VIDEO: A firefighter approaching a blaze in the garage of a West Michigan home was sent running in the opposite direction after a propane tank ignited. The ensuing blast was caught on camera, showing the emergency responder staggering backward and a massive explosion from the home. The footage, released by the Plainfield Township Fire Department district chief on Monday, showed the flames traveling from the garage to the rest of the home after firefighters arrived.
- PUB DATE: 7/7/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJBK-TV FOX 2 Detroit

Most of us can't afford homes with fire-extinguishing sprinklers built into the ceiling … and that's where FACE is designed to come in. It's a self-contained, heat-activated fire suppression device that's mounted in the user's home, wherever it's most likely to be needed. Its name an acronym for Fire Activated Canister Extinguisher, FACE was invented by San Francisco high school student Arul Mathur.
- PUB DATE: 7/7/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New Atlas

VIDEO: Fire chiefs across the region are calling for the end of a law that allows people in Pennsylvania to set off commercial-grade fireworks after a number of incidents across the state that led to complaints and fatal incidents. In West York, a child died after the improper disposal of fireworks.
- PUB DATE: 7/7/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPMT-TV FOX 43 York

VIDEO: One Central Texas family has turned its tragedy into an opportunity for young adults pursuing their dreams of becoming firefighters. Maria Negrete has photos of her son, Jose Negrete throughout her home. A military child, Jose Negrete first moved to the city of Copperas Cove when he was just three years old.
- PUB DATE: 7/7/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Spectrum News 1

PHOTO: The first firefighting apparatus of the Plummer Hook & Ladder Company—an 1890s horse- or mule-drawn wooden wagon that carried equipment including buckets used to haul water to fires—returned home last week nearly 20 years after a promise was made to establish a museum to honor the legacy of the department’s founding members and the volunteers who followed.
- PUB DATE: 7/7/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Warren Record

Oshkosh Fire Chief Michael Stanley has been recognized as the 2021 Wisconsin State Fire Chiefs’ Association Chief of the Year. The award selection criteria emphasize leadership, innovation, professional development, integrity, service to the public and contributions to the fire service as a whole. Nominees for the award are reviewed by a selection panel comprised of Fire Chiefs from throughout the state.
- PUB DATE: 7/6/2021 11:19:24 PM - SOURCE: WNFL-AM 1440 Sports Radio Green Bay

Beaver Dam has a new fire chief. Without discussion, the city’s police and fire commission unanimously voted to approve Michael Wesle as the new fire chief for the city fire and rescue department. Wesle was previously a lieutenant with the Rhinelander Fire Department after many years of experience. He replaces Alan Mannel, who retired in April.
- PUB DATE: 7/6/2021 5:07:33 PM - SOURCE: Wisc News - Metered Site

The Milwaukee Police Department is investigating a fiery crash that occurred early Monday, July 5 near Cesar Chavez Drive and Washington Street around 12:50 a.m. One driver rear-ended another, and the impact caused the striking car to then hit a pole. The driver of the other car, a 49-year-old woman, and passengers of that car, a 77-year-old woman and a 7-year-old boy, sustained non-life-threatening injuries; all transported to a hospital for treatment.
- PUB DATE: 7/6/2021 2:26:15 PM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee

Authorities say three people were killed in a house fire Monday morning in the northern Wisconsin town of Ashland. The Ashland Police Department said firefighters and police responded shortly after 9:30 a.m., when they discovered that three people had escaped the burning house. Three bodies were later found inside.
- PUB DATE: 7/6/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee

His great-grandfather, grandfather and father all served as City of Milwaukee firefighters, but Lipski said he never felt pressured to follow in their footsteps. “They said to do something that doesn’t beat your body up so much,” said Lipski about his father and grandfather. So he did, working for a few years as an emergency medical technician for Paratech Ambulance.
- PUB DATE: 7/6/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Milwaukee Independent

Two of the heroic firefighters who responded to the devastating fire at the Chemtool Plant in Rockton, Illinois nearly three weeks ago said the events of June 14th will be etched into their family history. 20-year-old Wyatt Bomkamp is a new recruit to the Janesville Fire Department. His engine responded to the fire at Chemtool, a grease manufacturing plant, as the initial explosions were taking place that Monday morning.
- PUB DATE: 7/6/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WIFR-TV CBS 23 Rockford

When Robert Barteck was 7 years old, his father became a volunteer firefighter in Owen. Now Barteck is the new Wausau Fire Department chief, taking over after the retirement of Chief Tracey Kujawa in April. He will be overseeing the $8.1 million budget and 62 employees. The department's three stations together respond to about 6,800 calls a year.
- PUB DATE: 7/6/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Wausau Daily Herald - Metered Site

VIDEO: The explosions of fireworks heard Sunday sent beachgoers scrambling in Ocean City. Ocean City Bomb Squad personnel, ATF, and Maryland State Fire Marshal’s Bomb Squad are just a few of the agencies now investigating. What was supposed to be a downtown show with live music and an array of colors filling the sky at Northside Park ended before it even began with Starfire Corporation employees receiving minor injuries.
- PUB DATE: 7/6/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJZ-TV CBS 13 Baltimore

VIDEO: It has been more than 26 years since the Murrah Building bombing. And a retired Guthrie firefighter is just now sharing his story with us in hopes of finding the woman behind this nameplate. As luck would have it, he happened to find two pieces of it on separate days. And he knew one day he’d give it back to the woman if she survived.
- PUB DATE: 7/6/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOCO-TV ABC 5 Oklahoma City

VIDEO: Vice President Kamala Harris paid a brief surprise visit to a Brentwood fire station Sunday to thank firefighters for their service to the community. Accompanied by her husband Douglas Emhoff and Rep. Ted Lieu, D-Torrance, and his wife Betty, Harris visited Los Angeles Fire Department Station 19, near the vice president's Brentwood home.
- PUB DATE: 7/6/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KABC-TV ABC 7 Los Angeles

VIDEO: The City of Marietta Fire Department swore in their youngest recruit on Friday: a 4-year-old cancer patient from Augusta. Bubba Diedrich was diagnosed with leukemia a year ago. The fire department teamed up with the Make A Wish foundation to make his dream of being a firefighter possible. “I, Bubba, hereby swear that I will have all the fun a 4-year-old can have,” the proclamation said.
- PUB DATE: 7/6/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSB-TV ABC 2 Atlanta

An Independence Day afternoon fire at Fitzgerald’s Hotel, “one of the city’s most famous eating places,” in 1946 became the center of attention in downtown Glens Falls. “More than a thousand persons were attracted to the scene by the heavy palls of smoke which at times nearly obliterated the building and firemen working on ladders along the facade,” The Post-Star reported.
- PUB DATE: 7/6/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Post-Star

A family of six has their dog to thank for ensuring they got to safety during an overnight fire. The family pet reportedly kept barking early Sunday morning until everyone was warned their Madison home was on fire and they all could escape to safety. The Independence Day blaze, which happened in the 4700 block of Star Spangled Trail, is being blamed on fireworks that were not properly discarded.
- PUB DATE: 7/5/2021 7:35:05 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

Three people are displaced after an RV fire on Madison’s south side Saturday morning. The fire was reported at around 5:14 a.m. when a neighbor saw smoke coming from a parked RV on the 1100 block of Moorland Rd. According to a report, firefighters were able to control the fire within 15 minutes, but the vehicle was completely engulfed.
- PUB DATE: 7/3/2021 1:44:45 PM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison

Afire that apparently began inside a recycling bin burned up siding, causing damage to part of the roof of a home in the White Caps subdivision Thursday night. The fire was reported at 7:37 p.m. and firefighters arriving at the home at 9515 68th Street saw fire coming from the north side of the building, according to Battalion Chief Jeff Johnson of the Kenosha Fire Department.
- PUB DATE: 7/2/2021 1:08:29 AM - SOURCE: Kenosha News