On January 4, 5 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On January 2, 15 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On January 1, 13 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On December 30, 5 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

Three Saugus firefighters overcome by smoke and heat while fighting a futile battle to save a home on Essex Street issued a mayday call from inside the inferno and were safely rescued, Fire Chief Michael Newbury said. The fierce flames were reported at 5 a.m., Newbury said, and are still raging in full view of the morning commute on Route 1, where the sun rose to reveal traffic at a standstill and plumes of smoke billowing over the highway.
- PUB DATE: 1/6/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: boston herald

A man suffering a heart attack died Sunday hours after District firefighters stopped at the wrong location and returned to their station in Northeast Washington, delaying treatment of the man by at least 20 minutes, according to relatives and a fire department spokesman. Albert Jackson, 67, was pronounced dead at a Prince George’s County hospital shortly after he arrived by a D.
- PUB DATE: 1/6/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: the washington post

A Texas fire chief said training and relationships helped emergency crews respond to a tornado that damaged over 1,000 structures in his community the day after Christmas. The deadly EF4 tornado ripped through Garland before moving northwest to Rowlett. It was on the ground for more than three miles with about half-mile wide path through the southwest quadrant of Rowlett, damaging over 1,100 homes and 30 businesses.
- PUB DATE: 1/6/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: firehouse

Disciplinary action will be taken against a firefighter who was behind the wheel of a paramedic truck that collided with a fire truck last August, injuring 12 people near Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami Department of Fire-Rescue officials said Tuesday. Firefighter Gustavo Alzate, who has worked for the city for 2 years and 4 months, will be suspended in the next couple of days, Assistant Fire Chief Adrian Plasencia said.
- PUB DATE: 1/6/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPLG-TV ABC Local10.com - Miami & Fort Lauderdale

VIDEO - Bessemer city leaders are denying allegations of racism within the city’s fire department. Over the weekend someone spray painted graffiti on the Bessemer Fire Department Administration Building. A police investigation is underway to see who committed a criminal act spraypainting a public building.
- PUB DATE: 1/6/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSFA-TV NBC 12 Montgomery

On January 4, 2 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On January 3, 12 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On January 2, 14 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On January 1, 12 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

The house fire that killed Hamilton firefighter Patrick Wolterman has been ruled an arson, police announced today. Because of that, the firefighter’s death is being investigated as a homicide. Police are offering a $10,000 reward to anyone with information on the case. Wolterman, 28, died Monday, Dec.
- PUB DATE: 1/5/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: journal-news

A Barling firefighter has been released from Mercy Hospital after falling through the attic of a burning home early Tuesday morning (Jan. 5). Firefighter Robert Barker was treated for both lower back pain and arm pain following his fall at a home on Meadow Lane around 1 a.m., according to Edwin Anderson with the Barling Fire Department.
- PUB DATE: 1/5/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KFSM-TV CBS 5 Fort Smith

Heart attacks, overexertion and stress were the leading causes of deaths of on-duty firefighters last year. Eighty five firefighters died while performing their duties in 2015, compared to 91 in 2014, according to statistics compiled by the USFA. Of the 85, 14 died of heart-related issues or strokes within 24 hours of an emergency response.
- PUB DATE: 1/5/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: firehouse

If you're going to pull a phone scam on an unsuspecting victim by pretending to be a firefighter, make sure your victim isn't a deputy chief. That's what happened recently to Scott Schwartz, deputy chief of the West Haven Fire Department. "It was probably just a random thing," recalled Schwartz. "The number came up and they decided to try me but it didn't work very well.
- PUB DATE: 1/5/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Fox 61 Connecticut

It's a Christmas tradition with airborne gifts: They get stuck in trees. Or fly astray. Whether model airplanes, Frisbees, kites or what have you, someone inevitably lands one in a tree. As drones – small lightweight unmanned aerial vehicles and the successor to the modest remote controlled model airplane – become more popular and more people receive them as gifts, the air might be getting a little more crowded.
- PUB DATE: 1/5/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: gloucester times

On January 2, 13 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On January 1, 9 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.