Dramatic video from Middletown Fire Company shows Delaware County’s Water Rescue Task Force saving a man’s life after getting trapped during the height of Tuesday night’s storm. "He phoned 911. All he was able to tell us was he lived off Flora Lane in Upper Chichester Township," Director of Delaware County Emergency Services, Timothy Boyce, described an emergency phone call.
- PUB DATE: 1/11/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTXF-TV FOX 29 Philadelphia

VIDEO: A large salary increase comes in with the new year after Myrtle Beach City Council approved a $4.9 million budget adjustment. It was approved on first reading in November. Since then, they approved a second and final reading. City workers — full or part-time, received their first 2024 paycheck last weekend.
- PUB DATE: 1/11/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBTW-TV CBS 13 Florence

VIDEO: In 2023, the International Association of Fire Fighters added 571 names to the Fallen Firefighter Memorial Wall, and 361 of those names died from occupational cancer. "It's real. We have probably had 5 to 10 just in Illinois in the last 18 months succumb to the illness," said Chuck Sullivan, AFFI President.
- PUB DATE: 1/11/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WAND-TV NBC 17 Decatur

VIDEO: Bourbon is America’s only native spirit, and around it has formed a billion dollar industry steeped in legacy and tradition. Brought by some of the first immigrants to the newly formed United States and developed to perfection in Kentucky, bourbon was born. In the decades that followed, a collection of ambitious entrepreneurs opened their own distilleries and put their unique twists on the classic formula.
- PUB DATE: 1/11/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPTZ-TV NBC 5 Plattsburgh

The Baltimore City spending board approved a new program Wednesday aimed at solving the city's emergency medical services shortage. Baltimore City Fire Chief James Wallace said the city is down 80 EMS providers, and that number has increased. In June, firefighters union Local 734 president Matthew Coster said there were 74 vacancies.
- PUB DATE: 1/11/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBAL-TV NBC 11 Baltimore

PHOTO: The Little Rice Fire Department received vital funding for new automated external defibrillators. The department received the funding from Marshfield Clinic Health System, Community engagement, CoVantage Cares Foundation, and the Sacred Heart Hospital Foundation. The department hopes these new AED's will help save someone’s life in the event of cardiovascular emergency.
- PUB DATE: 1/10/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJFW-TV NBC 12 Rhinelander

PHOTOS: A massive 2-alarm fire destroyed a commercial building in a matter of minutes in Downtown San Antonio near the Bexar County Pretrial Services building. The fire started just before 7 a.m. Wednesday at a huge commercial building off Buena Vista Street near South Comal Street. Aerial footage shows the building fully engulfed in flames with the roof and several walls collapsing.
- PUB DATE: 1/10/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WOAI-TV NBC/CW 4 San Antonio

VIDEO: Three Belleville firefighters were taken to the hospital Tuesday morning after their fire truck was involved in a crash and flipped onto its side. It all happened at Route 161 and Carlyle Avenue, right by Belleville East High School. The good news is that nobody was seriously hurt. The bad news is that there is significant damage to both the fire truck and the Toyota 4Runner, which was also involved in the crash.
- PUB DATE: 1/10/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTVI-TV FOX 2 St. Louis

VIDEO: There's new information about July's deadly cargo ship fire in Port Newark, as the Coast Guard previewed Wednesday's public hearing. Firefighters 45-year-old Augusto Acabou and 49-year-old Wayne Brooks Jr. were killed when a massive fire overtook an Italian cargo ship in Port Newark on July 5, 2023.
- PUB DATE: 1/10/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCBS-TV CBS 2 New York City

PHOTOS: On Jan. 10, 1962, all the talk was about bitter cold. At 3 p.m., with the temperature only 4 degrees, Carson Crocker was cutting a customer's hair at 702 Chouteau Avenue. Police officer Kenneth Jones tried to stay warm in his patrol car one block away. Major Nesbit worked inside the Ralston Purina feed mill that towered over the neighborhood just south of downtown.
- PUB DATE: 1/10/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Metered Site

PHOTO: A garage fire in Cedarburg last week was all but extinguished before any fire trucks and hoses arrived thanks to a simple fire suppression tool that can frankly be used by anyone. According to Fire Chief Jeff Vahsholtz, a man on Willowbrooke Drive left his home around 7:45 a.m. Thursday, but forgot something at home and turned around to go back.
- PUB DATE: 1/9/2024 2:00:00 PM - SOURCE: Greater Milwaukee Today

The Kenosha City Council Public Safety and Welfare Committee voted unanimously Monday evening to approve renovations for a fire station. Members of the committee voted to recommend the City Council award a contract to Rasch Construction & Engineering, of Kenosha, for work on Fire Station No. 7, 9700 52nd St.
- PUB DATE: 1/9/2024 1:00:00 PM - SOURCE: Kenosha News - Metered Site

...SLIPPERY TRAVEL FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE... Light freezing drizzle or light snow has created slippery travel across much of the region this morning. A large area of light snow south of Highway 8 will move into far northern Wisconsin shortly before or around sunrise. Across the far north, freezing drizzle has been reported. Light snow accumulations on top of a thin layer Special Weather Statement 2024-01-09T04:09:00-06:00 2024-01-09T06:45:00-06:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Minor Observed Brown; Calumet; Door; Florence; Forest; Kewaunee; Langlade; Lincoln; Manitowoc; Marathon; Menominee; Northern Marinette County; Northern Oconto County; Oneida; Outagamie; Portage; Shawano; Southern Marinette County; Southern Oconto County; Vilas; Waupaca; Waushara; Winnebago; Wood FIPS6 055009 055015 055029 055037 055041 055061 055067 055069 055071 055073 055075 055078 055083 055085 055087 055097 055115 055125 055135 055137 055139 055141 UGC WIZ005 WIZ010 WIZ011 WIZ012 WIZ013 WIZ018 WIZ019 WIZ020 WIZ021 WIZ022 WIZ030 WIZ031 WIZ035 WIZ036 WIZ037 WIZ038 WIZ039 WIZ040 WIZ045 WIZ048 WIZ049 WIZ050 WIZ073 WIZ074 VTEC

The Beaver Dam Fire Department has announced that the city and the Beaver Dam Community Fire and Rescue Association have amended their agreement for fire, rescue, and emergency medical services. The city and Associatoin have a long history of working together to provide essential emergency services to the townships of Beaver Dam, Calamus, Lowell, Trenton, and Westford.
- PUB DATE: 1/9/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBEV-FM 95.3 Beaver Dam

VIDEO/PHOTOS: A truck drove through a wall at the Regency Inn & Suites in Eau Claire Monday night. The driver was injured and taken to the hospital. A reporter on scene captured the image of a Ford F-150 pickup truck with its front end inside the building. City police and fire crews are also on scene.
- PUB DATE: 1/9/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WQOW-TV ABC 18 Eau Claire

PHOTOS: An explosion that blew out at least two floors of a high-rise hotel and injured nearly two dozen people in downtown Fort Worth on Monday afternoon is suspected of being caused by a natural gas leak, according to the ATF and Fort Worth Fire Department. The explosion was reported at the Sandman Signature Fort Worth Hotel in the 800 block of Houston Street at about 3:30 p.
- PUB DATE: 1/9/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KXAS-TV NBC 5 Fort Worth

PHOTOS: An explosion that blew out at least two floors of a high-rise hotel and injured nearly two dozen people in downtown Fort Worth on Monday afternoon is suspected of being caused by a natural gas leak, according to the ATF and Fort Worth Fire Department. The explosion was reported at the Sandman Signature Fort Worth Hotel in the 800 block of Houston Street at about 3:30 p.
- PUB DATE: 1/9/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KXAS-TV NBC 5 Fort Worth

A small fire department in Haines City is now sharing its own story. 'Through the Smoke' is a documentary series created by the Haines City Fire Department that will feature their firefighters and command staff's day-to-day life, including what happens both on and off calls. Additionally, it will dispel some common misconceptions about the fire service and will showcase the first responders themselves and their unique personalities.
- PUB DATE: 1/9/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTVT-TV FOX 13 Tampa Bay

VIDEO/PHOTOS: Volunteer firefighters have a cleanup on their hands after they report possible straight line winds caused damage to their station. According to the Volunteer Fire Department for the village of Labadieville, straight line winds tossed a mobile home into Fire Station 3 on Highway 1011 in Assumption Parish as storms swept through south Louisiana Monday afternoon.
- PUB DATE: 1/9/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WAFB-TV CBS 9 Baton Rouge

One Firefighter from Niagara Falls is spending his winter training to take on the World’s Strongest Firefighter competition in March. Niagara Falls Firefighter Paul Emmick has been training as a power lifter and now a strongman for 20 years. “I feel so much stronger in my core, my lower back and my hips from doing these types of movements,” Paul said.
- PUB DATE: 1/9/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKBW-TV ABC 7 Buffalo