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

Brookfield Fire Chief David Mason has only been on the job for about four months. But in that time, he's already won the First Responder of the Year award for the 14th Assembly District. It's an award he's happy to receive but never expected. "There's no expectation for this kind of recognition," Mason said.
- PUB DATE: 11/11/2021 1:03:37 PM - SOURCE: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

The Eau Claire Fire Department says a text message received by people across the Chippewa Valley is not from them. The text message says there is a limited edition T-shirt representing the fire department, and encourages people to click the link to make the purchase. Deputy Fire Chief Allyn Bertrang said he first learned about this text around 10:30 Thursday morning.
- PUB DATE: 11/11/2021 12:35:47 PM - SOURCE: WQOW-TV ABC 18 Eau Claire

As flames reaching as high as 20 feet into the air, firefighters outside of Amherst battled to contain the fire raging inside a semi-trailer that was hauling ammunition among other items. Amherst Fire District Chief Victor Voss recounted that the ammunition was exploding as his teams fought to get the blaze under control.
- PUB DATE: 11/10/2021 8:51:48 AM - SOURCE: WMTV NBC 15 Madison

VIDEO/PHOTOS: A large fire that overcame a junkyard Tuesday afternoon in Southwest Philadelphia continued to smolder hours after firefighters gained control of the inferno that sent thick black smoke billowing across the city. Fire crews from multiple departments responded to the construction waste recycling facility on the 3700 block of South 61st Street just before 4 p.
- PUB DATE: 11/10/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTXF-TV FOX 29 Philadelphia

Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett announced Tuesday he is nominating Dana World-Patterson to serve on the Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission. World-Patterson is a prominent advocate for the victims of human trafficking. She is the founder and chief executive of Foundations for Freedom, Inc., a local organization that works to prevent human trafficking and support women and girls who have been trafficked.
- PUB DATE: 11/10/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTMJ-TV NBC 4 Milwaukee

The City of Nekoosa will lose its ambulance service next year, after a vote from the city council. Angry residents filled the council chambers at the municipal building Tuesday night, begging city leaders not to sign a contract with the Wisconsin Rapids Fire Department. In the meeting, members of the Wisconsin Rapids Fire Department said the contract would allow for two paramedics on each call to Nekoosa, and that response times would be around 10 to 15 minutes.
- PUB DATE: 11/10/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WAOW-TV ABC 9 Wausau

VIDEO/PHOTOS: A large fire that overcame a junkyard Tuesday afternoon in Southwest Philadelphia continued to smolder hours after firefighters gained control of the inferno that sent thick black smoke billowing across the city. Fire crews from multiple departments responded to the construction waste recycling facility on the 3700 block of South 61st Street just before 4 p.
- PUB DATE: 11/10/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTXF-TV FOX 29 Philadelphia

At community events where first responders are present and the U.S. flag is raised, you’ll see many of the men and women working for fire, police, and other emergency services salute. That’s how you know they are military veterans. “Service members both past and current are allowed to salute in civilian clothes,” said Spicewood Fire Chief Sam Stacks, a U.
- PUB DATE: 11/10/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: DailyTrib.com

The engineering department at Texas Tech University headed down to the Lubbock Fire Rescue Training Facility to gain first-hand experiences as a firefighter for their latest project. Suman Chowdhury, with the Department of Engineering at Texas Tech, says the project isn’t actually for a grade, it’s about the safety of firefighters.
- PUB DATE: 11/10/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KLTV ABC 7 Tyler

Property owners who repeatedly violate building codes and fail to correct potentially dangerous conditions will face mandatory penalties under a law signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul. The law, sponsored by Assemblyman Kenneth Zebrowski, D-New City, adds to the current penalties by imposing a minimum fine of $25 a day after 180 days of a property being in violation.
- PUB DATE: 11/10/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Lohud - Metered Site

When a COVID-19 test returns a false-positive result — meaning a person does not have a SARS-CoV-2 infection, yet the test is positive — this disrupts that person’s life unnecessarily. However, a false negative — when someone does have an infection, but the test is negative — is more detrimental. This is because treatment is mistakenly deferred, and the individual may infect others as they continue to participate in their regular daily activities.
- PUB DATE: 11/10/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Medical News Today

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is asking drivers to protect those who protect us by taking steps to ensure safe driving conditions while workers respond to a crash. The WisDOT reported 115,694 crashes in 2020 throughout the state. Of those, 703 were secondary crashes, happening after an initial incident.
- PUB DATE: 11/9/2021 10:29:12 AM - SOURCE: WGBA-TV NBC 26 Green Bay

The Neillsville Fire Department responded to a shed fire yesterday afternoon. According to Neillsville Fire Chief Matt Meyer, around 4:16pm, they received a report of a shed fire at W5745 Strobel Road in the Township of Pine Valley. The resident had used a lawn mower prior to the fire and parked it in the shed when done.
- PUB DATE: 11/9/2021 8:17:42 AM - SOURCE: WCCN-FM 107.5 Neillsville

An Oxford woman was sound asleep early Monday morning when her 16-year-old nephew burst into her bedroom to tell her the house was on fire. Awaking to the shocking news, she quickly got up and they both raced out of the home and to safety. The pair made a beeline for the main home where they alerted their family to the burning structure nearby.
- PUB DATE: 11/9/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMTV NBC 15 Madison

Fire pit ashes are believed to have sparked a house fire in Appleton Sunday night. At 11:30 p.m., Appleton firefighters were called to a report of a house fire in the 1000 block of S. Weimer St. Crews learned the occupants had escaped the home without injury. Firefighters attacked flames at the rear of the home.
- PUB DATE: 11/9/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

VIDEO: Firefighters with the Pasadena Fire Department and Houston Fire Department worked to put out a blaze at an apartment complex located in Pasadena, officials said Tuesday. Officials said the two-alarm fire broke out at an apartment complex located at 4201 Fairmont. According to officials, a building began to collapse as firefighters worked to put out the flames.
- PUB DATE: 11/9/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPRC-TV NBC 2 Houston