Three first responders were hit while responding to a crash in Frederick County that left a motorcyclist with life-threatening injuries, the Frederick County Division of Fire and Rescue Services said Tuesday. First responders were called to the scene of a crash involving a motorcycle in the 12900 block of Stottlemyer Road near Wolfsville just after 4:30 p.
- PUB DATE: 11/12/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJZ-TV CBS 13 Baltimore

As hospitals in the state reach capacity and face dire staff shortages, North Dakota will now allow healthcare workers who have tested positive for COVID-19 to continue working in coronavirus units, officials announced this week. Hospital administrators have asked for the extraordinary action to be taken, Governor Doug Burgum said at a Monday press conference, and interim State Health Officer Dirk Wilke amended an order to allow the new measure to take effect.
- PUB DATE: 11/12/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC News

VIDEO: It played a pivotal role in helping firefighters contain the fire at "the cheel" restaurant in Thiensville Sunday, Nov. 8, and on Wednesday, FOX6 News got a behind-the-scenes look at the Ozaukee County Division of Emergency Management's drone program. The building "the cheel" sat in was originally built in the 19th Century and remodeled several times.
- PUB DATE: 11/11/2020 11:23:43 PM - SOURCE: WITI Fox 6 Milwaukee

A Winnebago County fire department wants to add to its fleet of vehicles. The Town of Winchester is hoping to purchase a UTV or utility terrain vehicle to better serve its community. Two dozen volunteer firefighters and EMS make up the Town of Winchester Fire Department. The deputy chief tells Action 2 News the department is looking to grow both in manpower and in machinery.
- PUB DATE: 11/11/2020 2:45:07 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

Two Brown County Sheriff’s Deputies are being hailed as heroes for pulling a man out of a SUV after it erupted in flames in a crash. Investigators say the driver deputies saved early Wednesday morning was drunk, and Action 2 News has obtained dash cam video of the moments officers jumped into action to save the man’s life.
- PUB DATE: 11/11/2020 2:45:00 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

It's been 11 months since a building on Martin Luther King and Wright Street was heavily damaged by an arson fire. There's now a reward of up to $5,000 for information about two suspects. The building housed a Metro PCS store and a hair salon. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Milwaukee Field Office and the Milwaukee, Wisconsin Police Department released video showing the suspects they're looking for.
- PUB DATE: 11/10/2020 1:19:35 PM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

When few others had an interest in restoring the historic Victorian building at the corner of Main Street and Buntrock Avenue in Thiensville, Barka and Jesse Daily stepped forward with a vision and a fierce work ethic. With her history growing up in Kathmandu, his engineering background and their shared love of cooking, the couple started the cheel restaurant featuring food from the Himalayas to the Rockies and grew it into a destination for people throughout southeastern Wisconsin.
- PUB DATE: 11/10/2020 5:37:22 AM - SOURCE: Greater Milwaukee Today

Since the start of the pandemic, the Superior Fire Department has tallied three firefighters testing positive for COVID-19 and none have experienced significant health issues as a result. Chief Scott Gordon says those cases were contained and not spread to other members of the department. “We now know we cannot keep COVID-19 out of our department now we come at it from a different way how can we keep COVID-19 from shutting down our department,” says Gordon.
- PUB DATE: 11/10/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FOX 21 Online

A member of the Easton Township Fire Department was killed in a crash Sunday night while he was on his way to a fire, according to an official with the Leavenworth County Sheriff’s Office. Johnny Ivison Jr., 23, rural Leavenworth County, was pronounced dead at the scene. The crash was reported at 10:07 p.
- PUB DATE: 11/10/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Leavenworth Times

Alameda Fire Department’s (AFD) Seagrave Model 760 pumper is approaching an important milestone. Dec. 20 marks the 100th anniversary of AFD placing the apparatus in service as Engine No. 2. Seagrave’s creation was one of a pair of triple-combination pumpers that the department purchased in the wake of the Jan.
- PUB DATE: 11/10/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Alameda Sun

Fighting fires comes with many risks. But new research shows there's a new one to consider: increased exposure to fires appears to raise the likelihood of developing atrial fibrillation, or AFib, an irregular heartbeat that can lead to blood clots, stroke, heart failure and other problems. Researchers found the more fires a firefighter fought, the higher the likelihood he or she would report having been diagnosed with AFib.
- PUB DATE: 11/10/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Times Union

VIDEO: No injuries were reported Monday after fire destroyed the Rainbow Motel in the town of Pamelia. Volunteers from several fire departments were called to the motel on Route 12 at around 1 p.m. The black cloud could be seen a mile away. The heat was so strong, it could be felt across the street, hundreds of feet away.
- PUB DATE: 11/10/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WWNY-TV CBS 7 Carthage

Throughout the U.S., hospitals and health care workers are tracking the skyrocketing number of new coronavirus cases in their communities and bracing for a flood of patients to come in the wake of those infections. Already, seriously ill COVID-19 patients are starting to fill up hospital beds at unsustainable rates.
- PUB DATE: 11/10/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Jefferson Public Radio

One person is dead after a house fire in Janesville overnight. The Janesville Fire Department says they were called to 1062 South Pearl Street in Janesville just after midnight Monday morning. Once they got there, firefighters reported a heavy fire with the person who lives there being unaccounted for.
- PUB DATE: 11/9/2020 6:06:23 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison

VIDEO: The Alameda County Fire Department was battling a warehouse fire overnight Monday in San Leandro. By 1:25 a.m., about 50 firefighters were on the scene to fight the large blaze at a Georgia Pacific packaging plant on Alvarado Street. When KRON4 arrived on scene, crews were putting out hot spots and it was finally put out around 5 a.
- PUB DATE: 11/9/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KRON-TV 4 San Francisco

Sixty-two firefighters died in 2019 from injuries sustained while on duty, 22 less than the 2018 total of 84 firefighters, according to a new report from the U.S. Fire Administration. The 2019 total includes 10 firefighters who died under circumstances that were part of inclusion criteria changes resulting from the Hometown Heroes Survivors Benefit Act.
- PUB DATE: 11/9/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Homeland Security Today

Bob Perkins of the Winthrop Fire Department says his wife grows nervous when he and his firefighter sons Connor, 22, and Cody, 19, get called to fires or other emergencies. “By now, she’s sorta used to it, but she still gets pretty nervous sometimes,” he said, “and she ends up listening to the pager.
- PUB DATE: 11/9/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Sun Journal

In an unprecedented weekend of COVID-19 infections, nearly all of the US is seeing cases rise as the national total teeters near 10 million. There were 105,927 new coronavirus cases reported on Sunday, marking the 5th day in a row that cases topped 100,000, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
- PUB DATE: 11/9/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNN

Did you know that for over a century the fire trucks in Opelousas had names? That used to be a custom in this town as well as many other towns and cities across the U.S. Let’s talk about that. Several days ago I received a message from Debbie Harmon Payne asking if I would know who the Opelousas fire truck “Sid” was named for.
- PUB DATE: 11/9/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Daily World

A man pulled a gun on two Milwaukee firefighters near 50th and Fiebrantz around 9:10 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7. Milwaukee police say the two firefighters were seated in their fire engine waiting on traffic to pass when a man pulled beside them, pointed a gun at them, then immediately drove away. There are no current suspects.
- PUB DATE: 11/8/2020 7:37:58 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee