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

Tulsa firefighters are battling a house fire that broke out Wednesday evening near 81st and Mingo. The Tulsa home has severe damage after the fire. A viewer sent video of the home completely engulfed in flames a little after 7 p.m. Witnesses said the fire spread quickly. Osage Drone 6 captured footage of the smoke flowing from the house and the roof that had collapsed on the home.
- PUB DATE: 8/26/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KWTV-DT CBS 9 Oklahoma City

When he joined the Worcester Fire Department 2½ years ago, Heath Tisdale knew that he'd be at higher risk than the general public of getting cancer. His chances of dying from the disease would also be greater. Did it give him pause about his career? "Not one bit," he said. "Not at all." Tisdale, Firefighter Casey Gates and Capt.
- PUB DATE: 8/26/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Telegram & Gazette

PHOTO: First responders on the Northshore hope to use newly developed technology to monitor flooding in real-time. The St. Tammany Parish Fire District No. 4 partnered with the city of Mandeville to place a solar-powered sensor at the intersection of Carondelet and Lakeshore Drive. That sensor records the depth of water in the area.
- PUB DATE: 8/26/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDSU-TV NBC 6 New Orleans

At first glance, Napa artist Sam Tubiolo seems a quiet, unassuming man with a shy smile. Hidden beneath that façade, however, is a powerhouse of monumental artistic creativity and technical expertise. “I wanted to be an architect when I was in school, but all the math was daunting,” he said with a soft laugh.
- PUB DATE: 8/26/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Napa Valley Register - Metered Site

Video released by a team of federal investigators shows more evidence of extensive corrosion and overcrowded concrete reinforcement in a Miami-area condominium that collapsed in June, killing 98 people. The National Institute of Standards and Technology also announced Wednesday it will conduct a five-pronged investigation into the Champlain Towers South collapse, which will be led by Judith Mitrani-Reiser.
- PUB DATE: 8/26/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: National Public Radio

Wisconsin has chosen a California environmental law firm to help investigate and go after those responsible for PFAS contamination. The Department of Justice on Wednesday said Sher Edling LLP has been awarded a contract to represent the state in cases involving ubiquitous hazardous compounds sometimes called “forever chemicals.
- PUB DATE: 8/25/2021 9:19:23 AM - SOURCE: WiscNews

The body found inside a truck belonging to the Arcadia-Glencoe fire chief has been identified as Jeff Halvorsen. As we've reported, Chief Halvorsen had been missing since Wednesday, according to officials with the Trempealeau County Sheriff's Office. A ruling on the cause of death is pending a toxicology report.
- PUB DATE: 8/25/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WQOW-TV ABC 18 Eau Claire

The WPS Foundation provides its Rewarding Responders Grant annually to help police, fire, and emergency medical services (EMS) agencies purchase lifesaving equipment or important training for their members. Among this year’s recipients is the Coleman Fire Department, which received new firefighting face masks for its firefighters.
- PUB DATE: 8/25/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Bay Cities Muti Media Center

Wildfires in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness are affecting air quality across northern Minnesota and Wisconsin, impacting health and comfort of people in the area. That includes Karen Eagle, a senior meteorologist with the National Weather Service office in Duluth, who is tracking the air quality situation.
- PUB DATE: 8/25/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Wisconsin Public Radio

A fifth alarm that burned through two Jersey City homes brought down a live power line on firefighters, injuring seven of them. The fire broke out between the Irving Street homes just before 3 a.m. this morning and quickly spread. As firefighters arrived, an energized power line came down on their fire truck, shocking at least four firefighters and a captain.
- PUB DATE: 8/25/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WABC-TV ABC 7 New York

VIDEO/PHOTOS: At least five planes have made emergency landings on San Diego-area freeways in recent years, resulting in one death, multiple injuries and various amounts of damage. The latest came Tuesday when a single-engine Piper PA-32 landed shortly after noon on Interstate 5 east of the Del Mar Fairgrounds, hitting a Kia sedan and losing part of a wing after it became lodged in the back of an Audi SUV.
- PUB DATE: 8/25/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSWB-TV FOX 5 San Diego

A large crowd of firefighters took the podium at City Council on Tuesday, pleading for higher pay. Mayor Kelly's budget is currently under review, and one measure focuses on a 24% salary increase for fire cadets. Right now, the starting salary is $32,524 . The increase would bump it up to $40,330. It's an increase that firefighters say is sorely needed.
- PUB DATE: 8/25/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTVC-TV ABC/FOX 9 Chattanooga

VIDEO/PHOTOS: A Fort Atkinson photographer captured history for his hometown during a warehouse fire earlier this month. On August 10, Spencer Jelinek said he saw smoke from his balcony. Instead of running from the fire, he ran toward it. “It was just a split reaction. ‘I need to go do this,’ and I did it,” he said.
- PUB DATE: 8/25/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMTV NBC/CW+ 15 Madison

Throughout the response to the SARS-CoV-2 virus, and its ensuing illness COVID-19, fire and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel have consistently served on the front lines while caring for patients and responding to other calls for emergency service. These fire and EMS personnel place themselves in inherently dangerous positions while caring for patients in austere environments and responding to emergencies unrelated to whether a caller has COVID-19.
- PUB DATE: 8/25/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: IAFC.org

PHOTOS: A Fort Atkinson photographer captured history for his hometown during a warehouse fire earlier this month. On August 10, Spencer Jelinek said he saw smoke from his balcony. Instead of running from the fire, he ran toward it. “It was just a split reaction. ‘I need to go do this,’ and I did it,” he said.
- PUB DATE: 8/24/2021 6:32:49 PM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison

Inside the Peshtigo Fire Museum are artifacts of the 1871 fire, which burned 1.5 million acres and took the lives of what is estimated to be between 1,200 and 2,400 people. Now, to commemorate the sesquicentennial, a book called "The Great Fires in Wisconsin of 1871" has been republished in order to educate people about the fire.
- PUB DATE: 8/24/2021 5:04:46 PM - SOURCE: WLUK-TV FOX 11 Green Bay

PHOTOS: A piece of Brookfield history found its way home to the city's fire department. Firefighter helmets belonging to volunteer firefighter Arthur Berres were dropped off Thursday by two of his grandchildren, Mark Roesch and his sister, Mary Ellen Pankow. Roesch said the family was going through family pictures and found photos of Berres and his wife, Edna (Nachtstein) Berres.
- PUB DATE: 8/24/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Brookfield Patch

VIDEO/PHOTOS: At least one person was hospitalized, and multiple properties were damaged as a mansion went up in flames in Upper Saint Clair Monday morning. Emergency crews were called to the home, which was still being built on Scarlett Drive, shortly after 11 a.m. “It sounded like this big thud, it must have been some type of explosion in the garage,” said neighbor Bryan Mathews.
- PUB DATE: 8/24/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPXI-TV NBC 11 Pittsburgh

PHOTOS: Every fire department has its own customs and traditions that have been carried on through the years. Some have different colored badges to distinguish officers or different colored turnout gear, but DeFuniak Springs firefighters wear theirs on their helmets. Stickers in the shape of an extrication tool known as the “jaws of life” can be spotted plastered around the black, empty spaces of their helmets.
- PUB DATE: 8/24/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Northwest Florida Daily News