Appleton firefighter Mitch Lundgaard will be among the 215 names added to the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial in Maryland this weekend. Lundgaard's name will become a permanent part of the memorial during the 40th Annual National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend. Lundgaard, 36, died on May, 15, 2019, as his crew responded to an emergency medical call at the at the Valley Transit Center.
- PUB DATE: 10/1/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLUK-TV FOX 11 Green Bay

A sheriff's deputy saved two people from a house fire in Waupun. Fond du Lac County Sheriff's deputy Derek Rehfeldt was driving through the city when he saw smoke coming from a nearby house. He helped two men and a dog escape as the house filled with smoke. "I'm really glad God put me in that place at the right time and it worked out," Rehfeldt told WBAY-TV.
- PUB DATE: 10/1/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV ABC 27 Madison

VIDEO: After an hours-long battle on Thursday, a massive 3-alarm fire at a distribution center in Carson is under control, according to fire officials. It took about 200 firefighters to get the blaze under control. According to an employee, a barrel of hand sanitizer exploded and prompted the fire.
- PUB DATE: 10/1/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KABC-TV ABC 7 Los Angeles

Cancer is a serious health threat facing today’s firefighters. Studies have shown that firefighters have an increased risk of developing several types of cancers, due to the occupational hazards they face. However, there are steps firefighters can take to protect themselves and their crew. The National Volunteer Fire Council and International Association of Fire Chiefs’ Volunteer and Combination Officers Section released the Lavender Ribbon Report to present 11 specific actions firefighters need to take to lessen their risk of occupational cancer.
- PUB DATE: 10/1/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Homeland Security Today

PHOTOS: You could say Winter Park Firefighter-Paramedic Alfredo Escalera Jr. is a little bit of an adrenaline junkie. Born in Puerto Rico, Escalera moved to Casselberry with his mother when he was a small child. Later, he followed in his father’s footsteps, becoming a boxer. His father, also named Alfredo Escalera, was a professional boxer with 70 bouts between 1970 and 1983.
- PUB DATE: 10/1/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKMG-TV CBS 6 Orlando

VIDEO: Entertainment One (eOne) today shared the first trailer and poster for family animated feature Fireheart, coming to cinemas early next year. The CG-animated movie centers on a girl who finds a way to follow her dream of becoming a firefighter and crack a mysterious case of serial arson across jazz age Broadway.
- PUB DATE: 10/1/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Animation Magazine

VIDEO: October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and to recognize this vital period of information and education, we’ve kicked off a new project — TODAY Paints the Town Pink. To get things started, on Friday, that meant turning a bright pink spotlight on three people whose lives have been impacted by the disease.
- PUB DATE: 10/1/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Today

If your car has ever broken down on the side of the interstate, you know the horrifying feeling of having to sit while cars zip past you. For many emergency roadside responders, that happens every day. It is a dangerous job that lawmakers say does not have to be – and legislators are doing something to make it safer.
- PUB DATE: 9/30/2021 5:29:23 PM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee

Marshfield Fire & Rescue Chief Scott Owen informed leadership yesterday that he will be retiring later this year. His last day in the office will be December 17, with his official separation date being January 4, 2022. “I am very proud to have served the City and the citizens over the last 25+ years,” Owen said.
- PUB DATE: 9/30/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: On Focus

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