VIDEO: For an estimated 30 minutes, the Eastern Guilford High School community went about their days, unaware flames were spreading to their school’s roof, which in turn, started feeding the fire. Not long after, firefighters were swarming the scene only to learn they were way behind. They never caught up.
- PUB DATE: 11/2/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WGHP-TV FOX 8 High Point

A potentially faster-spreading "sub-lineage" of the coronavirus Delta variant named AY.4.2 has been spotted by labs in at least 8 states, and health authorities in the United Kingdom say they are investigating a growing share of cases from this strain of the virus. Labs in California, Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada, North Carolina, Rhode Island and Washington state, plus the District of Columbia, have so far spotted at least one case of AY.
- PUB DATE: 11/2/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CBS News

Deputies from the Racine County Sheriff’s Offices on Sunday, Oct. 31 responded to the area of 11th Avenue and West Street in the Village of Union Grove for a mobile home that was on fire. Upon arrival, deputies observed the mobile home to be fully engulfed with flames. All occupants of the residence and adjacent mobile homes were moved to safety.
- PUB DATE: 11/1/2021 4:23:10 AM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee

The Holmen Area Fire Department’s emergency response times are improving to levels not seen in a while. The La Crosse and Holmen Area fire departments are in a partnership. “We’re very pleased with how this new cooperation is going,” Holmen Area Fire Board president Patrick Barlow said. In July, the La Crosse Common Council approved an agreement between both fire departments.
- PUB DATE: 11/1/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKBT-DT CBS 8 LaCrosse

More than 100 local firefighters and a team of emergency technicians gathered recently at Heiman Holsteins outside Chili for a training exercise tailored to the unique challenges of farm-site rescues. Organizers described the goal of the training exercise as twofold. The first was to prepare emergency workers for situations that only occur on private farm properties.
- PUB DATE: 11/1/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Leader-Telegram - Metered Site

No one was injured after a dryer caught fire in an apartment building in Fond du Lac on Sunday night. According to the Fond du Lac Fire/Rescue, on Oct. 31 around 7:50 p.m., crews responded to Glacier Valley Estates for a reported fire in the third-floor laundry room. When crews arrived they saw smoke coming from a dryer in the laundry room.
- PUB DATE: 11/1/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV CBS 5 Green Bay

VIDEOS: Firefighters battled a multi-alarm blaze in Philadelphia's Port Richmond section on Sunday night and saved a neighborhood bar from catching fire. The call came in just before 10 p.m. for a massive fire showing from a vacant three-story warehouse located near the intersection of Melvale and Tioga streets.
- PUB DATE: 11/1/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPVI-TV ABC 6 Philadelphia

New York City municipal workers have rushed to get COVID-19 vaccinations in recent days, raising the group’s overall coverage to 91% through Saturday evening. But progress has stalled among key workforces such as first responders and sanitation workers, and enforcement of the mandate begins on Monday.
- PUB DATE: 11/1/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Gothamist.com

More than 100 local firefighters and a team of emergency technicians gathered recently at Heiman Holsteins outside Chili for a training exercise tailored to the unique challenges of farm-site rescues. Organizers described the goal of the training exercise as twofold. The first was to prepare emergency workers for situations that only occur on private farm properties.
- PUB DATE: 11/1/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Country Today - Metered Site

PHOTOS: The antique, horse-drawn steam engine inside the Yantic Fire Engine Co.'s headquarters bay can't match its modern counterparts when it comes to mobility or pure gallon-pumping power, but it sure does look pretty. After a three-year repair and refurbishment process, the department’s 1891 Silsby Steam Engine is back home in all its nickel-plated glory, with fresh paint, newly upholstered seats and modern coils of hose.
- PUB DATE: 11/1/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Norwich Bulletin

The Western Lakes Fire District announced last week that they are using new technology — donated drones — which will provide potentially life-saving services when responding to various emergencies in the community. Since receiving the technology in March, Deputy Fire Chief & Lead Pilot Brad Ingersoll said they’ve already used them in a variety of situations, including flying one for approximately six hours during the Roundy’s warehouse shooting in Oconomowoc in March.
- PUB DATE: 10/29/2021 5:26:07 AM - SOURCE: Greater Milwaukee Today

A new study shows Fire and EMS agencies across the state are struggling to maintain appropriate service levels in the face of numerous challenges. A local fire department says those findings ring true here in the Chippewa Valley. The Wisconsin Policy Forum studied 30 Fire and EMS providers throughout the state.
- PUB DATE: 10/29/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WQOW-TV ABC 18 Eau Claire

VIDEO: AIR11 was over the scene as massive flames engulfed a car service center in Linden, New Jersey early Friday morning. The three-alarm blaze ripped through the Reydel Volkswagen service center on East Elizabeth Avenue, at the corner of Lincoln Street. Large flames were shooting from the roof and thick, heavy smoke could be seen billowing from the building.
- PUB DATE: 10/29/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPIX-TV CW 11 New York

Between the COVID-19 pandemic, more intense hurricanes, and ongoing wildfires impacting the western U.S., first responders are being challenged more than ever. While first responders are on the front lines during emergencies and face more danger than most people do in their occupations, they don’t earn much more.
- PUB DATE: 10/29/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Statesville Record & Landmark

PHOTOS: Prepare to be scared. Take a walk past the "human sacrifice" and into the "Chop Shop," while the strobe lights, fog and eerie music add to the creepy mood. These are just two of the chilling attractions at the Palm Coast Fire Department's 20th annual Hall of Terror, and because it’s free, you can go through as many times as you dare.
- PUB DATE: 10/29/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Daytona Beach News-Journal

George Strait is tipping his hat to first responders in his latest music video. The country music legend premiered “Weight of the Badge” on Thursday (October 28), marking National First Responders Day. It focuses on first responders — police, fire and others — and their families, sharing their personal stories throughout the video.
- PUB DATE: 10/29/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WRWD-FM 107.3 Highland

VIDEO: New technology will change how the Springfield Fire Department completes its investigations. It’s called Matterport, and it was donated to the fire department a little less than a year ago. The technology allows fire marshals to go back into a scene through 3D renderings and virtual reality. Matterport consists of a camera that swivels 360 degrees, taking photos to turn into those 3D renderings of a house.
- PUB DATE: 10/29/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KYTV NBC 3 Springfield

No one is hurt in a fire late Wednesday night in Onalaska. Chief Troy Gudie said firefighters were called to a home in the 800 block of Sand Lake Road just before midnight for a report of a fire on a deck that was spreading to a garage and inside of a home. Everyone inside the home including the family dog were able to safely escape unharmed.
- PUB DATE: 10/28/2021 1:45:06 PM - SOURCE: WXOW-TV ABC 19 LaCrosse

When flames tore through a Fort Atkinson warehouse in early August, fire departments from as far away as Illinois responded. Jefferson Fire Chief Ronald Wegner, president of the Jefferson County Fire Chiefs Association and whose department was one of many who responded that week, said that when a call for response went out–there just wasn’t enough people close by to go.
- PUB DATE: 10/28/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMSN-TV FOX 47 Madison

One person is dead and an ambulance flipped after multiple incidents in Marathon County. It started on Grand Avenue when a person was hit by a vehicle in Schofield. The Riverside Fire Department was transporting the person from the scene. The ambulance was hit by a vehicle at the intersection of Scott Street and North First Street in Wausau and flipped over.
- PUB DATE: 10/28/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WAOW-TV ABC 9 Wausau