An upcoming day of home fire safety will help people in La Crosse stay safe. On May 8th, the La Crosse Fire Department and American Red Cross will partner to help educate community members about fire safety. It’s part of a national ‘Sound the Alarm’ effort. Volunteers will meet with residents by appointment outside their homes to share fire safety information.
- PUB DATE: 4/9/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKBT-DT CBS 8 LaCrosse

One person was killed and eight people were hurt in an explosion and second-alarm fire at an Ohio paint plant early Thursday. About 40 employees were working just after midnight when the blast occurred in one of five buildings on Yenkin-Majestic Paint's campus in Columbus, officials said. While most of the employees came out of the building as firefighters arrived on the scene, authorities learned two were trapped, according to Columbus Division of Fire Battalion Chief Steve Martin.
- PUB DATE: 4/9/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC News

PHOTOS: An 18-wheeler pulled up in front of Coker Volunteer Fire Department on Thursday laden with a mountain of firefighting gear donated by departments in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania. The gear represents a windfall of equipment that many of the volunteer departments in West Alabama never would have been able to afford to purchase.
- PUB DATE: 4/9/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Tuscaloosa News

John Capozzoli Jr. of Freeport remembers the moment he knew he was destined to join the fire service. He was 12 years old and riding shotgun in his father’s pickup when the Freeport Fire Department sounded its air horn. As he and his father pulled into the firehouse, he recalled the excitement he felt as he watched his father, a volunteer firefighter, don a thick bunker coat and helmet and climb aboard the fire truck.
- PUB DATE: 4/9/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Newsday - Metered Site

VIDEOS: For Kimberly Pillman and Ryle Olsen it is about helping others during an emergency and serving the community they call home. Pillman and Olsen are two of the 10 female firefighters/paramedics who currently work for the Lake Geneva Fire Department. Pillman said she considers it an honor to be a member of the fire department, as she is able to help people during a difficult situation.
- PUB DATE: 4/9/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Lake Geneva News

The Fox Crossing Fire Department responded to a garage fire Thursday that left three residents and their dog without a home. According to a release, the fire came from an attached garage on the 1300 block of Linda Avenue. Fire crews say a large number of flames came from the back of the garage while smoke rose through the roofline.
- PUB DATE: 4/8/2021 10:11:07 PM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV and WJMN-TV CBS 5 Green Bay

Replacing Fire Stations No. 2 and No. 4 continues to spark fireworks among La Crosse Common Council members, including an often-volatile debate Thursday night. After a lengthy kerfuffle during a Zoom meeting, the council voted 8-4 to adopt an amended resolution to proceed with replacing Station No. 2 with a new building on La Crosse Street this year but put Station No.
- PUB DATE: 4/8/2021 7:40:50 PM - SOURCE: WKBT-TV CBS 8 La Crosse

When a home in the town of Ripon went up in flames, firefighters struggled to get water and faced a slew of other challenges. In 2019, the house was engulfed before fire crews were on the scene. Although firefighters worked through the night and into the next day, the home ended up being a total loss after the fire reduced it to rubble.
- PUB DATE: 4/8/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Ripon Press

The city of Milton has asked the Wisconsin Policy Forum to evaluate the city’s fire and EMS options and cost-sharing alternatives as the city weighs whether to consolidate fire services with Janesville. The Milton City Council on Wednesday approved a proposal from the organization—a statewide, nonpartisan policy research group—and authorized paying up to $7,650 for the evaluation.
- PUB DATE: 4/8/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Gazette Extra - Metered Site

A massive four-alarm fire has destroyed an apartment complex in West Windsor Township, New Jersey on Wednesday afternoon. Twenty-two people from seven families are now without homes. With daylight Thursday morning, the severe damage the fire caused could be seen. The roof is gone from the building and the siding is melted away.
- PUB DATE: 4/8/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPVI-TV ABC 6 Philadelphia

VIDEO: Oklahoma State University computer science students have created new technology to help fight the pandemic. They created a virtual reality simulator that allows nurses and doctors to train to administer COVID-19 tests and even hook patients up to a ventilator without ever being exposed to the virus.
- PUB DATE: 4/8/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KFOR-TV NBC 4 Oklahoma

PHOTO: It doesn’t take much looking to see that Clay County is extremely military friendly. The county has numerous veterans, the City of Green Cove Springs holds several events honoring veterans and is the home of the TAPS Memorial. Camp Blanding is also in the county and is home to many active duty and reserve service men and women.
- PUB DATE: 4/8/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Clay Today Online

VIDEO: The Bowling Green Fire Department will use a decommissioned Comp Air Jet for training purposes. The jet had been decommissioned at the Bowling Green-Warren County Regional Airport for several years and the airport donated it to the fire department. The aircraft was transported to its new concrete pad Wednesday morning.
- PUB DATE: 4/8/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBKO-TV ABC/Fox/CW 13 Bowling Green

VIDEO: Following last month’s massive fireworks explosion in an Ontario neighborhood which left two men dead and caused millions of dollars in damage, San Bernardino County Thursday was unveiling a new illegal fireworks reporting system. The San Bernardino County Fire Protection District and other local law enforcement agencies were holding a news conference Thursday morning to launch a new system which allows the public to report illegal fireworks.
- PUB DATE: 4/8/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCBS-TV CBS 2 Los Angeles

Two men were seriously injured in a crash near the intersection of Highway 54 and Miller Road in the town of Black Creek at 6:50 a.m. Tuesday, according to the Outagamie County Sheriff’s Office. A pickup truck traveling east by a 67-year-old man from Minnesota crossed the center line and struck a pickup truck traveling west by a 27-year-old New London man, according to the initial scene investigation by the sheriff's office.
- PUB DATE: 4/7/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WGBA-TV NBC 26 Green Bay

VIDEO: An eight-alarm fire tore through an apartment building in Queens Tuesday afternoon, leaving 21 injured, including 16 firefighters, and displacing more than 200 residents. The fire broke out as four-alarm blaze on the top floor of the six-story building on 34th Avenue in Jackson Heights around 1 p.
- PUB DATE: 4/7/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WABC-TV ABC 7 New York

Six firefighters lost their lives responding to a fire in a century-old, abandoned warehouse in Worcester, Massachusetts, in December 1999. Worried that civilians were trapped inside, rescue teams initiated a rapid intervention; but, unfamiliar with the layout of the building, the smoke-filled warehouse became a labyrinth for those that entered.
- PUB DATE: 4/7/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Homeland Security Today

VIDEO: There are big changes coming to the Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire, which include recruiting more women and minorities at Pittsburgh Westinghouse High School. When Mark Black puts on firefighting gear and trains to one day become a firefighter after completing the Career and Technical Education program at Pittsburgh Westinghouse High School, he hopes more female firefighters will be by his side.
- PUB DATE: 4/7/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTAE-TV ABC 4 Pittsburgh

North Carolina firefighters remain cautiously optimistic as two Senate Republicans introduced bill to provide financial assistance for cancer treatment. For the past several years, firefighters across the state have been fighting to get presumptive cancer coverage expanded for themselves and their colleagues.
- PUB DATE: 4/7/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WGHP-TV Fox 8 High Point

Just five states have accounted for about 43% of new coronavirus cases over the last week, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. New York, Michigan, Florida, Pennsylvania and New Jersey had for more than 196,400 of the country's 453,360 cases reported in the last week, according to data available Wednesday morning.
- PUB DATE: 4/7/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNN