VIDEO: A regular home just wasn't interesting enough for one Kenosha woman. So instead of the white picket fence or home in a cul-de-sac, she bought a firehouse built in 1915, fixed it up, and has been happily living in it ever since. Rhonda Dutton wanted to find a unique home, just like her sister Terry Evans.
- PUB DATE: 12/1/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTMJ-TV NBC 4 Milwaukee

When a veteran correctional officer crashed his electric car in May, it took firefighters an hour and a half and 30,000 gallons of water to douse the blaze. That was too late for Daniel Sincavage, who died when he got trapped in his burning Tesla after it veered off the road and hit trees as he drove between facilities at Southern State Correctional Facility in Cumberland County.
- PUB DATE: 12/1/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New Jersey Monitor

Firefighters battled a fire that broke out between two houses in Pasco Wednesday night. Just after 7:30 p.m., Pasco Fire responded to reports of a backyard fire in the area of 7th and Sylvester St. Once on scene, fire leaders said they located a large shed on fire in the backyard of a home in the 700 block of W Yakima St.
- PUB DATE: 12/1/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIMA-TV CBS/CW+ 29 Yakima

Scientists discovered one type of treatment is key to forest resiliency: prescribed burns. They also said forest managers can harness wildfire to do the work of prescribed burns for them. Researchers are looking closely at the Schneider Springs fire, the largest wildfire in Washington in 2021.The Schneider Springs fire provided examples of the benefits of prescribed burns and other fire treatments.
- PUB DATE: 12/1/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Jefferson Public Radio

Flu activity in Washington state is now considered "very high," according to the Washington State Department of Health (DOH). State health officials reported over 1,200 new flu cases from Nov. 13-19, which was more than double the case count of previous weeks. Influenza type A has been the most common flu strain found in recent weeks, state health officials reported.
- PUB DATE: 12/1/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle