Multiple fire crews responded to a large fire at an egg farm near Palmyra early Saturday morning, Oct. 3. According to a Facebook post from Palmyra Public Safety, it happened in the W200 block of State Highway 59. Officials say the building is a complete loss. There were no injuries to citizens, firefighters, and animals.
- PUB DATE: 10/4/2020 10:15:10 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

The Milwaukee office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is offering a $5,000 reward for information about persons of interest in the Kenosha arson investigations. Several Kenosha businesses and vehicles were set ablaze between Aug. 23 and Aug. 25. A reward of up to $5,000 is being offered for the positive identification of individuals in videos and photos who could further the investigation.
- PUB DATE: 10/2/2020 3:07:17 PM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

Two flight teams from the Wisconsin Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 147th Aviation Regiment, 64th Troop Command traveled from Madison to Sacramento, California to help with the recent wildfire outbreak. According a release, the teams traveled in early September more than 1,700 miles and it took almost four days.
- PUB DATE: 10/2/2020 7:36:12 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison

The Riverside Fire District will soon have a new station. A groundbreaking was held Thursday afternoon for the new building. All the vehicles and equipment from their current station on Schofield Avenue will be moved into one central location in the new building. The current station two on Alexander Avenue in Rothschild was built back in 1959.
- PUB DATE: 10/2/2020 6:10:54 AM - SOURCE: WRIG-AM Fox Sports 1390

Firefighters are crediting an apartment sprinkler system with saving multiple lives at an apartment complex in the 2400 block of Winnebago Street. Crews were dispatched to the Carbon Apartments at Union Corners just before 5 p.m. Thursday night for a report of thick black smoke coming from under the door of a second-floor apartment.
- PUB DATE: 10/2/2020 6:04:04 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison

Two people were displaced from their home after a fire in Bellevue Thursday night. At about 9:30 p.m., firefighters responded to a fire at 2219 Moonrise Ct. Flames were showing from a home at that address. Crews put out the fire, which started in the chimney area, according to the Green Bay Metro Fire Department.
- PUB DATE: 10/2/2020 5:37:46 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

New Yorkers can now download a free app to their smartphones that will alert them if they come near people who test positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Thursday the launch of the state's new COVID Alert NY app. New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Delaware will offer their own versions of the app as well.
- PUB DATE: 10/2/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Nyack-Piermont Patch

Officers with the Riverside Police Department had a woman in a pink dress stand up outside their patrol car for witnesses to identify after she allegedly stole a fire truck and took it on a joy ride Thursday night. The 31-year-old woman is suspected of stealing a Riverside Fire Department truck and taking it on a joyride while first responders were handling a life-threatening medical emergency.
- PUB DATE: 10/2/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCAL-TV CBS 9 Los Angeles

The City of Glendale has a new peer support program they hope will help end suicide growing rates among firefighters. The program is one of the first of its kind in the state, addressing nationwide statistics that firefighters are more likely to die by suicide than on the job. One hundred twenty times a day, that’s the amount firefighters here in Glendale are called to duty.
- PUB DATE: 10/2/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KASW-CW6 & KTVK-3TV (azfamily.com)

Springfield firefighters have released a series of videos in honor of Fire Prevention Month. According to the City of Springfield, the videos will be released throughout October on the Springfield Fire Department’s social media pages. Here is a list of all seven of the educational videos: Cooking Safety (by Firefighter Justine, for fourth and fifth graders); Firefighters Are Our Friends (by Firefighter Tanner, for PreK-K); Stay Away From Dangerous Things (by Firefighter Geoff, for PreK-K); Recognizing Home Hazards (by Firefighter Tanner, for first-graders); Escape Drills in the Home (by Firefighter Mark, for second-graders); How and When to Call 911 (by Firefighter Mark, for third-graders); and The Fire Triangle (by Firefighter Geoff, for fifth-graders).
- PUB DATE: 10/2/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOLR-TV CBS 10 Springfield

A very cool historical look at the volunteer fire service in Maryland from WMAR-TV in Baltimore. The half-hour documentary is from October 10, 1969 and has film from fire companies in a number of counties throughout the state. There is also a section on University of Maryland’s Fire Service Extension, the forerunner to Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute.
- PUB DATE: 10/2/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: STATer 911

Waupun City Council approved a new ambulance contract Tuesday that city officials hope will provide more reliable service. The council approved a contract with LifeStar Emergency Services to provide services to 10 jurisdictions within the Waupun Ambulance District. The contract for two 911 ambulances will cost the city $66,000 a year and covers Sept.
- PUB DATE: 10/1/2020 1:57:14 AM - SOURCE: WISC News - Metered Site

Faced with a choice between finding a way to pay Wausaukee Rescue Squad, Inc. a contract price large enough to provide full time paid employees or letting their residents go without rescue squad service as of January 1, representatives of the squad and the four municipalities it serves met on Tuesday evening, Sept.
- PUB DATE: 10/1/2020 1:06:02 AM - SOURCE: Peshtigo Times

A tractor-trailer driver was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter and reckless driving in Hanover County Circuit Court on Wednesday for a 2018 crash that left Hanover County Fire & EMS Lt. Brad Clark dead and several other firefighters injured. The driver, Lester Labarge, faces up to 11 years in prison when he is sentenced.
- PUB DATE: 10/1/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTVR-TV CBS 6 Richmond

Leaders in states across the country are sounding the alarm about rising COVID-19 cases that experts say could foreshadow a coming surge. In New York, several COVID-19 clusters have created "hotspot" zip codes, the governor said, with a positivity rate about five times more than the statewide figure.
- PUB DATE: 10/1/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNN

Topeka’s first structure fire came soon after the city was founded. The nine men who founded this city in December 1854 built a cabin here, which was destroyed in an accidental fire soon afterward. Still, it wasn’t until March 1870 that Topeka created a fire department. This week’s History Guy video at CJOnline focuses on that department, which turned 150 years old this year.
- PUB DATE: 10/1/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Topeka Capital-Journal

Water surrounds three sides of Logan International Airport, with all departures and arrivals flying over Boston Harbor. There are a handful of coveted jobs on the Massachusetts Port Authority team that protects the harbor, the Massport Fire Department's Marine Unit. The $7 million vessel is equipped with water guns that can pump up to 6,000 gallons of water per minute.
- PUB DATE: 10/1/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCVB-TV ABC 5 Boston

In an emergency, seconds count. During a fire, choosing the right door to enter or pinpointing where someone is trapped can be a deadly guessing game. In response to emergency situations, the first tool of its kind in Southwest Florida is helping to save lives. When North Collier County firefighters head out on a call, they respond with a $5,000 drone packed in the chief’s truck.
- PUB DATE: 10/1/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WINK-TV CBS 11 Fort Myers

Wautoma Area Fire District Chief Larry Buntrock honored six retiring firefighters with impressive large plaques during their Monday, September 28 meeting: Danny Struzynski, 25 years of service; David Weiland, 35 years of service; and Pete Fischbach, 26 years of service. Not pictured are: Doug Wilcox, 40 years of service, Don Bertzyk, 58 years of service, and Mark Putskey, 35 years of service.
- PUB DATE: 9/30/2020 1:05:21 PM - SOURCE: Waushara Argus

VIDEO: The Bernalillo County Fire Department and Albuquerque Fire Rescue have contained a large fire at a recycling yard in the area of Edith and Montano on Tuesday. “The smoke was very black, I don’t know if that means it’s hot or what; you could see the flames, they were probably higher than our building.
- PUB DATE: 9/30/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KRQE-TV CBS/FOX 13 Albuquerque