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

On May 16, 2020, eleven firefighters were seriously injured during one of the most intense and dangerous fires in the history of the Los Angeles Fire Department. One of those firefighters was Fire Capt. Víctor Aguirre, who suffered serious burns. He spoke with our sister station Telemundo 52 about his miraculous recovery and the voracious fire that almost took his life away.
- PUB DATE: 11/25/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KNBC-TV NBC 4 Los Angeles

At a fire house in King City Tuesday, crews gave KGW an up-close look at one of their newest tools, the Lucas Mechanical CPR Device. "It's highly efficient," said Capt. Tim Nokes of Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue (TVF&R). "It's highly effective." Capt. Nokes says the device is one of three in service in the TVF&R district.
- PUB DATE: 11/25/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KGW-TV NBC 8 Portland

VIDEO: Charleston first responders are joining forces to ‘wave goodnight’ to the children and healthcare heroes at Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital. Police, fire and EMS park their vehicles outside the children’s hospital, and when the clock strikes 7:30 p.m., they turn their lights on for five minutes, so that the patients inside can see them shine and know their community is here to say goodnight.
- PUB DATE: 11/25/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCBD-TV NBC/CW+ 2 Charleston

Kenosha police and fire were busy with several crashes Tuesday night, including one at Sheridan Road northwest of Seventh Avenue where a vehicle crashed into the side of the La Fogata restaurant. No one appeared to be injured in the 4:34 p.m. crash in which an SUV struck the southeast side of La Fogata, 3300 Sheridan Road.
- PUB DATE: 11/24/2020 6:46:29 PM - SOURCE: Racine Journal Times - Metered Site

The International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) penned a letter to the nation’s governors requesting firefighters and emergency medical personnel on the front lines of the battle against COVID-19 be among those given priority access to a vaccine once it is available. According to the IAFF, over 30,000 firefighters have been exposed to COVID-19 in the line of duty.
- PUB DATE: 11/24/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCBD-TV NBC/CW+ 2 Charleston

PHOTO: Oshkosh Airport Products, LLC, an Oshkosh Corporation Company, announced on Nov. 20 that the company delivered three Striker 8x8 ARFF vehicles to the San Francisco International Airport in California. The department’s new Striker 8x8 vehicles were delivered in late September and early October.
- PUB DATE: 11/24/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Aviation Pros

COVID-19 is running unabated across almost every American community, and one model projects it will take the country just under two months to reach a staggering 20 million cases. The US could nearly double its current numbers -- about 12.4 million reported infections -- by January 20, according to the Washington University in St.
- PUB DATE: 11/24/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNN Health

Violence against first responders has increased since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, according to D.C.’s acting chief of DC Fire & EMS (FEMS), John Donnelly, who said he’s still trying to come to grips with an incident Sunday where a firefighter/EMT was injured in a shooting. The shooting came just as D.
- PUB DATE: 11/24/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WUSA-TV CBS 9 Washington DC

It has been a tragic year for gun violence in Milwaukee County. Local leaders are looking for answers. On Monday, Nov. 23, they announced one plan: free gun locks. Fire Chief Aaron Lipski demonstrated one of the gun locks that his firefighters will hand out free to anyone at Milwaukee fire stations, no questions asked.
- PUB DATE: 11/24/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

Kenosha Fire Chief Guy Santelli shared a powerful plea to the community after revealing he tested positive for COVID-19 but didn't experience any symptoms at all. In a video shared to the Kenosha County Government Facebook page, Chief Santelli -- who is 49 -- said he and his 56-year-old brother went hiking together a few weeks ago.
- PUB DATE: 11/23/2020 6:47:31 PM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

It has been a tragic year for gun violence in Milwaukee County. Local leaders are looking for answers. On Monday, Nov. 23, they announced one plan: free gun locks. Fire Chief Aaron Lipski demonstrated one of the gun locks that his firefighters will hand out free to anyone at Milwaukee fire stations, no questions asked.
- PUB DATE: 11/23/2020 4:02:14 PM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

The Green Bay Metro Fire Department was dispatched to a fire aboard a ship in port Monday morning. A generator caught fire on the top floor of a ship at the LaFarge dock off 9th Street shortly before 6 A.M. The ship’s crew put the fire out before Green Bay firefighters were on the scene. The firefighters helped with ventilating the smoke and made sure the fire didn’t extend anywhere else, confirming the fire was confined to the generator room at the ship’s port bow.
- PUB DATE: 11/23/2020 9:54:21 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

A fire destroyed a garage and its contents Sunday night in Sheboygan County’s Town of Rhine. The sheriff’s office says 911 received a call from Little Elkhart Lake Rd. a little after 10 P.M. Fire departments from Ada, Elkhart Lake, Haven, Howards Grove, Johnsonville, Glenbeulah, Greenbush, Kiel, New Holstein, Plymouth, St.
- PUB DATE: 11/23/2020 5:39:31 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

VIDEO: Firefighters battled a six-alarm fire Saturday evening at an apartment building under construction near the University of California campus. The blaze was reported shortly before 6 p.m. and was located in an apartment building under construction and believed to be unoccupied in the 2000 block of University Avenue, two blocks west of the Cal campus.
- PUB DATE: 11/23/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPIX-TV CBS 5 San Francisco