A neighbor stepped up Monday morning to help firefighters reach a burning barn and put down the flames before it could reach neighboring structures. Sun Prairie Fire & Rescue Co. explained the individual used an end loader to plow a path for the fire trucks to reach the building, in the 4800 block of Town hall Dr.
- PUB DATE: 2/15/2021 1:46:11 PM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison

The Beaver Dam Fire Department is starting to make its promised hires after voters approved a referendum in November. Beaver Dam voters approved a referendum 66 percent to 34 percent to cover six new full-time firefighter/paramedic positions, with a tax impact of $37 on a $100,000 house in the first year.
- PUB DATE: 2/14/2021 4:39:17 PM - SOURCE: Daily Citizen - Metered Site

A Racine home was caught on fire after a woman heated rubbing alcohol on the stove to use it to melt the ice on her car Sunday morning, Feb. 14. The Racine Fire Department was dispatched to a home in the 300 block of Luedtke Avenue just before 6:30 a.m. Upon arrival, fire officials found the occupants on the front porch trying to extinguish articles from inside the home that were on fire.
- PUB DATE: 2/14/2021 11:09:28 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

Developing overnight in Langlade County, the Antigo Fire Department tells NewsChannel 7 that crews responded to a fire at Dejno’s overnight. Fire Chief John Petroskey with the Antigo Fire Department says that there were no injuries reported but there was substantial damage to equipment inside the building.
- PUB DATE: 2/12/2021 3:53:06 AM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau

Firefighters battled a fire that spread through apartments in the 300 block of East Main Street in the village late Thursday. According Candi Scheid, a bar manager at Village View Pub at 350 East Main St., firefighters from multiple jurisdictions assisted the Twin Lakes Fire and Rescue Department, which arrived at the scene at about 9 p.
- PUB DATE: 2/12/2021 1:04:40 AM - SOURCE: Kenosha News - Metered Site

Firefighters are battling a massive house fire early Friday morning. The fire started around 2 a.m. at a duplex on Montgomery Drive near New World Drive. Firefighters arrived to find flames shooting up through the roof of the house, which was nearly fully engulfed. The strong winds made the fire more difficult for firefighters to get it under control.
- PUB DATE: 2/12/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WOAI-TV NBC 4 San Antonio

On Broadway, just south of Lincoln, is another Wichita landmark that is hidden in plain sight: the Kansas Firefighters Museum. The museum is small in size but uses the space wisely. The walls, ceilings — every square inch, it seems — is full of memorabilia. There are photos, plaques, logbooks and, best of all, old fire equipment.
- PUB DATE: 2/12/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KMUW.org

Yes, Stipe Miocic still works as a firefighter when he is not fighting inside the UFC octagon. The current UFC heavyweight champion is a long-running member of the Oakwood and Valley View Fire Departments in his hometown Ohio, where he works as a dedicated firefighter and a paramedic. Over the years, many have cast doubt over his ability to balance the two professions, but Stipe Miocic has proved them all wrong by giving his best to both his careers and not compromising with either.
- PUB DATE: 2/12/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Sports Skeeda

February 10, 2021, marked 40 years since the second deadly hotel fire in three months shook Las Vegas to its core. The city was already reeling from the November fire that claimed 87 lives at the old MGM Grand (today Bally's). Then, on February 10, 1981, it was a terrible case of déjà vu. This time it was the Hilton (now the Westgate), which was the largest hotel in the world at that time.
- PUB DATE: 2/12/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSNV-TV NBC 3 Las Vegas

Together, they have fought fires, cut back metal to extricate accident victims from cars, taken turns compressing the chest of someone whose heart isn't beating and, since last fall, warmed baby bottles and changed diapers. A shared love of helping their neighbors led Hopewell Volunteer Firefighters Jim and Annie Ferry to fall in love with each other.
- PUB DATE: 2/12/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Mercer Me

At least two of the homes that recently burned on Milwaukee’s south side did not have working smoke detectors installed, Acting Fire Chief Aaron Lipski said at a news conference called this week to address fire safety. At the Wednesday news conference, Ald. JoCasta Zamarripa and Mayor Tom Barrett focused on fire safety tips and how renters and homeowners can get free smoke detectors installed in their homes.
- PUB DATE: 2/11/2021 1:32:11 PM - SOURCE: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

VIDEO: The Sauk County Sheriff’s Office said a 17-year-old boy was arrested in another county following a house fire in Reedsburg. Emergency crews were notified about the fire Wednesday at a home along State Highway 154 in the town of Reedsburg. Everyone inside the home was able to evacuate safely, but pets were still inside when firefighters arrived, according to a release by the Sauk County Sheriff’s Office.
- PUB DATE: 2/11/2021 12:40:14 PM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison

Firefighters are battling a house fire Thursday morning on Kickbusch Street. Wausau police officials said they’re at a fire in the 1000 block of Kickbusch Street with the Wausau Fire Department. Official said the scene is active, and the roadway and block surrounding the fire is closed and residents should expect delays.
- PUB DATE: 2/11/2021 5:35:11 AM - SOURCE: Wausau Daily Herald

VIDEO: Dozens of people have been displaced by a massive fire at a condo building in Boxboro. As firefighters poured water on the smoldering brick shell on Swanson Road, one longtime resident stood nearby in shock. “I’ve lived there for 45 years, so there’s a lot of memories there,” one woman said. It was just after five o’clock when firefighters responding to a call for smoke in the attic were greeted by an inferno.
- PUB DATE: 2/11/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBZ-TV CBS 4 Boston

The Cedar Rapids firefighters who were seriously injured over the weekend when a hose line ruptured have been released from the hospital while fire officials investigate what happened. Both firefighters were treated for fractures and were released from the hospital Sunday, Cedar Rapids public safety spokesperson Greg Buelow told The Gazette on Wednesday.
- PUB DATE: 2/11/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Gazette

VIDEO: Lauderhill Fire Rescue crews used a drone equipped with infrared technology to help them fight a house fire Wednesday afternoon. “We were able to find the source of the fire in the drone. It was in the attic. It had not penetrated the roof yet,” said Captain Jerry Gonzalez. Gonzalez said it was the first time the department used the technology to locate what he called a “hidden fire.
- PUB DATE: 2/11/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPLG-TV ABC 10 Miami

Michigan’s Lewis Cass building made headlines last summer when Gov. Gretchen Whitmer renamed it the Elliott-Larsen building. But this week 70 years ago, Michigan’s oldest standing state office building was in the news for something else entirely: a massive fire lit by a state employee who hoped it would help him avoid the Korean War.
- PUB DATE: 2/11/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Mlive.com

The state of Indiana is dedicating tens of thousands of federal dollars to making naloxone, the opioid-involved overdose reversal medication, publicly available every day and around the clock. On February 5, Governor Eric Holcomb announced that the state will be partnering with the harm reduction nonprofit Overdose Lifeline to bring NaloxBoxes—hard acrylic boxes that can be mounted to an exterior wall—to all 92 Indiana counties.
- PUB DATE: 2/11/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Filter Magazine

Gov. Tony Evers has ordered flags be flown at half-staff Friday in remembrance of a Columbia County fire inspector who died of COVID-19. David Jerald Tomlinson was a member of the Poynette-Dekorra Fire Department for over 30 years, according to a post from the department’s Facebook page. A news release said he died Dec.
- PUB DATE: 2/10/2021 7:24:30 PM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison

A house fire in Marshall led to road closures Wednesday night on Highway 73. Dane County dispatch said it received a call at 6:21 p.m. for a report of a structure fire on Canal Road. Officials said firefighters called a box alarm, meaning agencies from several municipalities were sent to assist. The homeowner told our crew at the scene that everyone was able to evacuate the house safely, including the pets.
- PUB DATE: 2/10/2021 6:08:37 PM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison