The Prentice Volunteer Fire Department responded to a house fire with a person still inside Saturday morning at 7:48 a.m. After a firefighter that lived nearby arrived first, the person inside the house was able to get out. As the first firetruck arrived, heavy flames were coming out of the kitchen area of the house.
- PUB DATE: 1/27/2019 8:25:41 AM - SOURCE: WJFW-TV NBC 12 Rhinelander-Wausau

River Falls firefighters battled blazes at two houses that went up in flames immediately behind Ezekiel Lutheran Church in River Falls early Saturday. River Falls Fire Department was dispatched at 1 a.m. Jan. 26 to a structure fire at 222 E. Walnut St., an older two-story home just across the alley from the entrance to Jacob's Ladder Preschool.
- PUB DATE: 1/27/2019 6:38:38 AM - SOURCE: Rivertowns

River Falls firefighters battled blazes at two houses that went up in flames immediately behind Ezekiel Lutheran Church in River Falls early Saturday. River Falls Fire Department was dispatched at 1 a.m. Jan. 26 to a structure fire at 222 E. Walnut St., an older two-story home just across the alley from the entrance to Jacob's Ladder Preschool.
- PUB DATE: 1/27/2019 6:38:38 AM - SOURCE: Rivertowns

City cops aren't the only ones who may get pink slips as a result of Paterson’s budget crisis. The tentative layoff plan crafted by Mayor Andre Sayegh's administration would terminate 89 city firefighters in addition to the 112 Paterson police officers whose jobs are in danger, union leaders said Wednesday.
- PUB DATE: 1/25/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NorthJersey.com

Morale in the workplace can go a long way. At one Maine fire department, it's helping them better help the community, even during a time when the impact of a firefighter shortage is felt at departments statewide. "Help wanted. Odd hours. Low pay. Sweet helmet." A sign outside the Lebanon Fire Department has captured the attention of hundreds on social media.
- PUB DATE: 1/25/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLBZ-TV NBC 2 Bangor

VIDEO: New Mexico fire departments are looking to help protect their firefighters from getting cancer. The Bernalillo County Fire Department is now the first in the state to have fire engines built to help with that mission. BCFD said the number of firefighter deaths from cancer is increasing nationwide, in part, because of the exposure to carcinogens often left on their gear.
- PUB DATE: 1/25/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KRQE

Courtesy of Columbia Gas, the city of Lawrence will have an extra crew of firefighters on duty for at least the first two months of this year. The natural gas provider has agreed to pay for an extra, three-person engine company of firefighters for January and February 2019, Fire Chief Brian Moriarty announced Wednesday.
- PUB DATE: 1/25/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Eagle Tribune

VIDEO: Some first responders, who are used to 96-hour shifts and tasked with saving our homes during raging wildfires, got the experience of a lifetime Wednesday as the Los Angeles Dodgers hosted the everyday heroes for batting practice. Several hundred first responders were welcomed by the Dodgers organization as a show of appreciation for battling the recent wildfires in Southern California.
- PUB DATE: 1/25/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC Los Angeles

City cops aren't the only ones who may get pink slips as a result of Paterson’s budget crisis. The tentative layoff plan crafted by Mayor Andre Sayegh's administration would terminate 89 city firefighters in addition to the 112 Paterson police officers whose jobs are in danger, union leaders said Wednesday.
- PUB DATE: 1/25/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NorthJersey.com

Morale in the workplace can go a long way. At one Maine fire department, it's helping them better help the community, even during a time when the impact of a firefighter shortage is felt at departments statewide. "Help wanted. Odd hours. Low pay. Sweet helmet." A sign outside the Lebanon Fire Department has captured the attention of hundreds on social media.
- PUB DATE: 1/25/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLBZ-TV NBC 2 Bangor

VIDEO: New Mexico fire departments are looking to help protect their firefighters from getting cancer. The Bernalillo County Fire Department is now the first in the state to have fire engines built to help with that mission. BCFD said the number of firefighter deaths from cancer is increasing nationwide, in part, because of the exposure to carcinogens often left on their gear.
- PUB DATE: 1/25/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KRQE

Courtesy of Columbia Gas, the city of Lawrence will have an extra crew of firefighters on duty for at least the first two months of this year. The natural gas provider has agreed to pay for an extra, three-person engine company of firefighters for January and February 2019, Fire Chief Brian Moriarty announced Wednesday.
- PUB DATE: 1/25/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Eagle Tribune

VIDEO: Some first responders, who are used to 96-hour shifts and tasked with saving our homes during raging wildfires, got the experience of a lifetime Wednesday as the Los Angeles Dodgers hosted the everyday heroes for batting practice. Several hundred first responders were welcomed by the Dodgers organization as a show of appreciation for battling the recent wildfires in Southern California.
- PUB DATE: 1/25/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC Los Angeles

PHOTO: The Mequon Fire Department was a pup’s best friend after they saved a dog that fell through the ice on the Milwaukee River. The department shared pictures of the rescue on its Facebook page Thursday. Firefighters remind everyone not to travel out onto ice unless you are 100 percent sure of its thickness.
- PUB DATE: 1/24/2019 7:46:11 PM - SOURCE: Today's TMJ4

PHOTO: The Mequon Fire Department was a pup’s best friend after they saved a dog that fell through the ice on the Milwaukee River. The department shared pictures of the rescue on its Facebook page Thursday. Firefighters remind everyone not to travel out onto ice unless you are 100 percent sure of its thickness.
- PUB DATE: 1/24/2019 7:46:11 PM - SOURCE: Today's TMJ4

VIDEO: The Lafayette County Sheriff's Office is trying to determine what caused a fatal fire Wednesday in Fayette Township, near Argyle. The family is mourning the loss of the man, as Melvin Leroy Narveson, known to them as "Leroy." Narveson would have turned 90 in February. "He was very independent.
- PUB DATE: 1/24/2019 5:38:39 PM - SOURCE: WMSN-TV Fox 47 Madison

VIDEO: The Lafayette County Sheriff's Office is trying to determine what caused a fatal fire Wednesday in Fayette Township, near Argyle. The family is mourning the loss of the man, as Melvin Leroy Narveson, known to them as "Leroy." Narveson would have turned 90 in February. "He was very independent.
- PUB DATE: 1/24/2019 5:38:39 PM - SOURCE: WMSN-TV Fox 47 Madison

VIDEO: A Cedarburg day care evacuated more than 70 children Thursday after carbon monoxide flooded the KinderCare building. All 71 of the children are OK. The staff had to evacuate all of the kids -- ranging in age from 6 weeks to 4 years old -- to an emergency evacuation site at a Walgreens across the street.
- PUB DATE: 1/24/2019 3:49:13 PM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee

VIDEO: A Cedarburg day care evacuated more than 70 children Thursday after carbon monoxide flooded the KinderCare building. All 71 of the children are OK. The staff had to evacuate all of the kids -- ranging in age from 6 weeks to 4 years old -- to an emergency evacuation site at a Walgreens across the street.
- PUB DATE: 1/24/2019 3:49:13 PM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee

On January 23, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.