Two people have been charged with attempting to damage and destroy two commercial buildings by setting them on fire during the civil unrest on Aug. 25 in Madison. U.S. States Attorney Scott C. Blader reported that Anessa Fierro, 27, and Willie Johnson, 45, were charged in two-count complaints filed in the U.
- PUB DATE: 9/23/2020 1:57:36 PM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison

A new centralized Riverside fire station will be built in Rothschild next year, with completion by late summer. Earlier this month, the Rothschild village board approved the new station plans. Riverside Station No. 2 is located at 18 Alexander Ave. And station No. 1 is located at 1325 Schofield Avenue in Schofield.
- PUB DATE: 9/23/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau

One woman is dead after a house fire in Green Lake County on Saturday morning. Green Lake County dispatchers received a call for a report of a house fire on 131 West Main St. in Princeton shortly after 7 a.m., according to the news release. The Princeton Fire Department and emergency medical services were paged as Princeton police and Green Lake County deputies responded to the fire.
- PUB DATE: 9/23/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison

A fire in a construction dumpster briefly threatened two homes in the 1200 block of Harmony Drive on Tuesday afternoon. The Racine Fire Department responded to an active fire in a construction dumpster at 1231 Harmony Drive at about 4:24 p.m. Tuesday. Upon arrival, RFD reported that the home’s occupant was attempting to put out the fire with a garden hose.
- PUB DATE: 9/23/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Racine County Eye

Ongoing staffing shortages at the York County 911 Center have caused the center's director to reduce the frequency and kinds of nonemergency services that dispatchers have been providing to police, fire and EMS agencies. The York Dispatch has obtained a copy of a two-page letter dated Sept. 18 that was sent to all York County police chiefs, fire chiefs and EMS officials by 911 Director Matthew Hobson.
- PUB DATE: 9/23/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: York Dispatch

Yesterday evening, the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation to provide critical resources to local fire and EMS personnel. The Helping Emergency Responders Overcome (HERO) Act (H.R. 1646) will develop peer mental health training programs and resources to educate mental health professionals about active and retired firefighters' needs.
- PUB DATE: 9/23/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: IAFC.org

The Tennessee State Fire Marshal’s Office (SFMO) proudly announces a new fire safety awareness campaign highlighted by new public service announcements (PSAs) starring country music artist Tracy Lawrence. These PSAs are designed to educate Tennesseans and help reduce fire fatalities across Tennessee.
- PUB DATE: 9/23/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance

VIDEO: A tractor that backfired Tuesday afternoon in Maryland Line may be to blame for a large barn fire, according to the Baltimore County Fire Department. Chopper 13 was over the scene of the fire along the 3500 block of Baker School House Road. "We looked up and it was big billowing smoke, and I said, ‘Oh my God.
- PUB DATE: 9/23/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJZ-TV CBS 13 Baltimore

Ogdensburg City Hall and public safety officials say a new fire dispatch policy won’t endanger the public. Firefighters beg to differ. It’s just a line. On one side is Ogdensburg fire territory and on the other is Heuvelton’s. It runs near the intersection of Routes 68 and 37. Until this week, Ogdensburg firefighters never hesitated to cross over the line when needed.
- PUB DATE: 9/23/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WWNY-TV 7 FOX 28 Watertown

A passerby alerted homeowners around 9:30 a.m. Monday that their house in the 1500 block of Mayfield Lane was on fire. According to a release, someone saw the fire when walking buy and knocked on the door to let the residents know that their house was on fire. A resident grabbed a garden hose while another called 911.
- PUB DATE: 9/22/2020 7:49:10 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison

Officials with Spirit and law enforcement agencies came together to award one area woman for her work as an EMS responder. After the 2018 Spirit helicopter crash that killed three EMS responders, the company created the Spirit award to remember the three victims, as well as honor those who work in the field.
- PUB DATE: 9/22/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WAOW-TV ABC 9 Wausau

VIDEO: Fire crews are working to get a large fire under control at AAM Metal Forming/Colfor Manufacturing. The factory is on Alliance Rd. NW in Malvern. The fire broke out sometime early Tuesday morning. The Carroll County Sheriff’s Office tells FOX 8 they have not had any reports of injuries. There is no word on what caused the fire.
- PUB DATE: 9/22/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJW-TV FOX 8 Cleveland

VIDEO: With Tropical Storm Beta bashing the Gulf coast, first responders may get a chance to put some unique training to the test. Inside a warehouse near Austin, Rick Cummins trains the next generation of water rescuers at his Fathom Academy. Since it opened two and a half years ago, Cummins has trained about 300 first responders, with more than 90% of them from the Houston area.
- PUB DATE: 9/22/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPRC-TV NBC 2 Houston

Manatee County officials are pushing for new and more efficient ways to be able to respond to emergencies. They are partnering with a private company to bring more eyes in the skies to not only solve crimes, but also save lives. “We’re on the edge of something that would be very very beneficial to our community,” said Jake Saur, the Public Safety Director for Manatee County.
- PUB DATE: 9/22/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WWSB-TV ABC 40 Sarasota

Last Monday, when I called the cardiologist Amy Kontorovich in the late morning, she apologized for sounding tired. “I’ve been in my lab infecting heart cells with SARS-CoV-2 since 6 a.m. this morning,” she said. That might seem like an odd experiment for a virus that spreads through the air, and primarily infects the lungs and airways.
- PUB DATE: 9/22/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Atlantic

A new device could help save lives. It’s called, “The Locator.” It helps first responders find the exact location of an emergency. Johnathan Harrison, founder of the product, was a paramedic in Tennessee in 2009. A new paramedic at the time, he responded to a call of a two-year-old in cardiac arrest in a mobile home park.
- PUB DATE: 9/22/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KJRH-TV NBC 2 Tulsa

Everyone is OK after a fire at a condo complex in Sun Prairie Monday morning, according to the Sun Prairie Fire Department. Fire Chief Chris Garrison said firefighters were called to the unit at 677 Village Lane just after 8 a.m. for a report of smoke and flames. When they arrived, there were people in the building that didn't even know flames were spreading in the attic.
- PUB DATE: 9/21/2020 12:01:55 PM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV ABC 27 Madison

While evading police, a vehicle narrowly avoided colliding into a team of firefighters battling a three-alarm fire, putting a dramatic end to the chase and resulting in their apprehension Friday night, Paterson Police Director Jerry Speziale said. The chase began when Paterson police stopped a sedan around 9:30 p.
- PUB DATE: 9/21/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New Jersey Journal

Researchers at The Ohio State University College of Medicine and The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center have been awarded a five-year, $10 million grant from the National Cancer Institute in the National Institutes of Health to study the long-term, longitudinal impact of COVID-19 on first responders, healthcare workers and the general population.
- PUB DATE: 9/21/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Mirage News

VIDEO: A father and his son were rescued off a cliff at Fort Funston on Saturday, San Francisco fire officials say. Firefighters used ropes and pulleys to rescue the toddler and his dad from a steep and sandy cliff just after 11:30a.m. The father described what happened, after they stepped off a marked trail, near the cliff's edge when they realized they were 70 feet below.
- PUB DATE: 9/21/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KGO-TV ABC 7 San Francisco