In just over a week, two incidents of drunken driving while on duty have occurred within the Detroit Fire Department, causing city leaders to reflect on the department's policies and resources for firefighters amid higher levels of pressure and stress caused by the pandemic. Mayor Mike Duggan announced a partnership with national firefighter leaders to help guide Detroit in finding a solution, including launching an independent environmental audit and a review of the department's policies and employee assistance program.
- PUB DATE: 3/3/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Detroit Free Press - Metered Site

Under the fluorescent lights of a vacant Sears department store near the state Capitol, officers from across the east Twin Cities metro area have been preparing for six weeks for potentially dangerous situations that could occur at a mass demonstration. St. Paul police Cmdr. Tim Flynn has led 550 St.
- PUB DATE: 3/3/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: MPR News

Health officials are urging Americans to not let their guards down against COVID-19 as researchers discover new variants that may already be more transmissible and could also be somewhat resistant to the vaccine. “At this level of cases, with variants spreading, we stand to completely lose the hard-earned ground we have gained,” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Dr.
- PUB DATE: 3/3/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: USA Today

When the delivery of a new quint aerial unit happens sometime next year, the village’s Fire Department will be able to stay on track with the shuffling of its fleet. Consider it addition by subtraction. The department took another step toward that end Monday night when the Village Board unanimously approved the purchase of the engine from Reliant Fire Apparatus of Slinger for a total price tag of $1,084,955.
- PUB DATE: 3/2/2021 1:09:50 PM - SOURCE: Kenosha News - Metered Site

Architecture and design firm Eppstein Uhen Architects (EUA), which is based in Wisconsin’s largest city, has completed an adaptive reuse project in Milwaukee’s Historic Third Ward. The old building, which was built in 1847, has been converted by EUA to be a clinical location called the Ascension Medical Group–Historic Third Ward Clinic Project.
- PUB DATE: 3/2/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: HCO News

A fire damages a home in Stevens Point. Authorities say it started on the second floor and everyone inside safely evacuated. Investigators are still working to determine a cause. A house fire in Stevens Point is closing down WIS 66 at Michigan Ave, according to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.
- PUB DATE: 3/2/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WAOW-TV ABC 9 Wausau

VIDEO: A firefighter was injured while battling a 3-alarm blaze in Boston's Roxbury neighborhood on Monday afternoon. The fire was first reported around 5 p.m. in a 6-family home at the corner of Southwood and Edgewood streets. Heavy flames and smoke could be seen upon arrival. Aerial video from the scene showed numerous ladder trucks and other fire apparatus surrounding the scene.
- PUB DATE: 3/2/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBTS-TV NBC 10 Boston

VIDEO: All Colorado firefighters who are diagnosed with breast cancer will now receive benefits from the Colorado Firefighter Heart and Cancer Benefits (CFHCB) Trust, thanks to a Westminster fire lieutenant who appealed the denial of her claim. “I needed to find the thing that will show them that breast cancer is a firefighter’s disease,” Lt.
- PUB DATE: 3/2/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KUSA-TV NBC 9 Denver

VIDEO: A 115-year-old fire engine has been on display downtown since 2006, but today it returned to its rightful owner, the Utica Fire Department. It was the very first fire engine the city ever purchased back in 1906 and It took 3 horses to move the engine. It was sold for scrap in 1938, but was never dismantled.
- PUB DATE: 3/2/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKTV NBC/CBS/CW+2 Utica

VIDEO: There's a new program at Toledo Public Schools TPS that aims to prepare high school students for a career in local law enforcement or firefighting and emergency medical services EMS. The three-year program is called PS 419. The PS stands for public schools and public safety. It was developed in partnership with Owens Community College, Toledo Fire and Rescue and the Toledo Police Department.
- PUB DATE: 3/2/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTOL-TV CBS 11 Toledo

VIDEO: Thanks to efforts in recent years to educate drivers, we've all become familiar with the problem of work zone deaths and injuries. Many public safety workers are also killed at the scene of accidents often by drivers who are paying attention to the crash rather than the road. That's why the North Carolina Department of Transportation's development of a hands-on training facility that engineers expect will save lives at accident scenes has won an award.
- PUB DATE: 3/2/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTVD-TV ABC 11 Durham

In the not-too-distant future, there will be some shifting among the Fire Department fleet. The department is expected to have a new rescue engine in its possession within the next week, and the Village Board on Monday night will act on the approval of a contract to bring a new quint/aerial engine into the fold.
- PUB DATE: 3/1/2021 1:04:18 PM - SOURCE: Kenosha News - Metered Site

VIDEO: Multiple firefighter units and HAZMAT crews responded to a four-alarm fire at a warehouse on Saturday afternoon along SH-249 and the Beltway near Tomball. It started at about 5:30 p.m. in the 62000 block of Tomball Parkway (SH-249) and lasted throughout the night. Investigators are still unclear of the cause.
- PUB DATE: 3/1/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KHOU-TV CBS 11 Houston

A Connecticut ambulance company employee was arrested and charged in a string of Molotov cocktail attacks across the state that targeted two emergency medical services agencies, a volunteer fire department and a private residence on the same day, authorities said. Richard White, 37, of Torrington, Connecticut, was arrested around 10 p.
- PUB DATE: 3/1/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ABC News

PHOTOS: Asheville Fire Department’s dual driver ladder truck is a tiller truck or a tractor drawn aerial (TDA). This hook-and-ladder truck features a specialized turntable ladder mounted on a semi-trailer truck. Ladder 1 was purchased for $1.2 million back in 2019. It runs out of the downtown station and responds to more than 2,800 calls per year.
- PUB DATE: 3/1/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The City of Asheville

A team of investigators at the University of Kansas is collecting data and designing interventions to improve the quality of sleep for firefighters and paramedics in the Lawrence Douglas County Fire-Medical Department. For these first responders, better sleep could improve their quality of life and boost their performance as they encounter life-and-death situations.
- PUB DATE: 3/1/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Medical Express

On February 20, 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that the first person in the United States had died from COVID-19 — a man in his fifties living in Washington state. Since then, close to 28 million Americans have been infected with the novel (new) coronavirus, officially known as SARS-CoV-2, according to the latest data from Johns Hopkins University.
- PUB DATE: 3/1/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Everyday Health

PHOTOS: While warmer temperatures melt snow across southeastern Wisconsin, it could make for dangerous conditions on the ice. That's why local fire departments on Saturday, Feb. 27 trained in Kasnasville for ice rescues. As lakes begin to thaw, a reality sinks in: Ice rescues could start happening more often.
- PUB DATE: 2/27/2021 5:59:20 PM - SOURCE: WITI-TV Fox 6 Milwaukee

A house fire Friday afternoon in Chippewa Falls caused about $100,000 in damages, according to Chippewa Falls Battalion Chief Jason Thom. The fire at 359 Maynard St. was reported at 1:05 p.m. The Fire Department reported to the structure fire, where they found furniture on the front porch was well-involved in fire, and it was spreading into the residence, Thom said in a press release.
- PUB DATE: 2/27/2021 3:58:44 PM - SOURCE: Leader-Telegram

The heat from a fire caused a loaded gun to discharge, critically wounding a firefighter who was working to douse flames in northwestern Wisconsin, fire officials said. Justin Fredrickson, 35, is out of the intensive care unit and recovering, the Cornell Area Fire Department said in an update Friday on Facebook.
- PUB DATE: 2/27/2021 8:39:28 AM - SOURCE: WITI-TV Fox 6 Milwaukee