The Assistant Chief of the Kaukauna Fire Department is voicing gratitude to his fellow firefighters for a display of solidarity. Chad Gerrits said his wife, Jennifer, was diagnosed with stage four breast cancer that has moved into her lung. Jennifer's treatment has caused her to lose all her hair. While she was in chemotherapy treatment Thursday, the City of Kaukauna Fire Department sent a photo showing the entire fire department with shaved heads in honor of Jennifer.
- PUB DATE: 8/15/2019 2:57:31 PM - SOURCE: WGBA-TV NBC 26 Green Bay

Firefighters extinguished a small fire in a Bristol home’s attic Tuesday. According to a news release from Bristol Fire Chief John Niederer, the fire was reported at about 11:24 a.m. Tuesday at a residence in the 14100 block of 60th St. Bristol crews were dispatched along with neighboring companies via Automatic Aid because because Bristol first responders had been dispatched 13 minutes earlier to a medical call in the 18400 block of 120th St.
- PUB DATE: 8/15/2019 1:06:17 PM - SOURCE: Kenosha News

More than 50 kids from across Wisconsin are in East Troy this week to attend a burn survivors camp. The week-long event is held at Camp Timber-lee and put on by the Professional Firefighters of Wisconsin Charitable Foundation. It is the 25th year of the annual event. Campers enjoy zip-lining, horseback riding and archery.
- PUB DATE: 8/15/2019 11:40:19 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

On August 13, 3 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

Firefighters were dispatched to a garage fire along Parkview Drive just west of Eastgate Drive in Mequon on Thursday morning, Aug. 15. Fire crews were called out shortly before 10:30 a.m. Upon the arrival of firefighters, the garage was fully engulfed. One person inside the home was able to get out safely, while another person was trapped and unable to exit.
- PUB DATE: 8/15/2019 9:42:38 AM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6

The city's fire and police sworn personnel make up about 80% of the total pension costs. Barrett said the city is looking at the structure of the pension system for all other police officers and firefighters throughout Wisconsin as a potential template for the city's package for those departments. Milwaukee and Milwaukee County are separate from the state's retirement system.
- PUB DATE: 8/15/2019 4:52:54 AM - SOURCE: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

The Port Washington Police and Fire Commission on Monday authorized Fire Chief Mark Mitchell to seek proposals from architectural firms for the design of a new fire station and renovation of the existing firehouse, despite the fact that the location of a new facility hasn’t been determined nor has the question of whether a joint city-county facility will be constructed.
- PUB DATE: 8/15/2019 1:52:01 AM - SOURCE: Ozaukee Press

In the midst of a serious heatwave, many Houston firefighters have had to operate out of trucks that lack air conditioning. This has prompted the firefighters union to demand the city repair its aging fleet, the Houston Chronicle reported. Marty Lancton, president of the Houston Professional Fire Fighters Association, told Mayor Sylvester Turner in a letter this week to “dispense with the excuses and political rhetoric about what can or cannot be done.
- PUB DATE: 8/15/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Texas Monitor

Firefighters utilizing the new Medford Fire-Rescue training facility at 2208 Table Rock Road will never get too familiar with the building’s interior, even if they use it hundreds of times. That’s because training officials can modify the 3,000-square-foot, three-story building with movable walls and completely transform the environment, making for a variety of residential dwellings.
- PUB DATE: 8/15/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Mail Tribune - Metered Site

Columbia-Richland County fire trucks are now fully staffed after the firefighters union claimed that short staffing was putting firefighters and some neighborhoods in danger. Fire Chief Aubrey Jenkins confirmed the trucks now are fully staffed, and he hasn’t yet needed to cut in other areas. “We’re going to leave it like this and then reevaluate,” he said.
- PUB DATE: 8/15/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The State

VIDEO: A C-130 nicknamed Zeus will be in San Diego County throughout the month of August, training Ramona-based pilots who normally fly CalFire's workhorse S-2 tankers. The pilots are training to fly the much bigger aircraft that will eventually join Cal Fire's fleet. The first thing you notice about the C-130 is that it's huge.
- PUB DATE: 8/15/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KNSD-TV NBC 7 San Diego

There’s a bipartisan push in Congress to change the work schedules for Federal Firefighters. Local Representatives Elaine Luria, Robert Wittman, Donald McEachin, and Bobby Scott signed a letter led by Representative Mary Gay Scanlon in support of federal firehouses adopting an alternative work schedule.
- PUB DATE: 8/15/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WVEC-TV ABC 13 Hampton

The ball went into the neighbor’s yard. Little Eli and his twin brother were playing and the neighbor’s dog got the ball. The boys’ foster mother didn’t like that. She got angry. She took Eli inside the house and held him while she turned on the hot water, holding him until the scalding hot water burned his arms.
- PUB DATE: 8/14/2019 1:05:10 PM - SOURCE: Sun Prairie Star

VIDEO: No one was injured in an apartment fire Wednesday on Camp Phillips Road, authorities said. Crews responded just before noon to the two-story complex at 5910 Camp Phillips Road for a report of smoke coming from an air-conditioning unit, Everest Metro Police Sgt. Terry Peterson said. The eight-unit complex is at the intersection of Camp Phillips and Winding Ridge Way.
- PUB DATE: 8/14/2019 11:16:46 AM - SOURCE: Wausau Daily Herald

An arsonist from Stevens Point was sentenced to three years in prison as part of a plea deal. Gary McDonald appeared in Portage County court on Wednesday. He was initially charged with attempted homicide, because people were living in the home he attempted to burn down. He set three fires inside the home, including pouring gasoline on a bed while people were sleeping.
- PUB DATE: 8/14/2019 9:52:47 AM - SOURCE: WRIG-AM Fox Sports 1390

Almost a year after heavy rain caused flash flooding in several areas of Monroe County, the crew at Fort McCoy Fire Department reflects on their service to the community during routine equipment checks at FMFD Station One on Aug. 12, 2019. The department operates two fire stations that serve the 60,000 acre Army installation and its surrounding cities through various firefighting and emergency capabilities.
- PUB DATE: 8/14/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: DVIDS

The FDNY confirmed Tuesday that one of its lieutenants died early Saturday morning of a heart attack after a 24-hour tour. "He was the heart of the firehouse, he always had a good word to say.""I was shocked. Brian was obviously in good shape, he was a strong guy," Thomas McHugh of Squad Company 41 said at a news conference.
- PUB DATE: 8/14/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Spectrum News NY1

The Toledo Fire & Rescue Department wants to enlist the help of a local minority-owned creative firm to increase diversity in its ranks, but some city councilmen aren’t sure they want to award the contract without first going to bid. Fire officials on Tuesday proposed contracting with Vince Rocha Productions LLC’s vCreative to produce a recruitment campaign for the department.
- PUB DATE: 8/14/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Toledo Blade

Despite pressure from a contingent of firefighters, the Aspen Fire Protection District Board declined Tuesday to begin formally looking into hiring paid firefighters. “If you ask for a hard decision now, the answer will be no to paid staffing,” board President Karl Adam said. “I am not willing to engage the public when I’m not sure where we’re going with this.
- PUB DATE: 8/14/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Aspen Times

The Houston Fire Department is trying to find a better way to allocate resources. They gave graduate students from Rice University data on emergency calls and asked them to identify trends. The students did an extensive analysis of 911 calls over the past several years and presented their findings Tuesday to Houston City Council.
- PUB DATE: 8/14/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KHOU-TV CBS 11 Houston