A 35-year-old firefighter with the Cornell Fire Department is in critical condition Tuesday night after a loaded gun discharged a bullet into his abdomen as firefighters fought a Rusk County structure fire Friday. Justin Fredrickson, 35, a 16-year veteran of the Cornell Fire Department, was operating a hose line outside the structure when a loaded firearm inside the building discharged, the Cornell Fire Department said in a Tuesday evening news release.
- PUB DATE: 2/24/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Firefighter Nation

An 18-wheel truck hit a train carrying chemicals and fuels in Cameron, Texas, early Tuesday, causing a huge explosion and starting a fire that is expected to burn for several days. The Milam County town of 5,400, about 72 miles northeast of Austin, was rocked by the boom around 6:45 a.m., according to Cameron Sheriff Chris White.
- PUB DATE: 2/24/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC News

The city of Orlando opened a brand-new fire station in the Rosemont community on Monday. Station 9, known as “Outpost Nine,” is the new home to 30 firefighters on Center Loop off of Shader Road. The 12,000-foot building has private bunk rooms and restrooms for crews and it even includes a secure room for female firefighters.
- PUB DATE: 2/24/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKMG-TV CBS 6 Orlando

It's been 48 years since three volunteer firefighters lost their lives battling a blaze in a downtown Palatine store, but the tragedy still resonates with the community and weighs heavy on its first responders. And so firefighters, village leaders, community members and family of the fallen gathered Tuesday morning at the Palatine Firefighters Memorial to pay tribute to volunteer firefighters Warren "Auggie" Ahlgrim, 32, John Wilson, 40, and Richard Freeman, 25, and honor their ultimate sacrifice.
- PUB DATE: 2/24/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Daily Herald - Metered Site

VIDEO: An artist's work is now on display at the Black Archives of Mid-America and it's a sense of pride for Sean Tiller. It's also his way of giving back and perhaps inspiring others. "This is one of my more recent, made last year," Tiller said. He calls it space art. Tiller, 27, said painting brings him joy -- the colors, the texture and the fantasy of these imaginary planets.
- PUB DATE: 2/24/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KMBC-TV ABC 9 Kansas City

VIDEO: In the harrowing moments after a rollover crash in Rancho Palos Verdes that left golfer Tiger Woods hospitalized on Tuesday, radio communications by the Los Angeles County sheriff's and fire departments reveal the efforts by deputies and firefighter-paramedics to assess the incident and respond to the scene.
- PUB DATE: 2/24/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KABC-TV ABC 7 Los Angeles

Firefighters responded to a garage fire in Madison on Monday morning. A caller first reported “lots of smoke” in the area of Lakeside Drive near Colby Street at about 9:50 a.m. An incident report said the smoke was coming from a garage fire about a block away on West Lakeside Street. Officials got inside the garage through a side door and quickly located the fire.
- PUB DATE: 2/23/2021 8:28:41 PM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison

Firefighters on Tuesday, Feb. 23 responded to the scene of a house fire in the Town of Addison. The call came in around 1:05 a.m. The Washington County Sheriff’s Office was notified of a house fire at a single-family residence in the area of Alpine Drive and Highway 33. The fire was reported by one of the homeowners.
- PUB DATE: 2/23/2021 2:03:50 PM - SOURCE: WITI-TV Fox 6 Milwaukee

Kids from Kenosha scouting troops spent hours over the weekend digging out fire hydrants buried in snow. Members of 10 troops, including younger kids from Cub Scout troops, dug out more than 230 buried hydrants around the community. Three additional troops plan to continue the work this week, with organizers estimating they will have freed more than 300 hydrants from the snow when they are done.
- PUB DATE: 2/23/2021 1:47:26 AM - SOURCE: Kenosha News - Metered Site

Multiple Fond du Lac Fire/Rescue (FDLFR) staff members went before the Commission on Fire Accreditation International to try to regain accreditation. FDLFR says, the commission voted unanimously to again grant accredited status to FDLFR. “I am so proud of our entire organization and extremely happy for the community of Fond du Lac,” says Fire/Rescue Chief Peter O’Leary.
- PUB DATE: 2/23/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV CBS 5 Green Bay

VIDEO: Today marks 30 years since one of the worst high-rise fires in Philadelphia history. The deadly fire at One Meridian Plaza took place on February 23, 1991, across from City Hall, where the Residences at the Ritz-Carlton now stands. Firefighters David Holcombe, Phyllis McAllister and James Chappell lost their lives battling that blaze.
- PUB DATE: 2/23/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPVI-TV ABC 6 Philadelphia

VIDEO: Crews with the Shreveport Fire Department were called to put out a fire in the Highland neighborhood on the morning of Tuesday, Feb. 23. The call came in just before 6 a.m. to the 400 block of Jordan Street. That’s in the same block of Woody’s Home for Veterans. The first crew to get on the scene arrived within three minutes.
- PUB DATE: 2/23/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WAFB-TV CBS 9 Baton Rouge

A Twin Cities company is doing something that hasn't been done anywhere else in the country, and it's all to take better care of our first responders. Emergency Technical Decon (ETD) uses a new cleaning process using liquified carbon dioxide to get rid of toxins from gear that firefighters wear, including boots, leather gloves, jackets and helmets.
- PUB DATE: 2/23/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KARE-TV NBC 11 Minneapolis

A new nationwide pilot program is putting doctors inside ambulances virtually. The MetroHealth System has partnered with three EMS agencies that provide emergency care to bring virtual care via video visits with a doctor in the back of an ambulance. The Emergency Triage, Treat and Transport (ET3) agreement between MetroHealth, the Brecksville Fire Department, Life Care Ambulance and North Central EMS, is designed to offer more focused care for patients who call 911.
- PUB DATE: 2/23/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WEWS-TV ABC 5 Cleveland

VIDEO: There is not an expiration date for honoring those lost to tragic events. That is why a local fire department has come together to honor victims of the Marshall County High School Shooting in 2018. The Possum Trot-Sharpe Fire Department dedicated their new truck to Bailey Holt and Preston Cope.
- PUB DATE: 2/23/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPSD-TV NBC 6 Paducah

Sharon Purifoy can remember her scariest day as a Milwaukee firefighter. It was her first day on the job in 2003. Nothing particular happened that day. But it was frightening for her to be starting a career in which life and death are separated by a very thin line. "The most scared I’ve ever been on the job? It had to be just walking in here.
- PUB DATE: 2/22/2021 7:41:51 PM - SOURCE: WITI-TV Fox 6 Milwaukee

Just over a year ago, the now-famous 12-year-old English Bulldog named 'Tuff' fell through the ice, but was saved thanks to a quick response from the South Milwaukee Fire Department. Following Tuff's rescue, the fire department launched a fundraiser by selling t-shirts of Tuff, with the goal being to raise money to purchase water rescue equipment and to make a donation to the K9 for Warriors organization.
- PUB DATE: 2/22/2021 6:48:38 PM - SOURCE: WTMJ-TV NBC 4 Milwaukee

Two children are dead following an early Saturday morning fire in Northwestern Wisconsin. The fire broke out around 4 A.M. at W Semrad Road in Minong. It wasn’t immediately clear the ages of the deceased children. Authorities have yet to comment. According to a GoFundMe page, the family does not have insurance and has a goal to raise $25,000 to help with funeral costs and other expenses.
- PUB DATE: 2/22/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KBJR-TV NBC 6 Superior

A fire in Fond du Lac responded to a reported garage fire with an explosion on Feb. 21, that left a home uninhabitable. Fond du Lac Fire/Rescue says they responded around 9:20 p.m. on Feb. 21 at the 50 block of W. Bank Street for a reported detached garage on fire with an explosion. When arriving the garage was fully involved on fire.
- PUB DATE: 2/22/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV CBS 5 Green Bay

A Stockton man was arrested in Richmond late Saturday on suspicion of attempted murder in the drive-by shooting incident that injured a firefighter and a paramedic in Antioch, and now authorities are searching for his girlfriend and 4-year-old son. The arrest of Darryon Williams, 26, followed a pursuit that traversed two counties and ended moments after Williams' vehicle collided with a parked vehicle in Richmond.
- PUB DATE: 2/22/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KNTV NBC 11 San Jose