VIDEO: By this time of the summer, nearly every year, many fire and police departments start receiving panicked calls from people about children or pets trapped inside hot cars. It’s enough of a concern one local fire department actually purchased new equipment to help reach victims faster and safer.
- PUB DATE: 7/28/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

By this time of the summer, nearly every year, many fire and police departments start receiving panicked calls from people about children or pets trapped inside hot cars. It’s enough of a concern one local fire department actually purchased new equipment to help reach victims faster and safer. Whether it’s a day that makes you beg for air conditioning, or it’s just a beauty from mother nature, it’s not always the temperature outside that’s a concern for firefighters.
- PUB DATE: 7/27/2021 11:30:09 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

VIDEO: A retired Jefferson County firefighter died as a result of an explosion at a home in the Town of Rome on Tuesday afternoon, July 27. Emergency crews were dispatched to the scene moments after the explosion – shortly before 2 p.m. Officials say the debris field from the explosion was roughly a full city block.
- PUB DATE: 7/27/2021 3:19:34 PM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee

Approximately 16 acres of wheat and a combine were lost in a fire Monday afternoon. According to the Egg Harbor Fire Department, they were dispatched just before 2:15 p.m. to the report of a large grass fire approximately 300 feet from a residence. The first units were on the scene nearly 10 minutes later and called in for help from the fire departments of Ephraim, Sister Bay/Liberty Grove, Baileys Harbor, Jacksonport, Gibraltar, and Luxemburg, Door County Emergency Services, and Door County Sheriff’s Department.
- PUB DATE: 7/27/2021 4:56:45 AM - SOURCE: Door County Daily News

New positive cases of COVID-19 continue to surge in Wisconsin. The state reported 349 new confirmed cases Monday. That's the most new cases in a seven-day stretch in Wisconsin since May. The seven-day average has been rising for 20 straight days. But those numbers may not tell the whole story. Health officials said a decline in testing numbers are a concern.
- PUB DATE: 7/27/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee

VIDEO: Fire investigators are working to determine the cause of a blaze that destroyed one building and damaged another. Dispatchers got the call just after 12:15 a.m. regarding a fire at a vacant home in the 200 block of Vine Street. Firefighters spent more than an hour working to extinguish the blaze at the vacant home.
- PUB DATE: 7/27/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSLA-TV CBS 12 Shreveport

All municipal workers for the City of New York will now be required to get vaccinated or submit to weekly coronavirus tests, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Monday. With the delta variant of the virus pushing the case number up, the mayor said it was time to take further steps to enhance the COVID safety protocols.
- PUB DATE: 7/27/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WNYW-TV FOX 5 New York

PHOTO: On Monday, Logan City Fire Department held a ceremony to commemorate the addition of new fire trucks. Logan City Fire Chief Brad Hannig said the traditional “push-in” ceremony is a throwback to the bygone days of fighting fires. “Back in the history of fire departments, they used to have to push the wagon back in because they were horse drawn,” he said.
- PUB DATE: 7/27/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Herald Journal

As the Olympics are being held in Tokyo, many people in Georgia are reminiscing on memories from the Centennial Olympics in Atlanta that were held 25 years ago. There were memorable moments from Muhammad Ali lighting the Olympic torch to sprinter Michael Johnson winning multiple gold medals and gymnast Kerri Strug winning gold despite a foot injury, but there was also one moment that many won’t forget: The moment a bomb ripped through Centennial Olympic Park.
- PUB DATE: 7/27/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSB-TV ABC 2 Atlanta

Since 1980, retired and active firefighters from Station 6 on Purchase Street have gathered every few years to take group pictures along the staircase inside the fire house. Hairstyles and fashions have changed between the framed photos, but the formation of firefighters along the stairs has remained constant.
- PUB DATE: 7/27/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Southcoast Today - Metered Site

The Coon Valley Fire Department extinguished a blaze that ruined a semi-tractor cab shortly after noon Monday in Coon Township. The Vernon County Sheriff’s Office 911 Dispatch Center paged the fire department at about 12:15 p.m. about the fire at the intersection of County Hwy. B and County Hwy. KK. The cab was engulfed in flames when the fire crews arrived, but all units — Engine 1, Squad 1 and Tender 1 — were clear within about an hour, according to a news release.
- PUB DATE: 7/26/2021 6:08:31 PM - SOURCE: WKBT-TV CBS 8 La Crosse

When a man in the Town of Barton heard an explosion Friday night, July 23, he ran into the home without hesitation to save his elderly neighbor inside. The Washington County sheriff says he's a hero who likely saved his neighbor's life. That neighbor says it was just the right thing to do. Jeff Dreher said he heard the explosion, thinking a tree had just fallen on top of his home.
- PUB DATE: 7/26/2021 12:14:42 PM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee

VIDEOS: An explosion rocked a New Jersey apartment building Friday afternoon as fire department crews raced to put out flames shooting out of the structure. A multi-level apartment building in Carteret had heavy smoke and tall flames shooting out from much of the roof by 2 p.m. At one point an explosion could be seen in the middle of the roof and the top floor of the building.
- PUB DATE: 7/26/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WNBC-TV NBC 4 New York

VIDEO: You don’t have to be in Howie Schneider’s presence long to realize he’s a firefighter with more than 30 years of service. The family portraits give it away, as most of the Schneiders wear fire suits for a living. He’s the third generation and spent more than 10 years at the Los Angeles Fire Department, where his grandfather started.
- PUB DATE: 7/26/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTVQ-TV CBS 2 Billings

VIDEO: For a second time this week, a D.C. firefighter has been the victim of car theft while on duty serving the public, but this time, it was an armed carjacking. “It’s extremely frustrating for people that are trying to help other people to have this happen to them,” D.C. Fire Chief John Donnelly said.
- PUB DATE: 7/26/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WRC-TV NBC 4 Washington DC

On the day before Thanksgiving in 2019, a fire tore through the 14th floor of Cedar High Apartments in Minneapolis. Five people died in the fire. State fire marshals determined sprinklers could've prevented the tragedy. It led to calls for changes to state and federal law. The high-rise apartment building, however, still doesn’t have sprinklers in every unit.
- PUB DATE: 7/26/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSTP-TV ABC 5 Minneapolis

PHOTOS: The 9/11 Traveling Memorial has made its way to downtown Cheyenne. The Tunnel to Towers Foundation, along with Carpet One have done their part in bringing the traveling memorial to Cheyenne to honor the brave heroes that lost their live after providing their courageous rescue efforts as this year marks the 20th anniversary of the events of 9/11.
- PUB DATE: 7/26/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KGAB-AM 650 Orchard Valley

The Racine Fire Department responded to the area of Mt. Pleasant Street and William Street early Sunday morning, July 25 for an apartment fire. The call came in around 6:45 a.m. The fire was called in by a Racine firefighter driving from Racine Fire Station 3 to Racine Fire Station 2 at shift change.
- PUB DATE: 7/25/2021 12:25:15 PM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee

Firefighters say no one was injured during the early morning hours Saturday when a fire broke out at a duplex in Brillion. According to the Brillion Fire Department, crews were called to the 400 block of Pagel Avenue at 12:34 a.m. for a report of a fire. When they arrived, officials say light smoke could be seen coming from the living room of the residence into the garage area.
- PUB DATE: 7/25/2021 10:46:53 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

The Washington County Sheriff's Office is investigating an explosion and house fire that happened in Barton near West Bend on Friday, July 23. Officials were notified of the incident at a single family residence near Norman and Jeanellen around 8:18 p.m. Friday night. "At approximately 8:21 p.m. last night we got dispatched for the report of an explosion.
- PUB DATE: 7/24/2021 6:29:01 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee