With last year’s pay raises in effect, City Council members now want to know what it would take to make Montgomery’s public safety officers the highest paid in the state. For years, retention troubles have plagued the Montgomery Police Department and Montgomery Fire/Rescue. Despite high marks from outside groups on their performance, police lost around 60 officers last year, while firefighters had about 30 leave.
- PUB DATE: 2/6/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Montgomery Advertiser

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

VIDEO: Watching a boy who's become a good friend deliver a thank you speech left Rhinelander Fire Chief Terry Williams struggling to find his own words on Tuesday afternoon. "It's pretty tough," Williams said, pausing to compose himself. "It means a lot." Isaac King stood in the fire house that's become like a second home to him with a message and a gift: 20 particle barrier hoods -- one for each firefighter -- which go under a helmet and protect firefighters from cancer-causing materials while on the job.
- PUB DATE: 2/5/2019 5:31:46 PM - SOURCE: WJFW-TV NBC 12 Rhinelander-Wausau

VIDEO: Watching a boy who's become a good friend deliver a thank you speech left Rhinelander Fire Chief Terry Williams struggling to find his own words on Tuesday afternoon. "It's pretty tough," Williams said, pausing to compose himself. "It means a lot." Isaac King stood in the fire house that's become like a second home to him with a message and a gift: 20 particle barrier hoods -- one for each firefighter -- which go under a helmet and protect firefighters from cancer-causing materials while on the job.
- PUB DATE: 2/5/2019 5:31:46 PM - SOURCE: WJFW-TV NBC 12 Rhinelander-Wausau

VIDEO: On Friday, Platteville Fire Chief Ryan Simmons got a phone call he wasn't expecting. "It felt like a shock to us," Simmons said. Volunteer firefighter Tim Ebert died by suicide last week. "He was a student at UW-Platteville. So, between being a student working part time and being a volunteer on the Fire Department, he was a pretty busy guy," Simmons said.
- PUB DATE: 2/5/2019 6:33:47 AM - SOURCE: WMSN-TV Fox 47 Madison

VIDEO: On Friday, Platteville Fire Chief Ryan Simmons got a phone call he wasn't expecting. "It felt like a shock to us," Simmons said. Volunteer firefighter Tim Ebert died by suicide last week. "He was a student at UW-Platteville. So, between being a student working part time and being a volunteer on the Fire Department, he was a pretty busy guy," Simmons said.
- PUB DATE: 2/5/2019 6:33:47 AM - SOURCE: WMSN-TV Fox 47 Madison

On February 3, 7 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On February 1, 15 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

In the last year, Ventura County's first responders have been put through the wringer. From the Thomas Fire in December 2017 to the Woolsey Fire, and the shooting at the Borderline Bar & Grill in between in November, it's safe to say it hasn't been easy. But in the face of all the hardship and tragedy, Ventura County Fire Chief Mark Lorenzen has been a steadying force not only for the first responders, but for the community — which is why Congresswoman Julia Brownley will have Lorenzen as her guest to the State of the Union Address Tuesday night in Washington, D.
- PUB DATE: 2/5/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Ventura County Star

In the last year, Ventura County's first responders have been put through the wringer. From the Thomas Fire in December 2017 to the Woolsey Fire, and the shooting at the Borderline Bar & Grill in between in November, it's safe to say it hasn't been easy. But in the face of all the hardship and tragedy, Ventura County Fire Chief Mark Lorenzen has been a steadying force not only for the first responders, but for the community — which is why Congresswoman Julia Brownley will have Lorenzen as her guest to the State of the Union Address Tuesday night in Washington, D.
- PUB DATE: 2/5/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Ventura County Star

Three days after losing a lower court’s ruling, the city is taking steps to take an arbitration case against the city’s firefighters’ union to the state’s highest court. On Friday, the state Appellate Division, Fourth Department, in Rochester, unanimously reversed a ruling by state Supreme Court Judge James P.
- PUB DATE: 2/5/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Watertown Daily Times

VIDEO: A Dauphin County firefighter with special needs is breaking barriers serving his community. 33-year-old Danny Zmitrovich has been working with Hummelstown Fire Department for the last seventeen years. “I’m like, we’re going! So we grab our gear jump in the truck and go!" said Zmitrovich. "I like helping out people that need the help so that’s why I do this job for a reason," he added.
- PUB DATE: 2/5/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Fox 43

VIDEO: Mobile's Fire Chief, Mark Sealy, reveals that he was diagnosed with cancer several months ago. The diagnosis of kidney cancer came last summer when he was attending a fire chief's conference in Texas. A company called Lifescan Wellness Centers was conducting full body ultrasounds on first responders at the meeting.
- PUB DATE: 2/5/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: wKRG

The Baltimore City Council plans to summon Fire Department leaders for hearings after an aging firetruck caught fire and amid warnings from the firefighters' union about the agency’s readiness to respond to emergencies. Councilman Brandon Scott, chairman of the public safety committee, said the first hearing will be one of a series to keep a closer watch on the department.
- PUB DATE: 2/5/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun - Metered Site

In the last year, Ventura County's first responders have been put through the wringer. From the Thomas Fire in December 2017 to the Woolsey Fire, and the shooting at the Borderline Bar & Grill in between in November, it's safe to say it hasn't been easy. But in the face of all the hardship and tragedy, Ventura County Fire Chief Mark Lorenzen has been a steadying force not only for the first responders, but for the community — which is why Congresswoman Julia Brownley will have Lorenzen as her guest to the State of the Union Address Tuesday night in Washington, D.
- PUB DATE: 2/5/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Ventura County Star

Three days after losing a lower court’s ruling, the city is taking steps to take an arbitration case against the city’s firefighters’ union to the state’s highest court. On Friday, the state Appellate Division, Fourth Department, in Rochester, unanimously reversed a ruling by state Supreme Court Judge James P.
- PUB DATE: 2/5/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Watertown Daily Times

VIDEO: A Dauphin County firefighter with special needs is breaking barriers serving his community. 33-year-old Danny Zmitrovich has been working with Hummelstown Fire Department for the last seventeen years. “I’m like, we’re going! So we grab our gear jump in the truck and go!" said Zmitrovich. "I like helping out people that need the help so that’s why I do this job for a reason," he added.
- PUB DATE: 2/5/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Fox 43

VIDEO: Mobile's Fire Chief, Mark Sealy, reveals that he was diagnosed with cancer several months ago. The diagnosis of kidney cancer came last summer when he was attending a fire chief's conference in Texas. A company called Lifescan Wellness Centers was conducting full body ultrasounds on first responders at the meeting.
- PUB DATE: 2/5/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: wKRG

The Baltimore City Council plans to summon Fire Department leaders for hearings after an aging firetruck caught fire and amid warnings from the firefighters' union about the agency’s readiness to respond to emergencies. Councilman Brandon Scott, chairman of the public safety committee, said the first hearing will be one of a series to keep a closer watch on the department.
- PUB DATE: 2/5/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun - Metered Site

The Lake Mills Police Department will be starting a K-9 program, and they will be naming the K-9 “Truman” after Lake Mills Fire Captain Chris Truman. Volunteer firefighter Christopher P. Truman died after he stopped to help a driver on the Beltline on New Year’s Eve. The City of Lake Mills Police Department made the announcement on their Facebook page on Monday.
- PUB DATE: 2/4/2019 4:35:09 PM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison