More than a decade ago, Hartford Fire Department rookie Ashley Shapiro was sitting in the South Green fire station waiting for the next call when his captain dropped a rusty, sickle-shaped blade on his desk. “I hear you like this tool,” Tom Dalton told Shapiro, a history buff who had recently arrived at Engine Company 1 Ladder 6.
- PUB DATE: 11/9/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Hartford Courant

Thomas Pomplin was 28 when he died from the effects of overheating and exhaustion from fighting the Storm’s Cedar Tub and Pail Factory fire in Nyack in July 1854. He died eight days later. It is believed that he was the first line of duty death of a firefighter in Rockland County, but because he was black, that designation never happened.
- PUB DATE: 11/9/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Mid Hudson News

When the alarm sounds for an emergency, blood pressure among firefighters often soars, according to preliminary research funded by the American Heart Association and presented at the Association's Scientific Sessions 2021. The meeting will be fully virtual, Saturday, November 13 through Monday, November 15, 2021, and is a premier global exchange of the latest scientific advancements, research and evidence-based clinical practice updates in cardiovascular science for health care professionals worldwide.
- PUB DATE: 11/9/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: News Medical Life Sciences

Emergency response agencies across Missouri now have a goal of clearing an accident scene on state highways in less than 90 minutes. A handful of other states already have something similar in place, like Washington, Florida, and Tennessee. The goal is to have the roadway clear 90 minutes after a first responder arrives on the scene.
- PUB DATE: 11/9/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDAF-TV FOX 4 Kansas City

The Pardeeville Fire Department is mourning the loss of a firefighter who died from COVID-19. The department said in a Facebook post that 32-year-old Brandon Romo fought a difficult battle the last few weeks after being diagnosed with the virus. Romo leaves behind a wife and three kids. PFD said it plans to hold a bingo night fundraiser on November 17th to raise money for Romo's family.
- PUB DATE: 11/8/2021 1:33:04 AM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV ABC 27 Madison

Nobody was hurt after a fire in a house on La Crosse’s east side Sunday afternoon. According to the La Crosse Fire Department, at noon Sunday, a fire was reported at a house on the 2200 block of Barnabee Road, which is located east of La Crosse Central High School. The street runs parallel to Highway 33.
- PUB DATE: 11/8/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WEAU-TV NBC 13 Madison

Two dozen fire departments from the Dodge County area responded to the marsh fire that occurred at the north end of Mud Lake, near Walton Road, on Saturday afternoon. According to a press release from Dodge County Emergency Management Amy Haase, a call came into the Dodge County Central Dispatch at 2:39 p.
- PUB DATE: 11/8/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Daily Citizen - Metered Site

A person died in a fire that burned a building in Manchester, New Hampshire, Saturday while several more people were rescued, officials said. A firefighter was burned and had to be flown to Boston for treatment, Manchester Fire Chief Andy Parent said. Another person was also taken by helicopter to a Boston hospital for medical treatment.
- PUB DATE: 11/8/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBTS-TV NBC 10 Boston

Charlotte-Mecklenburg is hosting its second annual diversity, equity and inclusion conference, and the opening speaker is no stranger to breaking barriers. Synthia Kearney never remembers seeing a female firefighter when she was growing up, but today she is the first female battalion chief for the Gastonia Fire Department.
- PUB DATE: 11/8/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSOC-TV ABC 9 Charlotte

VIDEO: It started like any other November day at the Heaven Hill Distillery in Bardstown until disaster struck in 1996 and a wooden warehouse went up in flames. WHAS11’s Sky11 chopper raced to the scene as smoke billowed above. Water did little in the fight against burning bourbon and within minutes, the first warehouse was a total loss.
- PUB DATE: 11/8/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHAS-TV ABC 11 Louisville

Mental health continues to be a growing concern among first responders. Molly Doyle never knows when that call is going to come. None of them do. It's the nature of being a firefighter. "My job is to drive the engine to whatever call that is," said Doyle, who is a firefighter with the Unified Fire Authority.
- PUB DATE: 11/8/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSL-TV NBC 5 Salt Lake City

The crowd deaths at a Houston music festival added even more names to the long list of people who have been crushed at a major event. Tragedies like the one Friday night at the Astroworld Music Festival have been happening for a long time. In 1979, 11 people died in a scramble to enter a Cincinnati, Ohio, concert by The Who.
- PUB DATE: 11/8/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLS-TV ABC 7 Chicago

Monona firefighters and law enforcement rescued a hiker from Yahara River marshes Saturday afternoon. The Monona Fire Department assistant fire chief told 27 News, a hiker got stuck in the mud. MFD crews shut down two lanes of the Beltline to station a firetruck on the bridge. They extended the ladder over the bridge and two firefighters and one Dane County deputy were able to rescue the hiker.
- PUB DATE: 11/6/2021 5:19:20 PM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV ABC 27 Madison

According to the Green Bay Metro Fire Department, at approximately 12:25 a.m. on Saturday they were called to a report of a structure fire on 920 S. Oneida Street. When fire crews arrived, they found a single family residence with smoke showing from the attic area. They quickly extinguished the fire located in the attic space around the fireplace chimney, with the fire deemed under control within 15 minutes.
- PUB DATE: 11/6/2021 9:42:19 AM - SOURCE: WGBA-TV NBC 26 Green Bay

Two pets are dead and a home is a total loss after a fire northeast of Poynette. Multiple fire departments responded to a structure fire Thursday. Columbia County dispatchers said the call came in around 11:45 a.m. Authorities said the fire happened near Dunning Road and County Highway B. Crews reported that a single-family home was fully engulfed in flames when they arrived.
- PUB DATE: 11/5/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison

Hunting season is in full swing in Wisconsin, and we are just weeks away from one of the biggest annual traditions in the state, the gun deer season. Fond du Lac Fire Rescue is teaming up with Hoppers Silk Screening and All-Star Trophy to bring awareness to the hunting season, and promote safety during the hunt.
- PUB DATE: 11/5/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KFIZ-AM 1450 Fond du Lac

VIDEO: It took 100 firefighters about an hour and a half to get the upper hand on a blaze that gutted a Koreatown karaoke bar and pool hall at 207 S. Vermont Ave. on Thursday. The Los Angeles Fire Department said they were actually able to get crews inside the building at first, but the intensity of the fire grew in the attic.
- PUB DATE: 11/5/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCAL-TV CBS 2 Los Angeles

VIDEO: A Lubbock native is headed to Chicago in December as he embarks on a new role in the hit television show Chicago Fire. First, he wanted to stop by and learn from his hometown heroes. “I think it’s very, very important whenever you can become this character months before,” Ynez Spencer said. “And, I think it’s very important to show up ready to go.
- PUB DATE: 11/5/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCBD-TV NBC 11 Lubbock

The Seminole County Fire Department says golf carts and other low-emission vehicles are becoming more popular in Central Florida but they are also causing a fire concern. "The big problem we are worried about with hydrogen gas is the explosiveness of the hydrogen gas it has a wide flammable range," said Lt.
- PUB DATE: 11/5/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WOFL-TV FOX 35 Orlando

The North Carolina Department of Justice filed suit Thursday against more than a dozen manufacturers of firefighting foam that contains toxic "forever chemicals," accusing the companies of failing to tell those using the foam how to properly handle it, leading to groundwater contamination at four sites across the state.
- PUB DATE: 11/5/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Times News