VIDEOS: A fire caused significant damage to a home in Bryan on West 16th Street just after 5:00 a.m. Monday. As the call came over the radio for a structure fire, Bryan Police Officer Marshal Field says he ran to his vehicle, threw on his lights and sirens, and headed straight to the house. Once Field arrived, he says he could hear someone yelling from the house that they were stuck.
- PUB DATE: 10/29/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KBTX-TV CBS 3 Bryan

Wednesday was National First Responders Day, intended to honor the men and women putting their lives on the line day after day. Unfortunately, with that comes the danger of illnesses, among them cancer, the leading cause of death in firefighters. It’s why the Ohio Firefighters Attacking the Cancer Epidemic Group, known as the FACE team, gathered Wednesday afternoon to bring awareness to what they describe as a crisis.
- PUB DATE: 10/29/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WXIX-TV FOX 19 Cincinnati

COVID-19 hospitalizations in Tennessee have risen at a far lower rate in areas that have mask-wearing mandates than those that don’t, a new analysis from Vanderbilt University researchers found, reinforcing evidence showing that face masks play a significant role in slowing coronavirus transmission. The study found that in Tennessee hospitals where less than 25% of patients came from counties with a mask mandate, hospitalizations as of Oct.
- PUB DATE: 10/29/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Forbes

It's National First Responders Day -- a day when the country comes together as a country to recognize the heroes who choose to run toward danger to save lives. Among them, firefighter Al Coombs of Brooklyn, who says he was inspired by his nurse mother. He was honored by our parent company Disney. The 43-year-old is a first responder at Engine 224 in Brooklyn Heights.
- PUB DATE: 10/29/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WABC-TV ABC 7 New York

PHOTOS: Approximately 60 firefighters are working a 3rd-alarm fire in the city of San Bernardino Tuesday night. The fire was reported before 8:00 PM on October 27, 2020, at 4183 N Mountain View Avenue in San Bernardino. San Bernardino County Fire tweeted about the incident and reported fire in a multi unit strip mall with significant ember cast.
- PUB DATE: 10/29/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Victor Valley News Group

Two people were taken to a Fond du Lac area hospital after being rescued from a vehicle that crashed into the Fond du Lac River Wednesday afternoon. According to the Fond du Lac Fire Department, crews were called to the area of Division and Macy for a report of a vehicle that drove into the river just after 3:30 p.
- PUB DATE: 10/28/2020 9:30:12 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

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