PHOTO: Thousands of acres damaged by the ongoing Kincade Fire in Northern California's Sonoma County are visible in this new image from the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) instrument aboard NASA's Terra satellite. The image was taken at 11:01 a.m. PST on Nov. 3, 2019.
- PUB DATE: 11/5/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Jet Propulsion Laboratory

A Wild Dunes Resort expansion project is worrying South Carolina Fire Fighter advocates. A new hotel is being built with 153 rooms, as well as meeting and event spaces. The Professional Fire Fighters Association of South Carolina said doesn’t believe the Isle of Palms fire department has enough staffing to respond to a building of this size.
- PUB DATE: 11/5/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCIV-TV ABC 4 Charleston

At just 11 years old, Zechariah Cartledge runs a mile for every first responder who loses their life in the line of service. Since January, he's run 283 miles. "All I think about during the runs is the fallen heroes, the fallen officers, the fallen firefighters, their families. That's my mission for the run," he said.
- PUB DATE: 11/5/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CBS Evening News

At 8:40 a.m. Sept. 10, 2018, Cedar Falls dispatched four fire-response units — including a rescue truck with special “confined space” equipment — to the University of Northern Iowa, where a massive amount of steam was spewing from the campus Commons. But “due to staffing,” only two of the four units rushed to the scene, arriving five minutes later.
- PUB DATE: 11/5/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Gazette

York City firefighters have a new tool to teach children about the dangers of fires, how to prevent them and ways to escape a burning home. The city's fire safety house is a haulable trailer that's been turned into a mobile classroom, with bleachers for kids to sit on, mock rooms including a kitchen, bedroom and living area, a window so children can practice climbing to safety and more, according to Lisa Altland.
- PUB DATE: 11/5/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The York Dispatch

Flames ripped through a Stevens Point home Monday and smoke filled the surrounding neighborhood, but the scene was no cause for alarm. Instead, the event was a training tool for local firefighters. The Stevens Point Fire Department had a rare opportunity to hold live-fire training at a city-owned home at 281 Washington Ave.
- PUB DATE: 11/4/2019 4:45:01 PM - SOURCE: Stevens Point Journal

The Village of Bellevue is making a change to the way it handles emergency response. Come the first of the year Bellevue Fire and Rescue will be staffed 24 hours a day. In the Village of Bellevue this fire station isn’t staffed around the clock. But come January 1, Chief Jack Mlnarik says that’s going to change.
- PUB DATE: 11/4/2019 4:37:15 PM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV and WJMN-TV Green Bay

A Madison man is recovering from a heart attack thanks to his quick-thinking loved ones and Madison's fire chief. "I really don't think I can personally take any credit because it's training that I've received from the department over the years and experiences that led to that. Like I said, the gentleman's wife did a spectacular job," said Fire Chief Steven Davis.
- PUB DATE: 11/4/2019 10:48:10 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison

Brian Serdynski was a reliable and dedicated public servant, father and friend. Those who he leaves behind remember him as selfless, never complaining and for his commitment of a large chunk of his life to serving on the Union Grove-Yorkville Fire Department. The Fire Department has a hole in its roster as the department’s members are mourning the loss of one of their own.
- PUB DATE: 11/4/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Journal Times

The head of the city’s firefighter union wants to know the long-term plan for retaining a crop of new hires when the temporary funding used to bring them on board expires. The problem is — just as it has been in the past — there does not appear to be one, and the union president is concerned the fire department will, once again, be targeted for budget cuts through staffing reductions when it comes time to pay up.
- PUB DATE: 11/4/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Press of Atlantic City

“Level Zero” is the phrase at the heart of a legal fight between Albuquerque Fire and Rescue and privately owned Albuquerque Ambulance Service over the city’s proposed expansion of its authority to have AFR rescue units transport patients to the hospital. In most cases, AFR rescue units stabilize patients on scene and Albuquerque Ambulance then takes them to the emergency room – allowing the Fire and Rescue units to return to service for new 911 calls.
- PUB DATE: 11/4/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Albuquerque Journal - Metered Site

VIDEO: It was a beautiful memorial for Goodyear firefighter engineer Austin Peck, who died in August. Some of Peck's family skydived to remember him, and they say it was a healing moment as they released his ashes into the skies. "I'm sure he would have loved it. He was an adrenaline junkie himself," said Mark Peck, Austin's father.
- PUB DATE: 11/4/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSAZ-TV FOX 10 Phoenix

In a recent Facebook post, the Portsmouth Professional Fire Fighters & Paramedics Association the public on a staffing shortage. “Today is a scary day to be a citizen, guest, or business owner in Portsmouth.” According to the Association, EMS2, a unit that responds to major medical calls, is down due to lack of staffing.
- PUB DATE: 11/4/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WAVY-TV NBC 10 Portsmouth

Four fallen Green Bay Metro firefighters were honored Sunday. It was the first time they were recognized locally, after dying in the line of duty from occupational cancer. “Time does not diminish the significance of the loss; in particular with these four being cancer. This is a lesson learned,” said Lieutenant David Siegel with the Green Bay Fire Department.
- PUB DATE: 11/3/2019 6:48:15 PM - SOURCE: NBC 26 News Green Bay

The Union Grove-Yorkville Fire Department is mourning the loss of one of their firefighters. The department sharing on Facebook that Brian Serdynski passed away Saturday morning. He had been a member of the department for five years and participated in various local events. The Racine Journal Times first reported Serdynski suffered a heart attack during an emergency call back on October 19.
- PUB DATE: 11/3/2019 6:44:52 PM - SOURCE: WTMJ-AM 620 Milwaukee

A structure fire in Mauston on Saturday morning killed one person, according to a news release. At roughly 5 a.m., fire officials responded to a structure fire on Prairie Street, according to the release. Officials said firefighters were able to contain the blaze. The release said one man was found dead inside the structure.
- PUB DATE: 11/3/2019 2:56:59 PM - SOURCE: WMSN-TV Fox 47 Madison

We all experience traumatic events at some point in our lives, whether it's the death of a loved one or something we've gone through personally. But how prepared are you to handle those situations? Captain Tyler Greenwood of the Baraboo Fire Department gave a talk at Gundersen Health System in La Crosse Friday to help people recognize the changes in your life after a trauma.
- PUB DATE: 11/1/2019 9:46:30 PM - SOURCE: WKBT-TV CBS 8 La Crosse

A building in Sun Prairie will soon bear the name of the city's fallen hero. President Donald Trump signed a bill Thursday to name the post office in honor of fire Capt. Cory Barr. "I'm kind of an ink dry kind of person so until Trump actually put his signature on it and you know I didn't wanna get my hopes up," says Abby Barr, Cory's widow.
- PUB DATE: 11/1/2019 8:23:38 PM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau

Oak Creek has a new fire chief following the retirement of former Chief Tom Rosandich earlier this month. Formerly an assistant fire chief, Michael Kressuk, Jr. has been appointed as the new chief for the Oak Creek Fire Department. The city’s police and fire commission made the appointment at its Oct.
- PUB DATE: 11/1/2019 2:54:30 AM - SOURCE: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

President Donald Trump has signed a bill renaming the Sun Prairie post office after a firefighter killed in an explosion last year. U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin’s office says Trump signed the bill Thursday renaming the post office after Cory Barr. He was killed in a natural gas explosion in downtown Sun Prairie in July 2018.
- PUB DATE: 11/1/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV ABC 27