Sixty-six emergency communications districts in Tennessee experienced service interruptions, lasting more than 97 hours, as a result of the Christmas morning suicide bombing on Second Avenue in downtown Nashville, according to a report released earlier this month by the Tennessee Emergency Communications Board.
- PUB DATE: 5/19/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Tennessee Outlook

Atlanta is set to build its first “micro station” for emergency medical services in southwest Atlanta to shorten response times to 911 calls. The City Council on Monday voted to approve up to $4 million in bonds that the city will borrow to fund the new station. It will be located at 4532 Campbellton Road on property that is owned by the city, Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said in a press release.
- PUB DATE: 5/19/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Metered Site

Tuesday was a "landmark day," as the United States reached a new COVID-19 vaccine milestone: 60% of adults have now received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine, according to the US Centers and Disease Control and Prevention. But vaccination rates across the United States are uneven -- a worrisome trend that could obstruct efforts to end the COVID-19 pandemic.
- PUB DATE: 5/19/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNN Health

The pilot of a single-engine plane survived after crashing into a building near Batten International Airport, 3239 N. Green Bay Road, at about 8 p.m. Monday, the Racine Fire Department reported. Few details have been released. Photos posted on social media show that the plane crashed into an industrial/warehouse building at 1901 William St.
- PUB DATE: 5/18/2021 1:04:52 AM - SOURCE: Lake Geneva News - Metered Site

VIDEO: A large fire broke out at a paper recycling center in New Jersey Monday afternoon sending plumes of black smoke into the air. The fire, which broke out just before 5 p.m., prompted a 3-alarm response from nearby fire departments to the Colgate Paper Stock Recyclable Processing Facility in New Brunswick.
- PUB DATE: 5/18/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WNBC-TV NBC 4 New York

VIDEO: A firehouse was evacuated and a nearby Roslindale street was shut down Monday night after a suspicious package containing an unknown chemical was discovered. The suspicious package came in the mail to a Brooke Street home, prompting a resident to bring the package to the nearby firehouse on Canterbury Street, fire officials said.
- PUB DATE: 5/18/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHDH-TV 7 Boston

VIDEO: A 100-year-old fire engine has been refurbished and returned to it’s original department. Larry Manaro spent a year restoring McDonald’s first fire engine. Now retired Fire Chief Todd Stitt approached him about fixing it up. The truck was in rough shape and had been stored in a garage for years.
- PUB DATE: 5/18/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WYTV ABC 33 Youngstown

VIDEO: A fire department ambulance that was stolen Monday in Reading later crashed into a tractor-trailer in Lancaster County. Reading police say Reading Fire Department ambulance No. 4 was taken while first responders were attending to a call inside Kennedy Towers senior center, located in the 300 block of South Fourth Street.
- PUB DATE: 5/18/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFMZ-TV 69 Allentown

Five people were displaced from their west side residence Monday morning after a fire broke out and spread through the entire home. Firefighters were dispatched to the 6300 block of Hartford Drive around 8:30 a.m. after getting multiple 911 calls. When crews arrived at the scene, they found the house fully engulfed in flames.
- PUB DATE: 5/17/2021 5:31:10 PM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison

Three people escaped injury when an airplane made a crash landing in the Kettle Moraine State Forest in Whitewater. As of Monday, May 17, the aircraft remained suspended, stuck in trees high above the ground. A parachute likely helped save the three survivors dangling from branches just feet away. "When we found out that all three were alive and uninjured, none of us could believe it at first," said Whitewater Assistant Fire Chief Joe Uselding.
- PUB DATE: 5/17/2021 4:51:32 PM - SOURCE: WITI-TV Fox 6 Milwaukee

A Green Bay man was charged with setting vehicles and trailers on fire and stealing from storage units in Brown and Oconto counties. Police said Thomas L. Smith, 58, was a "serial arsonist" based on his involvement in multiple fires in Ohio and Wisconsin dating as far back as the 1980s, according to a criminal complaint.
- PUB DATE: 5/17/2021 4:19:06 PM - SOURCE: Green Bay Press-Gazette

VIDEO/PHOTOS: Thick black smoke billowed into the air Sunday after a train derailed in northwest Iowa, prompting authorities to evacuate part of a small, nearby town. The fiery derailment happened early Sunday afternoon on the southwest edge of Sibley, which is a town of about 3,000 people roughly 200 miles (321.
- PUB DATE: 5/17/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KMSP-TV FOX 9 Minneapolis

VIDEO: Mayor Lori Lightfoot has tapped Acting Chicago Fire Commissioner Annette Nance-Holt, who lost her teenage son to one of the city’s most infamous shootings in 2007, to serve as the first Black woman to run the Chicago Fire Department. Lightfoot announced Nance-Holt’s nomination at a graduation ceremony for the latest class of Chicago Fire Department paramedics on Friday.
- PUB DATE: 5/17/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBBM-TV CBS 2 Chicago

A "rift." That is how Carter Stewart and Ohio State University described the relationship between Columbus city leaders and the police department. The city has a new social media policy for police officers and firefighters. It says, while social media can be fun, employees could be disciplined, even fired, for saying anything negative about the city and its operations.
- PUB DATE: 5/17/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBNS-TV CBS 10 Columbus

VIDEO: The FDNY is gearing up for a very busy season on the water. The department answered hundreds of calls last year, and is expecting the same this year. CBS2’s Andrea Grymes got an inside look at how they do their job, and what you can do to stay safe. With sunny skies ahead and calm seas around her, Grymes went on patrol with the FDNY’s Marine Division.
- PUB DATE: 5/17/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCBS-TV CBS 2 New York

Every day, in communities across the country, Emergency Medical Service (EMS) providers put themselves on the line to save lives, safeguard dangerous situations, and deliver hope to families and communities in crisis. With selflessness, professionalism, and grace under fire, they provide essential care — never more so than during our battle with COVID-19 over the past year.
- PUB DATE: 5/17/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The White House

La Crosse Fire Department rescue crews pulled a fallen biker off a trail just after 8 p.m. Saturday. According to a release from Battalion Chief Bee Xiong, crews found the biker and brought the person to safety to a parking area with technical rope rescue equipment. Fire crews were on scene for approximately 1 1/2 hours during the rescue incident.
- PUB DATE: 5/16/2021 2:37:08 PM - SOURCE: WKBT-TV CBS 8 La Crosse

It's been two years since an Appleton firefighter was killed in the line of duty. Though time has passed, the Appleton community still remembers the service and life of firefighter Mitch Lundgaard. "Mitch was actually going to school to be an architect that was his calling and then after September 11th and he saw the noble sacrifice of the 343 firefighters from the FDNY.
- PUB DATE: 5/15/2021 8:36:58 PM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

A porch fire in Janesville caused an estimated $100,000 in damages early Saturday morning. Officials were sent to 411 Wilson Avenue at 3:38 a.m. for a report of a residential fire on the porch. Crews arrived and found a fully involved porch with “significant” fire extending into the house and to a vehicle parked nearby.
- PUB DATE: 5/15/2021 9:44:58 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison

Whether it’s a burning building or an active shooter, first responders run toward the danger, not away from it. But some may be ignoring a potentially deadly threat. Yearly firefighter and police officer suicide rates often rival line of duty deaths. A new survey shared exclusively with CBS 58 Investigates sheds light on the mental wellbeing of first responders in Wisconsin.
- PUB DATE: 5/15/2021 6:32:54 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee