VIDEO/PHOTOS: For the first time, photographs of the harrowing devastation caused by the landslide in Snohomish County have been unveiled. Ed Hrivnak, the co-pilot of Snohawk-10, the rescue helicopter that first arrived on the scene, shared his account of the traumatizing events of that day. "It's overwhelming," said Hrivnak.
- PUB DATE: 3/22/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13 Seattle

President Joe Biden announced Thursday that the White House has approved the cancellation of nearly $6 billion in federal student debt for thousands of public service workers. The 78,000 eligible public service workers include teachers, nurses and firefighters, according to the White House. "These public service workers have dedicated their careers to serving their communities, but because of past administrative failures, never got the relief they were entitled to under the law," Biden said in a statement touting the move.
- PUB DATE: 3/22/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC News

Multiple area fire departments worked to put out a fire in rural Pepin County Wednesday evening. According to Durand Fire Chief Jamey King, it happened in the town of Lima, near County Road T and L Poeschel Road. A 911 caller said there was a swamp on fire near the intersection. King said they could see smoke from miles away.
- PUB DATE: 3/21/2024 10:20:00 PM - SOURCE: WQOW-TV ABC 18 Eau Claire

Waukesha South High School’s varsity dance team is hard at work on a special routine. It’s for a halftime show at an upcoming basketball game where police and firefighters will play against each other. Every move means something special to varsity dance team captain Julia Barron, a junior. This week, their family expanded to include a whole lot of grannies.
- PUB DATE: 3/21/2024 9:01:52 PM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee

PHOTO: The Waupun Fire Department responded to a large vegetation fire overnight in Fond du Lac County. Around midnight, the Fond du Lac County Communication Center received a call that there was an area of tall grass burning at the north west corner of the Highway 26 and Highway 151 interchange north of Waupun.
- PUB DATE: 3/21/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KFIZ-AM 1450 Fond du Lac

Lincoln County is set to give people free in-depth mental health training this spring. The county's Health and Human Services building will host the first of two planned "mental health first aid" sessions on April 1, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. It's only available for the first 30 adults who sign up, designed to help spot warning signs of mental illness and substance use disorders and give people knowledge on when to start conversations with people who may need them.
- PUB DATE: 3/21/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WAOW-TV ABC 9 Wausau

The City of River Falls received $1,401,000 in the federal appropriations legislation signed into law by President Biden on March 9, 2024. This funding, which was secured by Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI, 3), will support vital renovations at the River Falls Fire Station.
- PUB DATE: 3/21/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Pierce County Journal - Metered Site

More than 150 Chicago firefighters battled a three-alarm fire at a business in the Back of the Yards neighborhood. The fire broke out at about 10:43 p.m. in the 4200-block of South Ashland Avenue, Chicago police said. Massive flames and clouds of smoke could be seen billowing from the business, where CFD says a large amount of wooden pallets burned.
- PUB DATE: 3/21/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLS-TV ABC 7 Chicago

VIDEO: Moore firefighters train to battle not only dangerous fires, but hoarding conditions as well. A brand new training area now gives Moore firefighters first-hand experience when evacuating hoarder homes, thanks to a local nonprofit. Goodwill Central Oklahoma donated nearly $3,000 worth of salvaged goods to the Moore Fire Department.
- PUB DATE: 3/21/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KFOR-TV NBC 4 Oklahoma City

VIDEO: Because it was on the roof of a skyscraper under construction, a floor-wide fire in Lower Manhattan Wednesday was visible for miles. Hard work by nearly 80 firefighters and EMTs got the blaze under control, but its location — just steps away from the World Trade Center site — left many of the thousands of people in the Financial District concerned that this wasn’t just any fire.
- PUB DATE: 3/21/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPIX-TV CW 11 New York City

VIDEO/PHOTOS: In about four months, towns across America will hold their very own Fourth of July parades. Local fire and rescue teams often join in the fun, hanging off fire trucks and ambulances as they ride through town. If you find yourself in Waverly for its parade, you might see something a little less normal.
- PUB DATE: 3/21/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The North Platte Telegraph - Metered Site

Inundated with fentanyl overdoses, emergency responders went before the Common Council last Wednesday to discuss the issue and outline the need for more resources. The requests included personnel and Naloxone, better known by the brand name Narcan. Josh Weber, division chief for the Racine Fire Department, recalled an effort he participated in two years ago that saved the life of a young man in his 20s who suffered an overdose from synthetic opioids.
- PUB DATE: 3/20/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Racine County Eye

VIDEO: A Milwaukee funeral home needs the community's help after a fire broke out early Tuesday morning, March 19. Firefighters were called out to Serenity Funeral Home, located near 42nd and Fond du Lac, around 3 a.m. Many Milwaukee families come to Serenity Funeral Home to say goodbye and pay their respects to loved ones.
- PUB DATE: 3/20/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee

Flames and thick smoke could be seen coming from the clubhouse of a 55-plus community in Montgomery County Wednesday morning, leaving residents without one of the vital places in their lives. Firefighters could be seen pouring water onto the fire at the community center at the Village of Neshaminy Falls off Stump and Horsham roads in North Wales, Pennsylvania.
- PUB DATE: 3/20/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCAU-TV NBC 10 Philadelphia

VIDEO: Foxboro firefighters are now trained on a new tool to help patients while in the back of an ambulance. The ultrasound device is now equipped with artificial intelligence to better pinpoint someone’s organs. “Ultrasound images inherently aren’t clear pictures of what’s going on inside, so having that quick step to say okay the algorithm in the computer is seeing what I’m looking at – now I know I’m in the right place,” said Brian Foley, a Foxboro firefighter paramedic.
- PUB DATE: 3/20/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFXT-TV FOX 25 Boston

Ohio has launched the first program in the country to collect and destroy PFAS-laden firefighting foam. The takeback program is a statewide effort for fire departments to dispose their stores of Aqueous film forming foam, otherwise known as AFFF – one of the most pervasive sources of "forever chemicals.
- PUB DATE: 3/20/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WVXU-FM 91.7 Cincinnati

VIDEO: A national non-profit organization that teaches veterans, first responders, and active military members the art of beekeeping is looking to expand its local operation this year. At Hives for Heroes, veterans in Rapid City get paired up with an experienced mentor who teaches them about the hobby.
- PUB DATE: 3/20/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KEVN-LD FOX 7 Rapid City

A brief fire was extinguished at Wesley United Methodist Church in Wausau Tuesday by Wausau Fire Department. An ambulance was on scene of the fire and our News 9 crew on scene witnessed a firefighter sustain an apparent injury while putting out the fire. The firefighter was transported by the ambulance.
- PUB DATE: 3/19/2024 11:58:00 PM - SOURCE: WAOW-TV ABC 9 Wausau

Authorities in De Pere issued a reminder to the community after a house fire was caused by hot embers from a recreational fire being too close. According to the De Pere Fire Department, on March 19 around 8:10 a.m., crews were sent to a reported house fire in the 2200 block of Glen Meadows Circle. When crews arrived, smoke and flames could reportedly be seen coming from the back of the house.
- PUB DATE: 3/19/2024 7:13:25 PM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV CBS 5 Green Bay

PHOTO: Watertown has a new fire chief. The city recently announced the hiring of Tanya Reynen to the position. Her public service career spans nearly two decades and had served as the deputy chief of training center at Lake County Fire Rescue. Prior to her tenure at Lake County Fire Rescue, Reynen served in various capacities including as a paid on call firefighter/paramedic at Western Lakes Fire District, an adjunct fire/EMS instructor at Waukesha County Technical College, and as a firefighter/paramedic at Watertown Fire Department and Town of Brookfield Fire Department.
- PUB DATE: 3/19/2024 7:25:00 AM - SOURCE: WBEV-FM 95.3 Beaver Dam