On August 3, 2 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

As the Soberanes Fire in Big Sur rages into its third week, the Cal Fire firefighters union is bringing its contract negotiations argument to the Monterey area. The Sacramento-based Local 2881 took out an advertisement in The Monterey Herald titled “Cal Fire is proud to serve our community in time of disaster” and highlighted its claim that Cal Fire firefighters are underpaid when compared to other fire departments, ranging from minimum wage pay for entry-level firefighters to a salary lag of between 33 and 89 percent behind the state average.
- PUB DATE: 8/9/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Santa Cruz Sentinel

The state’s workers’ compensation commission will need to take a second look at a Homewood firefighter’s claim for coverage for post-traumatic stress disorder, after a state appeals court ruled legal precedent exists to support his claim and the commission was too hasty to toss his claims. An arbitrator had found Lt.
- PUB DATE: 8/9/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Cook County Record

The origin of a fatal motel fire in Newport came from a ground-level room but the incident killed four guests on the second floor, police said in an update Monday morning. The fire, which ignited before 6 a.m. at the City Center Motel, killed two people from Portland and two from Springfield, Newport police Lt.
- PUB DATE: 8/9/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Portland Oregonian

For almost three years now, Cindy Schuenke has had a court order demanding that she be reinstated as a firefighter with the Community Fire Protection District in north St. Louis County. The order makes it clear the district is to give the Pacific woman, 52, back pay to Aug. 9, 2009, when the fire district’s board illegally fired her.
- PUB DATE: 8/9/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A former Oatman firefighter was arrested Sunday when he tried to help efforts to put out a fire but refused orders to stand down. Jonathan Bradley Blake, 33, of Oatman, was arrested on suspicion of obstructing governmental operations, according to Mohave County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Trish Carter.
- PUB DATE: 8/9/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Mohave Daily News

On August 8, 4 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

VIDEO: Crews say one person was taken to the hospital after a major house fire near Fall Creek. Firefighters were called to Dewitz Road, in the Town of Washington, before 3 p.m. on Monday. When they arrived, crews say the house was fully engulfed. The home is a total loss. Mark Porter, with Township Fire, said a lawnmower caught on fire.
- PUB DATE: 8/8/2016 5:43:25 PM - SOURCE: WEAU-TV 13 News

A 38-year-old Wausau man was arrested Monday in an arson fire at the Cabaret Bar, Wausau police said. Tony Patterson Jr. turned himself in without incident, a lieutenant said. Patterson is one of two men that police identified last week as “persons of interest” in the fire. The other was a 32-year-old Wausau man.
- PUB DATE: 8/8/2016 3:11:17 PM - SOURCE: WAOW-TV ABC 9-Wausau

VIDEO: When the 911 system failed Sunday, Wood County authorities turned to other platforms to keep the public informed. Todd Eckes is the Wisconsin Rapids Captain of Operations Fire Marshall, and he said when situations like what happened over the weekend occur, he turns to a messaging systems called, Nixle to keep the public informed.
- PUB DATE: 8/8/2016 11:50:49 AM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau

A dispute between the village of Lake Hallie and four towns over how the Chippewa Fire District is funded is winding toward a conclusion. Besides Lake Hallie, the fire district includes the towns of Hallie, Howard, Lafayette and Wheaton. “The parties reached a settlement at the medication on July 19, 2016.
- PUB DATE: 8/8/2016 4:15:37 AM - SOURCE: Chippewa Herald

More than two dozen people were taken to a hospital Saturday night when carbon monoxide poisoning forced the evacuation of a wedding reception on Madison’s East Side, according to the Madison Fire Department. Emergency personnel were called to the indoor soccer club Salon Centinela, 5018 Blazing Star Drive, after someone fainted during a wedding reception there, said Madison Fire Department spokeswoman Cynthia Schuster.
- PUB DATE: 8/8/2016 3:24:02 AM - SOURCE: Madison.com-Wisconsin State Journal-Capital Times

A lumber components store in Mount Horeb suffered as much as $1 in damage after a fire Saturday, the Mount Horeb Fire Chief said. The Mount Horeb Fire Department responded to a structure fire at Brunsell Lumber and Millwork, 1204 E. Lincoln St., just after 4:20 p.m., Craig Brinkmann said. Responding firefighters encountered heavy black smoke throughout the building.
- PUB DATE: 8/8/2016 3:11:22 AM - SOURCE: Madison.com-Wisconsin State Journal-Capital Times

Experts from across the country charted the future of firefighting at a landmark national conference held in Racine County last month. The Racine Fire Department in July hosted the Wingspread VI Conference, the sixth national gathering to prepare fire departments for challenges they might face in the next decade.
- PUB DATE: 8/8/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Journal Times

On July 7, shooter Micah Johnson fired a barrage of bullets towards officers and citizens in downtown Dallas. Those who were struck were not alone, however. That night, Dallas paramedics risked their own lives to try and get to the wounded. "I had guys who got back to the station who said they had bullets whizzing by their heads,” said Cristian Hinojosa, the president of the Latino Firefighters Association.
- PUB DATE: 8/8/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFAA-TV ABC 8 Dallas - Fort Worth

Tyler Townsend, the chief spokesman for the Kern County Fire Department, made $174,266 in overtime in 2015, on top of his $95,962 salary. That’s the most earned by anyone in the entire county. He was able to bring home $283,952 in 2015, according to the independent watchdog site Transparent California.
- PUB DATE: 8/8/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Bakersfield Californian

An official with a local police union said it is unacceptable not to pay the police officers and firefighters of Fairfield. Fairfield City Council voted Friday to withhold first responders checks until more funds come in next week. David Crews, immediate past president of the Birmingham area Fraternal Order of Police, said other city employees received their pay.
- PUB DATE: 8/8/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: AL.com

A retired San Jose firefighter who tried to grab the man who stabbed to death a retired teacher in London this week says anyone would have tried to stop the attack. Martin Hoenisch, 59, said he was just a tourist who knew what to do in a dire situation – namely try to subdue a man wielding a knife Wednesday in London’s Russell Square, near the British Museum.
- PUB DATE: 8/8/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Orange County Register

The Isonville Volunteer Fire Department is facing a lawsuit by an Elliott County man over a lack of payments in a $1 per year deal with the previous property owner. Roger Howard, who lives near the fire department, recently bought the property that includes the fire department’s garage. The garage has been on the property since 1995, and the fire department later entered into an agreement with Willis Lyon.
- PUB DATE: 8/8/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Daily Independent

On August 7, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.