VIDEO: Winter is here. With another snowstorm hitting our area on Friday along with bitter cold temperatures forecasted for this weekend, Gundersen Tri-State Ambulance is ready. "We have two full time fleet technicians making sure our vehicles are roadworthy," director Darin Wendel says. The way they handle calls will change.
- PUB DATE: 1/12/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKBT-TV CBS 8 La Crosse

Two mayday calls were issued Thursday night as two firefighters fell through a hole on the second floor of a Goshen home engulfed in flames. Their fellow firefighters executed a swift rescue, bringing them to safety, miraculously unharmed. Flames and smoke billowed from the residence at 5 Middle St. around 9 p.
- PUB DATE: 1/12/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: News 12 Westchester

VIDEO: Serving San Francisco for decades, a "last of its kind" fire truck has been restored and is being returned to the city by the bay. Rising to its former glory, the 1939 apparatus featured in the World's Fair spent decades serving the city of San Francisco. The truck was one of only two ever built and specially designed to navigate the Bay Area's steep hills and very tall buildings.
- PUB DATE: 1/12/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCRA-TV NBC 3 Sacramento

To soften the potential blow of tax season, first responder retirees in Illinois now have an increased opportunity to reduce their taxable earnings with a health care deduction. While this is a nationwide opportunity for retired law enforcement, firefighter and emergency services workers, the Illinois Public Pension Fund Association is making a special effort to spread the news to those who could benefit in Illinois.
- PUB DATE: 1/12/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Center Square

PHOTOS: It was a terrifying moment for two people and a child after their car left the road and crashed into a ditch filled with water. The Flagler County Sheriff's Office (FCSO) said on Friday, January 5, deputies responded to a crash with injuries involving two people and a small child. Body camera video captures the moment deputies arrived at the harrowing scene.
- PUB DATE: 1/12/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPEC-TV CBS 12 West Palm Beach

PHOTOS: An unprecedented number of billion-dollar disasters — 28 in total — struck the U.S. in 2023, as the remarkably warm year wrapped up with a record-warm December. “For millions of Americans impacted by a seemingly endless onslaught of weather and climate disasters, 2023 has hit a new record for many extremes,” said NOAA Chief Scientist Sarah Kapnick.
- PUB DATE: 1/12/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

...ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE REGION WITH HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... .A strengthening low pressure system will track from the mid-Mississippi Valley to the central Great Lakes from Friday morning through midday Saturday. The strong system will bring heavy snow and strong winds to the region. Most of the region should see 8 Winter Storm Warning 2024-01-12T09:00:00-06:00 2024-01-13T12:00:00-06:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Moderate Likely Lincoln; Oneida; Vilas FIPS6 055069 055085 055125 UGC WIZ005 WIZ010 WIZ018 VTEC /O.CON.KGRB.WS.W.0002.240112T1500Z-240113T1800Z/

...ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE REGION WITH HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... .A strengthening low pressure system will track from the mid-Mississippi Valley to the central Great Lakes from Friday morning through midday Saturday. The strong system will bring heavy snow and strong winds to the region. Probability of at least 6 Winter Storm Warning 2024-01-12T09:00:00-06:00 2024-01-13T12:00:00-06:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Moderate Likely Lincoln; Oneida; Vilas FIPS6 055069 055085 055125 UGC WIZ005 WIZ010 WIZ018 VTEC /O.NEW.KGRB.WS.W.0002.240112T1500Z-240113T1800Z/

Thanks to the quick action of the homeowners, damage caused by an electrical fire in the Town of Brussels was limited to just the basement. The Brussels-Union-Gardner Fire Department was called to a home on Misere Road at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday after the homeowners heard a loud noise from the basement and noticed it slowly filling up with smoke.
- PUB DATE: 1/11/2024 10:14:11 AM - SOURCE: Door County Daily News

...ACCUMULATING LIGHT SNOW HAS ENDED THIS MORNING... Light snow from earlier this morning has come to an end. Although the light snow has ended, any untreated surfaces will be snow covered and slippery. If you encounter untreated roads or bridges, slow down and allow extra distance between you and the car in front of you. Allow a little extra time for your morning commute to work or Special Weather Statement 2024-01-12T06:00:00-06:00 2024-01-11T07:15:00-06:00 Actual Alert Met Expected Minor Observed Florence; Forest; Lincoln; Oneida; Vilas FIPS6 055037 055041 055069 055085 055125 UGC WIZ005 WIZ010 WIZ011 WIZ012 WIZ018 VTEC

VIDEO: Waukesha first responders had to use a saw to free a man's hand stuck in a snowblower. It happened at a home near Greenfield and Racine avenues at the height of Tuesday's storm. "He's 34 years of age. Got his hand stuck in a snowblower," someone can be heard saying over the dispatch radio. "Three fingers are definitely stuck in there.
- PUB DATE: 1/11/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee

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