Calls to the Racine Fire Department are on the rise in early 2019. And in the next few years, the Fire Department may have to consider expansion to compensate for area growth, Chief Steve Hansen told the Racine Police and Fire Commission Monday.
The RFD has already responded to 2,503 calls between Jan.
- PUB DATE: 3/24/2019 4:45:24 AM - SOURCE: Racine Journal Times
On March 23, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.
Newly hired firefighters with the South Area Fire and Emergency Response District (SAFER) were able to practice putting out a controlled structure fire Saturday morning.
Thanks to the D.C. Everest School District, an unused building located on the corner of Jelinek Avenue and Alderson Street, was donated to SAFER so it could be used for training purposes.
- PUB DATE: 3/23/2019 7:36:58 PM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau
A firefighter from the Shawano Area Fire Department rescued a dog that had fallen through the ice Friday afternoon.
The rescue happened about 1 p.m. in the Shawano Channel in the 400 block of West First Street, Fire Chief Shawn Borlace said. The channel connects the Wolf River to Shawano Lake.
The rescue was captured on video and posted to the Facebook page Distinct Aerial Shotz.
- PUB DATE: 3/22/2019 5:02:01 PM - SOURCE: Green Bay Press-Gazette
On March 21, 3 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.
A family is displaced after a house fire Thursday night.
It happened around 10:00 p.m. when the fire department was called to the home on South Mill Street. Firefighters found the kitchen of the home in flames.
A woman was home when the fire started, along with her three children. Her husband was not home at the time.
- PUB DATE: 3/22/2019 6:12:25 AM - SOURCE: NBC26
VIDEO: In a field traditionally seen as one for men, a crew of female firefighters is hosing down the stereotypes.
The West Carter County Fire Department has the first all-female duty in the region.
The four women that make up the shift are Ashley Perdue and her mother Carol Jones, Amber Hubbard and Krysten Kelch.
- PUB DATE: 3/22/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJHL.com
PHOTOS: Kara Rathbone’s story may sound familiar to many firefighters who marched with her Tuesday along Bagby Street in downtown Houston.
Rathbone’s husband, Austin, drives to work from their home in Bellville, about 70 miles away. A seven-year Houston firefighter, he has received scant raises since joining the department, and makes ends meet by installing irrigation systems on the side and working for a small fire department near Bellville, where about 4,300 people live.
- PUB DATE: 3/22/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Houston Chronicle
The city of Bloomington has been incorrectly billing businesses for fire protection for nearly 10 years, resulting perhaps in the loss of hundreds of thousands of dollars in revenue.
The current monthly rate, based on the diameter of the water line that serves a business's internal fire suppression system, is $27.
- PUB DATE: 3/22/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Pantagraph
The city’s fire department is testing out a new device that could help drivers using navigational apps steer clear of firetrucks responding to an emergency, helping improve safety for both drivers and firefighters.
The device, a small black box about four inches tall and wide, sends out alerts to drivers about the locations of the trucks to drivers using a navigation app called Waze.
- PUB DATE: 3/22/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Patriot Ledger
The city of Lincoln is asking a judge to throw out the jury’s $1.2 million verdict in favor of a Lincoln firefighter, in part because of how jurors arrived at the amount.
Last month, at the end of a two-week trial, a federal jury in Omaha awarded Troy Hurd, a Lincoln fire captain, $1,177,815.43 for retaliation after he reported discrimination against a female firefighter trainee born in Iraq.
- PUB DATE: 3/22/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Journal Star
On March 21, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.
First responders quickly extinguished a small fire in a Fitchburg apartment complex wall Thursday night, according to a news release from the Fitchburg Fire Department.
The Fitchburg Fire Department responded to a reported alarm activation reported around 6:18 p.m. Thursday at 2021 Greenway Cross. When firefighters arrived at the scene, they requested a full structure fire response after using thermal imaging cameras to find a smoldering fire in a basement wall.
- PUB DATE: 3/21/2019 8:08:34 PM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison
Three career firefighters received badges reflecting their promotions at the March 12 pinning ceremony hosted by Oconto Fire and Rescue Department.
Josh Bostedt is now deputy chief of OFRD, a new position that is second in command of the department and has decision-making authority when the chief is not available.
- PUB DATE: 3/21/2019 9:43:29 AM - SOURCE: Green Bay Press-Gazette
On March 20, 5 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.
On March 20, 1 residential fire fatality was reported by the Nation's news media.
On March 17, 8 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.
The trial is being pushed back for a former firefighter accused of trying to kill his aunt in a series of arson fires.
Keith Kauppi, 30, of Pleasant Prairie, is charged with two counts of attempted first-degree homicide. He is accused of setting fire to the couch where his 70-year-old aunt was sleeping at his parent’s Pleasant Prairie home in June 2017.
- PUB DATE: 3/21/2019 1:45:44 AM - SOURCE: Kenosha News
A veteran Philadelphia firefighter has died after suffering a medical emergency while on duty with the engine company assigned to Philadelphia International Airport.
Firefighter Michael Bernstein died at the hospital around 1:50 Wednesday morning after being found unresponsive while on duty at Engine 78, "C" Platoon at PHL, the fire department and fire union said.
- PUB DATE: 3/21/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC 10 Philadelphia
State Reps. Ryan Berman, Brandt Iden and Jeff Yaroch have introduced a plan to stiffen penalties for criminals who threaten or carry out targeted attacks on first responders and corrections officers in Michigan.
Berman, who serves as a reserve police officer, said attacks on law enforcement officers and other first responders have increased over the past few years, creating a need for stronger protections.
- PUB DATE: 3/21/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Fox 47 News
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