Firefighters rescued a kayaker stranded in the Fox River Friday afternoon. First responders were called around noon Friday to the Fox River for a report that a kayaker had become separated from his boat and was hanging on to a buoy in the river near the Memorial Drive bridge, according to a news release from the Appleton Fire Department.
- PUB DATE: 11/7/2020 1:06:39 AM - SOURCE: Appleton Post-Gazette & Post Crescent.com

On the job, firefighters never know what they’re going to walk into, but Engine 10’s training and instincts saved a life. “Every day is different,” Lt. Will Yackel said. “It’s never the same two days in a row.” Madison firefighter James Kidd said he’s never responded to a call like the one Saturday night.
- PUB DATE: 11/6/2020 3:53:10 PM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison

A new lifesaving device is being put into action in Iron Ridge thanks to the generosity of a local company. Iron Ridge Fire Chief Jason Boeck said that first responders will begin training on the LUCAS 3 chest compression system next week. The device was donated by the Hanni family, owners of PS Seasoning, in memory of Ken Hanni who died last fall.
- PUB DATE: 11/6/2020 2:39:56 PM - SOURCE: WISC News

One person is dead following an apartment fire in Beloit early Friday morning. According to the Beloit Fire Dept., firefighters responded shortly before 3 a.m. to the home, in the 300 block of West Grand Ave. As crews arrived, they could see heavy smoke and flames coming from the second floor. Warned that someone may still be inside the apartment, they started searching and found the victim’s body, the fire dept.
- PUB DATE: 11/6/2020 11:07:16 AM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison

The Madison Fire Department is looking into the cause of a boat fire on the city’s east side Thursday morning. An incident report said dispatchers received several reports of a fire in the parking lot on the 1800 block of East Washington Avenue shortly before 5 a.m. A crew responded and found a fully involved cabin cruiser boat.
- PUB DATE: 11/6/2020 5:46:45 AM - SOURCE: WMSN-TV Fox 47 Madison

Several people suffered burns in a fire at a duplex on Green Bay’s northwest side. At about 1:37 a.m., Green Bay Metro Fire was called to 1330 N. Locust for a report of smoke and flames coming from a bedroom on the left side of the multi-family building. “The fire was put out pretty quickly. It did not extend into the attic or anywhere else into the complex,” says Battalion Chief David Kolz.
- PUB DATE: 11/6/2020 5:19:03 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

Two communities said "yes" but a third voted "no" in a series of referendums to fund expansion of a fire department serving this part of Walworth County. Voters in the town of Geneva rejected the proposal, while others in the town of Sugar Creek and city of Elkhorn agreed to fund a $1.6 million-a-year expansion of the Elkhorn Fire Department.
- PUB DATE: 11/6/2020 1:04:00 AM - SOURCE: Lake Geneva News

Compared to the general public, New York City firefighters and emergency medical workers were 15 times more likely to be infected with the new coronavirus during the first wave of the pandemic, researchers reported on Thursday in ERJ Open Research. They studied nearly 10,800 firefighters and 3,500 emergency medical technicians (EMTs) and paramedics.
- PUB DATE: 11/6/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Reuters

A Delray Beach firefighter is sharing his story of survival from cancer in an emotional post on Facebook. Throughout November, the agency is telling stories about firefighters who have battled cancer. They said it part of an effort to increase awareness of the disease and the importance of prevention for everyone.
- PUB DATE: 11/6/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPTV NBC 5 West Palm Beach

The Rutgers School of Public Health received a $1.5 million Federal Emergency Management Agency grant to support cancer research for volunteer firefighters. The funding will enhance research already being done in collaboration with Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey as part of the Cancer Assessment and Prevention Study.
- PUB DATE: 11/6/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Rutgers Today

For the past 24 years in Haskell, Texas, Steel Fire Apparatus has been transforming trucks into firefighting machines. “But we take it and add the bed, the tool boxes, the pump, the water,” Wes Steele, owner, said. But before they’re ready to fight brush fires, everything starts with Wes designing the truck on the computer based on a fire department’s needs.
- PUB DATE: 11/6/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KRBC-TV NBC 9 Abilene

As the pandemic lingers, Fond du Lac Fire Rescue finds itself responding to an unusually high number of fire and emergency calls. And it appears the pandemic is the reason for the uptick. When the pandemic started, Fond du Lac Fire Rescue began implementing measures to protect its staff as well as the community it serves.
- PUB DATE: 11/5/2020 2:53:21 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

Four firefighters and an off-duty Boston police officer were injured when a Boston Fire Department vehicle crashed into a bank less than a mile away from a fire scene early Thursday morning. The fire truck crashed into a Bank of America around 2:26 a.m. at the intersection of Talbot Avenue and Washington Street in Dorchester.
- PUB DATE: 11/5/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NECN-TV NBC 10 Boston

The remains of Los Angeles firefighter Francisco “Frank” Aguilar, who went missing in Mexico in August, have been found after a monthslong investigation, officials announced Wednesday. The Baja California central state prosecutor said the badly burned body was found on Oct. 23 in a desolate field in Rosarito, according to Border Report, an online news source from KTLA parent company Nexstar.
- PUB DATE: 11/5/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTLA-TV WB 5 Los Angeles

Some call it controversial, others call it a life saver. In time for the onset of a second wave of the coronavirus, an all-women’s EMS service in Brooklyn is finally getting an ambulance after overcoming naysayers in the city who tried to prevent it from happening. As CBS2’s Lisa Rozner reported, 4-month-old Sarah Richter sleeps peacefully, even in the pouring rain.
- PUB DATE: 11/5/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCBS-TV CBS 2 New York

The new Fire Station 8 facility was built on a site that had a doublewide trailer as a temporary station. The new, permanent main station has 14 bunk rooms, a kitchen and dining area, offices, an exercise room, a day room with chairs and a TV, a gear locker room and four garage bays. For the firefighters of Station 8, it goes beyond just a place to come to work.
- PUB DATE: 11/5/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Business Observer

The voters have spoken in Grand Chute and they overwhelmingly approved the addition of nine more firefighter/paramedics for the town’s fire department. The staffing referendum passed with nearly 70% approval. Grand Chute has grown dramatically in the past decade with the addition of residences and business, in the town, leading to an increase in calls for public safety like the fire department.
- PUB DATE: 11/4/2020 2:41:17 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

A deal to share ambulance service among six neighboring rural communities has won voter approval in referendums held Tuesday in multiple towns and villages. The plan to jointly contract a private ambulance company to share two new full-time firefighters was approved by voters in the towns and villages of Walworth and Sharon and the village of Darien.
- PUB DATE: 11/4/2020 1:06:05 PM - SOURCE: Lake Geneva News

A barn fire in Brown County killed several cattle Tuesday night as emergency crews responded from nearly two dozen agencies. Fire crews responded around 8:45 p.m. to the fire near Fernando Drive, according to the Hobart Fire Department. Officials said the dairy barn was being used to house young livestock.
- PUB DATE: 11/4/2020 9:17:30 AM - SOURCE: Green Bay Press-Gazette

The city of Madison Fire Department extinguished a fire at a multi-unit residential building Tuesday night on Ski Court in the town of Madison. According to a release, MFD was called to a fire around 10:42 p.m. after a neighbor noticed flames in the direction of the building and called 911. Engine 3 arrived first to the scene and saw a large fire climbing up the back corner of the two story building from a second story balcony toward the attic.
- PUB DATE: 11/4/2020 7:41:15 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison