VIDEO: The Janesville Fire Department received a donation of pet oxygen masks to help animals recover from smoke inhalation. Invisible Fence donated the masks to the department as a part of their Project Breathe program. According to fire officials, as the holiday season begins, the increase in cooking and heater use leads to more residential fires.
- PUB DATE: 11/12/2018 6:32:33 PM - SOURCE: WMSN-TV Fox 47 Madison

VIDEO: It's a problem Captain Lance Tryggestad with the La Crosse Fire Department says he never thought twice about, when he became a firefighter 22 years ago. "You think about heart attacks, you think about the stress it puts on your heart, physical fitness, trauma." But none of those things are the leading cause of death among firefighters.
- PUB DATE: 11/12/2018 4:46:24 PM - SOURCE: WKBT-TV CBS 8 La Crosse

On November 11, 2 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On November 10, 1 residential fire fatality was reported by the Nation's news media.

Madison police arrested a man early Friday morning for allegedly setting a shelter and a dumpster at a Metro transfer point on fire. According to a release, it happened around 1:30 a.m. when Madison police and fire departments responded to a report of a shelter at the West Transfer Point on Tokay Boulevard being on fire.
- PUB DATE: 11/9/2018 4:59:39 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison

On November 7, 10 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On November 6, 3 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On November 5, 8 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

PHOTO: Investigators said weather was a factor in a two-vehicle crash Friday morning in the Town of Stettin near Marathon. The crash was reported around 8:45 a.m. Friday near the intersection of County Highway U and 136th Avenue. The area received snow early Friday morning. Investigators said no one was injured.
- PUB DATE: 11/9/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau

A series of fast-moving wildfires are racing up and down California early Friday, destroying thousands of structures in their paths and forcing thousands of residents to evacuate through flame-lined streets. Fanned by high winds and low humidity, the fires spread rapidly Thursday and overnight Friday.
- PUB DATE: 11/9/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNN

First responders who died of Ground Zero-related illnesses are eligible for a federal medal honoring Sept. 11 heroes under a new law signed by President Trump. The law, introduced last year by Rep. Joe Crowley (D-Queens), makes firefighters, cops and emergency service officers fatally sickened by the toxic debris pile eligible for the 9/11 Heroes Medal of Valor.
- PUB DATE: 11/9/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Daily News

Fire ripped through a South Side house, causing a collapse and the need to rescue a trapped Chicago firefighter Friday morning. The fire broke out in the 7800-block of South Sangamon Street and there was heavy fire coming from the north side of the building, the Chicago Fire Department said. Firefighters went inside to rescue residents.
- PUB DATE: 11/9/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLS-TV ABC 7 Chicago

Not many people know that Central Pierce Fire & Rescue saves lives with what used to be a beer truck. The vehicle is used as a makeshift rescue rig, carrying equipment for the fire department’s most technical emergency calls, including rescues involving structural collapse, trenches and confined spaces.
- PUB DATE: 11/9/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The News Tribune

The daughter of a fallen Tennessee firefighter sang him "Happy Birthday" while clutching a pillow with his photo on it - and the video will melt your heart. Video shows 3-year-old Korbyn belting out her best birthday wishes to fallen hero Lawrenceburg firefighter Jason Dickey, singing, "Happy Birthday, Dada.
- PUB DATE: 11/9/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTVC-TV ABC 9 Chattanooga

VIDEO: If you drive through Brown Deer, heads up! There will be a major road closure next week, Nov. 12-16. Part of Brown Deer Road will be fully closed for railroad repairs and it will impact more than just drivers. "Plan ahead and save yourself a little bit of time," said Officer Nick Andersen, Brown Deer Police Department.
- PUB DATE: 11/8/2018 10:53:23 PM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6

On November 7, 4 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

A wise man once said an ounce of protection is worth a pound of cure. Emergency services will be able to continue their focus on prevention, instead of purely mitigation, after voters passed a referendum Tuesday allowing a 1.73 percent tax levy increase for the Kenosha police and fire departments. The increase covers the roughly $900,000 needed to hire five additional police officers and two firefighters for 2019.
- PUB DATE: 11/8/2018 1:43:45 AM - SOURCE: Kenosha News

The assistant chief of the Van Wyck fire department in Lancaster County was killed Tuesday while directing traffic at a wreck scene, police and coroner officials said. Dennis Straight, 59, of Lancaster died around 8 p.m. at Springs Memorial Hospital, said Lancaster County Deputy Coroner Jennifer Collins.
- PUB DATE: 11/8/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The State

Twelve people including a police officer were killed by a gunman at a crowded bar in Thousand Oaks, California, late Wednesday, officials said. Several hundred people were inside the venue, which was hosting a "college country night" for students, police said. Ventura County Sheriff Geoff Dean described the incident at the Borderline Bar and Grill as a "tragic, tragic situation.
- PUB DATE: 11/8/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC News

The president of Utica’s firefighters union is threatening legal action against the city as to how the Utica Fire Department’s assistant chief, once retired, was reinstated to his former job. A few months after Asst. Chief George Clark retired in April, Mayor Robert Palmieri requested his reinstatement by the Utica Civil Service Commission as he named Scott Ingersoll — Clark’s successor — the department’s new fire chief.
- PUB DATE: 11/8/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Utica Observer-Dispatch