An initiative led by Indiana University is pushing the boundaries of technology to save first responders’ lives and expedite emergency response. A collaboration between the IU Luddy School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering and University Information Technology Services, the Crisis Technologies Innovation Lab is facilitating private investment and entrepreneurship activity in technology that provides first responders’ precise locations inside structures during a crisis and while locating survivors.
- PUB DATE: 12/14/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: News at Indiana University

Residents of a Madison duplex were left without a home for a night after carbon monoxide levels in their basement reached almost fatal levels. The Madison Fire Department says people living on the 600 block of North St. on the city’s near east side called in describing symptoms typical with carbon monoxide exposure.
- PUB DATE: 12/13/2023 3:19:00 PM - SOURCE: WMTV NBC/CW 15 Madison

VIDEO/PHOTOS: Clothes are an important essential that all people need. That’s why Arbor Vitae and Minocqua firefighters are gathering winter clothes for their coat drive. The drive helps supply winter clothes to surrounding schools and the Lakeland food pantry. Operation Santa has been donating clothes for 19 years in the Lakeland area.
- PUB DATE: 12/13/2023 2:45:00 AM - SOURCE: WJFW-TV NBC 12 Rhinelander

VIDEOS/PHOTOS: The Boom Bay Volunteer Fire Department is showing off its newest set of wheels. No matter if it's on land, ice or in water, the Boom Bay Volunteer Fire Department's new SHERP vehicle is up for the task. The amphibious vehicle will help Boom Bay with life-threatening events like ice rescues on the Wolf River, Lake Poygan and Lake Winneconne.
- PUB DATE: 12/13/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLUK-TV FOX 11 Green Bay

PHOTOS: A raging 5-alarm fire raced through a row of Bronx businesses early Wednesday morning, leaving at least one person injured. The blaze broke out at Bunny’s Deli Cold Cut City at West 231st Street and Broadway in the Kingsbridge section just before 3:30 am, the FDNY said. Two dozen videos uploaded to Citizen App showed huge flames and plumes of thick black smoke shooting into the air, and a crowd of firefighters battling the inferno both from the street level and from tower ladders.
- PUB DATE: 12/13/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Post

VIDEO/PHOTOS: Saturday’s tornado left scattered supplies and a destroyed station for the Gibson County Fire Department in Rutherford. Though grateful for no casualties, John Baker, the Battalion Chief for the Gibson County Fire Department, calls the destruction unnerving. Damaged equipment is being gathered for inventory and assessed for usability.
- PUB DATE: 12/13/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBBJ-TV ABC/CBS 7 Jackson

PHOTO: Current and former Mount Pleasant Fire Department members, along with car enthusiasts of all ages were partying like its 1941 at the Dec. 9 Charleston Cars & Coffee gathering at Mount Pleasant Towne Centre, as they collectively admired and marveled at the sight of an 82 year-old fire engine red service truck.
- PUB DATE: 12/13/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Moultrie News - Metered Site

VIDEO: More than 350 families of fallen first responders are taking part in a healing retreat at Walt Disney World Resort. The gathering was part of the Gary Sinise Foundation’s annual Snowball Express event, which has been held since 2018 for families of fallen U.S. military heroes. The expansion to a second week focused on first responders and was one of the largest gatherings of the community to date, organizers said.
- PUB DATE: 12/13/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKMG-TV CBS 6 Orlando

PHOTOS: North Shore firefighters were dispatched on Tuesday morning, Dec. 12 to a fire at an apartment building on W. Dean Road near N. Teutonia Avenue in Brown Deer. The first firefighters on the scene found a fire in a second-floor apartment of an approximate 48-unit apartment complex. The building was evacuated – and the fire was brought under control in about forty minutes.
- PUB DATE: 12/12/2023 3:32:46 PM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee

VIDEO: A total of 13 people have been displaced by a fire on Madison's east side early Tuesday morning. Two blocks of Milwaukee Street were closed as crews responded to the residential fire. The call came in just after 3 a.m., according to Dane County dispatch. News 3 Now's crew reported the building is residential and appears to be a duplex.
- PUB DATE: 12/12/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV CBS/MyNetworkTV 3 Madison

Two firefighters were injured while battling flames that engulfed a yacht club that has been a local landmark in Marina del Rey for decades. The fire was reported around 11:30 p.m. Monday at the California Yacht Club on Admiralty Way, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department. Fire crews arrived on scene to heavy fire and smoke billowing from the building, and it was quickly upgraded to a 2nd alarm fire before it was eventually extinguished.
- PUB DATE: 12/12/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KABC-TV ABC 7 Los Angeles

"Twas the night before Christmas in the firehouse, not an alarm bell ringing, not one fire to douse…" Thus begins "A Firehouse's Night Before Christmas," a modern-day, safety-oriented retelling of Clement Clarke Moore's "A Visit from St. Nicholas," by Northborough and Maynard firefighter Michael Parr.
- PUB DATE: 12/12/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Metro West Daily News - Metered Site

VIDEOS/PHOTOS: Firefighters scoured a mound of rubble to ensure no one was trapped Monday evening after a corner of a seven-story Bronx apartment building collapsed, leaving apartments exposed like a stack of shelves and a convenience store partly buried under bricks and wood. The collapse happened at 1915 Billingsley Terrace near West Burnside Avenue in the Morris Heights neighborhood around 3:30 p.
- PUB DATE: 12/12/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WNYW-TV FOX 5 New York City

VIDEO: Colorado Springs firefighters are reflecting on how to better communicate with local hospitals after Club Q. 11 News spoke with the Colorado Springs Fire Department one year after Club Q, which has rolled out a tracking technology by Pulsara. Firefighters put wristbands on patients, connecting to an app, which gives real-time information to hospitals so medical staff can prepare.
- PUB DATE: 12/12/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KKTV CBS 11 Colorado Springs

VIDEO: The old fire station #5 on Denton St. in La Crosse is getting a part put back up on the building that hasn't been there in over 60 years.The current owner of the property is installing a brand new tower on top of the building. Back 1895, when the building was used as fire station, the tower is where firefighters used to sit during the day and watch for smoke.
- PUB DATE: 12/11/2023 11:34:00 PM - SOURCE: WXOW-TV ABC 19 La Crosse

VIDEO: The Eau Claire Fire Department recently made a historical discovery that is giving insight into firefighters' jobs from more than a century ago. The department found old documents two weeks ago when they were cleaning out Fire Station 10. The paperwork included former call logs, investigation reports and photos from the 1900's.
- PUB DATE: 12/11/2023 7:45:00 PM - SOURCE: WQOW-TV ABC 18 Eau Claire

VIDEO: Many communities rely on their local volunteer fire departments for emergencies. However, staffing those departments can be extremely challenging. The Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services has created a grant funding of $150,000 for eligible applicants that will help youth firefighter training programs throughout the state.
- PUB DATE: 12/11/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJFW-TV NBC 12 Rhinelander

There was a large fire at an abandoned school building early Sunday in Gary, Indiana. Firefighters worked through the night to put out a massive blaze at the old Ralph Waldo Emerson High School. The fire comes months after a similar fire tore through the building. The Gary Fire Department said the fire was put out at 3:45 a.
- PUB DATE: 12/11/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLS-TV ABC 7 Chicago

VIDEO/PHOTOS: Tennessee officials are assessing the damage after tornadoes and strong thunderstorms roared across the state Saturday, leaving at least six people dead, more than 50 injured, multiple buildings destroyed and power outages. At least three people died, including a child, after a tornado struck the Clarksville area of Montgomery County in northern Tennessee, officials said Saturday night.
- PUB DATE: 12/11/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNN

VIDEO: It was quite a surprise for young patients at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta on Friday. When they looked out their windows, they saw firefighters waving at them. Sandy Springs firefighters came up with the plan. Rappel off the top of the hospital and spread a little joy on their way down. As they lowered themselves, they stopped and waved to patients on the other side of the glass.
- PUB DATE: 12/11/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WAGA-TV FOX 5 Atlanta