A statistic released by the Wisconsin Department of Military Affairs says in 2017 more than 1.3 million fires killed 3,400 and hurt 14,000 more. According to the Professional Fire Fighters of Wisconsin Charitable Foundation, fire departments in the U.S. respond to more than 1,000 home fires each day, about one every 86 seconds.
- PUB DATE: 10/7/2019 5:47:47 PM - SOURCE: WEAU-TV 13 News

Firefighters with the Milwaukee Fire Department are investigating after a car crashes into a Goodwill Monday evening. Police say they responded to a crash at 3900 N Palmer Street around 5:15 p.m. A car slammed into the front entrance of the Goodwill, injuring the driver. The severity of the injury is not known at this time, but the driver declined medical attention.
- PUB DATE: 10/7/2019 4:40:21 PM - SOURCE: Today's TMJ4

A car caught fire after a collision with a deer in Waupaca County Sunday night. This comes as the state reminds drivers to be alert for an increase in deer activity. The crash happened Sunday, Oct. 6., on Highway 22 south of Stratton Lake Rd in the Township of Dayton. The Waupaca County Sheriff's Office received a call at 8:47 p.
- PUB DATE: 10/7/2019 12:48:32 PM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau

City leaders and students met Monday at the Milwaukee Fire Department's Survive Alive House to kick off National Fire Prevention Week. Students from the Milwaukee Spanish Immersion School practiced an escape plan and learned about fire safety. At the Survive Alive House, students went through a simulated house fire and practiced how to get out safely.
- PUB DATE: 10/7/2019 11:44:07 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

A fire destroys a pub in Tustin, in Waushara County, on the northwest corner of Lake Poygan. The pub is on the corner of County Highway H and Center Street. Fire crews were called about 10:20 Sunday night to the Pony Creek Pub. A Poy Sippi Fire Department deputy chief tells Action 2 News the building was already filled with fire when they arrived.
- PUB DATE: 10/7/2019 5:56:39 AM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau

A Sun Prairie volunteer firefighter is remembered at a national memorial service in Maryland. Thousands paid tribute to 119 firefighters killed in the line of duty. It was a solemn tribute to volunteer firefighter Cory Barr. Barr’s name is now etched on the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial in Emmitsburg, Maryland.
- PUB DATE: 10/7/2019 5:51:47 AM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau

A Lexington County firefighter has died after he was struck by a semi while trying to help victims of a car crash. The fire service said Lexington County Fire Service Fire Engineer Paul Quattlebaum, a 22-year veteran of the agency, had been dispatched to a service call around 3:30 p.m. Friday. While he was headed to the scene, he and his partner saw a car crash in the 5200 block of Fairview Road.
- PUB DATE: 10/7/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLTX-TV CBS 19 Columbia

The 38th National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service took place over the weekend at the National Fire Academy in Maryland. The sound of bagpipes and drums could be heard for miles as people gathered to remember and honor 119 fallen heroes from 2018 and previous years. The rainy weather didn’t stop over 5,000 people from silently listening to fire officials talk about brave men and women from all over the nation, who died protecting their community.
- PUB DATE: 10/7/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDVM-TV 25 Hagerstown

VIDEO: Authorities reported multiple injuries after a series of electrical explosions sent massive fireballs into the air Saturday night at a shopping and dining complex in Huntington Beach. Staff at the Old World German restaurant on Center Avenue noticed an odor coming from the underground electrical vault.
- PUB DATE: 10/7/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KABC-TV ABC 7 Los Angeles

The firehouse on John F. Kennedy Boulevard is just under a mile from Janice Pantano’s Central Avenue shore home, but on May 23, when Pantano called 911 to report her car on fire, it took 19 minutes before firefighters had begun spraying water at the scene. By the time the fire was put out, her car and her home were destroyed.
- PUB DATE: 10/7/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Press of Atlantic City

A Windsor family contacted environmental officials after they said they saw firefighting foam building up in their backyard brook. Connecticut health officials issued an alert immediately following a deadly vintage plane crash on Wednesday where the firefighting foam with PFAS may have made its way into the Farmington River and surrounding waterways.
- PUB DATE: 10/7/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFSB-TV CBS 3 Hartford

The Appleton Fire Department says no one is hurt after an eight-unit apartment building caught fire Saturday afternoon. Officials say they were dispatched to the 2300 block of E. Peter Street in Appleton around 4:30 p.m. for the report of smoke detectors sounding in an apartment unit. Arriving crews say one apartment was full of smoke.
- PUB DATE: 10/5/2019 5:44:11 PM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV and WJMN-TV Green Bay

It started as a normal call last Friday for Dan Ravenhorst. "After I had started getting everything set up. Dan arrived on scene, so it was basically him and I for probably the first five minutes," said Township Fire Department Battalion Chief Randy Schenk. While responding to a mobile home fire in the town of Seymour, Ravenhorst did the same job he's done numerous times.
- PUB DATE: 10/4/2019 7:32:58 PM - SOURCE: WEAU-TV 13 News

The Janesville Fire Department’s improved insurance rating could draw businesses to town and make residents feel safer, Fire Chief Ernie Rhodes said. The national Insurance Services Office last week bumped Janesville’s fire services rating from Class 3 to Class 2, which Rhodes said is a significant change.
- PUB DATE: 10/4/2019 2:07:41 AM - SOURCE: Janesville Gazette

VIDEO: Five Detroit firefighters were hurt after a house collapsed during a fire in southwest Detroit on Thursday afternoon. Investigators are now calling the fire suspicious and asking for witnesses to step forward. According to a spokesperson for the fire department received a call to the house around 1:50 p.
- PUB DATE: 10/4/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WXYZ-TV ABC 7 Detroit

An Okanogan County assistant fire chief who suffered burns to more than half of his body died from his injuries on Wednesday. Assistant Chief Christian Johnson was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle nearly a month ago after suffering severe burns while fighting the Spring Coulee Fire south of Okanogan, Washington.
- PUB DATE: 10/4/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KREM-TV CBS 2 Spokane

The Hobart City Council has unanimously approved a collective bargaining contract with Hobart Professional Firefighters Local 1641, the first time in 53 years the union has had a contract. "This is a landmark case for the fire department," City Councilman Matt Claussen said. Fellow firefighters, who filled the council chamber Wednesday night in a show of support, applauded the council's decision and the nearly yearlong negotiations between union president Enrique Lopez and a council subcommittee comprised of Claussen, City Councilman Dan Waldrop and City Councilman John Brezik.
- PUB DATE: 10/4/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NWITimes.com

VIDEO: Multiple calls, extremely long hours and short staffing. Those are just a few issues Murrells Inlet Garden City Fire District crews are dealing with. Fire Chief Norman Knight said they’re using social media to shine a spotlight on these issues. Back in July, the Murrells Inlet Garden City Fire District asked voters to pass a tax millage increase with the goal of increasing salaries, adding staff and bringing in another paramedic ambulance.
- PUB DATE: 10/4/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMBF-TV NBC Myrtle Beach

Daryl Paul, a Panama City Beach firefighter, creates something new out of something old. “I didn’t think people would really like them at first,” Paul told WJHG. But people fell in love with Paul’s fire hose American flags. "I love my country, I love my city and I love my job. So for country, that's cool, doing my flags, and using the tools of my trade, you know.
- PUB DATE: 10/4/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJHG-TV NBC/CW+ 14 Panama City

This weekend, thousands will attend the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial in Emmitsburg, Maryland to honor those who paid the ultimate sacrifice. Fallen Sun Prairie Fire Capt. Cory Barr will be one of the 119 recognized in a ceremony on Sunday. Capt. Barr’s widow, Abby Barr, their twin daughters, family, Sun Prairie Fire Chief Christopher Garrison and more will attend.
- PUB DATE: 10/3/2019 4:46:35 PM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison