VIDEO: An ambulance ride, when you don't really need one, can be expensive for you. It also ties up crews that could be responding to life threatening emergencies. As part of our Show Me Your Bill project, Trouble Shooter Jaie Avila demonstrates how the San Antonio Fire Department is trying to reduce unnecessary ambulance runs.
- PUB DATE: 4/27/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WOAI-TV NBC 4 San Antonio

A La Crosse fire station is now a historical landmark, throwing a wrench into the La Crosse Fire Department’s redevelopment plans. Fire Station No. 4 has been standing at the corner of Gillette and Liberty Streets since 1940. It’s the oldest active fire station in La Crosse, but demolition and reconstruction plans put it at risk until a historic preservation group stepped in.
- PUB DATE: 4/27/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WEAU-TV NBC 13 Eau Claire

States across the country are reporting large numbers of people getting their coronavirus shots, and according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly 95 million doses have been administered over the last month alone. Regardless, the number of newly reported COVID-19 cases in the U.
- PUB DATE: 4/27/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ABC News

A three-story apartment complex on Madison’s east side was evacuated early Monday morning as firefighters fought a blaze that had reached six of its units. According to the Madison Fire Dept., some of the residents of the building, in the 1600 block of Kings Mill Way, awoke shortly before 3:30 a.m. to find smoke filling their rooms.
- PUB DATE: 4/26/2021 7:20:52 PM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison

Orfordville Fire Officials are looking into the cause of an early morning blaze west of Beloit. Fire Chief Gene Wright says a Rock County sheriff’s deputy called in the fire about 3:00 a.m. at a home in the 6600 block of Highway 81. The highway was closed in each direction between Smythe School Road and Mill Pond Road for the response.
- PUB DATE: 4/26/2021 5:34:42 AM - SOURCE: WCLO-AM 1230

As days begin to last longer and the snow melts away, spring can be felt all across Wisconsin. But spring isn’t just the season of new life in the state, it is also wildfire season. This year, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) says the conditions for wildfires are unusually high and have already led to three times the expected number of reported fires.
- PUB DATE: 4/26/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WUWM 89.7

VIDEO: A fire at the Lone Star Brewery late Saturday night seems “suspicious,” according to San Antonio Fire Department Chief Charles Hood. The incident happened inside of the commercial brewery located at 600 Lone Star Boulevard. According to Hood, firefighters arrived at the building, saw the fire through the building’s roof and called for a second alarm.
- PUB DATE: 4/26/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSAT-TV ABC 12 San Antonio

For more than five years now, the Vail Police Department, the Eagle County Sheriff’s Office and the Gypsum Fire Department have worked with a national company called FirstNet to evaluate its high-speed broadband emergency communications platform. Now other agencies can view their testimonials regarding the service and associated equipment in a series of YouTube videos produced by the company to promote its product.
- PUB DATE: 4/26/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Vail Daily

Healthy, balanced meals were harder to come by for firefighters in the D.C. region until Food on the Stove came along. But starting next month, the nonprofit will beta test a new app that will pave the way for a healthier lifestyle among firehouses in Prince George’s County and beyond. Jonathan Tate founded the organization in July 2017 to help firefighters live healthier lives through nutrition and exercise.
- PUB DATE: 4/26/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Washington City Paper

VIDEO: "The camaraderie on this thing was fantastic, we spent a lot time busting each other's chops and a lot of emotion when we got to the top." Chief Tom Shannon, along with a group of Scottsdale firefighters and a few close friends, wanted to pay tribute to Austin Peck. Peck was a former crew member who lost his battle with occupational cancer.
- PUB DATE: 4/26/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPNX-TV ABC 12 Phoenix

Nearly 60 years ago, 100 homes were destroyed, as three different fires simultaneously burned through multiple Staten Island neighborhoods. On April 20, 1963, also known as Black Saturday, a total of three large brush fires began in Rossville, Tottenville, and Mariners Harbor. In their wake, the fires caused more than $2 million of property damage and left over 500 people homeless.
- PUB DATE: 4/26/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Staten Island Advance

Two lizards and two tortoises were rescued from a house fire Sunday, the Racine Fire Department has reported. The fire was reported on the 2000 block of Jay Eye See Avenue. When Engine 5, the first of five four engines to arrive, arrived, heavy smoke and fire were immediately seen. The fire appeared to be mostly on the outside of the home and the crew from Engine 5 began fighting it from behind the home.
- PUB DATE: 4/25/2021 3:37:09 PM - SOURCE: Racine Journal Times - Metered Site

Calls for emergency service are going up in the Holmen area, but staffing shortages at the fire department are impacting effective responses. First News at Nine’s Alex Loroff looks at a new partnership being formed to address the issue. Rapid growth in the Holmen area may lead to some changes in emergency services.
- PUB DATE: 4/23/2021 10:00:09 AM - SOURCE: WLAX & WEUX-TV Fox 25 & 48 LaCrosse

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced on Thursday, April 22 that fire danger is very high and high across the state, and Wisconsinites should be on high alert as we head into the weekend. The forecast is expected to bring low humidity, breezy conditions and warmer temperatures.
- PUB DATE: 4/23/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee

After a Wisconsin State Patrol vehicle was damaged last month during a traffic stop and the Union Grove-Yorkville Fire Department stepped in to help, the department was recently thanked with literal tokens of appreciation by the State Patrol. Deputies from the Racine County Sheriff’s Office, alongside troopers from the Wisconsin State Patrol, were conducting a routine traffic stop on southbound Interstate 94 on March 21 at about 8 a.
- PUB DATE: 4/23/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Journal Times - Metered Site

Wednesday night, the Wisconsin Rapids Fire Department’s Crew 2 worked in conjunction with the Port Edwards Volunteer Fire Department and the Wood County Sheriff’s Department in a water rescue training night drill. The crew’s scenarios were to rescue victims who fell in the river. The department worked with PFVFD boat personnel on the techniques used to pull victims into the rescue boat.
- PUB DATE: 4/23/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: On Focus

VIDEO: A two-alarm fire in Gerritsen Beach left two people injured Thursday, fire officials say. The fire started at a house on the corner of Knapp Street and Avenue W at around 8 p.m. Citizen app footage shows the fire tearing through the home. Crews were eventually able to get the fire under control and extinguish it.
- PUB DATE: 4/23/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: News 12 The Bronx

VIDEO: Members of Mount Pleasant Fire Station #5 are staying in unique temporary living quarters while the station undergoes renovations. Over the last month, fire crews have been living out of a villa at Somerby Senior Living in Mount Pleasant. Christie Gauldin, the Director of Sales and Marketing, says she was a little surprised when Mount Pleasant Fire asked if their crews could stay there while their station underwent renovations, but she knew it was something they had to make work.
- PUB DATE: 4/23/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCSC-TV CBS 5 Charleston

VIDEO: Like all too many public service organizations, Williamsport Fire and EMS in Maryland is cash crunched by COVID. “COVID really messed with things this year,” Michael Nokes, the Deputy Chief, said. Not only were funds down, but expenses went way up. “We just purchased a ladder truck, we have a ladder truck that’s over thirty years old, it was well overdue for a replacement,” Nokes said.
- PUB DATE: 4/23/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHTM-TV ABC 27 Harrisburg

There is a huge gender gap in the world of firefighting. Only 8% of firefighters in the United States are female according to the National Fire Protection Association. The Greensboro Fire Department wants to bridge the gender gap through a new program. Camp Spark is the department's new initiative aimed at changing the narrative to get more women into fire stations.
- PUB DATE: 4/23/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFMY-TV CBS 2 Greensboro