Crews battled a house fire in Appleton overnight. At about 12:30 a.m., firefighters were called to a home at the corner of N. Woodridge and Wayfarer. Crews arrived to find smoke and flames coming from an attached garage. Flames spread to the home. The occupants of the home escaped without harm. It took about 20 minutes to get the fire under control.
- PUB DATE: 3/22/2021 5:23:53 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

PHOTOS: Firefighters from multiple East Texas fire departments battled a house fire in the Long Cove subdivision in Malakoff early Sunday morning. According to a post on the Payne Springs Fire Rescue Facebook page, firefighters with PSFR were asked to provide mutual aid for a structure fire in the Long Cove subdivision at about 1:54 a.
- PUB DATE: 3/22/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KLTV ABC 7 Tyler

Every year, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, Christ the King High School in Middle Village played host to a commemoration of the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire in Manhattan — one of the worst tragedies to hit New York City in the 20th century. The longtime chairman of Christ the King’s board of directors, former state Senator Serphin Maltese, along with his brothers Vincent and Andrew, organized the annual memorial service.
- PUB DATE: 3/22/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: QNS.com

The Peoria Fire-Medical Department, the Peoria City Council and Human Resources Director Christine Nickel are piloting a cancer screening program for line-of-duty firefighters. The program would allow all firefighters to receive an initial screening to determine their risk level. Based on the risk factors, the firefighters with the highest risk would be included into the program as a participant and the screenings would begin.
- PUB DATE: 3/22/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Peoria Times

With the arrival of spring and after an exhausting year of COVID-19 restrictions, Americans are eager to return to some sense of normalcy. However, many health experts are urging patience, warning a possible fourth surge may be on the horizon, with over a dozen states exhibiting early signs of increasing case numbers.
- PUB DATE: 3/22/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ABC Columbia

VIDEO: The Navarre Beach Fire Department is asking for help on a special project. The dept. wants to build a motorized scooter for a Navarre 11-year-old to help him move across the sand on the beach. Christian has Kabuki syndrome and going to the beach is one of his favorite things to do. He loves the beach so much, Fire Chief Danny Furiegh tells Channel 3 News his family relocated to the area so he could be closer.
- PUB DATE: 3/22/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WEAR-TV ABC 3 News

The brush fire is now contained in western Oneida County. The Wisconsin DNR says it has stopped growing at about three acres. The fire did get close to some buidlings and burned through debris, including tires which generated a lot of smoke. Crews are still on scene Sunday afternoon mopping up some hotspots.
- PUB DATE: 3/21/2021 4:00:50 PM - SOURCE: WXPR-FM 91.7 Public Radio

Town of Geneva officials hope two times is the charm for passing a referendum that would help fund fire service in the community. The Town of Geneva has decided to place a public safety referendum question on the ballot again during the April 6 spring election. If approved, the referendum would allow the town to increase its property tax levy to help provide additional full-time firefighters and emergency medical service workers to the Elkhorn Fire Department, which provides fire and emergency medical service to the Town of Geneva.
- PUB DATE: 3/21/2021 11:30:31 AM - SOURCE: Lake Geneva News

The scene was quite different Saturday afternoon, as crews cleaned and boarded up the home that was engulfed in flames early in Saturday morning, which ultimately led to the death of a 25-year-old man. "I went over there to look and flames were shooting out the side of the house," said David Colon. David Colon is still trying to wrap his head around exactly what happened Saturday morning after he arrived at his sister's home to do some construction, only to find that a house was going up in flames just a few doors down.
- PUB DATE: 3/21/2021 9:09:40 AM - SOURCE: WGBA-TV NBC 26 Green Bay

Firefighters report having found one victim following a fire in Marinette County. According to the Marinette Police Department, police were dispatched to assist with a building fire located on the 1200 block Main Street. Upon arrival, officials say the building was engulfed in flames and had been evacuated.
- PUB DATE: 3/20/2021 11:25:08 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV and WJMN-TV Green Bay

VIDEO: Fire ripped through a storage unit building on Green Bay’s west side early Friday morning, causing an estimated $150,000 in damages. At 1:48 a.m., the Green Bay Metro Fire Department was called to Lok-Safe Storage Building D, 1610 Stiles Road. “The fire had progressed into the entire building consuming 34 storage units in building D,” reads a statement from the Green Bay Metro Fire Department.
- PUB DATE: 3/19/2021 7:57:43 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

Six truckloads full of mattresses and firefighting gear from several Northeast Wisconsin fire departments will soon be en route to another country. It’s part of a unique partnership, started several years ago, that allows firefighters here to donate older, used gear and even fire trucks, to South America.
- PUB DATE: 3/19/2021 6:37:57 AM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison

Sparky the Fire Dog, the official mascot of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), celebrates his 70th birthday this month, reflecting on a legacy and impact that spans the generations: Kids know and love him, parents grew up with him and grandparents remember his messages of fire safety. “For seven decades, Sparky has worked hard to make communities safer from fire.
- PUB DATE: 3/19/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Mount Desert Islander

VIDEO: Firefighters had walked back and forth between their trucks and the pile of cars where passengers were trapped so many times they began to instinctively know where to step, or not to step — a sunroof that wasn’t stable or a hood that was too slick. Much their icy walk was done on top of vehicles caught in the 133-car pileup near downtown Fort Worth.
- PUB DATE: 3/19/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Fort Worth Star-Telegram

The three Powhatan firefighters behind the newly formed Triple Tap Coffee plan to live up to their company’s name. When a firefighter hooks three hoses up to a fire hydrant, the goal is to maximize water flow to create high performance hydrant operation, said Jeffrey Wallace, a career lieutenant paramedic with Powhatan County Fire and Rescue.
- PUB DATE: 3/19/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Richmond Times-Dispatch

PHOTO: Minneapolis Fire Capt. Scott Coffey was on scene at a 2010 house fire when a backdraft explosion blew fellow firefighter Jake LaFerriere across a room, leaving him with severe burns and ending his career. Coffey never forgot the trauma of that day, but he also found inspiration in the way LaFerriere moved forward after his recovery and launched Firefighters for Healing, a nonprofit that supports burn victims and first responders.
- PUB DATE: 3/19/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ECM Publishers - Metered Site

VIDEO: Many in the Veteran, active-duty military, police officer, firefighter, and other first responder communities struggle with Post-Traumatic Stress. The usual treatment is a 15-minute consultation and a handful of prescriptions, but that’s not working! The suicide rate is extremely high, and for many the PTS drugs seem to do more harm than good.
- PUB DATE: 3/19/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KUSI-TV 51 San Diego

PHOTO: Strong winds spread flames to a neighboring home after fire broke out in a garage at 509 Gould St. in Beaver Dam Thursday at 12:40 p.m. According to a press release from the Beaver Dam Fire Department, while enroute the fire department was notified there was smoke and fire in the garage area where a car was parked, but all occupants were out of the house.
- PUB DATE: 3/18/2021 4:53:57 PM - SOURCE: Wisc News

The Milwaukee Field Office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) released this week new photographs and videos -- seeking the public’s help identifying persons of interest who could advance the arson investigations of several Kenosha businesses and vehicles that were set ablaze between Sunday, August 23 and Tuesday, August 25, 2020.
- PUB DATE: 3/18/2021 2:39:45 PM - SOURCE: WITI-TV Fox 6 Milwaukee

If there was one takeaway from a months-long study into the staffing operations — or more accurately, staffing shortfalls — at Ozaukee County’s nine fire departments, it is the remarkableness with which the units have been able to operate so successfully given their limitations. That was the observation of Rob Henken, president of the Wisconsin Policy Forum, which was hired to conduct a study of Ozaukee County’s increasing calls for EMS and fire service, decreasing number of volunteers, staff recruitment and service response times that lag behind comparable areas.
- PUB DATE: 3/18/2021 5:55:55 AM - SOURCE: Greater Milwaukee Today - GM Today