The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) announced “Learn the Sounds of Fire Safety” as the theme of this 2021’s Fire Prevention Week. This year, Fire Prevention Week is recognized from October 3 through 9 and seeks to better educate the public about the sounds of smoke alarms, what they mean, and how to respond to them.
- PUB DATE: 6/9/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHNT-TV CBS 19 Huntsville

A Tarboro 16-year-old raised more than $22,000 for his local volunteer fire department as part of a project to become an Eagle Scout. If it wasn’t for Will Wooten’s hard work, leaders of the Heartsease Volunteer Fire Department said they wouldn’t be able to fight fires safely. “I was not expecting this at all,” Wooten said.
- PUB DATE: 6/9/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WRAL-TV NBC 5 Raleigh

Monday night, a fire tore through the upper floors of a building on Greig Street; two people were in the home at the time and were taken to area hospitals. A firefighter was also taken for treatment and is on the mend. The Firefighters Association said they had to wait over seven minutes to get an ambulance for a firefighter suffering from a rapid pulse and heat exhaustion, the delay they say is unacceptable.
- PUB DATE: 6/9/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Rochester First

VIDEO: An Oklahoma fire department is working hard to rescue “The Spirit Of Oklahoma,” a fire truck sent to New York City to help with 9/11 recovery. Now that it's up for sale, the Calera Fire Department is doing everything it can to buy it and bring it home. The clock is ticking as a bright red badge of brotherhood between Oklahoma and New York firefighters – with a history spanning 26 years - could be lost in just 10 days.
- PUB DATE: 6/9/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOTV-DT CBS 6 Tulsa

Two people were on board amid a massive boat fire on Pewaukee Lake Saturday, June 5. Firefighters had to use a boat launch to get out to the fire, and they could see the smoke all the way from the firehouse. As the thick, dark smoke billowed out from a boat on Pewaukee Lake, one of the firefighters out on the water was Captain Stephen Schultz.
- PUB DATE: 6/8/2021 8:44:51 PM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee

A Wisconsin father of three accomplished one of his greatest goals – completing 1,500,231 push-ups to set a new world record for most push-ups done in a year. The best part though? It was all to raise money for the families of fallen first responders. Nate Carroll on the 50-yard line of MetLife Stadium in New Jersey broke the record in front of first responders during half-time of the 48th Annual Fun City Bowl, an annual showdown between the New York’s fire and police football teams.
- PUB DATE: 6/8/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FOX News

VIDEO: Over 100 firefighters are battling an explosive fire in downtown Los Angeles Tuesday morning. The fire broke out at a three-story building in the 200 block of S. Los Angeles Street, near 3rd Street shortly before 2 a.m. Los Angeles Fire Department says it has declared it a "major emergency" fire, and 150 firefighters are "still in an active firefight.
- PUB DATE: 6/8/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KNBC-TV NBC 4 Los Angeles

PHOTOS: A Horry County Fire Rescue ambulance flipped on its side after a crash in Myrtle Beach Monday afternoon, according to Master Cpl. Thomas Vest with the Myrtle Beach Police Dept. At 12:43 p.m., police said the northbound lanes of Robert M. Grissom Parkway and the westbound lanes of Mr. Joe White Avenue were closed to traffic.
- PUB DATE: 6/8/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPDE-TV ABC 15 Florence

A Wisconsin man appears to have broken the world record for most pushups in a year in his effort to raise money for the families of fallen first responders. Nate Carroll, of Winneconne, completed his 1,500,231st pushup Sunday at the 50-yard line during halftime of the 48th annual Fun City Bowl, a football game between New York City first responders at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
- PUB DATE: 6/8/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Wisconsin State Journal

VIDEO: A project in Pueblo more than than two decades in the making is finally complete. Pueblo's first-ever motorized fire truck has been restored. The 110-year-old vehicle has helped out in some of the city's most significant emergencies, like the Great Flood of 1921 and the opera house fire of 1922.
- PUB DATE: 6/8/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOAA-TV NBC 5 Pueblo

Every year, more than 300,000 people die from cardiac arrest, but a new study could help cut into that number for communities around here. When your heart stops, time is of the essence, but that doesn’t just go for paramedics getting on scene. “Good compressions on someone? A maximum of two minutes — a minute, really ideal,” said Rich Burns, Brunswick County’s EMS training coordinator.
- PUB DATE: 6/8/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WECT-TV NBC 6 Wilmington

Three firefighters were treated for injuries while fighting a fire in some woods in Valders. Valders Fire and Rescue says the firefighters suffered “heat-related” injuries. They were treated at the scene. Crews were called to 12528 Rusch Road for a fire about 600 feet off the road. They called for mutual aid.
- PUB DATE: 6/7/2021 11:40:46 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

The La Crosse Fire Department worked to put out a house fire Sunday in La Crosse. Around 4 pm this afternoon 6 fire crews responded to 620 Car Street within about two minutes of being dispatched. Residents of the house were able to escape without injury before crews arrived and were trying to put the fire with a garden hose.
- PUB DATE: 6/7/2021 6:44:08 AM - SOURCE: WLAX & WEUX-TV FOX 25 & 48 La Crosse

VIDEO/PHOTOS: Phoenix fire officials say a sixth alarm fire at a recycling yard near 35th Avenue and Buckeye prompted the largest response in the department's history on June 5. "I can't remember the last time we had a sixth alarm," said Phoenix Fire Captain Todd Keller. "We've had a couple two, three alarms in the last couple of months, but this is a big one.
- PUB DATE: 6/7/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSAZ-TV FOX 10 Phoenix

Firefighters with the Menlo Park Fire Protection District have new technology that helps them navigate through burning buildings and find people twice as fast, according to the Fire Chief. The technology is called the C-Thru platform. It includes a navigation unit that attaches to the firefighter's helmet and allows them to clearly see objects in a burning building.
- PUB DATE: 6/7/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTVU-TV FOX 2 Oakland

VIDEO: A man was taken away in handcuffs after getting into a dangerous altercation with a Miami-Dade Fire Rescue crew, and it was all caught on camera. The incident occurred Sunday afternoon at the intersection of Southwest Eighth Street and 42nd Avenue. Cellphone video shows a man dressed all in white striking the front windshield of a Miami-Dade Fire Rescue truck with a baseball bat, cracking the glass.
- PUB DATE: 6/7/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPLG-TV ABC 10 Miami

VIDEO: A pair of pint-sized brothers in Brooklyn are making a big impact on their community. Gideon and Josiah Trank, ages eight and seven, have raised hundreds of dollars for first responders with their front yard lemonade stand. Friday, they rented the Cocky’s Bagels food truck for the Brooklyn police and fire departments with their earnings.
- PUB DATE: 6/7/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WEWS-TV ABC 5 Cleveland

The West Allis Fire Department said a woman is dead after a fire broke out in a home near 56th and Rogers around 2 a.m. on Sunday, June 6. Fire officials say the fire started in a second floor bedroom. A woman become disoriented by smoke and became trapped in the home. She ultimately died, officials say.
- PUB DATE: 6/6/2021 10:07:41 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

Fire officials say the Red Cross is helping seven people following a duplex fire in Fond du Lac late Saturday night. According to the Fond du Lac Fire Department, crews were called to a home on the 300 block of W. Division Street at 11:16 p.m. for a report of a fire on the upper level porch leading to the entrance of an upper unit of a two family residential duplex.
- PUB DATE: 6/6/2021 9:09:37 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

A dump truck caught fire at a New Berlin Kwik Trip on Friday night, June 4. Fire units arrived at the fully-involved vehicle around 5:45 p.m. The driver was inside when the fire started, New Berlin fire officials said, but no injuries were reported to anyone involved. During an investigation, crews found that the truck's file tank was leaking diesel and runoff made its way into the drainage system.
- PUB DATE: 6/5/2021 5:35:03 AM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee