After more than six months without it, two northern Wisconsin towns are hoping to once again offer ambulance service to residents. The towns of Gordon, Shanagolden and Marengo lost ambulance service in January after their former provider notified six towns last summer that it would not renew their contracts to provide emergency services.
- PUB DATE: 7/2/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Wisconsin Public Radio

VIDEO: Houston firefighters responded to large fires at two apartment complexes on the southwest side late Thursday. A citizen was burned and two firefighters were treated for medical issues, HFD Chief Samuel Peña later said. One fire was reported at 11675 W Bellfort after 10 p.m. The good news there, no one was seriously hurt, but 30 to 40 people are now homeless because of it.
- PUB DATE: 7/2/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KHOU-TV CBS 11 Houston

Mark Monson's life changed forever while walking his dog near the Savage Fire Department 26 years ago. Monson started chatting with some of the volunteer firefighters who encouraged him to apply. "I don't know how many people can look back at one moment in time and figure out when their life changed for the positive but every positive thing I have in my life came from that moment forward," Monson said.
- PUB DATE: 7/2/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KARE-TV NBC 11 Minneapolis

Hundreds of first responders who have responded to the site of the Surfside condo collapse will be able to stay onboard a cruise ship, Royal Caribbean's CEO says. According to Michael Bayley, president and CEO of Royal Caribbean, Explorer of the Seas arrived Thursday at PortMiami to serve as a place to stay for first responders.
- PUB DATE: 7/2/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTSP-TV CBS 10 Tampa

New Orleans Firefighters are always there when the alarm goes off, and now the NOFD has an emergency themselves, and that’s their pay, which currently starts at around $11.29 an hour. “I want to get paid more. I want to stay in the city. I want to be a homeowner, and I want to contribute more to the city and I can’t and it kills me,” Grant Rodriguez with the NOFD said.
- PUB DATE: 7/2/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WGNO-TV ABC 26 New Orleans

PHOTOS: A 2021 Tesla Model S Plaid sedan caught fire Tuesday night in Haverford, Pennsylvania, while the owner was at the wheel, according to Charles McGarvey, chief fire officer for the Lower Merion Township Fire Department. Tesla began deliveries of the Model S Plaid, a new high-performance version of its flagship electric sedan, in June, after CEO Elon Musk had said on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast that they would begin in February.
- PUB DATE: 7/2/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNBC

Firefighters were on the scene for 15 hours as fire destroyed a hay shed and all of its contents in Chilton. The Chilton Fire Department says Calumet County deputies arrived first to the call at 11:30 Wednesday night and found the shed at Highway 151 and Townhall Road fully involved. It eventually became a four-alarm fire, mostly for tenders.
- PUB DATE: 7/1/2021 8:35:30 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

Highway 151 has reopened to traffic near the scene of a large barn fire in Calumet County. The road was closed between Salm Road and Minahan Road west of Chilton for about seven hours Thursday morning. It reopened to traffic at about 8:30 a.m. The Calumet County Sheriff’s Office says firefighters are still working at the scene and urge drivers to use caution in the area.
- PUB DATE: 7/1/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

Seventeen people were injured Wednesday evening after a planned police detonation of seized illegal fireworks ended in an explosion in South Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Police Department truck explosion occurred at about 7:40 p.m. at East 27th and San Pedro streets. Nine LAPD officers and one Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives officer was taken to nearby hospitals, along with six civilians.
- PUB DATE: 7/1/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCAL-TV CBS 2 Los Angeles

Two of Boulder City’s newest reserve firefighters joined the department for a unique reason: Their fellow firefighters treat them like equals and not like women. “You just feel like one of them,” said Sarah Mitre about the Boulder City Fire Department. “I really appreciate that. I want to be a firefighter, not a female firefighter.
- PUB DATE: 7/1/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Boulder City Review

VIDEO: We all know being a first responder can be a dangerous job, but some firefighters are now dealing with new safety concerns. "It's a dangerous job but it’s a very rewarding job," said Cpt. Tom Beaver, with the St. Paul Fire Department. It’s a responsibility the men and women of the St. Paul Fire Department don’t take lightly.
- PUB DATE: 7/1/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KARE-TV NBC 11 Minneapolis

VIDEO: One of the most powerful pieces of firefighting equipment in Central Florida got underway with the shattering of a champagne bottle on Wednesday. The 3,000-horsepower fireboat is ready to stand guard over the rebirth of the cruise industry. It takes a huge set of water cannons to protect a ship like the 6,500 passenger Carnival Mardi Gras.
- PUB DATE: 7/1/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WESH-TV NBC 2 Orlando

VIDEO: It was a steamy day across Central Virginia on Wednesday and many were looking for a little relief from the heat. First responders in Petersburg came up with a unique way to keep kids cool. As temperatures flirted with the 100 degree mark, the city’s police and fire department created their own splash park giving kids the chance to slide into summer with some fun.
- PUB DATE: 7/1/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WRIC-TV ABC 8 Richmond

First responders have to be ready for any situation, at any moment. But they can't think of everything. That's where a Washington County Girl Scout and her mom come in. Kailey Ambrose is on the autism spectrum. She and her mom realized EMTs might need a special set of tools for people with sensory disorders.
- PUB DATE: 6/30/2021 9:37:26 PM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

Video: Members of the Milwaukee Fire Department are being praised for their actions in helping a man threatening to end his life by jumping off a bridge on North Teutonia Avenue. It happened Thursday, June 24 as officials were responding to a crash on the Teutonia Avenue overpass, which goes over West Silver Spring Drive.
- PUB DATE: 6/30/2021 11:27:00 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

Firefighters contained damage to a machine at an Appleton plant Wednesday morning. At 3:30 a.m., the Appleton Fire Department was called to a fire at a facility in the 2600 block of W. Second St. They didn’t name the facility, but Pellet America is located on that block. Firefighters arrived to find a large amount of smoke coming from an overhead door.
- PUB DATE: 6/30/2021 10:15:01 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

Emergency crews responded to Warner Park on Monday after a vehicle hit a propane tank, causing it to spew hazardous vapors into the air. Firefighters were first dispatched to the Warner Park Boat Launch shortly after 2:15 p.m. to help at the scene. When they arrived, crews smelled propane in the air and saw pressurized white vapor spewing from the 1000-gallon tank.
- PUB DATE: 6/30/2021 6:37:06 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison

VIDEO: Firefighters battled high temperatures as they fought to extinguish a large, seven-alarm house fire in Revere Tuesday evening. Crews were called to the scene on Hyde Street where smoke and flames could be seen pouring out of the top of the home. The back side of the structure was charred. At least one other home caught fire due to constantly changing wind directions.
- PUB DATE: 6/30/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHDH-TV ABC 7 Boston

VIDEO: Four people have been arrested and two others charged in connection with a fire at a Spring Valley assisted living facility that claimed the lives of a resident and a firefighter earlier this year. District Attorney Thomas Walsh and New York State Fire Prevention and Control officials detailed the arrests and the results of the three-month long investigation at a Tuesday afternoon news conference.
- PUB DATE: 6/30/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WABC-TV ABC 7 New York

New machine learning algorithms could soon help firefighters forecast dangerous flashover ignition events using sensor data from burning buildings. Called P-Flash, the system was developed by Thomas Cleary and colleagues at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the US and Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
- PUB DATE: 6/30/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Physics World