Authorities announced one person died early Friday morning following a mobile home fire in the Village of Argyle. Just before 5 a.m, the Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office received a call for a mobile home fire at 400 Galena Street. The Argyle Fire Department, Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office, Argyle Police Department, Wisconsin Division of Criminal Investigation and the Wisconsin Fire Marshal’s Office all responded to the scene.
- PUB DATE: 9/27/2020 10:29:29 PM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison

No injuries were reported following a fire at Behr Iron and Metal, 201 Wheeler Ave., on Saturday afternoon, according to South Beloit Fire Chief Dan Zerfass. The department responded at around 2:02 p.m. and requested mutual aid from area departments after encountering heavy fire and plumes of smoke at the scene.
- PUB DATE: 9/27/2020 8:42:15 PM - SOURCE: Beloit Daily News

One person is dead and three others have been displaced after a house fire in Green Bay on Saturday afternoon. According to the Green Bay Metro Fire Department, at around 3 p.m., firefighters were dispatched to the area located in the 800 block Harrison Street for reports of a structure fire. Upon arrival, firefighters say light smoke was seen coming from the first floor and basement areas of the structure.
- PUB DATE: 9/27/2020 7:30:15 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV and WJMN-TV CBS 5 Green Bay

Twelve adults and four children are now displaced after a Milwaukee home caught fire and flames spread to two other neighboring homes Friday evening. Milwaukee Fire Department Battalion Chief Brian Gardner said at a press conference that the fire began at the home that eventually become fully engulfed in flames, near 33rd and Cherry around 3:30 p.
- PUB DATE: 9/25/2020 6:04:37 PM - SOURCE: WTMJ-TV NBC 4 Milwaukee

Milwaukee Fire Department Chief Mark Rohlfing announced Friday that he is retiring effective Oct. 30. "The firefighters of the Milwaukee Fire Department are second-to-none; they are truly caring and selfless professionals. Thank you all for letting me become a member of the Milwaukee Fire Department family," he said in a statement.
- PUB DATE: 9/25/2020 3:45:08 PM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee

Firefighters pulled two people from a burning Menasha home Thursday afternoon. Neenah-Menasha Fire Rescue was called around 2:15 p.m. Thursday to a house fire in the 700 block of Second Street in Menasha, according to a news release. Firefighters searched the house and removed two people. The fire department did not say whether the two people survived the fire or were injured.
- PUB DATE: 9/25/2020 1:56:48 AM - SOURCE: Appleton Post-Gazette & Post Crescent.com

PHOTOS: On Thursday September 24, 2020 at 2:50 pm the Bath Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched for a working structure fire at T&R Environmental Services Haz Mat building located next door to T&R Towing on Route 415 North of the Village of Bath. Large plumes of heavy black smoke could be seen for miles.
- PUB DATE: 9/25/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WETM-TV NBC 13 El Mira

VIDEO: Tamara Thacher is believed to have died from her job as a firefighter, years after running into burning buildings. Her memorial last December was a time of reflection, not just of her life and service but the illness that cut her life short. The Sacramento Fire Department said her cancer is presumed to be the result of exposure to toxic chemicals firefighters potentially encounter every day.
- PUB DATE: 9/25/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTXL-TV FOX 40 Sacramento

The first study to analyze the structure of the novel coronavirus from two waves of infection in a major city found that a more contagious strain dominates recent samples, researchers from Houston Methodist Hospital said on Wednesday. They examined more than 5,000 genomes from viruses recovered in the earliest phase of the pandemic in Houston, an ethnically diverse city of 7 million, and from an ongoing more recent wave of infections.
- PUB DATE: 9/25/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Yahoo News

Most people don't start a full-time career in their 60s. Lyle See isn't most people. At 80 years old, he’s been an EMT for decades alongside a career in human resources and working as a firefighter. His first run was in 1962, shortly after he graduated from Olivet College, responding to the call of a woman with a heart issue.
- PUB DATE: 9/25/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Lansing State Journal

Firefighters risk potential exposure to the coronavirus when responding to calls, but their equipment doesn’t always provide full protection. Thanks to a $1,200 grant from the SSM Health St. Clare Foundation, the Baraboo Fire Department will be able to equip its first responders with new “adaptive filters” that snap onto their air masks, blocking more particles than an N95 mask and providing full-face protection, representatives said.
- PUB DATE: 9/24/2020 4:41:27 PM - SOURCE: Baraboo News Republic

Bellevue village leaders voted unanimously Wednesday to consider a merger with the Green Bay Metro Fire Department. Bellevue has its own fire department with 9 full-time and 24 part-time employees and it’s contracted with County Rescue for rescue services through 2021. It started 24/7 staffing in January (see related story).
- PUB DATE: 9/24/2020 3:48:31 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

The Kilbourn Fire Department in Wisconsin Dells is gearing up for fire prevention month to raise awareness about averting kitchen fires and beginning its year-long smoke alarm program. This year’s theme for fire prevention week, which runs October 4-10, is “Serve up Fire Safety in the Kitchen” to raise awareness of kitchen fires.
- PUB DATE: 9/24/2020 10:08:50 AM - SOURCE: Wisconsin Dells Events

To better improve its efforts on the mental health of employees and community members, Western Lakes Fire District has started a K9 therapy program. Assistant Chief Matthew Haerter called it an "expansion of an aggressive pursuit for better employee mental health." "It's something that has been in the district's sights for a couple of years," Haerter said.
- PUB DATE: 9/24/2020 7:07:17 AM - SOURCE: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

VIDEO: More than a dozen units were severely damaged Thursday morning by a large fire that spread through a storage facility. Flames shot high into the air as firefighters responded to the facility around 6:15 a.m. in the 2600 block of Allen-Genoa near S. Houston Road. No injuries were reported and it wasn't clear what was inside the units that were destroyed.
- PUB DATE: 9/24/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTRK-TV ABC 13 Houston

VIDEO: By day he is a firefighter/paramedic for the city of Tampa, and by night he is a rock 'n' roll drummer for the local band Jack Jagger. Nick Cedela quickly and quietly packs up the hook and ladder in preparation, the fire alarm could go off any second inside Tampa Fire Rescue Station 19. He’s part of the Marine Division.
- PUB DATE: 9/24/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFTS-TV ABC 28 Tampa

Google Maps will now highlight coronavirus case counts around the world and how bad outbreaks are in each region, Google announced Wednesday, with a new layer dedicated to information about the pandemic. The new feature will display the seven-day average for COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people for the map area that a viewer is looking at, as well as whether cases are trending upward or downward.
- PUB DATE: 9/24/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Forbes

Wildfires are nothing new in the Northwest, and the “Big Burn of 1910” in Idaho and Montana is still remembered as one of the worst disasters in the region’s history. What’s not remembered so much is that one group sent to battle the blaze was a company from the 25th Infantry, a regiment of Black soldiers, most of whom were from the American South, but who were stationed at Fort George Wright in Spokane.
- PUB DATE: 9/24/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: My Northwest

Brent Vanfossan has been a firefighter in Christopher, Illinois for over 20 years. And he has wanted to buy his own firetruck for quite some time. "This engine belonged to the Sesser fire protection district. They had it for sale for a while. And I had been looking for something to honor my son Kody," said Vanfossan.
- PUB DATE: 9/24/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSIL-TV ABC 3 Carbondale

More witnesses described the chaos and panic the night Racine Police Officer John Hetland was killed. Investigators said Hetland was off-duty on June 17, 2019 when he jumped over the counter at Teezers Bard to intervene during an attempted robbery. Dalquavis Ward, 27, is on trial for Hetland's death, facing charges of first-degree intentional homicide (use of a dangerous weapon), armed robbery and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
- PUB DATE: 9/23/2020 2:45:32 PM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee