It was quite the surprise Wednesday for Oshkosh Fire Chief Mike Stanley. His colleagues managed to keep it a secret until the unveiling at Fire Station 15. Stanley is the recipient of the National Firefighter Hero Award presented by the Fallen Firefighters Foundation. Stanley was honored for his work to help older adults prevent falls and his efforts to re-open a local homeless shelter.
- PUB DATE: 10/28/2020 4:53:40 PM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV CBS 5 Green Bay

As a longtime Hartland resident who has worked for the village for 26 years, Dave Jambretz has a passion and commitment to his community. Jambretz was appointed the permanent fire chief Oct. 13 after serving as the interim chief since March 2. "I love the small community feel," Jambretz said of Hartland.
- PUB DATE: 10/28/2020 1:01:43 PM - SOURCE: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

construction crew accidently cut a natural gas line at a Somers apartment complex Tuesday morning, prompting the Somers Fire Department to evacuate construction crews and to ask residents to stay inside. Fire Chief Carson Wilkinson said the department was called to the Hawthorn Apartments, 5831 10th Place off Green Bay Road, at 9:15 a.
- PUB DATE: 10/28/2020 1:08:43 AM - SOURCE: Kenosha News

PHOTOS: The Sumter Fire Department is battling a structure fire near South Lafayette Drive and Fulton Street that broke out a little after 10 p.m. Tuesday. The building, the former VB Williams Furniture Plant located at 602 E Fulton St, is engulfed in flames. The building is now known as Howell’s recyclable Materials, a recyclables warehouse according to officials.
- PUB DATE: 10/28/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMBF-TV NBC News Myrtle Beach

COVID-19 may dominate the headlines. But another epidemic that was already raging before it arrived has flared up in recent months, too, according to new University of Michigan data. A real-time tracking system that launched in 2019 shows a 15% rise in suspected opioid overdose deaths across most of Michigan since March, compared with the same time last year, and a 29% rise in first responders’ use of a rescue drug called naloxone that can reverse an opioid overdose if given in time.
- PUB DATE: 10/28/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Michigan Health Lab

A group of St. Lucie County firefighters are world champions after winning first place in the team category of the 2020 Firefighter Combat Challenge held over the weekend in Texas. Brian Riebe, Kevin Reilly, Caden Wilson, Matt Coney and Dante Hill of the St. Lucie County Fire District had the best averaged completion time of the course dubbed as the "toughest two minutes in sports" by ESPN.
- PUB DATE: 10/28/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: TC Palm

A new report from Minnesota's State Fire Marshal Division says fire sprinklers could've saved the lives of those killed in a November 2019 high-rise fire in Minneapolis. "It’s a bold statement, but it’s a very accurate statement," said State Fire Marshal Jim Smith. "We know through our experiences that sprinkler systems put fires out.
- PUB DATE: 10/28/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSTP-TV ABC 5 Minneapolis

For the first time since the start of the pandemic, Wisconsin is reporting more than 5,000 COVID-19 cases in a single day. The Department of Health Services is reporting 5,262 new cases of COVID-19. Another 64 people have died. Those are both new daily records for Wisconsin. “With this many new cases each day our contact tracers are overwhelmed.
- PUB DATE: 10/27/2020 2:18:31 PM - SOURCE: WXPR-FM 91.7

A feud between Janesville brothers landed one of them in jail Monday accused of setting fires at the other brother’s home as well as weapons violations, the Janesville Police Dept. reports. According to the police department, its officers and firefighters were called to the the victim’s home in the 3300 block of Ruger Ave.
- PUB DATE: 10/27/2020 12:18:53 PM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison

The man convicted of burning down a Wausau laundromat and flower shop in April 2019 causing more than $1 million in damage is scheduled to be sentenced Friday. Azeez Hakeem, 33, of Wausau, pleaded guilty to his most serious counts of arson and burglary in August. The fire destroyed Rainbow Laundry and Blossoms and Bows.
- PUB DATE: 10/27/2020 10:19:48 AM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau

A 66-year-old Greenfield man was killed Monday when a tree fell on him, according to officials. At 2:15 p.m., Greenfield Fire-Rescue units responded to the 4100 block of West Squire Avenue for the report of a subject trapped under a fallen tree, Greenfield Fire Chief Jon Cohn said in an email. Additional Greenfield fire units were sent due to the reported nature of the incident, he said.
- PUB DATE: 10/27/2020 1:01:50 AM - SOURCE: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

VIDEO: For six months now, the Philadelphia Fire Department and Drexel University have partnered to study the levels of stress and mental health of first responders in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic. Presently, they are crunching the data collected, but already there are preliminary findings that could help guide officials going forward.
- PUB DATE: 10/27/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPVI-TV ABC 6 Philadelphia

VIDEO: BSO Fire Rescue has a new tool it is using to help the public and save lives. Local 10 News got an exclusive look at their upgraded EMS rescue helicopters. Meeting up at Pompano Beach Air Park, BSO showed Local 10 what the twin Eurocopter EC135 helicopters can do. They are dedicated to EMS missions and have been branded as ‘Firestars’ with a completely different black, red and gold color scheme.
- PUB DATE: 10/27/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPLG-TV ABC 10 Miami

VIDEO: DeKalb County firefighters saved one of their own after he fell through the floor while trying to put out an overnight hotel fire. Firefighters responded to the Oyo Hotel near the Wesley Chapel Road and Interstate 20 exit around midnight Monday morning. They found smoke pouring out of the three-story building.
- PUB DATE: 10/27/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WAGA-TV FOX 5 Atlanta

In 1974, the television program “Emergency!” made Paul Brouwer, 72, keen on becoming a firefighter. “It was all the rage at the time,” he recalled. The current township emergency manager since 1991, he spent about 30 years in the Clinton Township Fire Department before retiring in 2004 as deputy chief of operations.
- PUB DATE: 10/27/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: C&G Newspapers

According to DHEC, South Carolina firefighters are reaching a milestone of 200 naloxone administrations for suspected opioid overdoses this year as of October 21st. The Reducing Opioid Loss of Life (ROLL) program trains any fire department to administer the opioid antidote naloxone, including departments not staffed with emergency medical technicians.
- PUB DATE: 10/27/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCIV-TV ABC 36 Charleston

Three people were taken to the hospital after escaping an apartment building fire in Racine on Monday, Oct. 26. Authorities were called to Byrd Avenue, just west of Hantschel Park, around 12:33 p.m. On the way to the scene, Racine fire officials reported seeing black smoke billowing from the eight-family apartment building.
- PUB DATE: 10/26/2020 3:49:13 PM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

The Stevens Point Police and Fire Commission is set to issue a state of emergency due to confirmed cases of COVID-19 at the fire department. According to a news release, the declaration will provide Fire Chief Robert Finn with the authority to take whatever steps are necessary to ensure the fire department maintains safe levels of staffing and service for the community.
- PUB DATE: 10/26/2020 12:32:37 PM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau

A dog is dead and a person is hospitalized after a house fire in Fond du Lac Monday morning. Fond du Lac Fire/Rescue Fire Chief Peter O’Leary, in a video posted to Facebook Monday morning shortly before 10 a.m., said crews were responding to a house fire at 11 E. 10th Street near Main Street. A man, found on the porch, was transported to an area hospital.
- PUB DATE: 10/26/2020 10:11:15 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV and WJMN-TV CBS 5 Green Bay

Imagine trudging up a mountain carrying heavy gear or trying to navigate a bulldozer on a steep mountain side through the trees. Now picture doing those things with a wildfire burning right next you. “For a lot of us it’s just a normal day job,” said Jeremy Erickson. Erickson is the Assistant Fire Management Officer at Blackwell Job Corps.
- PUB DATE: 10/26/2020 6:24:43 AM - SOURCE: WXPR-FM 91.7 Public Radio