Gunfire struck a D.C. firefighter who was tending to a shooting victim in Southwest Washington Sunday night, police say. A man was shot about 4:20 p.m. in the parking lot of the 7-Eleven at the corner of MLK Avenue and South Capitol Street SW, police said. As firefighters and police responded to the shooting, gunfire erupted across the street in the 3800 block of Halley Terrace SE.
- PUB DATE: 11/23/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WRC-TV NBC 4 Washington DC

VIDEO: Despite a year and holiday season of change amid the COVID-19 pandemic, one sign of normalcy remains: the Macy's holiday windows. This year's light show was unveiled Thursday and will stay lit throughout the holiday season. The theme for this year's display is "Give, Love, Believe" and Macy's is using the show as a way to celebrate the spirit of so many after a tumultuous year.
- PUB DATE: 11/23/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WABC-TV ABC 7 New York

After playing under the lights at Mile High Stadium, a former Denver tight end has chosen to trade in his NFL helmet for a Denver Fire helmet. Former Bronco Wesley Duke is now one of Denver Fire Department’s newest and most energetic firefighters. Duke, who played for the Broncos in 2005, said the decision to become a firefighter was fueled by commonalities between athletics and firefighting, and a desire to give back to the community that supported his career in the NFL.
- PUB DATE: 11/23/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCNC-TV CBS 4 Denver

A kitchen fire caused an estimated $50,000 worth of damage on the city's west side Sunday. The Green Bay Metro Fire Department responded to a report around noon of a fire with visible smoke and flames in the 700 block of Winford Avenue. Firefighters saw smoke and flames coming from a window when they arrived.
- PUB DATE: 11/22/2020 5:15:18 PM - SOURCE: Green Bay Press-Gazette

A fire that is believed to be started by a battery-operated LED candle occurred in the 2800 block of Blaine Avenue Saturday morning. There were no injuries to civilians or firefighters associated with this incident, according to a news release from the Fire Department. The Racine Fire Department was dispatched just after 10 a.
- PUB DATE: 11/21/2020 11:25:10 AM - SOURCE: Racine Journal Times

A massive fire destroyed at least one building in Orange County. A large fire broke out around 11 a.m. on Thursday in Middletown at a large commercial building on Midland Avenue. The blaze also started a number of brush fires behind the building. "On Thursday 11/19/2020 Middletown FD was alerted to a structure fire on Midland Avenue Extension.
- PUB DATE: 11/20/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Hudson Valley Post

The Kansas City, Kansas Fire Department says firefighters who have been exposed to COVID-19 but who have not tested positive should continue to work. The fire department says that since the virus hit, 67 members have tested positive. There are more than 400 members of the firefighters union. "I think it's creating a potentially dangerous situation for both the firefighters and the public," said union president J.
- PUB DATE: 11/20/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KMBC-TV ABC 9 Kansas City

The owners of two smoking and vaping supply stores in downtown Los Angeles where a large explosion left several firefighters seriously injured struck plea deals with prosecutors Thursday that call for their businesses to pay more than $100,000 to the city. As part of the agreement with the Los Angeles city attorney’s office, the retail businesses, Smoke Tokes and Green Buddha, must pay the Los Angeles Fire Department roughly $127,000 to compensate the agency for the investigation into the May 16 blast, which rocked downtown L.
- PUB DATE: 11/20/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Los Angeles Times - Metered Site

The coronavirus vaccine works entirely different than any other human vaccine ever used. Scientists say to not think of this vaccine like a flu shot, because it uses new technology some are calling a game changer. “It's a new era in vaccine design,” says postdoctoral researcher Stephen Goldstein. A flu vaccine is a diluted version of the virus that might provide a defense if the actual virus is introduced into the human body.
- PUB DATE: 11/20/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KUTV-TV CBS 2 News Salt Lake City

PHOTOS: The 775th Civil Engineering Squadron Fire and Emergency Services Flight recently added two new vehicles to their fleet Oct. 29, which will greatly expand emergency and incident response capability. The first of two is a 2020 Oshkosh P-23 Aircraft Rescue Firefighting vehicle. The truck, which has a call sign of “Crash 8,” is a completely modernized, top-tier aircraft fire response vehicle that uses the latest in technology for efficiency and crew safety.
- PUB DATE: 11/20/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Robins Air Force Base

VIDEO: A $5,000 reward is being offered to help catch two people of interest believed to be connected to a severe fire that tore through a building in Milwaukee last year. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and Milwaukee police are seeking to identify two people they believe were involved in the arson incident.
- PUB DATE: 11/19/2020 8:50:55 PM - SOURCE: WTMJ-TV NBC 4 Milwaukee

A Waukesha boy had to be rescued by firefighters after getting his head stuck in a cat scratching post. Cynthia Olson posted photos of her son's rescue to the Catspotting Society group on Facebook. Olson said her son had to be removed from the post by the Waukesha Fire Department. "Our son is absolutely fine," Olson wrote on the post.
- PUB DATE: 11/19/2020 4:18:35 PM - SOURCE: WGBA-TV NBC 26 Green Bay

Firefighters on Thursday, Nov. 19 responded to the scene of a structure fire on Arndt Street near Military Road in Fond du Lac. The call came in around 1:30 a.m. Upon arrival, crews encountered heavy fire conditions in the front of the two-story, multiple tenant structure. One victim was rescued by first arriving crews and was treated and transported to the hospital.
- PUB DATE: 11/19/2020 4:52:02 AM - SOURCE: WITI-TV Fox 6 Milwaukee

The Wisconsin Rapids Fire Department is celebrating 100 years of full-time service to the community. The city of Wisconsin Rapids was developed as a consolidation of Grand Rapids, which sat on the east side of the Wisconsin River and Centralia, which was situated in the west side. The two municipalities combined in the spring of 1900 and bore the name of Grand Rapids, until the name was changed to Wisconsin Rapids to correct and freight/mail confusion with Grand Rapids, MI.
- PUB DATE: 11/19/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Wisconsin Rapids City Times

As President-elect Joe Biden prepares to take office in two months, he heard Wednesday from a firefighter, nurses and a caregiver who described chronic shortages of protective equipment, tests and contact tracing to combat the coronavirus pandemic. The virus, combined with rebuilding the economy, is the biggest challenge facing Biden.
- PUB DATE: 11/19/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Daily Journal

VIDEO: A raging fire in Queens forced families out of their homes Wednesday night as temperatures fell below freezing for the first time since last winter. The fire started around 8 p.m. at a seven-story building on New Haven Avenue and Beach 22nd Street in Far Rockaway. CBS2’s Cory James reports it took about 100 firefighters two hours to get the blaze under control.
- PUB DATE: 11/19/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLNY-TV CBS 55 Riverhead

Hiram's fire chief Bruce Pyburn is proud to show off the town's first fire truck. "This is the original lettering, all gold leaf, original hoses, original ladder," Pyburn said. "It's a '37 Dodge that has been with the department since day one." The truck was purchased in 1937, the same year the Hiram Fire Department was started.
- PUB DATE: 11/19/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTHR-TV NBC 13 Indianapolis

The Wisconsin Rapids Fire Department is celebrating 100 years of full-time service to the community. The city of Wisconsin Rapids was developed as a consolidation of Grand Rapids, which sat on the east side of the Wisconsin River and Centralia, which was situated in the west side. The two municipalities combined in the spring of 1900 and bore the name of Grand Rapids, until the name was changed to Wisconsin Rapids to correct and freight/mail confusion with Grand Rapids, MI.
- PUB DATE: 11/19/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Wisconsin Rapids City Times

Rep. Joe Morelle is calling on a federal agency to reverse a new rule that allows railroad tankers carrying liquefied natural gas to roll through Monroe County. The rule went into effect on Aug. 24, though it faces several legal challenges. It allows trains to carry up to 100 tankers of liquefied gas on American railroads, as long as the gas is stored in a specifically-designed tanker whose safety as a container for the gas has been largely untested.
- PUB DATE: 11/19/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Rochester City Newspaper

The Oconto Fire Rescue Department’s first female full-time firefighter/EMT is now its first female ranking officer. Tabitha Vande Voort was promoted to lieutenant, Fire Chief Josh Bostedt announced Tuesday. She has twice served as a paid on-call member of the department, in 2006 and then again starting in January 2017, before being hired full-time in February 2019.
- PUB DATE: 11/18/2020 11:12:03 AM - SOURCE: Green Bay Press-Gazette