The new year posed a new challenge to residents in rural northwest Wisconsin when Great Divide Ambulance stopped serving the area on January 1st, 2021. To keep everyone safe, new programs picked up the slack. That includes the Ashland Fire Department. "If the volunteer services are struggling, that puts a bigger strain on the career services such as Ashland Fire.
- PUB DATE: 9/3/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KBJR-TV NBC/CBS 6 Duluth

With severe dry conditions, practicing fire safety is more crucial now than ever to prevent indoor fires. As of now, there have been 13 indoor/outdoor structure fires in Superior this year. Kitchen fires are the most common indoor fire incidents, but leaving open flames and heat sources unattended is a big reason why fires are going up.
- PUB DATE: 9/3/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KQDS-TV FOX 21 Duluth

VIDEOS: A house exploded in New Jersey Thursday morning just hours after it was evacuated due to flood waters from Ida, and a person who was traveling in the vicinity was injured by the blast. It happened around 5:44 a.m. on River Road near Whittier Street in Rahway. Several residents posted on social media that they heard or felt the explosion, which was caught on Ring video from a nearby home.
- PUB DATE: 9/3/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WABC-TV ABC 7 New York

PHOTOS: This is wrong, Michael Arad thought. It was 2003. Arad was 34, a few years removed from graduate school and working as an architect for New York City’s housing department when the call went out for designs for a memorial at ground zero. An open competition would produce a winning design. Architect Daniel Libeskind the designer of the Freedom Tower, had charge of the master plan for the site and had set the design guidelines for the memorial.
- PUB DATE: 9/3/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Ithaca Journal

Clemson recruited Noah DeHond to play football in 2017. The Rochester, New York native played on the offensive line. He was redshirted his freshman year before suffering a neck injury in 2018. He never got a chance to play in a game. “I have no regrets about my time with the football team,” DeHond said.
- PUB DATE: 9/3/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSPA-TV CBS 7 Spartanburg

PHOTOS: Cairo’s first fire engine, a 1936 Dodge fire truck, has found a new home at Grand Island’s Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer. It was the first fire engine purchased by the Village of Cairo and belonged to the Cairo Volunteer Fire Department. “They have put a lot of work into restoring it and love it very much, and they’re donating it here so we can share it with everybody,” Stuhr Curator Kari Stofer said.
- PUB DATE: 9/3/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Grand Island Independent

Ask any 10 firefighters to name the best movie about their profession and I’ll bet seven or eight immediately would cite the Chicago-set “Backdraft,” which to this day sets the bar for the most impressive staging of raging, roaring, realistic fires, accomplished primarily through practical effects on controlled sets, with the addition of some spectacular blending of visual effects courtesy of Industrial Light & Magic.
- PUB DATE: 9/3/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Chicago Sun Times - Metered Site

Thirteen patients at Ascension St. Elizabeth Campus in Appleton were transferred to other local hospitals Thursday following a chemical gas release. Hazardous materials crews were called to the northwest portion of the hospital at 9 a.m. Appleton Fire was notified to check the air quality. According to the hospital’s statement: Out of an abundance of caution and because the Emergency Department is in close proximity to the affected area, 13 patients were transferred to other local hospitals.
- PUB DATE: 9/2/2021 11:44:02 AM - SOURCE: WNFL-AM 1440/FM 101.9 Green Bay

A garage is completely destroyed after a fire, reports Fond du Lac Fire Rescue. According to a release, the department was alerted to a garage on fire near the 100 block of Everett St. around 11:50 a.m. Wednesday. Fire crews say when they arrived the structure was fully engulfed in flames. They note the fire spread to a nearby garage that had limited access due to numerous power lines being down as a result of the fire.
- PUB DATE: 9/2/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV CBS 5 Green Bay

Hazardous materials teams have responded Ascension St. Elizabeth Hospital in Appleton. “At 9:00 a.m., Ascension St. Elizabeth implemented its emergency response procedures after evidence of a chemical gas release was discovered this morning. We are working with the Appleton Fire Department to manage the situation, which includes supporting the safety of our patients and associates.
- PUB DATE: 9/2/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

A lab fire at the Wisconsin Energy Institute at UW-Madison prompted an evacuation on Tuesday. Madison Fire Department crews responded to a fire alarm at around 1:20 p.m., though no smoke or fire could be seen when they arrived. Crews were then told by a building manager that there was an active fire in an autoclave lab room.
- PUB DATE: 9/2/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison

Madison first responders will host a blood drive on September 11, in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of 9/11. The Red Cross announced Wednesday that Madison Police Department and Madison Fire Department will host the blood drive. They anticipate that they will exceed their one thousandth donation milestone, according to Executive Director for the Southwest Wisconsin Chapter of the American Red Cross Kyle Krieg.
- PUB DATE: 9/2/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMTV NBC/CW+ 15 Madison

VIDEO: Sixty years ago this week, one of the largest aviation disasters of its time happened in Chicago’s suburbs when a flight from Midway Airport went down minutes after take-off. Few may remember the tragedy. It was September 1, 1961. TWA Flight 529 was hopscotching across the country. It had just taken off from Midway Airport and was headed for Las Vegas.
- PUB DATE: 9/2/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WGN-TV 9 Chicago

City leaders are working to make every 911 call just a little more efficient. Thousands of calls come in to the dispatch center every day. But what happens when there is a language barrier during that emergency call? “Sometimes, we have trouble communicating and finding out the information we need,” said Ronnie Sturch, Jonesboro E911 Director.
- PUB DATE: 9/2/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KAIT-TV ABC/NBC/CW+ 8 Jonesboro

September 1st marks the start of National Recovery Month. National Recovery Month is observed annually in September to give communities resources for individuals recovering from drug abuse. The theme for this year’s recovery month is, “Recovery is for Everyone: Every Person, Every Family, Every Community.
- PUB DATE: 9/2/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WVNS-TV CBS/FOX 59 Lewisburg

An 8-year-old boy decided to give his lemonade stand earnings away for a huge cause: a real-life fire truck for his community. Andrea Dembeck, from Danville, Pennsylvania, told FOX News that her third grader Andrew decided he wanted to run a lemonade stand this summer to help the Friendship Fire Company’s efforts to get a new ladder truck.
- PUB DATE: 9/2/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FOX News

Health officials are watching another new coronavirus variant, dubbed "mu," which they say has concerning mutations that could allow it to escape vaccine-induced immunity. The variant, also known as B.1.621, was first detected in Colombia in January 2021, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
- PUB DATE: 9/2/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Live Science

An 84-year-old woman from North Carolina is in serious condition following a crash on State Highway 33 near Singing Hill Road in the Town of Saukville on Tuesday, Aug. 31. The Ozaukee County Sheriff's Office says the wreck happened shortly after 7 a.m. Tuesday. A car headed east on STH 33 drifted over the center line and struck a westbound truck operated by the Ozaukee County Highway Department, officials say.
- PUB DATE: 9/1/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee

The Somers and Paris fire departments are among 27 emergency response agencies that recently received a Rewarding Responders Grant from We Energies. A total of $50,000 was awarded to police, fire and emergency medical service providers across Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The We Energies Foundation provides its Rewarding Responders Grant annually to help emergency response agencies purchase lifesaving equipment or cover the cost of important training for their members.
- PUB DATE: 9/1/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Kenosha News - Metered Site

More than 70% of New York City firefighters who responded to scenes following Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks have been diagnosed with 9/11 related physical or mental health conditions, according to a new report. The FDNY's report on the health impacts of rescue and recovery workers found that more than 11,300 members have been confirmed with at least one health condition covered by the World Trade Center Health Program, including asthma, cancers post-traumatic stress disorder and substance abuse disorder.
- PUB DATE: 9/1/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WNBC-TV NBC 4 New York