Jan Rader, the first female fire chief in West Virginia, is making a big impact on Huntington's fight against the opioid epidemic. In her Ted Talk released Wednesday, Rader said Huntington's overdose deaths are down 50 percent. "This epidemic is far from over, but each and every one of us has a part to play in this epidemic.
- PUB DATE: 1/3/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CBS News This Morning

A new law taking effect in 2019, will help first responders dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder get coverage through workers’ compensation. Brian Cristofono landed his dream job as a firefighter in Maplewood and eventually moved to a St. Paul department. It was the job he always knew was in his blood.
- PUB DATE: 1/3/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Fox 9 News

VIDEO: In an emergency, we depend on the swift actions of firefighters. But what happens if the firefighters turn on each other? An incident in Prince George's County between two fire departments led to two people on leave.
- PUB DATE: 1/3/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ABC 7 News

Cranston’s deputy fire chief asked last week to seal a case documenting a disorderly conduct charge linked to his dispute with a fellow firefighter in September 2017. Deputy Chief Paul Valletta Jr., 60, on Dec. 11 entered a not-guilty filing to one count of disorderly conduct, meaning the case will be expunged from the court record if he obeys the law for a year.
- PUB DATE: 1/3/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Providence Journal

Just before noon Monday, the Fire Department received an emergency call about "an odor of gas coming from the basement" of a Broadway business. No fire was found, but the call was just one of hundreds of gas-related complaints last year in the city. Fire Chief Brian Moriarty expects such calls will continue in the new year in the wake of the Sept.
- PUB DATE: 1/3/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Eagle Tribune

VIDEO: At 75-years young, Arnie Kleven has spent 50 of those years serving as a volunteer firefighter. “Back then you don’t think of it, but then you think where has the time gone?” Kleven said. It was 1972 when Kleven first joined up with Sun Prairie. He has spent the past four years in Illinois as a volunteer firefighter there.
- PUB DATE: 1/2/2019 9:27:38 PM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison

VIDEO: At 75-years young, Arnie Kleven has spent 50 of those years serving as a volunteer firefighter. “Back then you don’t think of it, but then you think where has the time gone?” Kleven said. It was 1972 when Kleven first joined up with Sun Prairie. He has spent the past four years in Illinois as a volunteer firefighter there.
- PUB DATE: 1/2/2019 9:27:38 PM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison

The funeral for fire Capt. Chris Truman who was killed in a New Year's Eve crash on the Beltline will be this weekend in Lake Mills. Visitation will be at Lake Mills High School from 3 to 7 p.m. Saturday. At 5 p.m., there will be an Emergency Services Fly-By. On Sunday, visitation will be from 2 to 3 p.
- PUB DATE: 1/2/2019 8:23:20 PM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison

The funeral for fire Capt. Chris Truman who was killed in a New Year's Eve crash on the Beltline will be this weekend in Lake Mills. Visitation will be at Lake Mills High School from 3 to 7 p.m. Saturday. At 5 p.m., there will be an Emergency Services Fly-By. On Sunday, visitation will be from 2 to 3 p.
- PUB DATE: 1/2/2019 8:23:20 PM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison

A Lake Mills Fire Department captain was killed Monday after he stopped at the scene of a crash on the Beltline and was struck by another vehicle, Monona police said. A vehicle crashed on eastbound Highway 12 near the Yahara River bridge at 6:51 p.m., police said. A second car stopped to assist at the scene, and the driver of the second car was struck by a third vehicle before officers arrived to help with the initial crash.
- PUB DATE: 1/2/2019 6:05:41 AM - SOURCE: Wisconsin State Journal

A Lake Mills Fire Department captain was killed Monday after he stopped at the scene of a crash on the Beltline and was struck by another vehicle, Monona police said. A vehicle crashed on eastbound Highway 12 near the Yahara River bridge at 6:51 p.m., police said. A second car stopped to assist at the scene, and the driver of the second car was struck by a third vehicle before officers arrived to help with the initial crash.
- PUB DATE: 1/2/2019 6:05:41 AM - SOURCE: Wisconsin State Journal

Four people are without a home after an apartment fire in Menasha. It happened Tuesday night on the 300 block of Nicolet Boulevard. When firefighters arrived on scene they found three people in the lower apartment and one in the upper apartment. They were all evacuated safely. The person who lived in the upper apartment was brought to the hospital for cold exposure.
- PUB DATE: 1/2/2019 5:37:02 AM - SOURCE: NBC26

Four people are without a home after an apartment fire in Menasha. It happened Tuesday night on the 300 block of Nicolet Boulevard. When firefighters arrived on scene they found three people in the lower apartment and one in the upper apartment. They were all evacuated safely. The person who lived in the upper apartment was brought to the hospital for cold exposure.
- PUB DATE: 1/2/2019 5:37:02 AM - SOURCE: NBC26

The South Shore Fire Department is preparing for some big changes in 2019. Later this month, department officials plan to start recruiting candidates for the department’s new emergency medical services station. The new EMS station, near the intersection of Spring Street and Emmertson Road, is under construction.
- PUB DATE: 1/2/2019 4:43:34 AM - SOURCE: Racine Journal Times

The South Shore Fire Department is preparing for some big changes in 2019. Later this month, department officials plan to start recruiting candidates for the department’s new emergency medical services station. The new EMS station, near the intersection of Spring Street and Emmertson Road, is under construction.
- PUB DATE: 1/2/2019 4:43:34 AM - SOURCE: Racine Journal Times

VIDEO: Five people escaped a house fire on New Year’s Day in Racine that started because of unattended candles. Authorities say they were called to a two family home near Grange Ave. and 17th St. shortly before noon on Tuesday. An elderly woman and her adult son escaped from the first floor while a young couple got to safety from the second floor with their 2-year-old son.
- PUB DATE: 1/2/2019 3:54:13 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

VIDEO: Five people escaped a house fire on New Year’s Day in Racine that started because of unattended candles. Authorities say they were called to a two family home near Grange Ave. and 17th St. shortly before noon on Tuesday. An elderly woman and her adult son escaped from the first floor while a young couple got to safety from the second floor with their 2-year-old son.
- PUB DATE: 1/2/2019 3:54:13 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

A volunteer firefighter with the Lake Mills Fire Department is dead after stopping to help a driver on the Beltline near Monona Drive on New Year's Eve. The Dane County Medical Examiner’s Office said preliminary results of an autopsy confirm that 46-year-old Christopher P. Truman of Lake Mills died from injuries sustained in the crash.
- PUB DATE: 1/2/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMTV NBC Madison

Detroit fire officials are investigating a suspicious fire at the department's former training center and whether sensitive records were left behind at the site. The fire started about 2 p.m. Thursday at the Fire Department's abandoned training academy at Warren and Lawton on Detroit's west side. The fire originated on the second floor of the six-story building, said Deputy Fire Commissioner Dave Fornell.
- PUB DATE: 1/2/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Detroit News

The owners of The Sub and and an adjoining business, which were destroyed in a 2015 fire, are suing the city of San Luis Obispo for more than $5 million, claiming that firefighters’ methods used to combat the blaze were “tantamount to arson.” The lawsuit, filed Monday in San Luis Obispo Superior Court, alleges the Fire Department purposefully burned down the structure rather than put firefighters in harm’s way, and that city administration turns a blind eye to the department’s alleged “unwritten policies” of letting buildings burn.
- PUB DATE: 1/2/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: San Luis Obispo County Tribune