Flying Apache attack helicopters in Iraq and Afghanistan prepared Tim Cherwin for his current job. The foe might be different but sometimes it's just as dangerous battling forest fires in a twin-engine turboprop plane. War zones and forest fires in the western United States — which Cherwin has fought from the air for the past five years — offer similar challenges: mountainous terrain, low altitude flying, extreme heat, rapidly changing weather conditions and endangered lives.
- PUB DATE: 7/29/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Milwaukee Journal Sentinal

Firefighters are tackling three blazes in central Washington near Yakima and forecasts show conditions to fight them are going to get worse. The Pipeline Fire and Left Hand Fire are both between Yakima and Ellensburg. The Kusshi Creek Fire is south near the Yakama Reservation. The Left Hand Fire has forced six homes to evacuate and hundreds more are on notice.
- PUB DATE: 7/29/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13 Seattle

Fires that start in Los Angeles' homeless encampments pose a serious safety threat because they often spread to nearby apartments, homes, businesses and other buildings. The map above, illustrating fires that started at homeless encampments in 2018, shows just how widespread the problem is in Los Angeles County.
- PUB DATE: 7/29/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KNBC-TV NBC 4 Los Angeles

PHOTOS: Flying Apache attack helicopters in Iraq and Afghanistan prepared Tim Cherwin for his current job. The foe might be different but sometimes it's just as dangerous battling forest fires in a twin-engine turboprop plane. War zones and forest fires in the western United States — which Cherwin has fought from the air for the past five years — offer similar challenges: mountainous terrain, low altitude flying, extreme heat, rapidly changing weather conditions and endangered lives.
- PUB DATE: 7/29/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

It was a monster of a fire that threatened a number of nearby structures and endangered the lives of scores of firefighters when flames consumed the R.S. Fought and Sons Feed Mill at Walnut and Railroad streets forty years ago. “The flames were going a hundred feet into the air,” Gene Cahn remembered during a recent interview at the borough’s firehouse.
- PUB DATE: 7/29/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Williamsport Sun-Gazette

The town’s fire department is changing up how it responds to emergencies. With the addition of an ambulance called “Aid 1” — also known as a QRU or quick response unit — the Twin Falls Fire Department is working toward implementing a tiered response approach similar to those used in larger cities, according to Fire Chief Les Kenworthy.
- PUB DATE: 7/29/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Times-News

A Kenosha family is displaced following a fire on Friday evening. The fire was reported around 8:15 p.m in a home near 33rd Avenue and 55th Street. According to the Kenosha Fire Department, the four people home at the time of the fire were able to escape the blaze unharmed. Firefighters were on scene for roughly two hours.
- PUB DATE: 7/27/2019 3:34:41 PM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

On July 20, 5 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On July 19, 2 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

Firefighters on Friday morning, July 26 responded to the scene of a fire at a condominium complex in West Bend. It happened around 1:20 a.m. near River Drive and School Place. The six unit condominium building did not have a fire sprinkler system or a fire alarm system. No additional details have been released — including the cause of the fire or the amount of damage sustained.
- PUB DATE: 7/26/2019 6:52:41 AM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6

Anne Arundel County fire officials battled a two-alarm house fire in Lothian late Thursday night. The State Fire Marshal's Office said 80 firefighters were called just after 8:30 p.m. to the 5500 block of Greenock Road. Video showed a large two-story, single-family home completely engulfed in flames.
- PUB DATE: 7/26/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBAL-TV NBC 11 Baltimore

A story we've been watching closely all week is the fight between Youngstown's firefighter's union and the administration. The union has accused city leaders of swapping one safety issue for another. The fire chief stands behind his proposal. However, the issue was placed before the city's safety committee on Thursday and has now been forwarded on to council as a whole to weigh-in.
- PUB DATE: 7/26/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFMJ-TV NBC/CW 21 Youngstown

VIDEO: Health department workers say finding syringes on the ground is becoming a frequent problem in Minneapolis. While leaders work on long-term solutions, the Minneapolis Fire Department and outreach workers are picking up the slack. In a parking lot off 27th and Bloomington Avenue, across from Minneapolis Fire Station 5, it takes less than a minute to stumble upon a stray needle.
- PUB DATE: 7/26/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCCO-TV CBS 4 Minneapolis

Your first 100 days as fire chief are a critical time to make a positive impression and to lay a meaningful foundation for the future. Having a 100-day plan before you take over is the first step to being successful. Fire Chiefs John Butler, Fairfax County (Virginia) Fire Chief John Butler and Al Yancey, Jr.
- PUB DATE: 7/26/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: IAFC.org

It started when hot autumn winds snapped a power line east of Paradise, California, showering the ground with sparks. Flames shot up in dry grass near the Feather River, fanned into nearby pine trees and raced 8 miles to town. Eighty-five people died and nearly 19,000 buildings were destroyed in the Camp Fire, the state's deadliest wildfire.
- PUB DATE: 7/26/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: USA Today

City officials said Thursday new information shows the firefighting foam used to put out fires at utility substations in Madison did contain perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, clarifying an earlier statement made by Madison fire officials. Firefighters used foam to put out the fires at substations for American Transmission Co.
- PUB DATE: 7/25/2019 3:39:32 PM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison

Fond du Lac Firefighters will once again be asking for the public’s help to “Fill the Boot” and raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. The Fill the Boot campaign begins next Thursday, August 1st at the corner of Division Street and Park Avenue from 10 am until 5 pm. Thanks to a generous match from the owner of Magic Car Wash Express, the community’s donations will be matched up to $10,000.
- PUB DATE: 7/25/2019 11:15:22 AM - SOURCE: KFIZ-AM 1450

On July 22, 4 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On July 21, 7 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On Tuesday, an abandoned house on the 1300 block of West Miller Street in Springfield went up in flames. Unfortunately, the house was fully engulfed in flames when crews arrived. The damage caused the floors to begin caving in. One firefighter fell through the depleting floors. He was later taken to the hospital for his injuries.
- PUB DATE: 7/25/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WRSP-TV FOX 55 Springfield