Community Donations can help give a rare genetic disease the boot. The Holmen Area Fire Department hosted a Fill the Boot campaign Friday evening. Donations will go towards the Muscular Dystrophy Association's mission. The disease causes progressive weakness and loss of muscle. The hope was to raise $5,000.
- PUB DATE: 8/2/2019 3:53:59 PM - SOURCE: WKBT-TV CBS 8 La Crosse

Eighteen departments responded to a massive barn fire in Walworth County on Thursday night. According to the Sharon Fire Department, the call came in just after 7:30 p.m. for a fire. When crews got there, they found the fire had started on the second floor of the barn, in the area where hay was kept.
- PUB DATE: 8/2/2019 4:36:31 AM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison

VIDEO: Minnesota’s Aviation Rescue Team (MART) deployed more times last weekend then they often see in a month, after three calls for help sent teams on rescues to the North Shore and Boundary Waters. The team is made up of 16 St. Paul firefighters and pilots from the Minnesota State Patrol, and is based at a hangar at Holman Field in St.
- PUB DATE: 8/2/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSTP-TV ABC 5 St. Paul

Cancer in the fire service is a critical issue. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) found that firefighters have a 9 percent increase in cancer diagnosis and a 14 percent increase in cancer-related death as compared to the general population. While those numbers may not appear too startling, one must also consider that, while firefighters’ overall cancer diagnoses do not far outpace the general public, their diagnosis of particular types of cancers does.
- PUB DATE: 8/2/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Firehouse

Congressman Pete Stauber, R-Duluth, and Congressman Jared Golden, D-Maine, introduced legislation Tuesday, July 30, to ensure the infrastructure of fire stations across the nation allow firefighters to efficiently and safely perform their jobs. The Fire Station Infrastructure Safety Act would direct the U.
- PUB DATE: 8/2/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Brainerd Dispatch

For the past school year, the Chester County Intermediate Unit’s Technical College High School (TCHS) students have been hard at work on a new advertising campaign to convince their classmates to join their local, Chester County fire station as junior volunteer firefighters. This fall, the fruits of their labor will finally be on display.
- PUB DATE: 8/2/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Daily Local News

One of the biggest challenges facing firefighters across Alaska in the 2019 fire season was smoke. The thick smoke that blanketed much of Alaska made firefighting efforts difficult. Much of firefighting is conducted from the air. Tankers and helicopters drop water and retardant on fires. Fire crews use aircraft to map the blazes, and supplies are dropped in from the air.
- PUB DATE: 8/2/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Webcenter11 Fairbanks

As the Village of Bellevue continues to grow, so does the need for 24-hour emergency response. “Right now, we've got 155 single family residential units that are coming in; and just across the street here, this has come up in the past two years,” Village Administrator Diane Wessel said. Currently, Bellevue’s Fire Station 1 is staffed 7 a.
- PUB DATE: 8/1/2019 8:52:12 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

Baraboo EMS Chief Dana Sechler took his current position a decade ago and remembers being told to prepare; a new building for the department would be coming soon. After 10 years, preliminary plans look promising. “We’re very happy and excited to see what possibilities come,” Sechler said. “People get excited about that; a new venture and a new building to look forward to.
- PUB DATE: 8/1/2019 5:11:08 PM - SOURCE: Baraboo News Republic

Smokey Bear celebrates his 75th anniversary this year as the poster bear for wildfire prevention across the country. But Smokey isn’t just a poster bear. Since 1950, he’s existed in 3D form, as a costume worn by rangers, firefighters and volunteers around the country. The first Smokey costume wasn’t created in Washington or somewhere out west, but right here in Wisconsin, in the Northwoods town of Mercer.
- PUB DATE: 8/1/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

VIDEO: A Minquas fireman critically injured last March was one of several firefighters who were not wearing proper equipment while battling a Mill Creek house fire, according to a report obtained by The News Journal. An investigation into a series of errors in battling the blaze also found that two firefighters were unfamiliar with equipment used to fight the fire, and firefighters disregarded orders to exit the burning house.
- PUB DATE: 8/1/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The News Journal - Metered Site

VIDEO: Authorities say a massive explosion has killed at least one person in Lincoln County early Thursday morning. The Lincoln County Coroner's Office has identified the victim as Lisa Denise Derringer, 58, of Stanford. The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office says the explosion happened in the are of Bowens Loop Road in the Moreland community near Junction City and Hustonville.
- PUB DATE: 8/1/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKYT-TV CBS/CW 27 Lexington

Lorain firefighters hope a fire drill will convince city leaders to add to staff on duty every day in the city. The Lorain Professional Firefighters Local 267 is planning a demonstration with Lorain’s elected officials to make their case for a 16-person crew. The Lorain Fire Department currently has 15 firefighters on daily duty, said union President Jon Stephanchick.
- PUB DATE: 8/1/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Morning Journal - Metered Site

Firefighters and emergency medical responders in New York State have gotten the green light to remove animals from unattended cars if the animals are in danger. Governor Cuomo signed legislation that expanded the number of responders legally allowed to remove the animals. The legislation was designed to get animals in danger out quickly, especially in areas where police or animal control availability is limited.
- PUB DATE: 8/1/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKBW-TV ABC 7 Buffalo

California will hire 393 more firefighters in anticipation of an upcoming wildfire season that has the potential to be even worse than last year’s, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday. The long rainy season promoted heavy growth of grass and other underbrush in which fires can start and spread once the vegetation dries out.
- PUB DATE: 8/1/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Sierra Star

It’s been a relatively mild summer, with one major heat advisory roughly two weeks ago. And while many of us turn on the air conditioner once the temperature reaches 80 degrees, the Marshall Area EMS and Marshall Fire Department building, 119 Industrial Drive, has been without the comfort of air conditioning for most of the summer.
- PUB DATE: 7/31/2019 1:00:21 PM - SOURCE: Waterloo / Marshall Courier

Officers with the Beloit Police Department are investigating a number of burglaries and an arson in Rock County. The burglaries occurred sometime between July 24 and July 25 in Beloit and the town of Turtle. One burglary occurred at Beloit College, at a utility shed on Church Street, according to a social media post by the department.
- PUB DATE: 7/31/2019 9:53:25 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison

A Sun Prairie post office will be renamed in honor of fallen firefighter Capt. Cory Barr. The Senate passed bipartisan legislation to make the change Wednesday. Barr died last July while responding to a gas leak in downtown Sun Prairie. Barr is credited with evacuating more than 100 people from the affected area before an explosion erupted.
- PUB DATE: 7/31/2019 8:01:11 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison

On July 29, 4 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

VIDEO: A crash on Interstate 280 involving a dump truck left several people injured, including three state troopers and five firefighters. New Jersey State Police say that the troopers were on the eastbound side of the highway in West Orange around 10 a.m. Tuesday investigating a previous, unrelated car crash when the dump truck collided with the troopers and their vehicles.
- PUB DATE: 7/31/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: News 12 New Jersey