More than 30,000 gallons of toxic fluorochemical foam has been collected from municipal fire departments and commercial airports in Michigan in an effort that state officials believe is the nation’s largest collection and disposal program of its type. The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) and the state fire marshal’s office announced the milestone for their per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, foam disposal program on Wednesday, June 16.
- PUB DATE: 6/18/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: MLive

Clinton Fire Chief Mark Ruosch has been in fire service for nearly 30 year and plans to make changes at the department to improve services and training opportunities. Rousch was named chief on March 17 by the Clinton Fire Protection District Board after nine candidates were considered for the position in December of 2019.
- PUB DATE: 6/17/2020 8:48:09 PM - SOURCE: Beloit Daily News

The Suamico Fire Department is cooling the community down on this hot day with the world’s largest sprinkler. On Tuesday firefighters set up the world’s largest sprinkler in Idlewild Park in Suamico to help the residents cool down, give new recruits some training, and get to know the community. Jacob Krawze a father and participant at the event says this is the first event like this he has ever seen.
- PUB DATE: 6/17/2020 4:35:32 PM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV and WJMN-TV CBS 5 Green Bay

The Milwaukee Professional Firefighters Association is doing what it can to honor the memory of Firefighter Darrin Jones, who passed away in his sleep on Feb. 1. Local 215 is now selling t-shirts on the union’s website. The proceeds from the sale of these shirts will be used to send Jones’ family, as well as the family of another fallen firefighter, O’Dell Minor, to The Fallen Firefighters Memorial in Colorado Springs in 2021 — to honor their memory.
- PUB DATE: 6/17/2020 10:35:46 AM - SOURCE: WITI-TV Fox 6 Milwaukee

PHOTOS: Firefighters' tactical decision to use a front-end loader to open up a hallway while battling a fire at Clinton Assembly of God may have saved part of the facility, officials said Tuesday. The Clinton Fire Department was called to the church at 801 S. Mulberry at 8:19 a.m., and crews cleared the scene at 3:47 p.
- PUB DATE: 6/17/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Pantagraph

This page tells the tragic story of the Hotel Vendome Fire & Collapse, which occurred during the mid to late-afternoon hours of Saturday, June 17, 1972. As the fire in the upper floors of the former 7-story hotel (including penthouse) was being extinguished, a collapse of the southeast corner of the building occurred.
- PUB DATE: 6/17/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Boston Fire Historical Society

Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger (D-7th District) introduced a bipartisan bill aimed at honoring lives lost on September 11, 2001. Spanberger, along with Rep. Peter King (R-New York), filed H.R. 7183 — the National Nine-Eleven Victims and Emergency Responders Flag of Remembrance, Gratitude, and Education for Tomorrow Act, or the National NEVER FORGET Act.
- PUB DATE: 6/17/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTVR-TV CBS 6 Richmond

The International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) announced today that Fire-Rescue International (FRI) 2020, scheduled to take place August 19-21 in Phoenix, AZ, has been cancelled due to the impact and ongoing concerns about the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). A virtual FRI format will be announced on July 7, 2020, and will take place over the week of August 19th.
- PUB DATE: 6/17/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: IAFC.org

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration confirmed five coronavirus cases among staff members at the Lakeland, Fla., base for its famed “Hurricane Hunter” research aircraft. The cases raise the possibility that one of the country’s vital early-warning systems could be hobbled during what is already an unusually active hurricane season.
- PUB DATE: 6/17/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Washington Post - Metered Site

An investigation has been opened into a fire at a home near Fort Atkinson Tuesday night. According to the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, deputies received a call just before 6 p.m. about a possible burglary at a house on County Highway A near Highway 106 in the town of Sumner. When a deputy got to the scene, they said shots were fired from the home.
- PUB DATE: 6/16/2020 11:29:47 PM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison

A man's body was found in a burning garage Tuesday afternoon in Milwaukee. Firefighters called to the scene of the blaze in the 300 block of East Center Street found the body of a 35-year-old man inside a garage, according to Milwaukee police. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The fire was reported at 2:46 p.
- PUB DATE: 6/16/2020 6:45:41 PM - SOURCE: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

More than 20 people have been displaced by a fire at an apartment complex at 5323 Westport Road. According to Dane County Dispatch, the call came in at 7:52 a.m. Tuesday. A representative with the Waunakee Fire Department said based off of the information in the initial call, before firefighters even arrived on scene they called a box alarm.
- PUB DATE: 6/16/2020 3:41:33 PM - SOURCE: WMSN-TV Fox 47 Madison

Four adults, three children, and a dog are all safe after a fire claimed their Howard home Monday evening. According to the Village of Howard Fire Department, crews from fire departments across the Green Bay arrived at a home in the 2000 block of Shawano Avenue around 6:40 p.m. Firefighters say they found the attached garage on fire, the roof collapsed, and the fire burning across the roof of the home.
- PUB DATE: 6/16/2020 12:02:58 PM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV and WJMN-TV Green Bay

A Fond du Lac County barn is a total loss following a Monday afternoon fire. The Sheriff’s Office and Alto Fire Department were dispatched to a residence on HWY 49 shortly after 1:20 p.m. for a fully engulfed barn fire. Upon arrival crews found the fire had spread to the barn from a nearby brush pile that had been smoldering.
- PUB DATE: 6/16/2020 7:48:48 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV and WJMN-TV Green Bay

PHOTOS: Firefighters on Tuesday morning, June 16 responded to the scene of a fire at a vacant, boarded-up church near Buffum and Chambers in Milwaukee. The call came in around 2:40 a.m. No additional details have been released — including the cause of the fire or the amount of damage sustained.
- PUB DATE: 6/16/2020 5:35:07 AM - SOURCE: WITI-TV Fox 6 Milwaukee

Emergency crews are responding to a report of a fire at an apartment complex in the town of Westport. Firefighters were called about 7:50 a.m. to the complex in the 5300 block of Westport Road according to Dane County dispatch. A mutual aid call has been send for help from additional departments. Waunakee firefighters said "smoking materials" started the blaze which has displaced some 20 people.
- PUB DATE: 6/16/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV ABC 27 Madison

The Newton Firefighters Association said on Monday it is taking legal action against the city for taking down a remembrance flag last week that had been hanging inside Station 4 for the last 2½ years. Marc Rizza, Local 863 president, said in a statement that hanging the Thin Red Line flag “is a protected activity under the collective bargaining laws of the Commonwealth.
- PUB DATE: 6/16/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Wicked Local Newton

New numbers released by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offer a comprehensive picture of who in the United States has been diagnosed with COVID-19 and how they fared. The latest figures confirm that older people, minorities and those with preexisting health conditions are at the highest risk of death.
- PUB DATE: 6/16/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNN

Had the parlor game Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon instead been designed with Lisa Camp in mind, everyone in Friendswood and La Porte would have been directly or indirectly touched by the longtime emergency medical services leader. The Friendswood native is the EMS chief for the volunteer fire departments in both Friendswood and La Porte.
- PUB DATE: 6/16/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Houston Chronicle

Within a few months, teams of mental health workers and EMTs will be dispatched in some Alameda County cities to help people having a mental crisis or substance abuse problems. The pilot program, called the “Community Assessment Treatment and Transport Team,” or CATT, will roll out in Oakland, San Leandro, Hayward and Alameda sometime this summer.
- PUB DATE: 6/16/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: East Bay Times - Metered Site