Two juveniles are in custody after police say a fire was intentionally set at the Almena U.S. Post Office. The Turtle Lake police department says Almena firefighters responded to the scene around 9:30 p.m. on Saturday night. When they arrived, there was heavy smoke coming from the roof of the building on all sides.
- PUB DATE: 12/10/2018 6:47:20 AM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau

On December 9, 5 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

A Worcester firefighter died Sunday shortly after he was pulled from a burning apartment building on Lowell Street. Fire Chief Michael Lavoie identified the victim as Firefighter Christopher Roy, 36, a 2½-year member of the department. He lived in Shrewsbury and leaves a 9-year-old daughter. The fire was reported at 3:58 a.
- PUB DATE: 12/10/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Firefighters weren’t paying attention and hadn’t been properly trained when a brand new $1.1 million fire truck was seriously damaged and put out of service during a training exercise in October, according to a report released Friday. Fire Chief James Wilson has been directed to immediately establish new standard operating guidelines that also were found lacking after the truck’s 107-foot aerial ladder hit an overhead power line, sending an electrical current that destroyed the truck’s complex wiring systems and sparked a fire on the right front tire.
- PUB DATE: 12/10/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Portland Press Herald

The union representing city firefighters will challenge an order dismissing an unfair labor practice complaint filed over the demotion of former assistant chief Thomas Makar. The complaint alleged Makar, an assistant chief for 12 years, did not retain his appointed position because of his criticism of the city on social media.
- PUB DATE: 12/10/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Wilkes Barre Times Leader

A minor traffic dispute turned deadly for an off-duty firefighter Sunday when he and another driver pulled off the road to sort it out and the raging motorist killed him, law-enforcement sources said. The fatal dust-up occurred as 33-year-old Bravest Faizal Coto was headed eastbound on the Belt Parkway near Bay 8th Street in Bath Beach around 4:45 a.
- PUB DATE: 12/10/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Post

The Blissfield Township Fire Department caught on fire around 6:30 this morning. According to the Blissfield Fire Chief Dale Fruchui, there was heavy smoke and fire in the attic and in the truck bay. Riga, Palmyra, Deerfield and Madison Township Fire Departments were called to assist. Three firefighters were transported to the hospital for smoke inhalation, but we're told they're okay.
- PUB DATE: 12/10/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTVG-TV 13abc Toledo

A local volunteer fire company may be forced to pay a potentially detrimental $80,000 bill after alleged mistakes outside the control of the company prevented an insurance company from covering the cost of rabies shots for six emergency responders. In late June or early July (the exact date has not been shared with The Journal Times), the Wind Lake Volunteer Fire Company reported that six emergency medical technicians responded to reports of a crashed vehicle near the intersection of Highway K and North Beaumont Avenue in the Town of Norway.
- PUB DATE: 12/9/2018 1:23:47 PM - SOURCE: Racine Journal Times

PHOTO: One firefighter was injured after a fire broke out inside a home near Whitnall and Pine Avenue on Milwaukee’s south side early Sunday, Dec. 9. According to fire officials, a chimney fire extended into the surrounding walls of the home. The family was able to make it out before crews arrived. One firefighter suffered a cut and was transported to the hospital, where the firefighter was treated and released.
- PUB DATE: 12/9/2018 8:38:49 AM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6

For more than one month, the community has been fundraising and honoring the three girl scouts and a mom that died after a tragic hit and run. But now the Chippewa valley is thanking a group often forgotten during tragedy, the first responders. It’s a moment to thank those that responded on November 3, to a call of a hit and run in Lake Halle.
- PUB DATE: 12/8/2018 9:42:52 PM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau

On December 7, 2 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

VIDEO: Firefighters responded on Friday morning, Dec. 7 to the scene of a 4-alarm house fire on Shannon Road in the Town of Erin. The initial call came in around 5:30 a.m. Several fire departments were dispatched to the scene to help truck in water — as there are no fire hydrants in the area. “Right now, I’m running water operations.
- PUB DATE: 12/7/2018 8:19:35 AM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6

A Grafton condominium owner was displaced after the fire chief said hoarding made it much more difficult to put out flames that broke out Thursday night. Chief William Rice said his crews responded to a possible garage fire around 6 p.m, and when they arrived at the four-family unit, the fire had spread to the alley, and then to a car parked out front.
- PUB DATE: 12/7/2018 7:46:06 AM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee

A dump truck is a total loss after it caught fire Friday morning on the eastbound shoulder of Highway 29 at Purple Martin Lane in the Village of Marathon. Marathon fire chief Mike Tylinski tells NewsChannel 7 the truck was engulfed with flames when his team arrived just after 8 a.m. Tylinski says the cause is undetermined but a mechanical issue is likely to blame.
- PUB DATE: 12/7/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau

When Charlotte firefighter Seth Tinsley died at 34 of brain cancer in 2016, his name went on the International Association of Fire Fighter’s memorial in Colorado Springs, Colo., for those lost in the line of duty. Tinsley’s own state, however, made no connection between his 11 years of fire service and his early death.
- PUB DATE: 12/7/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Charlotte Observer

An unauthorized practice has overpaid retiring Warwick firefighters for accumulations of vacation time since 2015, a Providence Journal investigation shows. Asked about documents and information developed by The Journal, Mayor Joseph J. Solomon said Friday he was ordering a halt to the practice. Solomon accused his predecessor, Mayor Scott Avedisian, of signing a contract document that enhanced the vacation perk even though the change was never approved by the City Council, as required.
- PUB DATE: 12/7/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Providence Journal

Chief of Department James Leonard, the top uniformed officer in the FDNY, has been relieved of his duties and put on modified assignment pending a review of possible “inappropriate behavior,” a spokesman said Thursday. The move came two days after the Daily News reported on allegations that Leonard was butting heads with many in the FDNY, including First Deputy Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh, the lone woman at the top of the roster.
- PUB DATE: 12/7/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Daily News

When I spoke last year with Chief Jan Rader of the Huntington, West Virginia, Fire Department, she was realistic about the circumstances her department faced with the growing opioid crisis. At that time, data showed that West Virginia had the highest per capita rate of opioid addiction in the United States, and more than 41 overdose deaths per 100,000 population.
- PUB DATE: 12/7/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1

A brewing feud between Detroit's police chief and the president of the city's firefighters union has now erupted into a criminal investigation. DPD Chief James Craig says his department is looking into whether a Facebook post by Union President Mike Nevin criticizing police response times has violated law.
- PUB DATE: 12/7/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WXYZ-TV ABC Detroit

The Fitchburg Fire Department says they will return to the scene of a structure fire Friday morning to determine the cause. It says the fire does not seem suspicious at this time. Firefighters say the three people were evacuated from the building and worked with the Red Cross to find shelter for the night.
- PUB DATE: 12/6/2018 11:39:56 PM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison