The Wausau Fire Department went ahead with its pink T-shirt sale Monday for breast cancer awareness month, with a few modifications for the coronavirus pandemic. This year, the T-shirt is actually going to be a long sleeve. The department asked that people stay in their vehicles when they buy the shirts We’re about 75% sold out by now, so we a lot of our members wear the shirts and bring them home for their families.
- PUB DATE: 10/12/2020 8:56:10 PM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau

A family was able to safely escape a home fire in Germantown Monday morning, Oct. 12. Authorities were called to Revere Lane just after 5:30 a.m. Firefighters rescued two cats from the home. The cause remains under investigation, but officials say it appears the fire started on the deck or near foundation of the house.
- PUB DATE: 10/12/2020 1:12:11 PM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

VIDEO: Jason Cortez, a beloved San Francisco firefighter-paramedic who was killed during a training accident last week, was knocked over a third-floor railing by a water blast from a valve he had “inadvertently” opened, authorities said in a preliminary report released Sunday. Cortez, 42, was participating in a training drill Wednesday when he was injured.
- PUB DATE: 10/12/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPIX-TV CBS 5 San Francisco

VIDEO: An extra-alarm fire involving multiple homes in Chicago's Humboldt Park neighborhood Sunday night has left one firefighter suffering from minor injuries. The fire started just after 11:30 p.m. inside of a vacant 2 1/2-story home in the 800-block of North Lawndale Avenue, the Chicago Fire Department said.
- PUB DATE: 10/12/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLS-TV ABC 7 Chicago

Across the US, coronavirus outbreaks seem to be larger than ever before. On Saturday, 12 states hit record seven-day rolling average case counts, according to a Business Insider analysis of data from The COVID Tracking Project, which compiles data from state and territory-level public health authorities.
- PUB DATE: 10/12/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Science Alert

More than three-quarters of FDNY employees who retired last year qualified for annual pensions exceeding $100,000 — with many awarded extra because of disabilities related to 9/11, a new study and data reveal. Forty of the 491 retirees landed gold-plated pensions of more than $200,000 a year, according to the study by the Empire Center for Public Policy.
- PUB DATE: 10/12/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Post - Metered Site

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