Despite vehement opposition from the mayor and some Colorado Springs City Council members, the local firefighters union has collected enough signatures to place a collective bargaining question on the city’s April ballot. All that’s left is a vote next week by the council, a formality because the Professional Firefighters Association, IAFF Local 5, collected about 16,000 signatures that were validated late last month, City Clerk Sarah Johnson said.
- PUB DATE: 1/4/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Colorado Springs Gazette

Mayor Catherine Pugh has promised the Fire Department an extra $1.2 million fire truck in her 2020 fiscal year budget, the department said Thursday, after the firefighters union warned that two out-of-service trucks in Northwest Baltimore could affect response times. IAFF Local 734 President Richard “Dickie” Altieri said the city is seeing a “ripple effect” from repeatedly “pushing problems back another year.
- PUB DATE: 1/4/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun

Two of Cambridge’s minority firefighters said they have never experienced racism or sexism in the department, but did have some ideas of how to increase diversity. Dave House, an African-American fire captain, said he would like to see more outreach to young people on social platforms, such as Twitter and Facebook.
- PUB DATE: 1/4/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Wicked Local Cambridge

Portland Fire Chief Mike Myers submitted his resignation Thursday, the day after his new boss, Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty, was sworn into office. Myers’ resignation comes amid his push to reimagine Portland Fire & Rescue from top to bottom, efforts that earned him respect and praise in City Hall. He left for a personal reason, to join his wife who has moved to the Oregon coast, he and Hardesty said.
- PUB DATE: 1/4/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Portland Oregonian, Hillsboro Argus, Oregon Live.com

VIDEO: The Edgerton Fire District is expanding to include paramedic services in its ambulances after the district was accredited following a three-year process. Deputy Chief Jason Russ says not being able to provide the service in the past was difficult for him. "As an (emergency medical services) provider that’s been in this now for 16 years, one of the hardest things is to be with a patient and know you can provide a better level of care, but yet know, since the service isn’t to that level yet, you cant," he said.
- PUB DATE: 1/3/2019 6:51:17 PM - SOURCE: WMSN-TV Fox 47 Madison

VIDEO: The Edgerton Fire District is expanding to include paramedic services in its ambulances after the district was accredited following a three-year process. Deputy Chief Jason Russ says not being able to provide the service in the past was difficult for him. "As an (emergency medical services) provider that’s been in this now for 16 years, one of the hardest things is to be with a patient and know you can provide a better level of care, but yet know, since the service isn’t to that level yet, you cant," he said.
- PUB DATE: 1/3/2019 6:51:17 PM - SOURCE: WMSN-TV Fox 47 Madison

A suspected drunken driver accused of hitting and killing a firefighter is out of jail. Samuel Cremers was ordered released on a $5,000 signature bond after appearing in court Thursday. Police said he hit Lake Mills fire Capt. Christopher Truman on New Year's Eve on the Beltline as Truman helped a stranded driver.
- PUB DATE: 1/3/2019 6:12:44 PM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee

A suspected drunken driver accused of hitting and killing a firefighter is out of jail. Samuel Cremers was ordered released on a $5,000 signature bond after appearing in court Thursday. Police said he hit Lake Mills fire Capt. Christopher Truman on New Year's Eve on the Beltline as Truman helped a stranded driver.
- PUB DATE: 1/3/2019 6:12:44 PM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee

VIDEO: Emergency medical services and fire crews from around the area are filling shifts for their fellow emergency responders in Lake Mills, so they are able to attend the funeral services for Capt. Chris Truman this weekend. Truman died New Year's Eve after he was hit by a suspected drunken driver while trying to help someone on the Beltline in Monona.
- PUB DATE: 1/3/2019 5:15:44 PM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison

VIDEO: Emergency medical services and fire crews from around the area are filling shifts for their fellow emergency responders in Lake Mills, so they are able to attend the funeral services for Capt. Chris Truman this weekend. Truman died New Year's Eve after he was hit by a suspected drunken driver while trying to help someone on the Beltline in Monona.
- PUB DATE: 1/3/2019 5:15:44 PM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison

Columbus Fire Department put one of its newest devices to action recently, snuffing out a fire that could have threatened a home in Columbus. Fire Chief Randy Koehn used the X-Tinguish FST, a fire suppression tool produced by Flame Guard USA, during a basement fire in mid-December. The fire suppression device, housed in a portable red box with a durable black handle, is a highly effective tool which has been used by fire departments, police, first responders and the armed forces for several years.
- PUB DATE: 1/3/2019 3:22:12 PM - SOURCE: wisc news

Columbus Fire Department put one of its newest devices to action recently, snuffing out a fire that could have threatened a home in Columbus. Fire Chief Randy Koehn used the X-Tinguish FST, a fire suppression tool produced by Flame Guard USA, during a basement fire in mid-December. The fire suppression device, housed in a portable red box with a durable black handle, is a highly effective tool which has been used by fire departments, police, first responders and the armed forces for several years.
- PUB DATE: 1/3/2019 3:22:12 PM - SOURCE: wisc news

Janesville firefighters extinguished a fire that caused approximately $40,000 in smoke and fire damage to a residence at 12:41 a.m. Thursday. A release said Janesville firefighters arrived at 206 McKinley St. in Janesville, where the fire was burning in a second-floor bedroom of a residence. There was smoke coming out of the second floor when responders arrived.
- PUB DATE: 1/3/2019 9:36:53 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison

Janesville firefighters extinguished a fire that caused approximately $40,000 in smoke and fire damage to a residence at 12:41 a.m. Thursday. A release said Janesville firefighters arrived at 206 McKinley St. in Janesville, where the fire was burning in a second-floor bedroom of a residence. There was smoke coming out of the second floor when responders arrived.
- PUB DATE: 1/3/2019 9:36:53 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison

Three homes in a residential neighborhood suffered damage early Thursday morning after they were struck by a semi tractor trailer. The incident happened about 1 a.m. in the 4900 block of Annabelle Court, according to the South Area Fire District. Police and fire crews arrived at the scene and determined that a semi was traveling westbound on State 29 when it left the roadway into a neighborhood and struck three homes, the fire department said.
- PUB DATE: 1/3/2019 7:11:32 AM - SOURCE: Stevens Point Journal

Three homes in a residential neighborhood suffered damage early Thursday morning after they were struck by a semi tractor trailer. The incident happened about 1 a.m. in the 4900 block of Annabelle Court, according to the South Area Fire District. Police and fire crews arrived at the scene and determined that a semi was traveling westbound on State 29 when it left the roadway into a neighborhood and struck three homes, the fire department said.
- PUB DATE: 1/3/2019 7:11:32 AM - SOURCE: Stevens Point Journal

VIDEO: Sun Prairie’s fire Chief Christopher Garrison talked with News 3 This Morning about how the city is rebuilding six months after a fatal explosion that killed one of its firefighters. Garrison said the department is doing well and that they are moving forward. “We’re a very strong organization,” Garrison said.
- PUB DATE: 1/3/2019 6:23:44 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison

VIDEO: Sun Prairie’s fire Chief Christopher Garrison talked with News 3 This Morning about how the city is rebuilding six months after a fatal explosion that killed one of its firefighters. Garrison said the department is doing well and that they are moving forward. “We’re a very strong organization,” Garrison said.
- PUB DATE: 1/3/2019 6:23:44 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison

The man accused of killing a Lake Mills Fire Department captain while driving drunk on New Year's Eve is scheduled to make his first appearance in court on Thursday. Samuel Cremers of Columbus, 28, is expected to be formally charged in Dane County Court Thursday afternoon. He was arrested by Monona police on tentative charges of homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle after crashing into Capt.
- PUB DATE: 1/3/2019 4:36:11 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison

The man accused of killing a Lake Mills Fire Department captain while driving drunk on New Year's Eve is scheduled to make his first appearance in court on Thursday. Samuel Cremers of Columbus, 28, is expected to be formally charged in Dane County Court Thursday afternoon. He was arrested by Monona police on tentative charges of homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle after crashing into Capt.
- PUB DATE: 1/3/2019 4:36:11 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison