VIDEO: One Green Bay firefighter was sent to a nearby hospital with an injury after battling a costly structure fire on Monday morning. According to the Green Bay Metro Fire Department, firefighters were sent to the 1100 block of Klaus Street in the city of Green Bay shortly after 10:00 a.m. for a possible structure fire.
- PUB DATE: 2/19/2024 8:12:40 PM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV CBS 5 Green Bay

VIDEO: Firefighters reported to the Village of Cottage Grove Thursday afternoon of a report of a fire at a house under construction. According to Dane County Dispatch, they received a report of a fire at the 2000 block of Damascus Trail around 1:05 p.m. In a statement released Thursday night by Cottage Grove Fire, numerous callers allegedly reported that the house was fully engulfed.
- PUB DATE: 2/16/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMTV NBC/CW 15 Madison

The Cedarburg Fire Department will host a movie event at the Rivoli Theatre Saturday, March 9 to educate residents about its referendum that will be on the spring ballot. The event will be free to the public from noon to 2:30 p.m. The movie playing will be "Odd Hours, No Pay, Cool Hat," a documentary film that depicts the challenges facing volunteer fire departments across the country.
- PUB DATE: 2/16/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Ozaukee County News Graphic

VIDEO/PHOTOS: The operator of a telescopic handler used to plow snow is uninjured after the heavy equipment tipped over the side of a parking ramp. The Madison Fire Department and its Heavy Urban Rescue Team (HURT) responded to 4822 Madison Yards Way for a high-angle rescue. The operator of the telehandler was attempting to dump a load of snow over the side of the parking ramp, from the uppermost level, when the equipment tipped off-balance and flipped over side of the ramp.
- PUB DATE: 2/16/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: City of Madison

The Beaver Dam Fire Department says a firefighter who was hospitalized after an airboat crash during ice rescue training earlier this week is now out of the hospital. In an update posted Thursday, department officials say the firefighter was able to return home on Wednesday, but there is no timetable for his return to duty as of now.
- PUB DATE: 2/16/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS/MyNetworkTV 3 Madison

PHOTOS: Nine firefighters are injured, including two who are in critical condition, following an explosion in Los Angeles, according to the LA Fire Department. The blast occurred six minutes after 10 firefighters arrived on scene responding to a semi-truck on fire early Thursday, the department said.
- PUB DATE: 2/16/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ABC News

PHOTOS: The nation's first 911 emergency call was placed by an Alabama state politician on this day in history, Feb. 16, 1968. The landmark moment came four years after the shocking unreported murder of a New York City woman proved to many Americans the need for a standard and easy-to-use system to call for emergency assistance.
- PUB DATE: 2/16/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FOX News

VIDEO: Watch the AutoPulse NXT at work. It’s a real story of man versus machine. Particularly when it comes to saving a life. The advanced CPR machine once attached to the chest, delivers compressions to a patient in cardiac arrest. “The device is completely in charge for this human,” says Jill Andersen, a Firefighter and Paramedic with North Tahoe Fire Protection District as she demonstrates the device on a plastic model of a human head and chest.
- PUB DATE: 2/16/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOLO-TV ABC 8 Reno

VIDEO: Should volunteer firefighters and EMTs be able to miss work to respond to an emergency? Lawmakers from across Vermont support legislation offering protection to employees after some reported they were not allowed to leave their jobs for a 911 call. Dorieann Chesbrough is a career firefighter with the Vermont Air National Guard.
- PUB DATE: 2/16/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCAX-TV CBS 3 Burlington

PHOTOS: When a man went into cardiac arrest while working at his family’s restaurant a few years ago, Fire Station No. 1 responded, resuscitating him on scene. The next day he walked out of the hospital, an uncommon sight for these patients. Soon after, he was back working at his restaurant, said apparatus operator Caleb Hodges.
- PUB DATE: 2/16/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Shorthorn

Two paramedics in Massachusetts avoided a catastrophe while transporting a patient in an ambulance on Interstate 95 during Tuesday's nor'easter. Cataldo Ambulance Service paramedic Tim Crosbie was driving the Atlantic Ambulance Service vehicle on I-95 south in Peabody shortly before 1 p.m. when a car that was traveling on the northbound side of the highway came across the median and rolled over across multiple lanes on the southbound side.
- PUB DATE: 2/15/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCVB-TV ABC 5 Boston

VIDEO: A North Texas fire department has partnered with a video game maker to create something that could help save lives and property. It's a first-of-its-kind simulator that helps firefighters do their jobs better. A battalion of Allen firefighters entered a burning home. They work as a team, communicating over radios to coordinate the best approach to put out intense flames.
- PUB DATE: 2/15/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTVT-TV CBS 11 Fort Worth

VIDEO/PHOTOS: The mass shooting that erupted at the end of the Chiefs' Super Bowl celebration in Kansas City, Missouri, appeared to stem from a dispute, according to police. The shooting, in which one person was killed and 22 were hurt, unfolded outside Union Station as Chiefs fans were leaving a parade and rally on Wednesday.
- PUB DATE: 2/15/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ABC News

VIDEO: Zack Lessner loves being a Detroit firefighter, but on January 13, 2023, his world was upended after he was hit by a car on a fire scene. "I ended up having a traumatic brain injury. And I… had two bulged discs,” He revealed. But after the physical wounds healed, he struggled with PTSD and depression.
- PUB DATE: 2/15/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WXYZ-TV ABC 7 Detroit

VIDEO: An antique fire truck from 1943 that once served the community of Follansbee has found itself back in Follansbee once again. The vehicle was purchased by Follansbee Fire Chief Larry Rea for his own collection. The truck is a rare vehicle that was built during World War II when vehicle production was extremely limited.
- PUB DATE: 2/15/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTOV-TV NBC/FOX 9 Steubenville

No people are hurt but four cats are killed in a fire at a duplex on the south side of La Crosse Tuesday afternoon. Battalion Chief Blane Neher said the call came in at around 1:40 p.m. for a fire at 919 Redfield Street. Heavy smoke was coming from the one half of the duplex when crews arrived. Because of the fire, the resident who lived next door was evacuated.
- PUB DATE: 2/15/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WXOW-TV ABC 19 La Crosse

A man and a woman became trapped on the ice on the east side of Lake Winnebago Wednesday morning. Stockbridge Fire Chief Mike Funk says a call to rescuers came at 8:53 a.m. Funk said the Stockbridge Fire & Rescue and Town of Calumet Fire Department responded and rescued them shortly after 10 a.m. without deploying any boats.
- PUB DATE: 2/15/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

VIDEO/PHOTO: A fire Tuesday night resulted in the loss of a home in rural Dunn County. According to Durand fire chief Jamey King, the first call came in just before 9:30 p.m. for a woodshed on fire. While crews were on their way to the scene on County Road O, more calls came in stating the house was also on fire.
- PUB DATE: 2/14/2024 10:24:00 PM - SOURCE: WQOW-TV ABC 18 Eau Claire

PHOTO: A fire in the basement of American Legion Post 318 left fire, smoke and water damage to the building, Lake Tomahawk's Fire Chief said. Chief Billy Kuckkahn said the call for the fire came in at 12:46 Tuesday afternoon. The Post is close to the fire department, so Kuckkahn said the response was swift, and they were able to put the fire out fast.
- PUB DATE: 2/14/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WAOW-TV ABC 9 Wausau

VIDEO/PHOTOS: Fire departments on Tuesday morning responded to a residential fire in Vernon County. The call came in around 3:30 a.m. for a house fire that spread to the garage in La Farge. When crews arrived on scene, both structures were almost fully engulfed in flames. According to La Farge Assistant Fire Chief Troy Deaver, Viola Fire Department provided mutual aid.
- PUB DATE: 2/14/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WXOW-TV ABC 19 La Crosse