The Central Valley Fire District asked a Gallatin County judge Wednesday to throw out a lawsuit that claims the fire district doesn’t have the authority to enforce state fire codes on a wedding venue in the Belgrade area. Foster Creek Farm filed the lawsuit against the fire district in Gallatin County District Court in May.
- PUB DATE: 1/22/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Bozeman Daily Chronicle

VIDEO: For the past nine weeks, teens from the Sacramento area have been learning what it takes to become a firefighter. The Sacramento Regional Firefighter Youth Academy offers a program that provides life guidance and career exploration for at-risk high schoolers. “We characterize ‘at risk’ as being youth who might have academic, social or economic challenges in their life, and we just want to make sure that we can be a resource and that we can provide opportunities for youth to be successful in life,” said Byron Berhel, a retired fire captain who is now the CEO for Solutions for At Risk Youth.
- PUB DATE: 1/22/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCRA 3

VIDEO: he wind chill was -30 degrees Monday morning when a rental box truck crashed into the back of a tractor trailer on the Thruway in Henrietta. The driver's life was saved, in part, because the firefighters who got there kept him warm. They used an industrial heater to pump hot air into the cab of the truck when they were trying to pull him out.
- PUB DATE: 1/22/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHEC News 10

Deaths of first responders to suicide, increased depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and other symptoms of mental health trauma have led some fire department leaders to change the way they want to see their peers cope with the often stressful and heartbreaking job. “Tradition is you just suck it up and go about your day, and just let it go,” Lakeland Fire Department Lt.
- PUB DATE: 1/22/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Ledger

VIDEO: The American Red Cross was called in to help a family of eight after a fire, believed to have started in the kitchen, left their duplex uninhabitable.
- PUB DATE: 1/21/2019 3:53:51 PM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee

VIDEO: The American Red Cross was called in to help a family of eight after a fire, believed to have started in the kitchen, left their duplex uninhabitable.
- PUB DATE: 1/21/2019 3:53:51 PM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee

A 49-year-old woman was rescued Monday morning after her vehicle left Cascade Mountain Road, broke through a sheet of ice and became submerged in the Baraboo River. Portage Fire Department Chief Clayton Simonson said he and three firefighters responded to the scene at 7:30 a.m. and attached a chain to the vehicle for Blystone’s Towing to pull the vehicle out of the river.
- PUB DATE: 1/21/2019 3:41:22 PM - SOURCE: wisc news

A 49-year-old woman was rescued Monday morning after her vehicle left Cascade Mountain Road, broke through a sheet of ice and became submerged in the Baraboo River. Portage Fire Department Chief Clayton Simonson said he and three firefighters responded to the scene at 7:30 a.m. and attached a chain to the vehicle for Blystone’s Towing to pull the vehicle out of the river.
- PUB DATE: 1/21/2019 3:41:22 PM - SOURCE: wisc news

VIDEO: Fire crews were called to a house fire on Blackberry Lane Monday afternoon after officials say a woman walking her dog saw smoke. "A neighbor...was walking her dog, saw smoke coming from the residence, and could hear fire alarms going off," Suamico Fire Chief Troy Noe said. "She immediately called 911 and we were dispatched.
- PUB DATE: 1/21/2019 3:33:47 PM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV and WJMN-TV Green Bay

VIDEO: Fire crews were called to a house fire on Blackberry Lane Monday afternoon after officials say a woman walking her dog saw smoke. "A neighbor...was walking her dog, saw smoke coming from the residence, and could hear fire alarms going off," Suamico Fire Chief Troy Noe said. "She immediately called 911 and we were dispatched.
- PUB DATE: 1/21/2019 3:33:47 PM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV and WJMN-TV Green Bay

Marathon Fire Chief Mike Tylinski said two pigs and four cows likely died Monday following a barn fire. The animals are currently missing. "Some animals were able to get out so we were able to save some but others perished," Tylinski said. The fire was reported at 12:22 p.m. Monday at a property near Soda Creek Road and Firecrown Lane in the Town of Cassel.
- PUB DATE: 1/21/2019 1:59:48 PM - SOURCE: WEAU-TV 13 News

Marathon Fire Chief Mike Tylinski said two pigs and four cows likely died Monday following a barn fire. The animals are currently missing. "Some animals were able to get out so we were able to save some but others perished," Tylinski said. The fire was reported at 12:22 p.m. Monday at a property near Soda Creek Road and Firecrown Lane in the Town of Cassel.
- PUB DATE: 1/21/2019 1:59:48 PM - SOURCE: WEAU-TV 13 News

On January 19, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

VIDEO: TODAY'S TMJ4 has learned the Hales Corners Fire Department didn't have a single firefighter on duty Wednesday who could operate a fire truck. We were the first to tell you about the department's low wages of $11.25 an hour for part-timers and how they only had one firefighter on-duty on Labor Day.
- PUB DATE: 1/18/2019 7:13:08 AM - SOURCE: Today's TMJ4

VIDEO: TODAY'S TMJ4 has learned the Hales Corners Fire Department didn't have a single firefighter on duty Wednesday who could operate a fire truck. We were the first to tell you about the department's low wages of $11.25 an hour for part-timers and how they only had one firefighter on-duty on Labor Day.
- PUB DATE: 1/18/2019 7:13:08 AM - SOURCE: Today's TMJ4

VIDEO: The remains of a man were found inside an abandoned home after a suspicious fire on Milwaukee’s north side. It happened at 5:48 Friday morning near 24th and Capitol. The Milwaukee Fire Department and the state fire marshal are working with Milwaukee Police to determine a cause. MPD also is searching for suspects and a motive.
- PUB DATE: 1/18/2019 5:14:08 AM - SOURCE: Today's TMJ4

VIDEO: The remains of a man were found inside an abandoned home after a suspicious fire on Milwaukee’s north side. It happened at 5:48 Friday morning near 24th and Capitol. The Milwaukee Fire Department and the state fire marshal are working with Milwaukee Police to determine a cause. MPD also is searching for suspects and a motive.
- PUB DATE: 1/18/2019 5:14:08 AM - SOURCE: Today's TMJ4

A Milwaukee woman who plotted to shoot the two small children of an ex-boyfriend — only to change her mind at the last minute and attempt to burn down their Greenfield apartment with them inside — received a five-year prison sentence Jan. 17. Mai L. Lor, 28, will also spend four years after her imprisonment in extended supervision after pleading guilty last fall to arson of a building and first-degree recklessly endangering safety, according to online court records.
- PUB DATE: 1/18/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Journal Sentinel

The 1997 fire at the Delaware Trust building was a wake-up call. Firefighters were confused about who was in charge and struggled to coordinate during the high-rise blaze that injured 15 of them at what is now the Residences at Rodney Square, federal investigators said in a report two years later. The feds recommended additional training.
- PUB DATE: 1/18/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Wilmington News Journal (Delaware Online)

Four McDowell County firefighters were arrested Thursday on charges of intentionally setting fires in the War area of McDowell County. Cody Patterson, 26, James Stutson, 40, Michael Click, 28, and Brandon Short, 22, have all been charged by the West Virginia State Fire Marshal’s Office with first-degree arson and conspiracy, according to a press release from the agency.
- PUB DATE: 1/18/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Times West Virginian