They’re the first on the scene at major trauma events and this weekend, San Antonio firefighters, EMS and police officers were the first in line to give back to the community by donating blood. Conrad Gonzales, a retired San Antonio firefighter, felt he needed to step up when he heard that the South Texas Blood and Tissue Center’s blood supply continues to be at an all-time low, due to the pandemic.
- PUB DATE: 10/12/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSAT-TV ABC 12 San Antonio

Potter Fire Department was called to Phil’s Pumping and Fab. for a barn on fire, Chilton Fire Department was called to assist along with all the other Departments. According to the Chilton Fire Department, at around 4 p.m., firefighters responded to a barn fire at Phil’s Pumping company. Upon arrival, crews say the main barn used to store parts for their operation was fully engulfed in flames.
- PUB DATE: 10/11/2020 10:12:53 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV and WJMN-TV CBS 5 Green Bay

A 36-year-old man was transported to a hospital in critical condition following a lake rescue in the area of the dam between Fowler Lake and Lac LaBelle in Oconomowoc around 9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10. The Western Lakes Fire District responded for a possible drowning in the 500 block of Lake Road at 9:18 p.
- PUB DATE: 10/11/2020 9:37:37 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

While battling an intentionally set fire Friday afternoon inside a city-owned abandoned building at 1801 Mead St., one Racine firefighter fell through rotten floorboards but reported they were uninjured, according to a report from the Racine Fire Department. In a release, the Racine Fire Department said “Owners of vacant properties are reminded to take appropriate safeguards to prevent trespassers from entering.
- PUB DATE: 10/10/2020 6:43:58 AM - SOURCE: Racine Journal Times

VIDEO: Authorities said a truck hit the Ellinwood Fire Department late Tuesday night. The driver was heading westbound on U.S. 56 at over 100 mph. After the truck hit the building, it started on fire. “We got the fire extinguished rather soon, and then, we had to extricate, took about 20 minutes to extricate the subject in the pickup,” said Ellinwood Fire Chief Chris Komarek.
- PUB DATE: 10/9/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSNW-TV NBC 3 Whichita

VIDEO: At least 70 people are displaced after a major apartment fire in DeKalb County. According to DeKalb Fire Capt. Deon Bentley, the fire ripped through the Alderwood Trail Apartments at 2947 N. DeKalb Dr. Images from above the fire showed flames shooting through the roof of the building and plumes of white smoke billowing in the air as crews worked to put out the fire.
- PUB DATE: 10/9/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WXIA-TV NBC 11 Atlanta

Is this person with chest pain having a heart attack? That's a question EMTs frequently confront when responding to 911 calls. A study conducted at Wake Forest Baptist Health shows that on-scene use of a new protocol and advanced diagnostic equipment can help paramedics better identify patients at high risk for adverse cardiac events.
- PUB DATE: 10/9/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: News Medical Life Sciences

Caitlin Crandall’s morning routine looked much different a couple of years ago. The 35-year-old went from working 9-5 at a desk to 24 hours for the Syracuse Fire Department at Station 5, preparing to save lives. “Life was just so blah and just so mundane,” said Crandall. “Something just clicked for me.
- PUB DATE: 10/9/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Spectrum News

More than a dozen individuals who traveled to Charleston this week to take the state electrician’s exam were instead arrested on federal charges alleging they are in the U.S. illegally. The Office of the State Fire Marshal became suspicious of several exam applications received earlier this month. The investigation and increased scrutiny that resulted flagged several additional applications.
- PUB DATE: 10/9/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WVVA-TV NBC/CW+ 6 Bluefield

This is Fire Prevention Week, and that usually means firefighters are in the middle of a big campaign in schools and day cares to teach fire safety to young kids. That’s not possible this year with most schools going virtual, so firefighters are getting creative. The Green Bay Metro Fire Department is still trying to interact with kids and teach fire safety but -- just like everything else in 2020 -- it’s being done over a computer.
- PUB DATE: 10/8/2020 3:37:23 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

For more than half a century Richard Hale served Mauston residents as a member and leader of the fire department. When Hale passed away on June 26, 2019, the city lost one of its longest serving and impactful public servants and community leaders. In conjunction with National Fire Prevention Week Oct.
- PUB DATE: 10/8/2020 11:16:36 AM - SOURCE: WISC News - Metered Site

Authorities in Green County are identifying the man killed in a farming accident this week. Green County Sheriff Jeff Skatrud says 62-year-old John P. Marty of rural Monticello died after being pinned under a combine on Little Sugar Lane Wednesday. The Sheriff’s Office investigation found Marty was laying in front of one of the combine’s tires while working on a piece of equipment when the combine rolled forward, pinning him underneath.
- PUB DATE: 10/8/2020 8:03:50 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison

The first informational session on a shared ambulance contract referendum allowed fire chiefs the chance to garner community support for a vote that they say would improve emergency response times. Sharon Fire Chief Bruce VanderVeen and Darien Fire Chief Justin Schuenke gave a presentation Oct. 1 in the Sharon Fire and Rescue Department about a shared emergency services contract that would staff two full-time firefighters with paramedic training shared among the villages and towns of Walworth, Darien and Sharon.
- PUB DATE: 10/8/2020 1:06:36 AM - SOURCE: Lake Geneva News

A firefighter-paramedic has died after a training incident on Wednesday morning, San Francisco Fire Department officials said. Officials say the firefighter was at a SFFD training facility on 19th and Folsom Street when he fell three stories, causing severe head injuries. SFFD Lt. Jonathan Baxter said the firefighter was transferred to Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital where he died before 11 a.
- PUB DATE: 10/8/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KGO-TV ABC 7 San Francisco

The city is moving forward with a study of the Fire Department, nearly a year after pledging to review firefighter safety in wake of the line-of-duty death of Lt. Jason Menard. The city said this week it had hired Emergency Services Consulting International of Virginia to study the Fire Department. The consultant is seeking input about the department through survey questions posed to community and business stakeholders in the city.
- PUB DATE: 10/8/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Telegram.com

VIDEO: A massive pallet fire fueled by gusty winds Wednesday burned down an Ohio 101 business and threw up billowing black smoke clouds that could be seen throughout Sandusky County. More than a dozen fire departments from Sandusky and Erie counties dispatched trucks and firefighters to try to contain the blaze, which forced police to shut down Ohio 101 in both directions for several hours.
- PUB DATE: 10/8/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Fremont News Messenger

A technology company out of Tyler called FIRST iZ creates drones to help aid first responders during emergency situations within a minute’s notice. CEO, Phil Burks explains how these drones can benefit first responders. An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) also known as a drone, can provide situational awareness for first responders when they head towards a scene and can send visuals before arriving to an incident scene.
- PUB DATE: 10/8/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KLTV ABC 7 Tyler

Airline passenger travel is down because of the coronavirus pandemic, but industry leaders say cargo flights will become busier once a COVID-19 vaccine is developed and released. “It will be a logistical challenge that the world has not seen before,” DHL Global Forwarding CEO David Goldberg said. DHL is already discussing how they will handle transporting the vaccine.
- PUB DATE: 10/8/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WRIC-TV ABC 8 Richmond

Fire officials say no one was injured during a garage fire Wednesday evening in Fond du Lac. According to Fire Chief Peter O’Leary, crews were called to the 700 block of Forest Avenue at 7:41 p.m. When they arrived, smoke and flames were found coming out of a two car detached garage, and was quickly extinguished.
- PUB DATE: 10/7/2020 7:39:48 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

Police arrested five people from Switzerland County Monday on numerous theft-related charges after a six-month Indiana State Police investigation into theft from the Patriot Volunteer Fire Department that allegedly included a secret meeting and filing fake state paperwork to take over department accounts.
- PUB DATE: 10/7/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCPO-TV ABC 9 Cincinnati