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Crews contain fire to machine at Appleton plant

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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

Madison Fire Department secures ruptured propane tank at Warner Park Boat Launch

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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

Firefighters battle soaring temps as they fight to extinguish 7-alarm blaze in Massachusetts

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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

2 building inspectors among 6 charged in senior facility fire that killed resident, New York firefighter

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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

Machine learning could save firefighters from deadly flashovers

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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

Child in France builds special bond with Florida firefighters

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VIDEO: Jordan Pinol is never too far away from his fire hat. The French child, who leaves on the border near Geneva, Switzerland, has fond memories of a family trip to Florida in 2018. “He loves everything about firefighters,” said his dad, Alex. Jordan, now 6, begged his family to stop at the fire station while visiting Clearwater.
- PUB DATE: 6/30/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTSP-TV CBS 10 Tampa

From a Kentucky fire station to the stage: Meet the band Quickline

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VIDEO: Capt. Michael Renn had a few minutes before dinner with the rest of the crew at Louisville Fire Department’s Engine 2. With diving gear from training that day drying out behind him, he sat down for a quick jam session with Sgt. Alex Eckert — fellow firefighter and fellow band mate. "I think it started off with me kind of probably just playing guitar, bringing my guitar up to the fire house, and then bumping into actually…our lead singer,” said Renn.
- PUB DATE: 6/30/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Spectrum News 1 - Metered Site

Tuggars Cafe & Catering in Augusta destroyed by fire

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A café in Augusta is destroyed after a fire broke out Sunday afternoon. Firefighters were still on the scene early Monday morning nearly 10 hours after the fire started. Tuggar’s Cafe and Catering on Lincoln Street caught fire Sunday afternoon. Crews shut down Highway 12 as dozens of firefighters worked to get the flames under control.
- PUB DATE: 6/29/2021 5:10:47 PM - SOURCE: WLAX-TV FOX 25 La Crosse

Fond du Lac Fire and Rescue demonstrates the dangers of at home fireworks

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VIDEO: With the 4th of July only a few days away, the Fond du Lac Fire Rescue team is urging people to be careful with fireworks this holiday weekend. To show the dangers of fireworks, the team blew up various fruits with legal and illegal fireworks that can be purchased in town. The experiment is designed to show what could happen if you’re careless around fireworks.
- PUB DATE: 6/29/2021 2:46:22 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

Equipment goes missing from Milwaukee Fire Department vehicle while responding to fire

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Milwaukee firefighters responded to a house fire at South 5th and Becher Tuesday, June 29. Officials say equipment was stolen from one of their responding vehicles. Smoke was coming from the roof of the home when crews arrived. Fire officials say the blaze was quickly moving toward damaging another home.
- PUB DATE: 6/29/2021 12:52:32 PM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

Madison Fire Department rescues tree trimmer stranded 40 feet in the air

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The Madison Fire Department helped rescue a tree trimmer that found themselves stuck dozens of feet in their air when their hydraulic lift stopped working Monday morning. The fire department says the man was working to take down a tree on Van Hise Avenue — just a few blocks from Camp Randall Stadium — after recent storm damage when the lift stopped working, stranding him 40 feet above the ground.
- PUB DATE: 6/29/2021 10:39:37 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison

Appleton House Fire Leaves Four People Without A Home

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Four people have been displaced following a house fire Monday afternoon in Appleton. Firefighters say they were dispatched shortly after 3:30 p.m. for a report of a fire in the 2400 block of S. Eric Drive. Dispatchers reported that everyone was out of the house and smoke and flames could be seen. Upon arrival, crews found flames through the roof of the home.
- PUB DATE: 6/29/2021 5:53:46 AM - SOURCE: WNFL-AM 1440 Green Bay

Challenges facing Union Grove-Yorkville Fire Department are similar to many statewide

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The Union Grove-Yorkville Fire Department is an outlier among its peers in its continued exclusive use of part-time responders. And as call volumes continue to grow, any desire to improve its response times and service levels will likely require greater use of full-time staffing. This and other conclusions come from a recent Wisconsin Policy Forum report commissioned by the Union Grove-Yorkville Fire Commission and the villages of Union Grove and Yorkville.
- PUB DATE: 6/29/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Cambridge News

Man reportedly starts house fire with Marathon County deputies inside

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An area man reportedly started a fire at an Athens home while deputies were inside. The Marathon Co. Sheriff's Dept. says they were called to a home in Athens on reports of a house fire. When they got there, they say they didn't see a fire but saw 35-year-old Steven Mattfield on the second floor of the home breaking windows.
- PUB DATE: 6/29/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WAOW-TV ABC 9 Wausau

Ogden fire damage estimated at $3.1 million after homes, businesses destroyed

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VIDEOS/PHOTOS: Officials say they have multiple people they're interested in speaking with, but no suspects, after several Ogden homes and businesses were destroyed in a massive four-alarm fire. Early Tuesday, FOX 13 saw police taking a woman into custody with handcuffs. She was originally described as a person of interest by fire officials, but was eventually released.
- PUB DATE: 6/29/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSTU-TV FOX 13 Salt Lake City

'Person of interest' in custody after Utah fire destroys homes, construction site

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VIDEOS/PHOTOS: A woman has been taken into custody as a person of interest after several homes and construction site in Ogden were destroyed in a fire Monday night. Fire officials believe the fire was human-caused, but did not provide any details as to why the woman is considering a person of interest.
- PUB DATE: 6/29/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSTU-TV FOX 13 Salt Lake City

Fighting fires in Daytona Beach, Florida since 1909

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PHOTOS: The town of Daytona organized its volunteer fire department in 1909. It took some work, though. "Daytona needs a fire department; Daytona wants a fire department and Daytona will have a fire department. But the citizens must awake to the fact that the matter needs their cooperation. 'Tis time to get busy," The Daytona Daily News exhorted on Dec.
- PUB DATE: 6/29/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Daytona Beach News Journal

West Virginia's COMPASS Program for First-Responders Prioritizes Wellness, Mental Health

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The stress and trauma that first responders experience can build up if it isn’t addressed. The city of Huntington, West Virginia, is focusing on this concern with COMPASS, a wellness program that provides first responders and their families with mental and physical health services. It began with a grant of a million dollars through the Bloomberg Philanthropies’ 2018 U.
- PUB DATE: 6/29/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: West Virginia Public Broadcasting

Texas firefighter hoping to change perception of law enforcement with children’s book

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A city of Pharr Firefighter, and author, is hoping the subject of his latest children’s book will help make a difference in the perception of law enforcement officers. Many Valley residents are familiar with the questionable but sometimes effective form of discipline that inspired Santos Vallejo’s, 32, new children’s book titled ‘Protect and Serve’.
- PUB DATE: 6/29/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KVEO-TV NBC/CBS 23 Brownsville

Face masks that can detect coronavirus: Harvard, MIT researchers create wearable tech

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The face mask that you wear in the future could alert you of a coronavirus diagnosis, thanks to researchers at Harvard University and MIT. Researchers have created wearable biosensors that can detect the presence of the virus in a person’s breath. These button-activated masks give COVID results within 90 minutes in a simple-to-read format similar to an at-home pregnancy test.
- PUB DATE: 6/29/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Boston Herald - Metered Site

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