State health officials indicate the COVID-19 situation in Wisconsin is getting worse. Wednesday, the Department of Health Services (DHS) reported the disease activity level is “critically high” in 21 counties and “very high” in the other 51. These labels are based on the number of positive cases per capita over the last two weeks (the “burden”) and the percent change in the number of cases in the past week (the “trajectory”).
- PUB DATE: 9/30/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

At 2:30 a.m. on Thursday an accident occurred involving a potato truck and a minivan in the Township of Oasis. The Waushara County Sheriff’s Office received a 9-1-1 call reporting the accident had occurred near the intersection of County Road J and County Road P. Upon arrival, the driver of the minivan was pronounced dead and neither vehicle had passengers.
- PUB DATE: 9/30/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: On Focus

A former employee of a nail salon is suspected of arson and criminal damage. Authorities took 48 year-old Cuong Van Nguyen into custody. Nguyen is being given recommended charges of one count of arson of building, repeater, a second count of felony criminal damage to property, repeater, a third count of burglary of a building or dwelling, repeater, a fourth count of criminal damage to property, repeater, and a fifth count of disorderly conduct, repeater.
- PUB DATE: 9/30/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WEAU-TV NBC 13 Madison

VIDEO: Eight people were injured Wednesday in an explosion at an apartment building in southern Dallas, including four Dallas firefighters and four others who are in critical condition, officials said. As of Thursday morning, one firefighter and four other people have been released from the hospital.
- PUB DATE: 9/30/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFAA-TV ABC 8 Dallas

VIDEO: Sailing on Chicago’s waterways on the Chicago Fireboat is a truly unique experience. The Fred A. Busse is a retired fireboat that was part of the Chicago Fire Department’s fleet till 1981. Built as a modern ship in 1937, the Fred A. Busse was a modern marvel, built with a lower profile to fit under the city’s bridges.
- PUB DATE: 9/30/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WGN-TV 9 Chicago

VIDEO: A Minneapolis fire captain is starring in a TV reality show competition that premieres next week. Kalimba Edwards was in California for six months this summer filming the new season of CBS’s “Tough as Nails.” The show pits 12 people against each other in physical competitions that test strength, life skills and mental toughness.
- PUB DATE: 9/30/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCCO-TV CBS 4 Minneapolis

VIDEO/PHOTOS: It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s Superman, Supergirl, Spiderman and Captain America! Fairfax County Fire and Rescue superheroes dropped by Inova Children’s Hospital in Falls Church for a special surprise Tuesday. “Good to hop up?” Loren Jewell asked her fellow firefighters as she checked her rappelling gear.
- PUB DATE: 9/30/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJLA-TV ABC 7 Washington, D.C.

The U.S. recovery from the latest COVID-19 wave is taking hold across the country, with cases dropping or poised to start falling in the vast majority of states. In 47 states plus the nation's capital, a measure of average new infections from one newly infected person is below the key level of 1, signaling that cases are expected to decline, according to covidestim, a modeling project with contributors from Yale School of Public Health, Harvard's T.
- PUB DATE: 9/30/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Bloomberg - Metered Site

A motorcyclist was killed in a crash involving a semi truck on Brown Deer Road Tuesday, Sept. 28. The North Shore Fire Department and Brown Deer Police Department responded to North 51st and Brown Deer Road around 6:55 a.m. The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office were also called to the scene.
- PUB DATE: 9/29/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

VIDEO: A scary sight Tuesday afternoon near Readstown as an RV becomes fully engulfed in fire. Viewer Steven Rumstich shared this video with us of the fire, which happened around 1:40 p.m. a few miles east of Readstown. The RV was stopped at the intersection of U.S. Highway 14 and Holcomb Road. According to Rumstich, the Readstown Fire Department arrived just after he took his video.
- PUB DATE: 9/29/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WXOW-TV ABC 19 La Crosse

The Racine County Sheriff's Office is investigating a house fire in the village of Raymond early Tuesday morning. It happened around 12:01 a.m. near 76th St and N Cape Rd. The Racine County Communications center received a 911 call about a deck being on fire. When deputies responded the house was fully engulfed in flames.
- PUB DATE: 9/29/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

A home was damaged by fire Tuesday night in North Whitehall Township, according to a Facebook post from the Slatington Volunteer Fire Department, which assisted at the scene. WFMZ reported the fire was in the 2000 block of Levans Road. The fire call was just afer 10:30 p.m., WFMZ said, and the second alarm was sounded at 10:38, the Slatington department’s post said.
- PUB DATE: 9/29/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Lehigh Valley Live

Capt. Karen Bureker didn’t know whether she wanted to have children when she first became a firefighter paramedic nearly 20 years ago. But after getting married, Bureker and her husband decided to start a family. It was during her first pregnancy, after six years on the job, that Bureker realized just how difficult the transition from firefighter to mother would be while rising through the ranks of her male-dominated profession.
- PUB DATE: 9/29/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC News

The trio were just kids 20 years ago when their FDNY fathers died: Two during the 9/11 terrorist attack, and the third only a few days earlier while on the job. Sons Jonathan Otten, Gary Watson and Andrew Gorumba will proudly join the Class of 2021 in graduating Wednesday from the FDNY Fire Academy, with each inspired by their heroic dads and determined to follow in their footsteps as members of the department that embraced all three in the dark days after their fathers passed away.
- PUB DATE: 9/29/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Daily News - Metered Site

Some of our county's biggest wildfires started in October, but as we head into this potentially dangerous time, local fire departments are struggling to fill shifts. Exhausted firefighters are turning down overtime. This past weekend, an engine company at Fire Station 20 was shut down for 24 hours. The reason? A lack of staffing.
- PUB DATE: 9/29/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KFMB-TV CBS/CW 8 San Diego

With the steady rhythm of a nice long run, Robert Duval of Wauregan finds peace. “I just go out and it just allows me to, like, unravel a lot of things,” he said. And in his four decades in the fire service, the chief of Atwood Hose Fire Company and president of the Connecticut Fire Chiefs Association has seen a lot of things.
- PUB DATE: 9/29/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WVIT-TV NBC 30 New Britain

Emergency responders face unique, high-risk situations on farms, including toxic atmospheres, enclosed spaces, managing animals under stress and machinery entrapments. In order to prepare responders for these challenges the National Farm Medicine Center of Marshfield Clinic Research Institute, in partnership with Pittsville Fire and Life Link 3 Air Medical Transport, are hosting the Agricultural Rescue Training Scene Management program, Oct.
- PUB DATE: 9/28/2021 7:02:46 PM - SOURCE: Wisconsin State Farmer

A Grant County man was hit and killed by a falling tree while cutting trees for firewood over the weekend. According to the Grant County Sheriff’s Office, 58-year-old Ronald Conley of Mt. Hope was hit by the falling tree just after noon on Sunday. The accident happened on Big Green Road. A Grant County man was hit and killed by a falling tree while cutting trees for firewood over the weekend.
- PUB DATE: 9/28/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison

No one was injured during a vehicle fire Monday morning that caused all lanes of northbound I-43 to temporarily close. The Green Bay Metro Fire Department says crews were called to the northbound lanes at University Avenue at about 9:13 a.m. for a semi that was on fire. When they arrived, they say heavy smoke and fire was coming from the back wheels and brakes of the semi.
- PUB DATE: 9/28/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

On Monday afternoon, at 3:30 p.m., Emergency Responders answered a call of a house fire at 31 Bay Way in the Bay Harbor section of Brick. Upon arrival a heavy smoke and fire condition was observed. Strong winds helped to spread the fire quickly. The resident of 31 Bay Way, who was home at the time, was uninjured, but the home was completely destroyed.
- PUB DATE: 9/28/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: MidJersey News