Hurricane Ida carved a path across Louisiana that cuts through a region packed with hazardous-chemical plants, raising risks of an environmental disaster along an industrial strip infamously nicknamed “Cancer Alley.” About two thirds of Louisiana’s industrial sites with toxic chemicals were in Ida’s path, with the storm predicted to charge through 590 sites that produce or store those hazardous materials, according to an analysis of the U.
- PUB DATE: 8/30/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Bloomburg Green - Metered Site

The Never Forgotten Games return to Redding for their third Cross Fit competition. The chairman of the Never Forgotten Games, Darren Hull, made sure the event went on this year after canceling last year due to COVID-19. The event honors the lives of five first responders from Northern California who lost their lives in the line of duty.
- PUB DATE: 8/30/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KHSL-TV CBS 12 Chico

COVID-19 is the illness that’s caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. To date, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has provided emergency use authorization to three different vaccines to help protect against COVID-19. The vaccines that have been authorized for emergency use in the United States so far use two different types of technology: Messenger RNA (mRNA) and adenovirus vector.
- PUB DATE: 8/30/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Healthline

VIDEO: The South Area Fire District held its annual open house Sunday afternoon at Fire Station 1. People were invited to see the inside of firetrucks. They also got to meet firefighters, paramedics, sheriff officers and even officers with Marathon County SWAT team. The open house also allowed kids to try out the water hoses and other demonstrations from North Central Technical College fire training.
- PUB DATE: 8/29/2021 5:45:21 PM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau

VIDEO: Today, community members in Arcadia gathered to celebrate and honor Jeff Halvorsen. Halvorsen was the fire chief of the Arcadia-Glencoe Fire Department before passing away on August 22nd. Halvorsen was a part of the Arcadia-Glencoe Fire Department for over 31 years while serving as chief for over 17.
- PUB DATE: 8/28/2021 10:35:27 PM - SOURCE: WKBT-TV CBS 8 La Crosse

Community members around Tomah gathered to help celebrate the fire departments’ 150 years of serving the community. From parades, music, games, and more, the fire department hosted the free event to connect with the community. Fire departments from around the area came to Tomah to help out and to help celebrate.
- PUB DATE: 8/28/2021 10:33:08 PM - SOURCE: WKBT-TV CBS 8 La Crosse

A house fire on the 1600 block of Taylor Avenue that caused an estimated $41,500 in damage Friday afternoon “is under investigation,” according to the Racine Fire Department. No serious injuries were reported. According to the Racine Fire Department: Five apparatuses responded to the home, as well as one command car.
- PUB DATE: 8/27/2021 9:37:40 PM - SOURCE: Racine Journal Times

Gov. Tony Evers announced Friday that he has appointed a former Marshfield firefighter-paramedic as the new Wood County coroner. David Patton will take the position left vacant since former Coroner Scott Brehm resigned May 15. Patton has been a deputy coroner in Wood County since March 2020. He has performed death investigations and worked with local police and fire departments, according to the governor's office.
- PUB DATE: 8/27/2021 7:39:52 AM - SOURCE: Marshfield News-Herald

Tess Corners Fire Department responded to a vehicle vs. pedestrian crash shortly after 5 p.m. Thursday near the Muskego High School athletic fields. Off-duty first responders arrived on the scene within seconds following the accident and began to assess and address the injuries the patient sustained.
- PUB DATE: 8/27/2021 5:46:20 AM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee

The Mequon Fire Department on Monday swore in its three new battalion chiefs. The command-staff positions are a result of the city’s Future of our Fire Department Committee, which was created in July 2019 to give the Common Council a road map to address both staffing and facilities concerns. The committee was specifically charged with examining ways to optimize the future viability of Mequon’s paid-on-call fire and ambulance services.
- PUB DATE: 8/27/2021 5:22:07 AM - SOURCE: Greater Milwaukee Today

Main Street near South Street in downtown Oconomowoc was evacuated Thursday morning as a natural gas leak that was centered in Breakshots Huba Huba Bar and Grill, 105 S. Main St., hovered over the area. Western Lakes Fire District Chief Brad Bowen said a business owner had went to open up for the day around 9 a.
- PUB DATE: 8/27/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Greater Milwaukee

VIDEO: Massive flames burned through the roof of a commercial warehouse Thursday night in west Louisville, completely destroying the building that required a large presence of firefighters and first responders. The fire was initially reported just before 8:30 p.m. Thursday in the 3100 block of Del Park Terrace in the Russell neighborhood.
- PUB DATE: 8/27/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLKY-TV CBS 32 Louisville

Move over Dalmatians, a little baby pig is taking the spotlight at a firehouse in Brooklyn. Penny the fire pig is three months old and was adopted by FDNY firefighter Darren Harris. Penny spends much of her time hanging with her dad and the other firefighters at Engine 239 in Park Slope. She’s become somewhat of a local celebrity, as many people stop by to snap pictures with the cutie and feed her snacks.
- PUB DATE: 8/27/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WWNY-TV CBS 7 Carthage

VIDEO: Every now and then, the internet opens a portal on a weird new trend. Enter the Milk Crate Challenge. You can find a growing collection of videos on TikTok, Instagram, Twitter and the like of people stacking milk crates, trying to climb them like a staircase, and taking terrible falls, because believe it or not, piles of milk crates are not structurally sound.
- PUB DATE: 8/27/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNET

Firefighters statewide have threatened to quit instead of being vaccinated, but, for some local firefighters – it’s more complicated than that. They want to know if their job will change if they ask for an exemption. For the past 20 years, Tim Archer has been on the frontlines. He’s also the president of the Spokane Firefighter’s Union and says he hasn’t gotten the vaccine for religious reasons.
- PUB DATE: 8/27/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4 Spokane

Fire killed 3,700 and injured 16,600 people in 2019. Direct property losses due to fire reached $14.8 billion a year. Firefighters paid a high price for this fire record as well; in 2019, 62 firefighters died on duty. America’s fire losses today represent a dramatic improvement from more than 40 years ago.
- PUB DATE: 8/27/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: American Security Today

A new program designed to provide alternative emergency response for mental health 911 calls will launch next week. The Madison Fire Department’s Community Alternative Response Emergency Services (CARES) team will begin responding to 911 calls on September 1. In a Thursday morning news conference, city leaders explained how the program will work.
- PUB DATE: 8/26/2021 5:19:44 PM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison

Saving lives isn’t an easy task, but when you have the proper equipment and the support of an entire community behind you, it makes it all possible. On Thursday morning, Wisconsin Public Service (WPS) and We Energies surprised two local agencies with special equipment to help these heroes continue saving lives within their communities.
- PUB DATE: 8/26/2021 1:34:15 PM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV CBS 5 Green Bay

The Madison Fire Department says one person was found dead when firefighters responded to an apartment fire on Madison’s west side. Just after 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, fire crews responded to a fire alarm at Summit Hill Apartments on Mckenna Boulevard. The apartment building has 41 units. Firefighters located the unit where the fire started, and determined it was mostly put out by sprinklers.
- PUB DATE: 8/26/2021 4:50:27 AM - SOURCE: WMTV NBC 15 Madison

A Fredonia DPW worker was flown to the hospital with "crush-related injuries" after being rescued from a trench in the village Wednesday, Aug. 25. The man was identified by the Ozaukee County Sheriff's Office as Brandon Heinen, 24, of Port Washington. Work was being done to install pipes when the sidewall of the trench collapsed on top of the man, leaving him buried chest high.
- PUB DATE: 8/26/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee