noting that prior to him joining those departments, he was previously part of the Bellville Fire Dept.
- PUB DATE: 11/15/2021 8:22:58 AM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison

VIDEO/PHOTOS: Dozens of firefighters were called to battle a massive apartment fire that left several families displaced early Monday in Pineville. The fast-moving flames broke out just after midnight at the apartment complex along Plum Creek Lane. Channel 9 crews on the scene could see intense flames shooting from the apartment units and second-floor balconies as firefighters tried to get the blaze under control.
- PUB DATE: 11/15/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSOC-TV ABC 9 Charlotte

A new $6 million state-of-the-art fire station on Des Moines' northeast side will cut travel times in half but will cost the city of Des Moines thousands of dollars in overtime every week due to an ongoing staffing shortage in the Des Moines Fire Department. Fire Station 11 opened Nov. 1, despite the department facing 19 staff vacancies — a number that's expected to rise to about 23 by the end of the year due to retirements.
- PUB DATE: 11/15/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Des Moines Register

The minimum hourly wage for a new firefighter recruit is $12.33. New police recruits make around the same. That wage now qualifies these first-responders for subsidized housing in Knoxville. "It's been going on for decades," said Kevin Faddis, the President of The Knoxville Firefighters Association.
- PUB DATE: 11/15/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBIR-TV NBC 10 Knoxville

Local first responders had some extra help Friday morning while battling a fire at Pier 77 Seafood restaurant on Thomas Drive. For the first time in about 30 years, Naval Support Activity Panama City Fire and Emergency Services worked alongside our local first responders to put out a fire that started in the kitchen of the popular seafood joint.
- PUB DATE: 11/15/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMBB-TV ABC 13 Panama City

The seven-day average of new COVID-19 cases — which had been on the decline nationally since September — first plateaued and is now ticking upward, with states in different regions experiencing the most pronounced increase in cases. The seven-day average of COVID-19 cases in the United States remained below 80,000 since Oct.
- PUB DATE: 11/15/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Becker's Hospital Review

For the past eight weeks, City of Racine employees who are unvaccinated against COVID-19 have been required to be tested weekly for the novel coronavirus. Via an open records request, The Journal Times obtained testing data from the past eight weeks. No individual employee’s vaccination status was included, but the numbers of employees tested weekly by city department was provided.
- PUB DATE: 11/14/2021 5:35:16 AM - SOURCE: Racine Journal Times

One person sustained minor injuries in a Sheboygan house fire Saturday, Nov. 13. According to the Sheboygan Fire Department, the fire happened near 14th and Union around 12:30 p.m. Upon arrival, firefighters spotted smoke and flames coming from the home's second floor. Two cats and were saved, and paramedics treated one person for minor injuries at the scene.
- PUB DATE: 11/13/2021 5:42:54 PM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee

One person was injured and removed from their home following a basement fire on Saturday morning in Green Bay. According to the Green Bay Metro Fire Department, at around 11:40 a.m., crews responded to a home located in the 500 block Skyline Boulevard for reports of a fire. Upon arrival, crews say saw heavy smoke coming from the front and back of the home.
- PUB DATE: 11/13/2021 2:48:59 PM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV CBS 5 Green Bay

Madison Common Council approved the 2022 city budget Thursday night, including increased spending to improve ambulance services in the southeast portion of the city. The plan is to hire ten new paramedic positions in the fire department to staff an ambulance at Station 14 in order to decrease response times.
- PUB DATE: 11/12/2021 3:49:48 PM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison

The fire departments of La Crosse and Holmen have a new prevention tool in their arsenal. On Friday, the departments unveiled a state of the art safety simulator for public education campaigns. The 26’ trailer features several different rooms and teaches tactics like how to escape from a bedroom and safety techniques in the kitchen.
- PUB DATE: 11/12/2021 3:22:27 PM - SOURCE: WXOW-TV ABC 19 LaCrosse

A 67-year-old man is injured after a house explosion in Langlade County. The Langlade County Sheriff's Office tells News 9 that emergency crews were called to the house on Kennedy Lane shortly after 11 a.m. They were on scene close to two hours. The exact cause of the explosion is still under investigation, but it's believed to have started in the basement area of the home.
- PUB DATE: 11/12/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WAOW-TV ABC 9 Wausau

The Riverside Fire District shared between the Village of Rothschild and City of Schofield is now operational with a few finishing touches left for the building. The two municipalities have served central Wisconsin as one, joint fire district since 2017. The new building allows the volunteer firefighters operate in the same space.
- PUB DATE: 11/12/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau

A semi trailer hauling bacon and other meat products caught fire on Interstate 80, near where it intersects with State Street, closing an off ramp for cleanup early Thursday morning. The driver of the westbound truck noticed the fire that apparently started with a mechanical issue, according to Utah Highway Patrol Sgt.
- PUB DATE: 11/12/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSL-TV NBC 5 Salt Lake City

Capt. Courtney Kelly has had the firefighting bug since she was a little girl. “Once I became a paramedic, I was, I was sold on fire,” Kelly said. Kelly, who has been with the Youngstown Fire Department for 15 years, was the last female hired by the department. It’s little wonder that her daughter, Maddie, now wants to take her shot, ever since completing the firefighter academy at Choffin Career and Technical Center.
- PUB DATE: 11/12/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKBN-TV CBS 27 Youngstown

The St. Lucie County Firefighter Combat Challenge team took top honors in a competition last week as world champions in events at the Manatee Observation and Education Center in Fort Pierce. The challenge involves firefighters donning full bunker gear competing on a course with a series of five physically-demanding challenges.
- PUB DATE: 11/12/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: TC Palm

Jason Elmore has walked several paths in life, none of which he ever planned. For some people, Elmore was the face of the Chesterfield Fire Department. with whom he served for 20 years. He originally wanted to join the police department, but a fateful quirk of the regulations changed his course. "Once I became 18 years old, I realized I couldn't be a police officer until I was 21," Elmore said.
- PUB DATE: 11/12/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTVR-TV CBS 6 Richmond

Paul Wertheimer has spent four decades trying to help prevent deadly crowd surges since a disaster at a concert by The Who changed his life. Eleven young people, ages 15 to 27, died in a crowd crush at Cincinnati’s Riverfront Coliseum in 1979. “There were piles of shoes and clothing,” said Wertheimer, who responded to the scene as the city’s public information officer.
- PUB DATE: 11/12/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison