As more women join the fire service, it’s imperative to understand the occupational risks involved for these women. And thanks to $1.5 million dollar grant from FEMA that will be possible. The funding will help support research to examine how being a firefighter affects women’s health. “There’s the fires, the smoke that we breathe in, but it’s also the exhaust from the fire trucks, the ambulances that we get exposed to on a daily basis,” said Captain Liliana Pesqueira, the Tucson Fire Department.
- PUB DATE: 3/9/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOLD-TV CBS 13 Tucson

Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Saturday that $29 million is available to support essential workers and first responders through the Empire Pandemic Response Reimbursement Fund program. Cuomo says the program was created to help reimburse out-of-pocket childcare, transportation, lodging, and other qualifying expenses that enabled workers to perform their duties.
- PUB DATE: 3/9/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHEC-TV NBC News 10 Rochester

The main leaseholder of an Oakland warehouse that caught fire during a party in 2016, killing 36 people, was sentenced Monday to 12 years in prison but may spend the remainder of his term at home as part of a plea deal with prosecutors. Derick Almena, 50, will serve one-and-a-half years at home with a GPS ankle monitor due to credit for time already spent behind bars while awaiting trial and good behavior.
- PUB DATE: 3/9/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KABC-TV ABC 7 Los Angeles

Emergency workers and local officials are responding to news of a 28-year-old paramedic from Staten Island who was allegedly bitten on the face early Friday morning by an emotionally disturbed teenager in Brooklyn. Jenna Piscitello, of Great Kills, could have permanent scarring on her cheek from the attack, which occurred as medics were attempting to lay the female patient on a stretcher, according to a statement issued by the union representing city EMS workers.
- PUB DATE: 3/9/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: EMS World

No one was injured in an apartment fire on La Crosse’s northside Monday. Firefighters were called to the apartment building at 1208 Avon St. at about 6:55 a.m. When they arrived on scene, thick, black smoke was coming from a second story apartment in the multi-family building. It took the 22 firefighters about 5 minutes to put out the fire and account for all of the tenants in the building.
- PUB DATE: 3/8/2021 9:09:38 PM - SOURCE: WKBT-TV CBS 8 La Crosse

A group of citizens has launched an online petition encouraging city officials to preserve a North Side fire station instead of demolishing it for an updated facility. “The building is a cultural and economic asset that belongs to the taxpayers,” said the petition, which had just over 100 signatures Monday morning.
- PUB DATE: 3/8/2021 10:24:15 AM - SOURCE: Lacrosse Tribune - Metered Site

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) urges the public to complete any vegetative debris burning and check any previously burned piles for lingering embers before the snow melts, particularly in the storm-impacted areas of Langlade and Oconto counties. This is the safest time of the year to burn as fires are less likely to escape and cause a wildfire.
- PUB DATE: 3/8/2021 8:32:26 AM - SOURCE: Antigo Times

VIDEO: Seven CenterPoint Energy workers were injured in a massive gas fire near Klein on Friday. It happened in the 18700 block of Gleannloch Lakes Boulevard around 6 p.m. Comcast crews were in the area working when they punctured a gas line, according to the Harris County Fire Marshal's Office. CenterPoint Energy crews were then sent to fix the line.
- PUB DATE: 3/8/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTRK-TV ABC 13 Houston

PHOTOS: A 52-year-old Ormond Beach woman died and five City of Daytona Beach firefighters were hurt following a traffic crash near Halifax Health Medical Center on Saturday. Just after 5 p.m., a Daytona Beach Fire Department truck flipped over after a collision with a silver Pontiac driven by the woman, according to the Daytona Beach Police Department.
- PUB DATE: 3/8/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKMG-TV CBS 6 Orlando

Several fire departments pulled recruits from the state’s fire academy after a city firefighter suffered a medical emergency while participating in a training drill Wednesday at the facility in Montour Falls, near Watkins Glen. Battalion Chief Sean McGarrity of the Ridge Road Fire Department, in Greece, Monroe County, confirmed that four department recruits were pulled from the training at the New York State Academy of Fire Science in Schuyler County.
- PUB DATE: 3/8/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Watertown Daily Times - Metered Site

PHOTOS: The Glenburn Fire Department lost its building and six trucks in an early morning fire Saturday. Lance Johnson, fire district board vice president and firefighter, said the department responded to a call at 5 a.m. Area fire departments from Lansford, Maxbass and the Minot Air Force Base assisted.
- PUB DATE: 3/8/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Minot Daily News

One firefighter was transported to UW Hospital after responding to a garage fire in the Village of Fall River. Fall River firefighters responded to a garage fire attached to an apartment complex at 361 Fox Trail Saturday, just before 9:00 p.m. Once on the scene, firefighters found smoke coming from one of the garages.
- PUB DATE: 3/7/2021 5:10:04 PM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison

Fox Crossing officials say they’re investigating the cause of an early morning fire that ended up damaging a home Sunday. According to the Fox Crossing Fire Department, crews were called to the 700 block of Hummingbird Lane just before 6:30 a.m. for a report of a shed on fire. While traveling to the address, the Communications Center said they had confirmed it was a residential house fire.
- PUB DATE: 3/7/2021 3:14:05 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

Fire officials say one person has been displaced following an overnight fire at a Grand Chute duplex. According tot he Grand Chute Fire Department, crews were called to a building at 1110 South Nicolet shortly after 4 a.m. Saturday. When they arrived, firefighters found flames coming from the roof, and crews entered the building to do a search, as well as attack the fire.
- PUB DATE: 3/7/2021 1:42:16 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

An emotional day in Cornell on Friday, as Firefighter Justin Fredrickson was released from an Eau Claire hospital. “It is a brotherhood, fire departments are a brotherhood, I can’t explain it unless you’ve been here,” says Cornell Area Fire Department Chief Dennis Klass. Klass says the community support is overwhelming.
- PUB DATE: 3/5/2021 10:40:32 PM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison

Brandon Jones chalks it up to pure luck. There have been many calls Jones went on as a Madison firefighter and paramedic where he could have been infected with COVID-19. Like the young boy who broke his arm, whom Jones consoled closely even though the boy wasn’t wearing a mask. He found out later on that the boy tested positive for COVID-19.
- PUB DATE: 3/5/2021 1:10:53 PM - SOURCE: Lake Geneva News - Metered Site

VIDEO: Half a dozen firefighters were hurt battling an overnight Queens fire that ripped through a strip of shops, burning for over four hours overnight, the FDNY said. According to fire officials, they got a call just before 11 p.m. Thursday for a fire at 37-54 74th Street, a long strip of single-floor businesses in Jackson Heights.
- PUB DATE: 3/5/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPIX-TV CW 11 New York

VIDEO: During Women's History Month, a firefighter in Pittsburgh is making her own type of history by becoming the highest-ranking female in the Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire. Kari Burnham said, "This is something I love to do. It's like a dream come true." Burnham's passion is being a firefighter. Now she takes the title of lieutenant, which is an accomplishment that puts her in the history books as the highest-ranking woman in the Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire.
- PUB DATE: 3/5/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTAE-TV ABC 4 Pittsburgh

VIDEO: Thursday marked 72 years since the Charleston Fire Department lost seven of their crew members in the tragic Woolworth fire. The City of Charleston joined the Charleston Fire Department and the Charleston Firefighter’s Local Union 317 to honor those seven who died in a special ceremony this morning.
- PUB DATE: 3/5/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WOWK-TV CBS 13 Huntington

The Wayne State University Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Sciences has teamed with the State of Michigan to develop a comprehensive behavioral and mental health training and support program for the state’s first responders and their families to address the stress they face in their duties protecting residents.
- PUB DATE: 3/5/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Wayne State University