A fallen firefighter was praised as a hero Thursday night during a vigil at a church blocks from where he was shot responding to a medical call. "We know it can happen in this profession, when we put on a badge," Appleton Police Chief Todd L. Thomas said during the vigil at CORE Church. Mitchell F.
- PUB DATE: 5/17/2019 6:33:11 AM - SOURCE: Appleton Post-Gazette & Post Crescent.com

A state district court judge has ruled the proposition to match firefighter's pay with police officers unconstitutional. Judge Tanya Garrison ruled the city can't pass a law that goes against the state's existing collective bargaining law. Mayor Turner shared the news during the middle of Wednesday's city council meeting.
- PUB DATE: 5/17/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KHOU-TV CBS 11

The Sampson County Fire Marshal’s Office has a game-changing piece of aerial technology that allows for more efficient fire suppression and improved safety for those attacking flames from the ground. Sampson County Office of Emergency Management has been the beneficiary of grants from local electric membership corporations, specifically South River EMC and Four County EMC, that were used to purchase state-of-the-art drones.
- PUB DATE: 5/17/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Sampson Independent

An effort to develop a better fire shelter following the deaths of 19 wildland firefighters in Arizona six years ago has failed. Officials at the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise in a decision on Wednesday said the current fire shelter developed in 2002 will remain in use. The Arizona firefighters had deployed that same type of shelter in 2013, but still died in the blaze.
- PUB DATE: 5/17/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTVA-TV CBS 11

In 1974, President Gerald Ford authorized EMS Week to celebrate EMS practitioners and the important work they do in our nation's communities. NAEMT partners with the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) to lead annual EMS Week activities. Together, NAEMT and ACEP are working to ensure that the important contributions of EMS practitioners in safeguarding the health, safety and wellbeing of their communities are fully celebrated and recognized.
- PUB DATE: 5/17/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NAEMT

VIDEO: The Town of Waterford is making firefighters in town decide whether they want to work part-time and get paid or fight fires as a volunteer. Currently the town has overlap between part-time and volunteer firefighters. First Selectman Dan Steward said the issue was raised after a local part-time firefighter requested to be paid for decades of volunteer service, citing a potential violation of an old federal labor law.
- PUB DATE: 5/17/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WVIT-TV NBC 30

Green Bay Firefighters were served lunch Thursday in honor of National Salvation Army Week. The Salvation Army's emergency disaster vehicle traveled to three different Green Bay stations in an effort to highlight local programs and services. "It's really nice," Captain Mike Saduske of the Green Bay Metro Fire Department said.
- PUB DATE: 5/16/2019 4:48:42 PM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV and WJMN-TV Green Bay

No matter how unlikely, Portage Fire Chief Clayton Simonson says it’s better to be prepared than caught off guard when a hazmat team is needed for an emergency. Eight Portage firefighters recently earned hazmat certifications after completing a 40-hour training course run by the Regional Emergency All-Climate Training Center in neighboring Juneau County.
- PUB DATE: 5/16/2019 4:37:03 PM - SOURCE: Portage Daily Register

About 4½ years after borrowing $45.51 million for the biggest building project in Columbia County history, the County Board on Wednesday approved borrowing money for upgrades of the county’s public safety communications system and software for it. The resolution to borrow no more than $3.24 million passed 22-1.
- PUB DATE: 5/16/2019 3:53:50 PM - SOURCE: Portage Daily Register

At least two Milwaukee-area fire departments will change their procedures after a firefighter was shot and killed Wednesday night in Appleton. Firefighter Mitch Lundgaard was shot while responding to a medical call at Valley Transit Center. A police officer and a woman were also shot. Investigators said the victims were shot after the 47-year-old suspect from the Wausau area was revived.
- PUB DATE: 5/16/2019 11:47:06 AM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee

On May 11, 10 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

An Appleton firefighter died in a Wednesday night shooting at the downtown transit center. The firefighter was shot, along with three other people, while at the scene of a medical emergency, according to an Appleton Fire Department news release early Thursday morning. The firefighter, a 14-year veteran whose name was not released, died at a local hospital.
- PUB DATE: 5/16/2019 7:06:23 AM - SOURCE: Wausau Daily Herald

VIDEO: The Appleton Fire Department says the firefighter who was shot Wednesday night has died. The firefighter's name has not been released, but the statement says the firefighter had been with the department for 14 years. Funeral arrangements are pending. Fire Chief Jeremy Hansen and Mayor Hanna will make a statement to the media on Thursday at the Appleton Police Department.
- PUB DATE: 5/16/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2

VIDEO: A quick CPR lesson and an app could be all it takes to save a nearby person's life. Wake County EMS District Chief M. Wells demonstrated chest compressions a person would use on someone whose heart has stopped. He reminded people that even if they think they're not strong enough or are afraid of hurting the person, it's still worth it to perform CPR.
- PUB DATE: 5/16/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WNCN-TV CBS 17

Gary Fire Chief Paul Bradley was just 18 years old and a recent graduate of Lew Wallace High School when he applied for a job with the city’s Fire Department, his lifelong employer. But if Bradley were coming along today, he wouldn’t be able to apply. He’d be regarded as too young, even though he doesn’t think the extra years would make much of a difference in his on-the-job abilities.
- PUB DATE: 5/16/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Chicago Tribune - Metered Site

Fire Departments and EMS in Santa Rosa County will observe the Fifth Annual “We Remember” Night, sponsored by the Firefighter Behavioral Health Alliance, Friday, May 17, 2019, at 9 p.m. The event will be demonstrated by pulling fire apparatus and ambulances onto the apron in front of their stations while activating emergency lights for one minute to remember brothers and sisters in the fire and EMS service who have taken their own lives.
- PUB DATE: 5/16/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKRG-TV CBS 5

Dramatic new body camera video shows police engaging in a gun battle with a man inside a San Diego condo complex, resulting in two officers being struck by bullets and the suspect taking his own life. The suspect, 28-year-old Joe Darwish, was wearing a bulletproof vest and was armed with a homemade assault weapon and a homemade 9 mm semi-automatic pistol, according to the San Diego County District Attorney's Office.
- PUB DATE: 5/16/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KABC-TV ABC 7

The Endeavor Moundville Volunteer Fire Department hosted lawmakers and other local authorities to discuss how to better enforce the Move Over Law. Nearly four years ago, Endeavor Moundville firefighter Larry Millard was hit and killed when responding to the scene of an accident. Millard was a 34-year veteran of the department.
- PUB DATE: 5/15/2019 8:51:40 PM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison

New details are out on the Durand man involved in a crash earlier this week. On Monday, 30-year-old Kyle Hayden's vehicle went off the road on Highway 85, near West County Line Road in Pepin County. According to his obituary, Hayden died unexpectedly from heart failure, which led to the crash. He was was a member of the Durand Fire Department - an agency which responded to Monday's crash.
- PUB DATE: 5/15/2019 8:46:31 PM - SOURCE: WEAU-TV 13 News

The Sun Prairie Fire Department is looking for help identifying two people who vandalized its training facility in Angell Park. The vandals caused at least $30,000 in damage to the facility late last Tuesday night. Then, there was another incident exactly one week later. Officials released two photos on Facebook hoping that it could lead to catching the men.
- PUB DATE: 5/15/2019 8:40:40 PM - SOURCE: WMSN-TV Fox 47 Madison