VIDEO: Tuscaloosa firefighters are working on new hydraulic extrication rescue equipment they said is much more advanced. Firefighters said the new tool in their toolbox could literally save your life one day. The new jaws of life is a little lighter, and just as powerful as the old one. Tuesday, firefighters spent the better part of the day training on it.
- PUB DATE: 11/17/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBRC-TV FOX 6 Birmingham

Mike Alstott is remembered for his plays out on the field with the Buccaneers but for several years now, he’s created a special bond with firefighters that truly reflects the meaning of the holidays. “Most of us grew up watching him on Sundays and representing the Bucs and being the “A-Train” and then seeing the personal side of Mike, giving back to the community and giving back to our firefighters in Hillsborough County Fire Rescue, it’s an experience that we are all proud to be a part of,” said Jon Dougherty, Deputy Chief of Operations of the Hillsborough County Fire Rescue.
- PUB DATE: 11/17/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFLA-TV NBC 8 Tampa

A home near Blanchardville is a total loss following a fire Tuesday evening, the Blanchardville Fire Department said Tuesday night. The fire happened at a single-family home on State Highway 78 near Sunnyside Road, Fire Chief Rolly McGowan said. When firefighters got to the scene, the home was fully engulfed in flames.
- PUB DATE: 11/16/2021 11:16:08 PM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison

A three-year-old child has been located after reportedly wandering away from home after seeing lights and sirens. The Beaver Dam Police Dept. posted on Facebook that investigators believe the child was intrigued by the lights and heard the sirens coming from the police cruisers and fire trucks. After starting off that way, the youngster became disoriented and went into an unlocked apartment.
- PUB DATE: 11/16/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMTV NBC 15 Madison

In addition to helping out Kaukauna residents, firefighters have been know to rescue an occassional cat from a tree or duckling from a storm grate. But over the weekend, it was a bird in a tree that was the focus of the fire department’s rescue efforts. Sunny, a sun conure, or sun parakeet, is a tropical bird and can die from temps under 65 degrees, according to owner Ken Hurst.
- PUB DATE: 11/16/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Kaukauna Community News

VIDEOS/PHOTOS: Two firefighters were injured while battling a massive house fire in Salisbury Township, Lehigh County early Tuesday. The firefighters were taken to the hospital with burn and trauma injuries, though their injuries are not life-threatening, according to officials on scene. Multiple other firefighters have been treated at a paramedic staging area on scene as the 3-alarm blaze in the 3000 block of Barrington Lane continues to burn hours later.
- PUB DATE: 11/16/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFMZ-TV 69 Allentown

VIDEO: A crew assigned to film a Harford County Volunteer Fire & EMS Association training session captured a rescue mission when a man drove his vehicle into the water in Havre de Grace on Sunday. The First Arriving film crew was filming Susquehanna Hose Company's rescue boat and dive team for HCVFA when a man drove his vehicle off the marina parking lot and into the water next to the fire boat.
- PUB DATE: 11/16/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBAL-AM 1090 Baltimore

VIDEO/PHOTOS: When the Huntersville Fire Department sent out letters asking the community for donations to cover the cost of new equipment for firefighters, a 5-year-old broke open his piggy bank to help. Literally. Huntersville fire posted on Facebook that 5-year-old Brian wrote back and included $3 from his piggy bank.
- PUB DATE: 11/16/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCNC-TV NBC 36 Charlotte

Jerry Sanford retired to Naples, Florida, after a 29-year career as a New York City firefighter, but the city managed to call him back to help his brothers right before one of the most critical times in the history of the United States: 9/11. Although Sanford later developed cancer potentially associated with the fumes and toxins surrounding Ground Zero, he felt it was important to recount his experiences from the weeks leading up to and following 9/11 in his book, “It Started With a Helmet: A Retired Firefighter’s Return to New York City the Day Before 9/11.
- PUB DATE: 11/16/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Cure Today

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