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

VIDEO: A homeless man is facing murder charges in connection with an apartment fire that left two people dead and nine others injured on Sunday morning in Camden, New Jersey. Firefighters were called out to the 3400 block of Cramer Street around 3:15 a.m. for reports of people trapped inside a three-story apartment.
- PUB DATE: 10/26/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPVI-TV ABC 6 Philadelphia

The Trump administration will finally pay back millions the federal government took from the FDNY’s 9/11 treatment program over the last four years. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notified Rep. Pete King (R-Long Island) late Friday that an alphabet soup of federal agencies — including the Treasury Department — will return $3.
- PUB DATE: 10/26/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Daily News - Metered Site

The Boston Police Department is asking for the public's help in identifying a man in connection with a fire that was set inside a ballot drop box in the city. Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin contacted U.S. Attorney Andrew Lelling's office after he was notified of the incident Sunday morning.
- PUB DATE: 10/26/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCVB-TV ABC 5 Boston

The latest surge of COVID-19 infections has pushed the seven-day average of new daily cases to heights not seen since the pandemic began. The seven-day average of new cases hit 68,767 on Sunday, topping the previous peak of 67,293 reported on July 22. The two highest single days of new cases were Friday and Saturday, with more than 83,000 new cases added each day.
- PUB DATE: 10/26/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNN

A San Pablo man was arrested on suspicion of striking an on-duty firefighter with his vehicle in Petaluma early Saturday, police said. Petaluma police responded at about 3:11 a.m. to a call from their city’s fire department reporting that one of their firefighters “had just been intentionally stuck by a vehicle,” police said.
- PUB DATE: 10/26/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Richmond Standard

One person is dead after a fire early this morning in La Crosse. The La Crosse Fire Department responded to a garage fire in the 900 Block of Caledonia Street around 3:45 Sunday morning. According to a report when crews arrived, they found a 2-car garage on fire with the victim dead inside. Firefighters were able to put out the flames within ten minutes.
- PUB DATE: 10/25/2020 9:33:50 PM - SOURCE: WLAX-TV FOX 25 La Crosse

A restaurant located on Lombardi Avenue in Green Bay is facing an estimated $250,000 worth of damages after a large fish tank inside the establishment started on fire Sunday morning. According to the Green Bay Metro Fire Department (GBMFD), just before 11 a.m., firefighters responded to the area located on the 800 block Lombardi Avenue after receiving reports of a structure fire with smoke coming from the building.
- PUB DATE: 10/25/2020 1:38:17 PM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV and WJMN-TV CBS 5 Green Bay

Waking up surrounded by flames on Nov. 14, Joshua White is in rare company as a fire survivor. That being said, the last 11 months haven’t been easy for him, as he continues a long recovery and rehabilitation from extensive burns suffered in the blaze. According to the National Fire Protection Association, there were about 3,700 civilian fire deaths and 16,600 civilian fire injuries in the U.
- PUB DATE: 10/25/2020 1:02:09 PM - SOURCE: Lake Geneva News

The Racine Fire Department’s reduction in personnel can be managed, but it will take a coordinated effort with dispatch. This was the message from Fire Chief Steve Hansen, who was before the city council on Monday to discuss the 2021 proposed budget. Since 2010, the city has reduced its budgeted personnel by 65 positions.
- PUB DATE: 10/24/2020 7:53:19 AM - SOURCE: Racine Journal Times

A plan to address contamination of a manmade set of chemicals called per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances — commonly known as PFAS — is open for public comment before it's scheduled head to Governor Tony Evers by the end of the year. The Wisconsin PFAS Action Council, or WisPAC, has released a draft action plan for public comment before finalizing it and sending it to the governor.
- PUB DATE: 10/23/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Spectrum News

VIDEO: A crash that sparked a brush fire forced the closure of part of Interstate 80 in Placer County for several hours Thursday. A vehicle slammed into a power pole on westbound I-80 at Highway 193 in the Newcastle area, knocking powerlines onto the highway and Ophir Road and igniting a fire, according to the Placer County Sheriff's Office.
- PUB DATE: 10/23/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCRA-TV NBC 3 Sacramento

On Thursday, Brittani Rawls became Passaic Fire Department's first female tillerman. That's the firefighter who sits in a seat in back and steers the tail end of a firetruck. It's the kind of challenge she relishes, because in a city crammed with traffic, tight streets and double-parked cars, life for the tillerman is never dull.
- PUB DATE: 10/23/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NorthJersey.com (Bergen County Record & Herald News) - Metered Site

This is the first year the Victoria Fire Department will administer flu shots for the homeless and low-income families and it’s all part of a long-range plan for the department to have more public health outreach. “Due to COVID-19 we felt this was a great year and a great opportunity to start that,” said Tracy Fox, VFD Chief.
- PUB DATE: 10/23/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KAVU-TV ABC 25 Victoria

Tifton fighters are trading in their boots for high heels to show support for the fight against domestic violence. Kiefer Daughtry is an engineer at the Tifton Fire Department, and right before the interview, he traded in his work shoes for a pair of fuchsia-colored high heels. “What’s going through your head right now? How does it feel?” asked Poitevint.
- PUB DATE: 10/23/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WALB-TV NBC/ABC 10 Albany