Ahead of the Fourth of July holiday weekend Green Bay Metro Fire is stressing safety. “One of the best ways to stay safe is to watch the community fireworks shows run by the professionals,” said Lt. Shauna Walesh. “Whether it be in downtown Green Bay or one of the other local shows.” If you do choose to buy and set off your own fireworks, Walesh says you should use common sense.
- PUB DATE: 6/28/2021 2:21:22 PM - SOURCE: WNFL-AM 1440 Green Bay

It's a noble sound of honor, and the Great Highland bagpipes have been around for hundreds of years. That unique sound is known all over the world. "It takes quite a bit of time to practice and stay good at it," says Kevin Lynch, president of the Greater Milwaukee Police and Fire Pipes and Drums. Kevin and his band use that skill for an important purpose.
- PUB DATE: 6/28/2021 9:21:09 AM - SOURCE: WTMJ-TV NBC 4 Milwaukee

VIDEO: Crews rescued residents and knocked down flames at the scene of a five-alarm fire at a Salt Lake City apartment building Monday morning. Residents on the fourth and fifth floors of the Incline Terrace Apartments near 1000 East and 400 South reported the fire about 2 a.m., according to Salt Lake Fire Capt.
- PUB DATE: 6/28/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSL-TV NBC 5 Salt Lake City

City detectives are investigating a shots-fired incident near the Fire Department's Central Station that resulted in a firefighter being grazed by shrapnel or pavement. Police said that about 8:45 a.m. Saturday, someone fired a handgun from inside a vehicle traveling in the area of 6th Avenue and Jacob Street.
- PUB DATE: 6/28/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Times Union

If your childhood dream was to own a fire truck, then it might come true. The Pennsylvania National Fire Museum in Harrisburg is hosting a raffle to provide one person with a chance to win a vintage fire truck. Tickets are $100 to enter the raffle. Museum officials say they plan to sell 200 tickets before closing sales.
- PUB DATE: 6/28/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPMT-TV FOX 43 York

There has been a lot of recent movement in the upper ranks for the Manchester Fire Department, including the departure of Fire Chief Dan Goonan. Whenever that happens, a reshuffling takes place as people move up in rank. That means that several city firehouses saw new captains this year. Captains run the firehouses.
- PUB DATE: 6/28/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New Hampshire Union Leader - Metered Site

VIDEO: The pandemic caused a lot of events and activities to transition to virtual platforms. Sioux Falls Fire Rescue got creative when the pandemic hit, taking their fire education program virtual. “We weren’t allowed to get into the classrooms. So we’ve got a virtual program now. So we sit down with the kids virtually, they watch a short program and then we interact with the kids.
- PUB DATE: 6/28/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KELO-TV CBS 11 Sioux Falls

A 7-year-old girl drowned Saturday night in the Pecatonica River in Lafayette County. According to Sheriff Reg Gill, the girl and two other young children went into the river near the County M boat landing just west of Woodford. The river’s current swept the girl under the water and the other children could not reach her in time.
- PUB DATE: 6/27/2021 7:35:46 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison

Milwaukee Fire Chief Aaron Lipski almost never became a firefighter at all. 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.
- PUB DATE: 6/26/2021 1:56:25 PM - SOURCE: Milwaukee Courier Newspaper

The building just east of the city of De Pere on Dickinson Road was all too familiar to Ledgeview firefighters. A formerly flat roof had been modified multiple times. A single business,The Swan Club, replaced by two other tenants about 15 years ago: New Hope United Methodist Church and the Chicago Street Pub, Grill & Banquets.
- PUB DATE: 6/26/2021 4:34:15 AM - SOURCE: Green Bay Press-Gazette

Some serious damage was done to a building that once housed a family video store in Waukesha. It happened around noon on Friday, June 25, near Barney and Broadway Streets. The Waukesha Fire Department says they're still not sure what happened. The building is flanked by a Marco's Pizza and a Dollar General.
- PUB DATE: 6/25/2021 1:32:54 PM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

With dry conditions persisting in the Beloit area and across Wisconsin, the Beloit Fire Department wants to remind residents to use legal fireworks safely and take the the drought into consideration. Beloit is down around 3.25 inches of rain this year compared to normal years, according to data from the the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA).
- PUB DATE: 6/25/2021 1:32:28 AM - SOURCE: Beloit Daily News

PHOTOS: It was quite a sight to see the Fireboat John D. McKean arrive at Pier 25. On one of the most beautiful days of the year, there were bagpipers from the FDNY to welcome it on the pier, and its (her?) cousin, the John J. Harvey, which is docked in Hudson River Park at Pier 66 Maritime, gave a water display as a welcome.
- PUB DATE: 6/25/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Tribeca Citizen

The abrupt, deadly collapse of part of the Champlain Towers South apartment building in Surfside, Fla., is prompting new calls for enhanced oceanfront construction safety protocols and inspections. "Buildings like this do not fall in America," Surfside Mayor Charles Burkett told Fox News’ Tucker Carlson Thursday night.
- PUB DATE: 6/25/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FOX NEWS

AT&T and the FirstNet Authority announced the addition of 19 deployable assets to the dedicated FirstNet fleet of mobile LTE vehicles, with Communications Vehicles and Micro SatCOLTs providing different operational features and flexibility than was available previously. Fred Scalera, AT&T’s associate director for FirstNet, said he believes the new deployables will help AT&T—the nationwide contractor building the FirstNet nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN)—deliver “next-level” communications support to public safety during emergency-response efforts.
- PUB DATE: 6/25/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: IWCE's Urgent Communications

Doctors at UPMC are trying to raise awareness about the benefits of napping for first responders. KDKA’s Meghan Schiller found out this new napping study applies to everyone looking to make informed decisions about rest but especially applies to first responders, police officers, firefighters, pilots, train operators and other high-risk jobs.
- PUB DATE: 6/25/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KDKA-TV CBS 2 Pittsburgh

President Joe Biden may have already conceded that the U.S. will fall short of reaching his July 4 goal to have vaccinated at least 70% of the adult population against COVID, but the stakes for advancing the nation’s vaccine drive remain high as the Delta variant—the highly transmissible and concerning strain of the virus that first emerged in India—swiftly makes inroads across the country.
- PUB DATE: 6/25/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Fortune

Two barns in the town of Belgium were deemed a total loss after they caught fire late June 23, according to the Ozaukee County Sheriff's Office. Sheriff's deputies responded to a report of a barn fire at 5800 Six Mile Road at 11:21 p.m., according to a news release. In an email, Lt. Justin Kaas said property owner George Bush, 60, reported the fire.
- PUB DATE: 6/24/2021 5:26:38 PM - SOURCE: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Fire crews responded to a house fire near Wentworth and Texas in Milwaukee's Bay View neighborhood Thursday afternoon, June 24. The call came in shortly before 1 p.m. The fire was located in the attic space of an occupied home, however, no injuries were reported. Multiple witnesses say lightning struck then home, but the fire chief says they are still investigating whether the cause of the fire was from lightning.
- PUB DATE: 6/24/2021 2:28:14 PM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee

The Milwaukee Public Safety and Health Committee got the chance to review Mayor Tom Barrett's three picks and make their recommendations. All three nominees were approved for the Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission at City Hall Thursday, June 24. The nominees are LaNelle Ramey, Ed Fallone and Joan Kessler.
- PUB DATE: 6/24/2021 12:43:31 PM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee