A large fire creating huge amounts of smoke broke out at a building on Chicago's West Side Wednesday evening, the second massive fire in the city within two days—and even within 24 hours. Fire crews sprayed water from multiple angles at the building in 2800 block of West Grand Avenue, near the intersection with California Avenue in the Humboldt Park neighborhood.
- PUB DATE: 6/20/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBBM-TV CBS 2 Chicago

In 2023, 89 firefighters in the United States died from traumatic injuries, heart attacks, strokes, or aneurysms while on duty or within 24 hours of duty. This fatal injury count is a decrease over the 97 fatal injuries the previous year, but it is otherwise the second highest since 2013, during which there were 98 on-duty deaths.
- PUB DATE: 6/20/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NFPA.org

VIDEO: Video calls with 911 dispatchers may soon be a reality in Albuquerque. The city’s fire rescue agency is looking to launch a new online video platform that they hope will help free up firefighter paramedics in the field. “This would give our dispatchers the ability to actually see the patient on scene,” said AFR’s EMS Division Chief Chris Ortiz.
- PUB DATE: 6/20/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KRQE-TV CBS 13 Albuquerque

The U.S. Senate passed S.870, the Fire Grants and Safety Act of 2023, sending it to President Biden to be signed into law. S.870 incorporates language from H.R. 4090, the Fire Grants and Safety Act of 2023, introduced by Science Committee member Tom Kean (R-NJ). The bill will support and advance firefighter and first responder services across the nation, providing a five-year reauthorization for the U.
- PUB DATE: 6/20/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology

You can be part of serving a new addition to Door County’s public safety when the unthinkable happens. The Gibraltar Fire Department is spearheading a Community Emergency Response Team that takes action when a natural disaster occurs in Door County. Fire Chief Andy Bertges says the course is hosted by the Door County Emergency Management and is called “Neighbors Helping Neighbors.
- PUB DATE: 6/19/2024 6:07:34 PM - SOURCE: Door County Daily News

VIDEO: A Madison nonprofit is hosting its annual summer camp to introduce girls to the male-dominated fields of police, fire and EMS. Following a tragedy, Brittany Diaz became a firefighter and EMT. “I had my own apartment fire when I graduated college,” she said. “I was only 22 years old and seeing how the firefighters worked that day tirelessly.
- PUB DATE: 6/18/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMTV NBC/CW 15 Madison

VIDEO: Milwaukee firefighters responded to a large building fire overnight on Milwaukee's south side. Crews were called to the area of Muskego Avenue and Mitchell Street just before 3 a.m. When firefighters arrived, flames could be seen shooting from the roof and windows of the building. "Upon initial company's arrival they found heavy smoke and fire coming from the second floor," said Deputy Chief Robert Hartung with the Milwaukee Fire Department.
- PUB DATE: 6/18/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee

Authorities in southern Wisconsin rescued two people after a boat reportedly started sinking on a lake. According to the Lake Geneva Fire Department, on June 16 around 5 p.m., crews were sent to the north shore of Lake Como for a report of a sinking boat with people in the water. Multiple agencies, vehicles and responders got to the scene.
- PUB DATE: 6/18/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV CBS 5 Green Bay

A vacant building in northwest Atlanta caught fire late Monday afternoon, according to Atlanta fire officials. The fire was reported at 350 Troy St. NW, near Joseph E. Boone Boulevard NW. First Alert Chopper captured scenes of the massive fire, including most of the flames being put out. Atlanta fire officials said crews launched a “defensive fire attack,” which officials said is for when fire conditions prevent firefighters from getting inside a building.
- PUB DATE: 6/18/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WANF-TV CBS 46 Atlanta

VIDEO: For first responders, the difference between life and death can be a matter of seconds. For some fire and EMS departments in North Texas, an app can now help them treat patients more quickly. At North Richland Hills, crews are launching the Pulsara app. It starts with a coded wristband for each patient.
- PUB DATE: 6/18/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KXAS-TV NBC 5 Fort Worth

PHOTOS: Firefighters responded to a call from their own as a blaze broke out in a Staten Island firehouse in Westerleigh late Monday afternoon. According to the FDNY, a “verbal alarm” was received just after 5:30 p.m. for a report of a possible electrical fire in the basement at 875 Jewett Ave. — the location of Engine Co.
- PUB DATE: 6/18/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: SILive.com

Sarah Reasoner, Martha Fecht and Megan Roesler Turner have very different backgrounds and came to consider careers as St. Paul firefighters in very different ways. Reasoner was a track and field All-American and onetime bodybuilder and powerlifter who wanted a career with a deeper purpose. Fecht, a St.
- PUB DATE: 6/18/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Star Tribune - Metered Site

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 428 IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN WISCONSIN THIS WATCH INCLUDES 14 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN MARATHON PORTAGE WOOD IN NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN LANGLADE LINCOLN ONEIDA VILAS IN NORTHEAST WISCONSIN FLORENCE FOREST MARINETTE MENOMINEE OCONTO SHAWANO WAUPACA THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ANGELICA, ANTIGO, ARBOR VITAE, ARGONNE, ARMSTRONG CREEK, ARNOTT, AURORA, BAKERVILLE, BLACKWELL, BLOOMVILLE, BOULDER JUNCTION, BROOKSIDE, BRYANT, CAVOUR, CLINTONVILLE, COMMONWEALTH, CONOVER, CRANDON, DEERBROOK, DOERING, DUNBAR, ELCHO, ENTERPRISE, GLEASON, GOODMAN, GOODNOW, HARMONY, HARRISON, HILES, HOFA PARK, JEFFRIS, KEMPSTER, KESHENA, KING, LAC DU FLAMBEAU, LAKE TOMAHAWK, LAONA, LIND CENTER, LITTLE SUAMICO, MANITOWISH WATERS, MARSHFIELD, MC NAUGHTON, MERRILL, NEOPIT, NEVA, NEW LONDON, NIAGARA, NORTHPORT, OCONTO, PEMBINE, PENSAUKEE, PESHTIGO, PINE RIVER, PLOVER, POLAR, PORTERFIELD, PRESQUE ISLE, RHINELANDER, RURAL, SHAWANO, SOBIESKI, SPREAD EAGLE, STARKS, STEVENS POINT, THORNTON, WAUPACA, WAUSAU, WINCHESTER, WISCONSIN RAPIDS, AND WOODBORO. Severe Thunderstorm Watch 2024-06-17T09:19:00-05:00 2024-06-17T09:19:00-05:00 2024-06-17T09:20:00-05:00 2024-06-17T16:00:00-05:00 Actual Alert Met Future Severe Possible Florence, WI; Forest, WI; Langlade, WI; Lincoln, WI; Marathon, WI; Marinette, WI; Menominee, WI; Oconto, WI; Oneida, WI; Portage, WI; Shawano, WI; Vilas, WI; Waupaca, WI; Wood, WI SAME 055037 SAME 055041 SAME 055067 SAME 055069 SAME 055073 SAME 055075 SAME 055078 SAME 055083 SAME 055085 SAME 055097 SAME 055115 SAME 055125 SAME 055135 SAME 055141 UGC WIC037 UGC WIC041 UGC WIC067 UGC WIC069 UGC WIC073 UGC WIC075 UGC WIC078 UGC WIC083 UGC WIC085 UGC WIC097 UGC WIC115 UGC WIC125 UGC WIC135 UGC WIC141 AWIPSidentifier WCNGRB WMOidentifier WWUS63 KGRB 171419 BLOCKCHANNEL EAS BLOCKCHANNEL NWEM BLOCKCHANNEL CMAS EAS-ORG WXR VTEC /O.NEW.KGRB.SV.A.0428.240617T1420Z-240617T2100Z/ eventEndingTime 2024-06-17T21:00:00+00:00

VIDEO/PHOTO: A fire early Monday, June 17 at a building near Muskego and Mitchell led to a quick response from the Milwaukee Fire Department. Fire crews tell CBS 58 that the entire building was engulfed in flames, prompting a defensive approach to combat the fire. They say it took MFD around 45 minutes to get the flames under control.
- PUB DATE: 6/17/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

PHOTOS: A fire at Appleton's Pellet America caused more than $100,000 in damage to the building and its contents early Sunday morning. Smoke from the building on West 2nd Street on the city's westside could be seen for miles just after 8 a.m. Sunday. A section of that street was blocked off while emergency crews worked the scene.
- PUB DATE: 6/17/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLUK-TV FOX 11 Green Bay

VIDEO/PHOTO: Authorities from Calumet and Winnebago counties teamed up on Saturday afternoon after a boat on Lake Winnebago started taking on water. At about 4 p.m., authorities responded to the Brothertown Boat Launch for a boat with eight passengers, six adults and two children, that was taking on water a few miles away from shore.
- PUB DATE: 6/17/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

PHOTOS: Last Monday morning, a fiery rollover crash off state Route 210 in Little Cottonwood Canyon closed the road for hours. Witnesses didn’t think anyone could have survived the explosion, but one Unified police officer ran into the flames to make a daring rescue. A supervisor from the Unified Police Department identified officer Wilson from the Canyon Patrol Unit as the hero who rushed in to rescue a driver pinned in the burning semitruck.
- PUB DATE: 6/17/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSL-TV NBC 5 Salt Lake City

VIDEO/PHOTOS: Tuesday will mark 17 years since nine of Charleston’s bravest were killed while responding to a massive furniture store fire off Savannah Highway. The Charleston Fire Department (CFD) will honor the fallen with a ceremony held annually at the Charleston 9 Memorial Park. The park was established where the Sofa Super Store once stood.
- PUB DATE: 6/17/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCBD-TV NBC/CW+ 2 Charleston

VIDEO: We've all heard the saying, "I want to be like dad," but a firefighting family trio in Louisville are taking the phrase to the next level. Major Bryan Stotts, a district chief for the Louisville Fire Department, is still actively serving on the team and so are his two sons Sergeant Caleb Stotts and Oliver Stotts.
- PUB DATE: 6/17/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHAS-TV ABC 11 Louisville

VIDEO: The Northeast and Midwest, including New York City and Boston, are bracing for what could be the hottest stretch of weather in 30 years this week as a sweltering heat dome settles over a large part of the nation. Over the next six days, 265 million people, or about 82% of the U.S. population, are likely to experience temperatures topping 90 degrees as the official first day of summer arrives on Thursday.
- PUB DATE: 6/17/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ABC News