As Milwaukee prepares to host the Democratic National Convention some leaders within the city are getting new roles to keep the area safe. Milwaukee Fire Department Deputy Chief Kevin Hafemann is the person behind the city's fire and EMS response for the DNC. He has been planning for everything from a person suffering from heat exhaustion to a bomb.
- PUB DATE: 3/4/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTMJ-TV NBC 4 Milwaukee

Anyone who hasn’t been to the city for some time will be captivated, and possibly alienated, by the new architectural profile of New York. The Empire State, the Chrysler and other 1930s classics have maintained their grandeur. But they seem to be losing much of their visual relevance to the most recent construction development: the ultra-high residential apartment buildings that continue to spring up in Manhattan.
- PUB DATE: 3/4/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Daily News - Metered Site

As Milwaukee prepares to host the Democratic National Convention some leaders within the city are getting new roles to keep the area safe. Milwaukee Fire Department Deputy Chief Kevin Hafemann is the person behind the city's fire and EMS response for the DNC. He has been planning for everything from a person suffering from heat exhaustion to a bomb.
- PUB DATE: 3/3/2020 8:00:39 PM - SOURCE: WTMJ-TV NBC 4 Milwaukee

The Sheboygan Fire Department says one person died after a fire on the city's northeast side. The victim's name was not released. At about 9:50 p.m., Sheboygan firefighters were dispatched to a report of a fire in the 400 block of Michigan Ave. Firefighters arrived on scene to find heavy fire coming from the second floor of the building.
- PUB DATE: 3/3/2020 4:55:39 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

A resident of a senior living facility in Oshkosh was taken to the hospital after a small fire. Firefighters were called to Marian Manor on Merritt Ave. just before 3 p.m. Monday. The first crew on scene reported smoke on the second floor. A small fire was confined in one of the units and it was quickly extinguished.
- PUB DATE: 3/3/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLUK-TV FOX 11 Green Bay

Developers who are looking to build new projects in Bound Brook will now have to pay for increased security measures at construction sites after a destructive Main Street fire in January that investigators have said was purposefully set. The borough committee last week unanimously passed the new ordinance, which will be added to its construction code, that will require developers to have 360-degree motion detectors and video surveillance, along with a physical security guard, on-site at all times once there are flammable materials, like wood, at the property.
- PUB DATE: 3/3/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NJ.com

A fire station south of Tucson that services about 5,000 residents is set to close by May unless union members and the company that owns the station come to an agreement. Nico Latini, president of the Old Pueblo Firefighters Association, the union that represents Rural Metro firefighters in Pima County, said Station 81, at 966 E.
- PUB DATE: 3/3/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Arizona Daily Star

A pair of southwest Ohio lawmakers want any workers compensation claims for a first responder’s post-traumatic stress disorder to be paid from the state’s unclaimed funds program. A bill submitted for introduction by Ohio Reps. George Lang, R-West Chester Twp., and Niraj Antani, R-Miamisburg, offers an alternative proposal to the first responder PTSD bill overwhelmingly supported last month by the Ohio House.
- PUB DATE: 3/3/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Dayton Daily News

There were 103 reported suicides by firefighters nationwide in 2017. It's a startling number, according to the Ruderman Family Foundation, which last year published a study of first responder deaths that found suicide, not deaths in the line of duty, are the greatest peril firefighters and law enforcement officers face.
- PUB DATE: 3/3/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Carlsbad Current - Metered Site

To celebrate Read Across America day, St. George firefighters visited elementary schools Monday to read to students in an effort to help promote the importance of reading. In celebration of Dr. Seuss’ birthday, Read Across America is a reading initiative held annually and was first incepted in 1997 by the National Education Association.
- PUB DATE: 3/3/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: St. George News

Towering flames engulfed a garage in De Pere early Monday morning. The garage is considered a loss, according to the De Pere Fire Department. At about 2:46 a.m., De Pere firefighters responded to an address on N. Adams Street off Ridgeway Boulevard and Webster Avenue. Crews arrived to find a two-stall detached garage in flames.
- PUB DATE: 3/2/2020 3:43:15 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

Kenosha firefighters responded to a report of a fire in a wall at a downtown apartment building Sunday morning. The fire was reported shortly before 10 a.m. at 609 58th St. by the woman who was inside the room, according to Battalion Chief Ken Schroeder of the Kenosha Fire Department. According to Schroeder, the person had been burning incense in the room and apparently fell asleep when she awoke to the fire.
- PUB DATE: 3/2/2020 1:45:38 AM - SOURCE: Kenosha News

The International Association Firefighters (IAFF) and the Washington State Council of Fire Fighters (WSCFF) issued a joint statement reporting that several firefighters have been exposed to the virus. The statement reports that members from Kirkland Fire, Redmond Fire and Woodinville Fire had been exposed to the coronavirus, and were isolating themselves for evaluation.
- PUB DATE: 3/2/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4 Spokane

VIDEO: Falls happen on ice, in homes, and outside. When EMS and fire crews respond, Des Moines Fire says it's easy for them to get hurt when lifting someone that has fallen. That's why Jeff Downing, an engineer with Des Moines fire, created the Jak Harness. "I felt the need to create this because in recent years we've been going on more and more calls of people that have fallen down and they're not injured and they can't get up," Downing said.
- PUB DATE: 3/2/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WOI-TV ABC 5 Des Moines

First responders in Nebraska would be offered annual “resiliency training” to help combat and cope with post-traumatic stress disorder under a bill given initial approval by state lawmakers on Wednesday. State Sen. Mike McDonnell, a former Omaha fire chief, said that 1 in 4 firefighters on average will visit an emergency room during their career for physical injuries on the job.
- PUB DATE: 3/2/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Scottsbluff Star Herald

It isn't easy to describe the life of an emergency responder, but Jonathon Gould, with Chatham EMS, sees it as "sheer boredom interrupted with complete chaos." Gould, a 26-year-old emergency medical technician from Ludowici, has wanted to help others since he was a teenager, putting himself through EMT school at the age of 17.
- PUB DATE: 3/2/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJCL-TV ABC 22 Savannah

Two men were rescued from the middle of Geneva Lake on Sunday, March 1 after an ice slab broke off from the main ice. Fontana Fire & Rescue officials responded around 11:30 a.m. for a report of two people stuck on the ice. An assistant fire chief was on scene immediately after dispatch and gathered information from witnesses onshore and dispatchers as to the location of the men needing rescue.
- PUB DATE: 3/1/2020 1:37:57 PM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6

A fundraiser was held Saturday, Feb. 29 at Jen’s Sweet Treats in Cudahy in honor of Darrin “Superman” Jones, the Milwaukee firefighter who passed away in his sleep on Feb. 1, just three months before he planned to retire. Jones’ passing was considered a line of duty death. “They put their lives on the line every time they, you know, come to work, and Superman was no different,” said Jennifer Clark, owner of Jen’s Sweet Treats.
- PUB DATE: 2/29/2020 5:40:37 PM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6

Brian Bleskacek was diagnosed with stage four inoperable urothelial cancer in November. On Saturday members of Bloomer came to the Pines Ballroom to honor Brian and all he has done for the community, as well as raise money for medical expenses. "It's pretty amazing to see all the community outpouring involvement whether it's donations or the people here who are spending money and having a good time,” says Brady Bleskacek.
- PUB DATE: 2/29/2020 4:31:14 PM - SOURCE: WEAU-TV 13 News

The Kewaunee County Sheriff’s Department has confirmed that a 71-year-old man is dead following a early morning house fire on Friday. Crews from multiple departments responded to the fire in the 1900 block of Wochos Road in Franklin shortly after 1 a.m. Chief Jeff Chalupny of the Tisch Mills Fire Department says upon arrival at the scene, firefighters encountered heavy smoke and flames, putting crews on a defensive approach immediately.
- PUB DATE: 2/28/2020 5:43:30 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV and WJMN-TV Green Bay