A memo released last month by the county career firefighters union shows negotiations between the union and county executive over pay, benefits and other issues have stalled. Frederick County Executive Jan Gardner (D) and the union last met on March 7, and tried to work out a deal multiple times, according to the memo.
- PUB DATE: 4/8/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Frederick News-Post

Eight years ago, the results of a study validated what many business and county leaders already believed to be true: Consolidating the 13 fire departments in Volusia into one large operation could save taxpayers millions and provide a higher level of service in the long run. Government-minded leaders with the Halifax Civic League were so encouraged by what the study showed they hoped a change was soon on the horizon.
- PUB DATE: 4/8/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Daytona Beach News-Journal

The city and San Antonio’s firefighters union have agreed to continue contract negotiations with assistance from a mediator, avoiding arbitration for now. The two sides will meet April 17 and April 18 with former Texas Supreme Court Justice Deborah Hankinson, who presided over court-ordered mediation between the two sides in 2017.
- PUB DATE: 4/8/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: San Antonio Express-News

Madison firefighters responded to fire at an east side deli Sunday night. Around 8:30 p.m., crews responded to Stalzy's Deli on the 2700 block of Atwood Avenue. Dane County Communications told News 3 Now there was a report of smoke coming from the ceiling. According to Madison fire chief Steve Daivs, the first was mostly contained to the kitchen.
- PUB DATE: 4/7/2019 10:05:28 PM - SOURCE: WMSN-TV Fox 47 Madison

A relatively new team within the South Shore Fire Department has proven to be quite busy. The "Technical Rescue Team" was called out twice on Tuesday, April 2, helping to keep two very different structures from collapsing. Members of the team are specially trained to keep buildings with structural issues from falling, and their biggest challenge yet came Tuesday night at the former Dairyland Greyhound Park in Kenosha.
- PUB DATE: 4/7/2019 8:54:41 PM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6

The Marshfield Fire Department is looking to get creative when it comes to filling their staff. The proposed "School to Work" program will be launching in the near future, aimed at getting more young adults interested in a career in public service. “About 12 years ago it wasn’t uncommon to be on the list with potential firefighters that reached numbers in the 100’s,” Marshfield Fire Department Lieutenant Erik Jonas tells WAOW TV.
- PUB DATE: 4/7/2019 8:00:13 PM - SOURCE: WRIG-AM Fox Sports 1390

On April 5, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

A Janesville home on Henke Road caught on fire Thursday night around 8:58 p.m., a fire department release said. When the Janesville Fire Department unit arrived at the scene, firefighters found heavy fire conditions on the first-floor interior and the north exterior wall extending to the second-floor exterior and attic.
- PUB DATE: 4/5/2019 8:12:58 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison

An east Madison restaurant sustained significant damage in an early morning fire Friday, officials said. The Madison Fire Department said the fire at Sumo Steakhouse and Sushi Bar on Parkside Drive was kept in check overnight by an automatic fire sprinkler. According to the report, it's unknown how long the fire had been burning before a passerby called 911 at 2:30 a.
- PUB DATE: 4/5/2019 7:53:03 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison

Two people sustained minor injuries and 12 people were displaced Thursday afternoon in an apartment building fire in Monroe that caused heavy damage to one apartment and smoke damage to the other apartments. The fire was reported at about 3:40 p.m. at the Monroe Village Apartments, 1078 Fourth Avenue West, the Monroe Fire Department said.
- PUB DATE: 4/5/2019 6:45:41 AM - SOURCE: Chippewa Herald

Colorado Springs voters overwhelmingly denied collective bargaining privileges for firefighters in Tuesday's election, maintaining the city's long-standing anti-union sentiment, preliminary results show. Issue 1, the ballot's single question, lost by 26,634 to 57,904 votes, City Clerk Sarah Johnson said.
- PUB DATE: 4/5/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Colorado Springs Gazette

The city has sent pink slips to 68 Houston Fire Department cadets, the first documented layoffs resulting from Mayor Sylvester Turner’s plan to implement Proposition B. The trainees will remain employed through June 7, according to a copy of the layoff notice sent to cadets. “The City of Houston has experienced a sizeable budget shortfall due to the implementation of Prop B,” the layoff notices read, referring to the charter admendent passed by voters last November.
- PUB DATE: 4/5/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Houston Chronicle

Sonoma County’s newest fire district is making its debut Thursday, combining four agencies into one large district circling Santa Rosa, and spanning from Windsor to the Napa County line. The Sonoma County Fire District, run by Chief Mark Heine, becomes the county’s second largest in territory and population and the second busiest, behind Santa Rosa Fire in both cases.
- PUB DATE: 4/5/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Santa Rosa Press Democrat

A Denver firefighter suspected of surreptitiously recording images of a female colleague has left the department and the alleged incident is being investigated by police. The firefighter suspected of invading his co-worker’s privacy was placed on leave when the allegations came to light, pending an internal investigation, but he retired the following day, said Capt.
- PUB DATE: 4/5/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Denver Post

When there’s no one else to help, firefighters are the people who answer the call. “Water’s pouring into your basement, water’s pouring out of your ceiling, something’s smoky, something’s on fire, you saw a spark, you don’t know what to do, they call us,” said firefighter John Callahan. “We’re not only firefighters.
- PUB DATE: 4/5/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: MassLive

Brown County law enforcement and first responders are training so they're all on the same page in a potentially dangerous situation like an active shooter, fire, or explosion. Thursday, they trained at the Resch Center in Ashwaubenon, working through different scenarios that may occur. "What the attempt is, is to bring all the different disciplines together, fire, EMS, and police, and really look at a coordinated response where we communicate the same way," said Fire Chief Alan Matzke with the City of De Pere.
- PUB DATE: 4/4/2019 7:31:42 PM - SOURCE: NBC26

Four Beloit Turner School District students are transported to the hospital following a school bus crash Thursday morning. The Town of Beloit Fire Department says first responders were dispatched to the single-vehicle crash in the parking lot of the police station shortly before 7:00 a.m. Fire Chief Gene Wright says the bus left the the roadway, went across a lane of traffic, hit a tree and a fire hydrant and came to rest in the parking lot of the police station.
- PUB DATE: 4/4/2019 8:37:50 AM - SOURCE: WCLO-AM 1230

On April 3, 12 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

After 17 years in emergency medical services and 10 years as a paramedic, Maribeth Barbuch has pretty much seen it all when it comes to being a first responder. But there’s always room for more tools in her proverbial toolbox, the assistant EMS chief for the Saukville Fire Department and assistant coroner for Ozaukee County said.
- PUB DATE: 4/4/2019 1:48:25 AM - SOURCE: Ozaukee Press

VIDEO: Twenty-three people — including 19 firefighters — suffered non-life threatening injuries after a fire tore through an apartment building in Brooklyn, the FDNY said. The six-alarm fire broke out on the top floor of a six-story building at the corner of 44th Street and Seventh Avenue in Sunset Park on Wednesday afternoon, according to the department.
- PUB DATE: 4/4/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC New York