The Wausau Fire Department kicked off their annual Fill the Boot campaign during Concerts on the Square Wednesday evening. The money raised goes to supports the Muscular Dystrophy Association(MDA) which is a partner of the International Association of Firefighters (IAFF). Wednesday’s event was the first Fill the Boot event of the year, there will be ones during Wausau Rib and Baloon Fest, Big Bull Falls Blues Fest, and the last one will be during the Tomahawk Fall Ride for MDA.
- PUB DATE: 6/20/2019 3:06:22 AM - SOURCE: WAOW News

Days after a fire brought down a third of Iola's downtown, Kori Printz, her mom, dad and a good friend sifted through 6 feet of rubble and debris. She'd lost everything she owned after moving into her first apartment. Printz, then 21, remembers how 20 years ago she and her two roommates were in their apartment when they spotted the smoke half a block away.
- PUB DATE: 6/20/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Stevens Point Journal

Seattle authorities have moved firefighters out of a Northgate fire station where worries have long been raised about unhealthy conditions and links to cancer. Mayor Jenny Durkan and Fire Chief Harold Scoggins made the relocation decision this week, citing initial results from environmental testing recently done at Station 31 by the Seattle firefighters union, Local 27.
- PUB DATE: 6/20/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Seattle Times - Metered Site

The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) released its annual “U.S. Firefighter Fatalities in the United States” report, which showed a total of 64 U.S. firefighter fatalities while on duty in 2018. This is the eighth time in the last 10 years that fewer than 70 on-duty deaths have occurred; the death toll is half what it was in the first five years that NFPA conducted this study.
- PUB DATE: 6/20/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NFPA.org

Santa Maria and Lompoc may be just 30 minutes apart but to some, its funding plans for public safety, city jobs and looming Calpers debt, feels worlds apart. Despite being more than $3 million in the red, the Lompoc City Council majority have long maintained that officials need to balance the budget before bringing a sales tax into the mix.
- PUB DATE: 6/20/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCOY-TV CBS 12 Santa Maria

In Gene Necklaus’ 36-person Scottsboro Fire Department, he’s seen three firefighters in recent years diagnosed with occupational-related cancer. One of them died last year. The other two were able to return to work after treatment. One had $20,000 in out-of-pocket expenses, including deductibles and co-pays, Nicklaus said.
- PUB DATE: 6/20/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Alabama Daily News

A patient pulled out a gun and opened fire during an ambulance call in southwest Houston, officials say. Firefighters responded to reports of a man having a heart attack in the 12000 block of Sela Lane when the patient, identified by police as 66-year-old David Pham, reportedly pulled out a gun and fired two shots.
- PUB DATE: 6/20/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTRK-TV ABC 13 Houston

People in the Stevens Point area may have noticed more emergency vehicles and personnel than usual on Wednesday. The 5th Annual Rescue Task Force training is taking place at UW-Stevens Point. The training is a huge a undertaking giving more than 50 emergency responders real life practice for a mass casualty incident.
- PUB DATE: 6/19/2019 4:51:09 PM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau

On June 15, 5 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

The Beloit Fire Department is improving its life-saving capabilities thanks to a Mercyhealth donation of a mechanical CPR device. The LUCAS Chest Compression System has been awarded to 30 regional emergency medical service agencies by the Mercyhealth Development Foundation. The new mechanical CPR device is proven to help boost cardiac arrest survival rates and save lives, according to Jay MacNeal, Director of Mercyhealth's MD-1 Physicians.
- PUB DATE: 6/19/2019 8:40:57 AM - SOURCE: Beloit Daily News

A Springville firefighter who died during a training exercise Monday is being remembered for his love and dedication to the community he served. Fire Chief Richard Harvey on Tuesday identified fallen firefighter as Jared Wayne Echols, a 35-year-old husband and father of two young daughters who joined the department in January.
- PUB DATE: 6/19/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: AL.com

More than 60 firefighters tried to save a St. Matthews strip mall from burning to the ground Monday, but none of them were from the St. Matthews Fire Department. Johnny Wong, who who works right next door to the strip mall that was destroyed by the fire at China 1, witnessed the fire. "I went across the street, and when I realized that there was no firefighters at the scene after a few minutes, I was getting worried,” he said.
- PUB DATE: 6/19/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDRB-TV Fox 41 Louisville

VIDEO: One year ago, firefighters from Great Falls Fire Rescue joined other departments from across the state to take part in a peer support training. IAFF Local 8 President David Van Son says this training is a shift from only focusing on the physical aspects of the job to shining a light on mental health.
- PUB DATE: 6/19/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KRTV 3 Great Falls

VIDEO: What has whiskers, a big red ax, and loves full containment on wildfires? Cal Fire unveiled its new mascot, Captain Cal, Tuesday morning at a news conference on the steps of the state Capitol. Captain Cal is a bipedal mountain lion with a friendly smile who loves giving high-fives with his impressive paws.
- PUB DATE: 6/19/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee - Metered Site

A northern Michigan fire station has been dubbed the world’s oldest continuously manned fire station, and just in time for its 130th year anniversary. The Manistee Fire Station was awarded the title of “Oldest Continuously Manned Operating Fire Station” by Guinness World Records on Monday, June 17. This is the first time Guinness has ever given out this award, and the designation required more than two years of documentation-gathering by the Manistee Fire Station.
- PUB DATE: 6/19/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: MLive.com

De Pere Fire Rescue is taking a proactive approach to combating cancer risks. Eric Johnson, Assistant Chief of Training & Safety for De Pere Fire Rescue, will be hosting a special Safety Stand Down this week. Safety Stand Downs for fire departments originated in 2005 as a one-day event to cease training, and focus attention and efforts toward safety concerns that lead to Line of Duty Deaths (LODD).
- PUB DATE: 6/18/2019 2:34:23 PM - SOURCE: De Pere, WI

Four people are displaced from their home after a fire in Watertown. The Watertown Fire Department said it received a call that smoke was observed at a two-family residence at 604 N. Second Street around 8:10 p.m. Firefighters found smoke in the interior of the home on the second floor and put it out, according to a news release.
- PUB DATE: 6/18/2019 11:16:36 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison

On June 16, 5 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On June 14, 7 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

A North Fond du Lac home was destroyed by a fire Monday night. Firefighters responded to the blaze in the 1200 block of Wisconsin Avenue after 8:30 p.m., according to a North Fond du Lac Fire Department news release. Crews tried to make entry into the home, but the conditions were untenable, so they fought the fire from outside the home, according to the release.
- PUB DATE: 6/18/2019 6:39:34 AM - SOURCE: Fond du Lac Reporter