In an exclusive interview with ABC10 News, a firefighter shared his heroic story of helping battle the massive fire that erupted aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard this past July. “It was a crazy situation,” said Deputy Fire Chief Robert Sepulveda with Navy Region Southwest Fire Emergency Services. “We [had] about 400-plus firefighters on-scene at the time,” he stated and added, “I was on the front lines with the firefighters and was directing the fire attack on the forward side of the ship at that time.
- PUB DATE: 12/1/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KGTV ABC 10 San Diego

The committee that decides who gets the coronavirus vaccine first meets virtually Tuesday as officials prepare for distribution that could potentially come within two weeks. Look for discussion of two questions: Where should people in long-term care facilities be in the vaccine line and the power of states and governors to shift priorities for who gets immunized first.
- PUB DATE: 12/1/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: USA Today

In a project for the Defense Department’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), computer scientists have turned to artificial intelligence and aerial imagery to construct a detailed damage assessment solution. The tool can be used remotely and automatically to determine the amount of damage to buildings and structures from a natural disaster or catastrophe.
- PUB DATE: 12/1/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: AFCEA Signal

A structure fire early Monday morning in the city caused about $10,000 in damage but no injuries. According to a news release from the Chippewa Falls Fire Department: Firefighters and the EMS Department responded to the blaze at 210 E. Willow St. at about 1:40 a.m. They found smoke and flames coming from the attic area and all occupants evacuated.
- PUB DATE: 11/30/2020 6:11:50 PM - SOURCE: Eau Claire Leader-Telegram

PHOTO: Fond du Lac firefighters responded to a dumpster fire inside a building on Monday, Nov. 30. Crews were dispatched to Milk Specialties near Hickory Street and Tompkins around 1:14 p.m. Upon arrival, first responders discovered that the dumpster was located inside the building and eventually pulled it outside where the fire was extinguished.
- PUB DATE: 11/30/2020 3:39:45 PM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

The New Berlin mayor and Police and Fire Commission are announcing the appointment of Mark Polzin as fire chief. According to a press release, Polzin comes to New Berlin after working in the Racine Fire Department for 26 years. He most recently held the position of Division Chief of Fire Prevention.
- PUB DATE: 11/30/2020 12:36:35 PM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

Investigators are looking for the cause of a weekend fire that killed a man in Appleton. Officials say the man’s house was fully engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived Saturday. A next-door neighbor spotted the flames and called 911. Firefighters were able to bring the blaze under control in about 30 minutes and found the victim once the fire was extinguished.
- PUB DATE: 11/30/2020 8:24:15 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison

Sunday marked 32 years since six Kansas City Missouri firefighters died in an explosion. The explosion happened at a construction site on Nov. 29, 1988. The crews were fighting a trailer fire. They were unaware the trailer had thousands of pounds of ammonium nitrate and fuel oil inside, and the firefighters were killed instantly.
- PUB DATE: 11/30/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KMBC-TV ABC 9 Kansas City

No-Shave November is almost over, and emergency responders across the state will soon go back to a clean-shaven face. But for some Oklahoma firefighters, the mustache will be long-lived. The handlebar. The toothbrush. The pencil. The walrus. The horseshoe. Firefighters with mustaches is an iconic image spanning back decades.
- PUB DATE: 11/30/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOCO-TV ABC 5 Oklahoma City

VIDEO: A retired New York firefighter who served on the frontlines during September 11, 2001 is on a mission to honor fallen firefighters. Frank Pizarro calls Las Vegas home, but served 22 years on the New York Fire Department. He is on mission to retrofit a fire engine to carry caskets of fallen firefighters on the West Coast.
- PUB DATE: 11/30/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KVVU-TV FOX 5 Las Vegas

The U.S. will finish the month of November with more than 4 million confirmed cases of COVID-19, by far the most it has recorded in any month since the beginning of the pandemic. According to a database kept by Johns Hopkins University, the U.S. recorded 4.3 million new cases of COVID-19 throughout the month of November.
- PUB DATE: 11/30/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KMGH-TV ABC 7 Denver

A grateful retired firefighter reunited with a stranger he says saved his life by getting him to safety after a fiery car crash in Florida. Retired fire lieutenant Richard Broccolo recalled the moment Aug. 23 he thought he was going to die after his car went off the roadway on Florida State Road 429.
- PUB DATE: 11/30/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKMG-TV CBS 6 Orlando

The Waupun Fire Department responded to a duplex fire at 540 E. Jefferson Street at 12:33 a.m. Saturday morning. A person visiting the downstairs tenant noticed the building was on fire. Everyone had safely evacuated before the fire department arrived. When the department did arrive, fire was venting out the second story windows.
- PUB DATE: 11/29/2020 3:14:55 PM - SOURCE: Daily Citizen

One man was rescued Sunday from a pre-dawn fire that destroyed at least two buildings in downtown Tomah. Tomah Police Chief Tim Adler said every building on the east side of the 1100 block of Superior Avenue likely sustained some kind of damage. “We have smoke and water extension into pretty much everything on the block,” Adler said.
- PUB DATE: 11/29/2020 1:20:20 PM - SOURCE: Lacrosse Tribune

Lawrence firefighters are extending their “deepest sympathy” to the family of an Appleton woman who died after colliding with a parked fire truck earlier this week. At around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday, Hobart Lawrence police and fire units were working to clear a crash that happened on I-41 southbound near County Highway S in the Town of Lawrence.
- PUB DATE: 11/29/2020 5:16:05 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV and WJMN-TV CBS 5 Green Bay

A Janesville man was arrested Thursday after arming himself with a knife, damaging property and setting a house on fire, police say. Around 2 p.m., Janesville officers responded to reports of a disturbance at a house along the 3600 block of Birdsong Lane. On the way, officers learned that a man was armed with a knife and breaking things inside the house, according to a social media post by the Janesville Police Department.
- PUB DATE: 11/27/2020 9:52:40 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison

An overnight fire caused $200,000 damage to a business on Appleton’s S. Schaefer St, just off E. Calumet. The Appleton Fire Department describes it as an oil change and vehicle repair shop. The fire was reported shortly after 2 A.M. The fire department says flames were coming from the building. They quickly had the fire under control and there were no injuries.
- PUB DATE: 11/25/2020 7:41:47 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

For more than 20 years, Wood County firefighters have been asking people to "Keep the Wreath Green" by paying attention to fire safety during the holidays. Each year since 1994, Wood County fire departments hang wreaths filled with green lights on their buildings. For each structure fire in the county from Thanksgiving Day through New Year's Eve, a green bulb is changed to a red one.
- PUB DATE: 11/25/2020 6:57:09 AM - SOURCE: Marshfield News-Herald

VIDEO: Four firefighters suffered burns Tuesday while trying to rescue someone they thought was inside a burning home in the New Town neighborhood of Northwest Jacksonville. The Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department was called just after 1 p.m. and saw flames and heavy smoke coming from the house on Acorn Street near West 2nd Street.
- PUB DATE: 11/25/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJXT-TV News 4 Jacksonville

The city held a socially-distanced ceremony showcasing Carrollton’s newly renovated Harold K. Bessire Park Playground (1117 Dentonshire Drive) on Nov. 21. The City Council approved funding in February for renovations, including a synthetic turf surface as well as new playground equipment with a firefighter theme, honoring Carrollton’s first responders and the namesake of the park, former Carrollton Fire Chief and Fire Marshal Harold K.
- PUB DATE: 11/25/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Carrolton Leader