A 54-year-old Green Bay man died after the tractor he was driving caught fire Saturday morning. First responders were called around 12:55 a.m. Saturday to Tonet Road, north of County Road K, in Luxemburg for a report of a tractor on fire that had rolled into the power lines, according to the Kewaunee County Sheriff's Department.
- PUB DATE: 6/8/2019 4:26:17 PM - SOURCE: Wisconsin State Farmer

Green Bay Police say an 11-month-old boy has died, and a 20 year old woman is in stable condition at a local hospital. Seven people were injured from a house fire Friday morning in Green Bay, firefighters say. One of the people rescued from the fire was a one-year-old child. The Green Bay Metro Fire Department responded at 7:25 a.
- PUB DATE: 6/8/2019 4:42:23 AM - SOURCE: NBC26

Firefighters rescued a one-year-old child from a house fire on Green Bay's east side. Emergency crews were called to the 2500 block of Wisconsin Ave. at around 7:30 a.m. Friday. That is just off of East Shore Drive, along the shore of Green Bay. Firefighters received a report of a child trapped inside the home.
- PUB DATE: 6/7/2019 8:36:41 AM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau

A fire destroyed a restaurant Friday morning near Elkhart Lake. First responders took a call of a fire at Three Guys & a Grill on Sheboygan County J near Elkhart Lake about 4:20 a.m., according to the Sheboygan County Sheriff's Office. Elkhart Lake Fire Capt. Keith Fischer said crews saw smoke and flames through the roof when they arrived.
- PUB DATE: 6/7/2019 5:00:31 AM - SOURCE: Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter

Firefighters on Friday morning, June 7 responded to the scene of a house fire near 21st and Meinecke in Milwaukee. The call came in shortly before 5 a.m. When crews arrived on scene they found a heavily involved fire. Officials say there was structural collapse in the building. “What we found was a building heavily involved with fire.
- PUB DATE: 6/7/2019 4:35:16 AM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6

Bill Ricci wasn’t on duty when he and 87 other firefighters from the Clifton Fire Department took buses to and from Ground Zero to assist with rescue and recovery efforts in the days and weeks after 9/11, he told state lawmakers Thursday. Like many, he volunteered. And nearly 18 years later, his health has suffered for it.
- PUB DATE: 6/7/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NJ.com

A Pawtucket Fire Department injury report obtained by Target 12 blames an out-of-service ladder truck, a lack of funding to repair it, training, and a number of other issues for an injury to a firefighter that resulted in him losing his foot. The firefighter's foot was amputated 15 days after he was injured during a May 15 triple-decker fire at 579 Central Ave.
- PUB DATE: 6/7/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPRI-TV News 12

VIDEO: A pair of Baton Rouge firefighters are being praised for taking swift action after a woman was carried away by flood water Thursday morning. WBRZ was rolling as the driver's sedan went underwater at the Acadian underpass near I-10. As the woman's vehicle is carried away in the several-feet-deep water, two Baton Rouge firefighters rush in to save the driver trapped inside.
- PUB DATE: 6/7/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBRZ-TV ABC 2 Baton Rouge

Sparks from a hammer driving a metal stake into the ground ignited a 2018 blaze in Northern California that killed a firefighter and became the largest wildland fire in state history, officials said Thursday. The blaze started July 17, 2018, in Mendocino County and quickly spread, aided by dry vegetation, strong winds and hot temperatures.
- PUB DATE: 6/7/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FOX News

Paramedic Peter Canning walks through Hartford’s Pope Park. He picks up empty heroin baggies as he passes by athletic fields, a public pool and a picnic pavilion where a few people appear to nod off. The pavilion place is really the place to go,” Canning says. “The people are down there using right now, so we’ll leave them in peace.
- PUB DATE: 6/7/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSHU Public Radio

Despite having five fire stations, Menomonee Falls only has one working fire engine. That means a homeowner will likely need another town to help put out their fire. “I’m a little scared,” said Jeff Saladein who had a fire at his home a few years ago. “I think it that is definitely concerning,” said Cathy Olig.
- PUB DATE: 6/6/2019 8:53:09 AM - SOURCE: Today's TMJ4

VIDEO: The president of the firefighter’s union in Menomonee Falls says for part of the day Wednesday, there were no working fire engines or ladders. He says one was put back in service Wednesday afternoon. “We’re here to make sure the citizens have the protections that they pay for and I don’t have a fire truck at this station to be able to take to a fire, if there was one next door,” Kevin Myers, president of Menomonee Falls Professional Firefighters Local 3879, said speaking from one of the station's without a fire engine.
- PUB DATE: 6/6/2019 3:30:23 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

A task force’s recommendation that Port Washington build a new $5 million fire station on the city’s far west side was presented to the Common Council Tuesday night. Aldermen offered few comments on the recommendation, which will be taken up by the Finance and License Committee when it meets Tuesday, June 18.
- PUB DATE: 6/6/2019 1:43:14 AM - SOURCE: Ozaukee Press

A long-time Eagle River volunteer firefighter has passed away. Jack Thomas worked with the department for 61 years. In a Facebook post, the Eagle River Fire Department thanked him for his service. He was also an integral part of building ice castles each winter. Thomas was a fire chief for 18 years of that service.
- PUB DATE: 6/6/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WAOW-TV ABC 9 Wausau

VIDEO: An explosion at the Roswell airport sent two local firefighters to hospitals in critical condition, and Wednesday night the community gathered to pray for those firefighters as investigators try to figure out exactly what happened. It was an emotional night in Roswell. Dozens of people came out, including other firefighters and their families hoping the two injured firefighters pull through.
- PUB DATE: 6/6/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KRQE-TV New Mexico

Saving lives is in Joel Rosado’s blood, the same blood his sister shed in service to the city. Rosado, the brother of murdered Bronx EMT Yadira Arroyo is following in her footsteps. Rosado, 32, is graduating the FDNY EMS academy on Thursday and will be assigned to his big sister’s station, the Daily News has learned.
- PUB DATE: 6/6/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Daily News

The paramedic faced a dilemma. After responding to the home of a woman with an open wound in February 2016, he was ordered by a doctor back at the hospital to drill a catheter into her arm. But the woman, a believer in alternative medicine, refused the treatment. Instead, the paramedic offered to perform Reiki, a Japanese healing technique based on “life force energy” that many doctors believe lacks scientific credibility.
- PUB DATE: 6/6/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHYY-FM

A motorcyclist died after a collision with a fire engine in Orange on Wednesday, June 5, and three firefighters were injured. The crash happened near the intersection of Collins Avenue and Roberto Street, a dispatcher for the Metro Cities Fire Authority said. The motorcyclist was transported to a hospital, where the man was later pronounced dead, Orange Police Lt.
- PUB DATE: 6/6/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Orange County Register - Metered Site

The closest hospital to Alabama’s beaches is in Foley, which “can seem like an eternity” during an emergency along congested Alabama State Route 59. The trip is especially treacherous on summer weekends, when tens of thousands of motorists converge upon or leave the Gulf Coast. The state’s transportation director recently called it a “dangerous situation,” prompting him to elevate a new Intracoastal Waterway bridge atop the list of road construction priorities in Alabama.
- PUB DATE: 6/6/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: AL.com

On June 5, 1 residential fire fatality was reported by the Nation's news media.