A 35-year veteran of the Rome Volunteer Fire Department died Tuesday, July 27 in a house explosion in Jefferson County. It was just before 2 p.m. Tuesday when 911 calls started coming in about the house explosion that left pieces of the home everywhere, even stuck up in trees. Sadly, one man, Mike Revolinski, who spent decades helping others in the community, died in the blast.
- PUB DATE: 8/1/2021 10:14:50 AM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee

A plane crash in the Town of Hartford left a female flight instructor dead and another man pilot injured, according to the Washington County Sheriff's Office. The Sheriff's Office was notified the female pilot succumbed to the injuries overnight that she sustained in the plane crash. A small plane crashed at approximately 11:20 a.
- PUB DATE: 7/31/2021 4:37:50 PM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee

A Kaukauna family is facing an estimated $40,000 worth of damages after a fire erupted in their garage on Friday night. According to the Kaukauna Fire Department, at around 9 p.m., firefighters responded to a home located in the 1900 block Augustine Street for reports of a fire. Upon arrival, crews say they discovered a detached garage filled with smoke, which was also leaking from the soffit.
- PUB DATE: 7/31/2021 4:37:47 PM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV CBS 5 Green Bay

Racine Fire Department was dispatched to a home near Yout and Charles around 7:15 p.m. for a report of black smoke coming from the second-story window. Upon arrival, crews initiated a fast attack through the front door and encountered heavy heat and smoke conditions. Flames were encountered in the first-floor kitchen area and the fire was knocked down and loss was stopped approximately 25 minutes from the initial dispatch.
- PUB DATE: 7/31/2021 4:17:51 PM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee

A crop duster helicopter struck power lines Saturday at 10:14 a.m. and crashed near Friesland in Columbia County. Initial investigation has revealed that the helicopter was crop dusting when it attempted to go under high power lines. The helicopter struck the power lines and crashed a short distance beyond.
- PUB DATE: 7/31/2021 3:57:48 PM - SOURCE: Daily Citizen

A 21-year-old man was transported by helicopter to ThedaCare Regional Medical Center in Neenah after being ejected from his SUV. It happened around 9:40 p.m. on Thursday, July 29 near W. County Road A and Forest Dr. in Plymouth, Wisconsin. The Sheboygan County Sheriff’s Office said the man lost control of his SUV, and his injuries are believed to be life threatening.
- PUB DATE: 7/30/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

VIDEO: Three Honolulu aircraft rescue firefighters are talking for the first time about their role in helping save two pilots earlier this month after engine failure caused their Boeing 737 cargo plane to crash in the ocean off Kalaeloa. On July 2, the pilot of Transair Flight 810 to Kahului alerted air traffic control it was headed back to Honolulu’s airport because of an in-flight emergency.
- PUB DATE: 7/30/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Hawaii News Now

VIDEO: When tragedy or disasters strike, first responders rush to the scene — often putting their own lives in danger. Now there's a renewed focus in Boston to make sure that when emergency personnel head home, the traumatic images they witness on the job don't have dangerous or potentially deadly impacts on their mental well-being.
- PUB DATE: 7/30/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCVB-TV ABC 5 Boston

VIDEO: The U.S. Navy said Thursday that charges have been filed against a Navy Sailor who is accused of starting the July 2020 fire that destroyed the warship while it was docked in San Diego. According to Cmdr. Sean Robertson, U.S. 3rd Fleet spokesperson, the evidence collected during the investigation is sufficient to direct a preliminary hearing for the sailer who was a member of Bonhomme Richard’s crew at the time of the fire.
- PUB DATE: 7/30/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KFMB-TV CBS/CW 8 San Diego

VIDEO: Instead of wearing shorts and swimsuits, teens are in heavy fire protection gear at a special summer camp on Long Island this week. They’re learning what it takes to become volunteer firefighters amid a national firefighter shortage, CBS2’s Carolyn Gusoff reported Thursday. Camp Fahrenheit 516 is named for the blazing heat campers encounter while training as the next generation of volunteer firefighters.
- PUB DATE: 7/30/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCBS-TV CBS 2 New York

Twenty years after the devastating attacks on September 11, doctors are still uncovering the fallout from the destruction of the World Trade Center. In a new study, researchers at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York have discovered a link between the toxic dust coming from Ground Zero and liver damage. Their findings show that the earliest first responders on the scene have an even higher risk of fatty liver disease than others in the area after the terror attacks.
- PUB DATE: 7/30/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: StudyFinds.org

Mike Revolinski is being remembered as a “super good guy” who always wore a smile on his face. Revolinski, who perished in Tuesday’s house explosion and resulting fire in the Village of Rome, was a former chief of the Rome Fire Department who had served in that capacity for about 10 years. “He would do anything for anybody—(he was) very, very helpful,” said family spokesman Kevin Broedlow, brother-in-law to Mike and Sharon Revolinski who had resided at the home destroyed in the blast.
- PUB DATE: 7/29/2021 9:59:02 PM - SOURCE: Beloit Daily News - Metered Site

Fond du Lac Fire/Rescue says a candle was left burning when no one was home, causing a fire that damaged part of a house on County Rd. V Thursday afternoon. The fire department says smoke detectors alerted people nearby, who called 911. Firefighters were able to limit the fire damage to one room, while there was smoke damage to other rooms.
- PUB DATE: 7/29/2021 5:18:12 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

Hudson Fire Department was on the scene late afternoon July 28, 2021, after a gas leak was reported. They closed off the Second Street from Walnut Street to Coulee Road, and made certain everyone was safe. Hudson Police advised residents to avoid the area in a Facebook post. The cause of the leak was under investigation.
- PUB DATE: 7/29/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Hudson Star Observer

VIDEO/PHOTOS: A fire that officials say started from welding sparks destroyed a house in Hurricane on Wednesday afternoon and for a time threatened Hurricane Middle School and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ seminary building. There were no injuries and by 4:58 p.m., the fire was contained.
- PUB DATE: 7/29/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: St. George News

When Jeff Bowen was growing up in Southern California he would walk home from school by a fire station. One day, after the 6-year-old did not come home, his mother, Laurel Bowen, said she went looking for him at the station where she knew some of the firefighters. A captain pointed her inside. "He said, 'You know he stops every day to talk to us.
- PUB DATE: 7/29/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Citizen Times - Metered Site

Last week at a media conference Vice Admiral Roy Kitchener, the commander of US Navy warships, outlined the actions that have been taken since the Bonhomme Richard caught fire in San Diego last year… and he has completely missed the point. “We found that in some cases maybe we weren’t doing as well as we should have,” Kitchener told US Naval Institute editor Sam LaGrone.
- PUB DATE: 7/29/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: gCaptain

A year and a half into the COVID-19 pandemic, the world looks a lot different than it used to. And so does the coronavirus itself. As it’s infected hundreds of millions of people around the globe, the SARS-CoV-2 virus has been in a state of constant change, making small tweaks to its genetic code as it goes along.
- PUB DATE: 7/29/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Spectrum News 1

VIDEO: Mitch Lundgaard, a 14-year-veteran of the Appleton Fire Department, lost his life in the line of duty in May of 2019 while responding to a medical emergency. Now, a park is set to be built in his honor. The facilities are located directly next to Appleton's Fire Station No. 6. The city seeked feedback on preliminary park concepts.
- PUB DATE: 7/28/2021 5:21:35 PM - SOURCE: WGBA-TV NBC 26 Green Bay

A fire inside an 80-foot-tall tree along the lakeshore at Olin Park might have been caused by discarded cigarette butts, fire officials said. Crews were dispatched to Olin Park around 2:45 p.m. Monday after getting a report that a tree was on fire. When they arrived at Olin Park, a person flagged down firefighters to point out the tree’s location.
- PUB DATE: 7/28/2021 4:42:03 PM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison