Each May, the non profit Carry The Load holds a national relay to remember our nation’s heroes. Saturday, people trekked through Eau Claire, Arcadia, then La Crosse to share their mission. “Every day we either walk or bike segments of five mile walking or twenty mile biking,” said Army veteran Kyle Lund.
- PUB DATE: 5/9/2021 3:37:09 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

The La Crosse Fire Department has teamed up with the American Red Cross to make sure the people of the community are safe from fires. In a national campaign called “Sound the Alarm. Save a Life,” the fire department and Red Cross are providing in=person home fire education and resources. In some cases, they are even installing free smoke alarms.
- PUB DATE: 5/9/2021 1:45:55 PM - SOURCE: WKBT-TV CBS 8 La Crosse

The Green Bay Metro Fire Department welcomed ten new firefighters on Friday. The recruits officially graduated from an eight-week course by completing a series of demonstrations at the NWTC Public Safety Building. “In the last eight weeks we have spent time covering our administrative policies and procedures, EMS responses, fire training – and fire training is broken down into three different subgroups- engine company operations, truck company operations, and one is special operations,” said Training Captain Jordan Waack.
- PUB DATE: 5/7/2021 2:12:46 PM - SOURCE: WNFL Sports Radio

The Wisconsin Public Service (WPS) Foundation is accepting applications for their Rewarding Responders Grant. According to a release, the WPS Foundation’s grant assists emergency response agencies by purchasing lifesaving equipment or vital training for their members. WPS is offering $50,000 through its grant this year.
- PUB DATE: 5/7/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV CBS 5 Green Bay

A series of fast-moving fires have destroyed homes and stretched firefighters thin on Long Island Thursday night. A total of five fires have been reported in Nassau County in the past 24 hours, including the latest fire reported in East Meadow shortly before 8:30 p.m. Dramatic video showed a large flash, in what appeared to have been some kind of an explosion that started the fire.
- PUB DATE: 5/7/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WABC-TV ABC 7 New York

Though first responders risk their lives by fighting fires and crime every day, an investigation by the News4 I-Team found thousands of public safety personnel in the D.C. region may be risking their safety in another way: by declining to get the COVID-19 vaccine. The I-Team found not only are many police, fire and emergency response agencies grappling with how and whether to urge their members to get vaccinated; many are also operating with an incomplete picture of who has received the shot.
- PUB DATE: 5/7/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WRC-TV NBC 4 Washington DC

VIDEO: A possible murder weapon has been found at the bottom of a lake nearly a year after the killing. When Williamson firefighter Shane Runyon went through water rescue training, he never imagined he’d use those skills to help with a murder investigation. Williamson Police Department Chief Grady Dotson enlisted the Williamson Fire Department dive team’s help after getting a tip that a hammer allegedly used to kill John Jackson in May of last year had been thrown into Laurel Lake.
- PUB DATE: 5/7/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSAZ-TV NBC 3 Huntington

A 10-cent wrist band could help researchers give North Carolina firefighters greater insight into their risks of cancer. Occupational Health and Safety data reveals firefighters are nine percent more likely to get cancer than the general population. Why is part of a study between the Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University, and North Carolina firefighters.
- PUB DATE: 5/7/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLOS-TV ABC 13 Asheville

Friday is the 36th annual Fallen Heroes Day. It's a day which honors police officers, firefighters, and other emergency personnel who died in the line of duty. The annual event is the only statewide ceremony in the nation that brings together all segments of the public safety community. The Fallen Heroes Day ceremony is usually open to the public.
- PUB DATE: 5/7/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMAR-TV ABC 2 Baltimore

Mid-State Technical College is taking steps to better prepare students interested in becoming advanced EMTs. There’s an increasing demand for people with those skills. For about the past 10 years, the AEMT program has only been offered on an as-needed basis, but now with more interest, Mid-State Technical College is preparing EMT students for the next step.
- PUB DATE: 5/6/2021 7:39:56 PM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau

Fire crews in Appleton found the body of a man while they battled a fire last night (May 5th). Crews were called to the 1600 block of South Mayfair Drive at around 11:00 PM, where they battled a fire for about 45 minutes. After they brought the blaze under control, they found the body of a man said to be the lone occupant of the home.
- PUB DATE: 5/6/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Seehafernews.com

A toddler sustained serious injuries after she was run over by a tractor Wednesday, May 5, in Fond du Lac County. Rescue personnel were called to the scene of the accident on Hickory Road around 2:53 p.m. in the town of Byron. According to the Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office, a 38-year-old Fond du Lac woman was driving a southbound Kubota tractor when she struck a bump, causing the child to fall and subsequently struck by the tractor.
- PUB DATE: 5/6/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Wisconsin State Farmer

REV Group, Inc (NYSE: REVG), a Milwaukee-based designer and manufacturer of industry-leading specialty vehicles including fire apparatus and ambulances, has teamed up for a third year with Road America to pay tribute to first responders by offering free entry to the NTT IndyCar Series REV Group Grand Prix from June 17-20, 2021.
- PUB DATE: 5/6/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Firehouse.com

VIDEO: Service along multiple Long Island Rail Road lines was suspended Thursday morning between Hicksville and Mineola after a fire ripped through a large Westbury recycling facility overnight. Nassau County Traffic Management and the LIRR confirmed fire department activity on Grand Boulevard between Monitor Street to Broadway just before 9 p.
- PUB DATE: 5/6/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPIX-TV CW 11 New York

Clark County Fire District 6 officials say it’s the deadliest job in America: towing disabled cars off the side of the freeway. In just the past few months, three tow truck drivers were in serious crashes in southwest Washington. “I think people have been cooped up for so long that they really want to get out and get going and we’ve noticed it,” said David Schmitke, the public information officer and public education coordinator for CCFD6.
- PUB DATE: 5/6/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPTV FOX 12 Portland

Governor Ron DeSantis announced one-time pandemic bonuses for about 174,000 first responders in Florida Wednesday. DeSantis says the $1,000 bonuses will be given to law enforcement officers, paramedics, emergency medical technicians (EMTs), and firefighters. “Supporting our law enforcement and first responders has been a top priority for my administration, and it has never been more important than over the last year.
- PUB DATE: 5/6/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJHG-TV NBC/CW+ 7 Panama City

The State Fire Marshal closed 53 cases of arson in 2020, and the office is working to make that number go down. The United States Fire Administration says that over 210,000 fires every year are classified as arson. Those cases also result in 375 civilian deaths, 1,300 civilian injuries, and $1 billion in property damage.
- PUB DATE: 5/6/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCIA-TV CBS 3 Champaign

With demand for coronavirus vaccines declining in parts of the country, the Biden administration announced a change in strategy this week, adopting a more targeted approach for reaching America’s not-yet-vaccinated population. Despite the nation’s relatively smooth and speedy rollout, there’s still a lot of work to do—and a fair amount of doubt, per the week’s reports on herd immunity, that it’ll get done.
- PUB DATE: 5/6/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Fortune

The Wautoma Fire Dept., in partnership with the Wisconsin Propane Education & Research Council (WiPERC), is hosting an emergency response, live propane fire training on Monday, May 10, at 6 p.m. Approximately 50 fire fighters from area fire departments from Waushara County are expected to attend. At times during the training, area residents may see flames shooting 20 feet or more into the air.
- PUB DATE: 5/5/2021 1:37:59 PM - SOURCE: Waushara Argus

Flames engulfed a home in Appleton overnight. The scene is at South Mayfair Drive and West Charles Street. Investigators are looking into the cause of the fire. We don’t know if anyone was hurt. Crews responded to the scene at about 11 p.m.
- PUB DATE: 5/5/2021 3:33:43 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay