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

The village has some decisions to make. Leaders of the Caledonia Fire Department believe 18 more firefighters need to be hired, but the cost of that would be in the millions and is more of a long-term goal. For starters, Fire Chief Richard Roeder and Battalion Chief Jeff Henningfeld want to add six new firefighters.
- PUB DATE: 3/11/2019 4:46:18 AM - SOURCE: Racine Journal Times

Superior firefighters know what it's like to lose one of their own. Battalion Chief Erik Sutton died by suicide in April 2018, a few weeks after retiring. Sutton, 46, was a 20-year veteran of the department. "That is, as an organization, as an individual, one of the most challenging and difficult things that I've ever been through," said Capt.
- PUB DATE: 3/11/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: superiortelegram.com

VIDEO: As firefighters from all over Maine and the nation gathered to honor the life of one of their own who died in a Berwick fire, another firefighter also lost his life. Oxford Fire Chief Gary Sacco died while he was in Portland attending the funeral of Capt. Joel Barnes on Sunday, March 10, according to multiple sources.
- PUB DATE: 3/11/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: News Center Maine

Working firefighters will earn less from their pensions than their retired peers because the city will spend less on those plans. Before city commissioners unanimously approved a new pension plan on Feb. 19, retired firefighters could have gotten payments comparable to $72,000 a year. But the new plan caps pension payments at $95,000 for lifetime for firefighters who have yet to retire.
- PUB DATE: 3/11/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Palm Beach Post

The city’s ambulance corps is so busy that an overtime cap applying to all other agencies has been lifted and medics are routinely putting in 60 and 70-hour weeks, union officials said. Normally, city workers can’t make more than 40 percent of their salary in overtime. However, with just 4,133 emergency medical technicians and paramedics to handle nearly 1.
- PUB DATE: 3/11/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Post

What started as an experiment in training firefighters locally is turning into a regular event in the Tri-Cities. Starting Monday, 17 firefighters will start a 15-week training program at the regional fire recruit academy — without having to leave home. With Kennewick looking to open a new fire station, and Pasco and Richland replacing retiring firefighters, it will be the largest class ever trained in the area.
- PUB DATE: 3/11/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Tri-City Herald

More than four years after a massive blaze destroyed an Edgewater apartment complex and temporarily displaced more than 1,000 residents, legislative attempts to better protect residential structures from fast-spreading fires have stalled. A panel of firefighters, fire safety experts, activists and builders at a public forum in Teaneck weighed in Wednesday night on how best to address the issue.
- PUB DATE: 3/11/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: North Jersey.com (Bergen County Record & Herald News)

Representatives with the Red Cross are assisting 12 people, including nine children, displaced after a fire Sunday afternoon. Firefighters responded around 4:15 p.m. to a fire inside the Parker Place Apartments on the 2000 block of Parker Place in the Town of Madison. Residents who were home at the time of the fire escaped without injuries, officials said.
- PUB DATE: 3/10/2019 5:02:44 PM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison

Stateline Farm Rescue trained area first responders on how to safely execute farm rescues at Doerfer Farms on Saturday. Approximately 60 first responders from 10 area fire departments participated in the hands-on training that focused on grain bin extractions and auger entanglement, two common farming incidents.
- PUB DATE: 3/10/2019 2:34:23 PM - SOURCE: WMSN-TV Fox 47 Madison

The Sauk City Fire Department has received grant money to purchase 10 new warm-weather water rescue suits. Assistant Chief Mike Breunig says the suits are necessary to make water rescues safely. "It's just about knowing, no matter what I'm wearing, I'm protected from the water," he said. "That I have the right gear to do my job and not have to worry about not having the right gear when I'm out in the water.
- PUB DATE: 3/9/2019 6:37:20 PM - SOURCE: WMSN-TV Fox 47 Madison

The Madison Fire Department took home the medals for fastest female firefighters at the 2019 American Lung Association Fight For Air Climb Saturday afternoon. Firefighters had to climb the 47 floors, 1,034 steps, to the top of the US Bank Center in Milwaukee to raise awareness and funds for the American Lung Association.
- PUB DATE: 3/9/2019 1:59:46 PM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison

Gov. Tony Evers is proposing spending spending more than $1 billion of his $2.5 billion proposed capital budget on upgrades for different schools within the UW-System. For the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Evers is proposing spending $6.7 million for a campuswide upgrade of the fire alarm system.
- PUB DATE: 3/8/2019 7:10:45 PM - SOURCE: Racine Journal Times

On March 4, 10 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

A residential garage in Manitowoc suffered significant damage Thursday afternoon after a fire broke out inside of it. Fire crews were dispatched about 4 p.m. to 732 S. 22nd St. for a report of smoke coming from a two car unattached garage, a press release from Manitowoc Fire and Rescue said. Upon arrival, firefighters found heavy smoke coming from the roof and closed overhead door of the structure, the release said.
- PUB DATE: 3/8/2019 4:38:18 AM - SOURCE: Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter

Cheryl Sutton, the mother of Erik Sutton — a retired Superior fire battalion chief – broke her silence Thursday about her son’s suicide to FOX 21’s Dan Hanger. This, as the Superior Fire Department – for the first time – takes on special mental health training to help prevent another tragedy involving one of their own.
- PUB DATE: 3/8/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Fox 21 News

Greg Eisenhut saw a high school soccer goalie hit a goal post and fall to the ground with a probable concussion and possible spinal injury two years ago. An ambulance arrived 50 minutes later, said Eisenhut, board president of Mohawk Valley Ambulance Corps, or MOVAC. “That made me realize that we have issues here.
- PUB DATE: 3/8/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Utica Observer-Dispatch

VIDEO: On Wednesday, the Lansing Mayor released a statement saying that a new racial diversity and sensitivity would go into place in the City of Lansing Government. "As Mayor of the City of Lansing, I am committed to continuing to work toward racial equity," Andy Schor said. "We must all work together to ensure that no one is left behind or treated differently based upon race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other distinguishing characteristics.
- PUB DATE: 3/8/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSYM-TV FOX 47 Lansing

Immokalee Fire Control District officials say budget shortfalls are to blame for a delay in getting to a man who died because of injuries suffered from a chainsaw accident Saturday. It took only a few minutes for crews from the Immokalee fire district to arrive after Esteban Cristobal-Antonio, 36, injured himself while cutting branches about 30 feet up in a tree he had climbed at 331 N.
- PUB DATE: 3/8/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Naples Daily News

VIDEO: The Hartford Fire Department continues to rebuild. It was short 100 firefighters after it lost more than that in 2016. Now, nearly 40 percent of the city's firefighters are new. "Five years ago, 19.5 [years] of experience was the average time for having a firefighter in the Hartford fire department," said Chief Reginald Freeman, Hartford Fire Department.
- PUB DATE: 3/8/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFSB-TV CBS Channel 3