The Wausau Fire Department has been having a bit of fun while the crew isn't fighting fires or rescuing people around the community. The department posted a video on its Facebook page Monday, premiering its full parody episode of "The Office," a popular sitcom that began in 2005. "The Fire Department" introduces the crew while having a good amount of fun, taking to the comedic style of "The Office.
- PUB DATE: 2/14/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLUK-TV FOX 11 Green Bay

PHOTOS: A Philadelphia Eagles fan apparently didn't handle his team's Super Bowl loss to the Kansas City Chiefs very well. Edward Dalasandro, 25, of Philadelphia was arrested Sunday night after the Martin County Sheriff's Office said he vandalized a fire station and assaulted a firefighter with a meat cleaver.
- PUB DATE: 2/14/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPTV NBC 5 Palm Beach

Husband and wife firefighters in Montgomery County cherish the opportunity to volunteer alongside one another. In celebration of Valentine’s Day, the Montgomery County Fire Chiefs Association is happy to recognize these couples. Tyler Miles and Gina Walters-Miles began volunteering at Limerick Fire Department as junior firefighters at age 16.
- PUB DATE: 2/14/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Reporter - Metered Site

Firefighters have made progress overnight in the effort to extinguish a huge facility fire in Wayne County, a spokesman said Sunday morning. First responders remain at the scene in Dudley and have been aided by rain throughout the evening and morning as they battle the enormous blaze at National Salvage and Service Corp.
- PUB DATE: 2/13/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTVD-TV ABC 11 Durham

VIDEO: Being a firefighter and EMT is a tough job that calls for perfect communication skills. That’s why a Kirby firefighter says people underestimate her and her extreme hearing loss. However, thanks to state-of-the-art technology, she can save lives just as well as her crew members. “There was something about wanting to have that challenge,” Konstance Garner said.
- PUB DATE: 2/13/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSAT-TV ABC 12 San Antonio

VIDEO: A promise to never forget. Twenty-five years ago, Anthony Lockhart and Patrick King died in a four-alarm fire in the South Side neighborhood of Beverly. On Sunday, friends and family remembered the two fallen heroes. "We got that visit in the middle of the night that nobody ever wants to get ever, and it broke our family," said Gina King, Patrick's wife.
- PUB DATE: 2/13/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLS-TV ABC 7 Chicago

In the 1980s, rookie firefighters at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport endured a hazing ritual known as the “foam shower.” Recruits stood some 150 feet down the tarmac with 5-gallon buckets and were told to catch firefighting foam shot out of a crash-response truck’s water cannon. They would wear the usual helmet and heat-resistant gear, but still ended up drenched as the bubbly white liquid rained down on them.
- PUB DATE: 2/13/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Seattle Times - Metered Site

PHOTOS: It is always an interesting article when we can find the "oldest" here in New Jersey. It's even more interesting when we can find the "oldest" in Jersey which is the oldest in America. That is the case with this article. First I want to commend all the men and women who served and continue to serve as firefighters here in New Jersey as well as around America and the world.
- PUB DATE: 2/13/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJLK-FM 94.3 Asbury Park

Huge flames from inside a Bronx supermarket sent smoke billowing into the air, as a fire erupted when the busy store was filled with shoppers and workers. The blaze broke out at a C-Town Supermarket on University Avenue in the Morris Heights neighborhood round 5:30 p.m., fire officials said, and quickly grew to 5-alarms.
- PUB DATE: 2/10/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WNBC-TV NBC 4 New York City

VIDEO: As the world watches the deaths mount in Turkey following the devastating earthquakes, local firefighters are training to make sure they are prepared to respond to a similar disaster. Crews from all over Southern California gathered at a training center in Sherman Oaks, dubbed "Disaster City," to learn how to search for victims trapped under rubble brought by an earthquake.
- PUB DATE: 2/10/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCAL-TV CBS 9 Los Angeles

At the 7th Annual Public Safety Report meeting Thursday, Mayor John Hamilton announced a new $100,000 no-interest down payment assistance program for up to 10 police officers and 10 firefighters as an incentive to live in the city of Bloomington. Commencing immediately, the pilot housing program is the only such program known to exist in the country.
- PUB DATE: 2/10/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: City of Bloomington

When Jessica Markle — then Jessica Fink — walked into West Manchester Township Fire Department’s (WMTFD) Shiloh Fire Company back in April 2015, she was a college student who decided to become a volunteer firefighter on a whim. Little did she know that she was about to meet somebody who would change her life.
- PUB DATE: 2/10/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: York Daily Record - Metered Site

Nine cars were destroyed after a massive fire ripped through a carport in Hollywood overnight. The fire was reported around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday on Laurel Canyon near Hollywood Boulevard, authorities said. Firefighters rushed to the scene to extinguish the inferno. Video shows the flames engulfing the structure and vehicles, though they were confined to the carport and did not spread.
- PUB DATE: 2/9/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KABC-TV ABC 7 Los Angeles

VIDEO: The Pikeville Fire Department received its newest addition to the fire and rescue fleet this week, as firefighters work to learn the new tech of a $1.2 million investment in community safety. Tower 1, the new fire and rescue truck with a 100-foot ladder, is a custom-built truck which pushes out around 2,000 gallons of water per minute.
- PUB DATE: 2/9/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WYMT-TV CBS 57 Hazard

PHOTOS: At one point you're mowing your lawn and the next you're unconscious, on the ground, suffering a heart attack. That's what happened to 63-year-old Jack Fong. But due to Germantown Fire Department's implementation of Neuroprotective CPR, Fong survived his March 2022 heart attack with little to no neurological issues.
- PUB DATE: 2/9/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Commercial Appeal - Metered Site

VIDEO: As Fred lifted his pants leg he winced in pain. His jeans, damp from the freshly fallen snow, stuck to the open scab that stretched from his knee to his ankle, peeling away bits of skin as he revealed his wound. “It's amazing how fast it spreads. My leg actually looks like I got eaten by a zombie,” he said.
- PUB DATE: 2/9/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NECN

A massive 6-alarm fire engulfed a building housing a row of businesses in West New York, New Jersey. The fire reportedly began inside one of the businesses located on Bergenline Avenue, near 61st Street. Multiple emergency responders are on scene, fighting the fire from inside and outside the building – trying to get it under control.
- PUB DATE: 2/8/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WWOR-TV FOX/MyNetworkTV 25 Secaucus

VIDEO: Last July, an electric transit bus in Connecticut burst into flames while parked at a depot. A month later, an electric scooter sparked a fire inside a New York City apartment that killed a 5-year-old girl and 36-year-old woman. And last month, a fire believed to be caused by the batteries in an electric scooter engulfed a multifamily home in Brockton, Massachusetts.
- PUB DATE: 2/8/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC News

VIDEO/PHOTOS: Stepping away from full time service to retirement can be a big transition for firefighters, as they move away from the family they had at their station. No one at Olympia Firehouse 5 expected to be meeting for Monday morning coffee surrounded by a half dozen vintage firetrucks in their retirement.
- PUB DATE: 2/8/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Thurston Talk

VIDEO: Tulsa International Airport (TIA) has upgraded its phone system to alert first responders in the event of an emergency. It’s called a crash phone system. TIA firefighters told FOX23 they’ve waited a long time for this new system. It costs around $100,000, and firefighters said the equipment is vital.
- PUB DATE: 2/8/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOKI-TV FOX 23 Tulsa