Posted: Feb 10, 2020
Several months after a swath of suspicious haystack fires in Grant County, Franklin County is now dealing with a possible ‘firebug.’
At around midnight on Feb. 8 and the early morning hours of Feb. 9, Franklin County Sheriff’s officials say there were three suspicious haystack fires in the area of Eltopia West Road and Glade Road just west of the town of Eltopia.
- PUB DATE: 2/10/2020 11:47:11 AM - SOURCE: iFiberOne
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Posted: Feb 10, 2020
When a heart ceases to beat and a person’s life hangs in balance, Longmont’s fire department turns to an unlikely source for inspiration to restore its rhythm.
Just as a team of practiced pit crew members use speed, agility and organization to return a race car to the track, firefighters use a similar system that brings order to chaos and seeks to give patients a better chance at surviving.
- PUB DATE: 2/10/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Daily Times-Call
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Posted: Feb 10, 2020
VIDEO: Flowers were placed on the front lawn of the charred home where Brittany Presley and her six kids died Saturday.
“I’ve known these kids for -- well, ever since they moved into this neighborhood," Allen Short, a neighbor, said.
He said the children’s father, Jake Presley, tried to rescue his family as the home went up in flames.
- PUB DATE: 2/10/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLOX-TV ABC/CBS 13 Biloxi
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Posted: Feb 10, 2020
VIDEO: They're the unsung heroes of the Milwaukee Fire Department.
Saving lives, but they rarely hit the streets. TODAY’S TMJ4 spent Thursday with MFD’s repair shop in Walker’s Point.
The operation costs $5 milllion to $6 million per year. It includes a small team of about 40 people from various backgrounds working to keep engines running.
- PUB DATE: 2/10/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTMJ-TV NBC 4 Milwaukee
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Posted: Feb 10, 2020
"It's not unusual to have an overdose every day," says the Rockford Fire Department's Mobile Integrated Healthcare manager Shannon Kopp. "We're seeing it a lot."
Winnebago County has the highest overdose drug problem in the state per capita. The Rockford Fire Department is trying to reduce those numbers through its "Knock and Talk" initiative.
- PUB DATE: 2/10/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WIFR-TV CBS 23 Rockford
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