City officials scrounged up enough money Monday to ensure an ambulance for the northeast side can continue operating. The Green Bay City Council voted 8-4 to approve the 2019 budget in a tense, over four-hour meeting Monday night. The spending plan includes funding to staff an ambulance for the fire department's Station 7, at 3489 Humboldt Road, after a tight budget threatened to eliminate it altogether.
- PUB DATE: 11/5/2018 8:53:42 PM - SOURCE: Green Bay Press-Gazette

VIDEO: An Ozaukee County fire department is grieving the sudden loss of one of their leaders. Assistant fire chief Bruce Koehler of the Waubeka Fire Department was killed Friday night in a motorcycle crash. Koehler volunteered as the Waubeka firefighter for 35 years without making a dime. Those who served beside him say his dedication to the department was unmatched.
- PUB DATE: 11/5/2018 8:20:01 PM - SOURCE: Today's TMJ4

VIDEO: On Monday, fire officials shared details about paramedic Richard Garner's unexpected death in April and their investigation into the cause. According to officials, Garner completed a 48-hour shift and went to Easter brunch with his friends just before he suffered an acute cardiac arrest that killed him.
- PUB DATE: 11/5/2018 4:56:54 PM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison

Racine police on Monday, Nov. 5 identified a 71-year-old man found dead in a home after a fire on Tuesday, Oct. 30. The fire happened in a home on Geneva Street near Hamilton Street, and the home was found fully engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived. The home contained four units, and David Etter lived in one of them.
- PUB DATE: 11/5/2018 1:54:03 PM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6

On November 4, 1 residential fire fatality was reported by the Nation's news media.

On November 1, 5 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

Appleton firefighters were busy Monday morning as they battled two detached garage fires. The first fire happened shortly after midnight in the 100 block of E. Harris St. Power lines fell at the scene. The garage and the vehicle inside are total losses. The second garage fire was reported around 1:30 a.
- PUB DATE: 11/5/2018 6:42:41 AM - SOURCE: WLUK TV Fox 11

The cold and rainy night on Sunday seemed fitting in the town of Magee, given the sad and mournful emotion felt throughout the community, since Saturday's accident which killed 34-year-old volunteer firefighter Dustin Grubbs, while on his way to fight a structure fire. Black ribbons are seen adorned all along the outside the Magee Fire Dept.
- PUB DATE: 11/5/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJTV Jackson

Austin City Manager Spencer Cronk has selected retired Atlanta Fire Chief Joel Baker to be the next head of the Austin Fire Department, replacing former Fire Chief Rhoda Mae Kerr, who retired this summer. Baker was selected from a pool of 84 candidates, who included finalists Laredo Fire Chief Steve Landin and Fire Chief Kevin McGee of Prince William County, Va.
- PUB DATE: 11/5/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Austin American-Statesman

A Costa Mesa fire captain who was struck and critically injured in a crash involving a suspected DUI driver while cycling over the weekend has died, officials announced Monday. Costa Mesa Fire and Rescue Capt. Mike Kreza with was riding a bicycle shortly after 8 a.m. Saturday on Alicia Parkway near Via Burgos in Mission Viejo when he was struck by the driver of a van.
- PUB DATE: 11/5/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTLA-TV WB 5 Los Angeles

The motorist who ran over a fire hose at the scene of an Oct. 23 house fire in Geistown is on the hook to pay for any damage to the hose and faces a fine of up to $300, authorities said. Fire broke out at 6 a.m. in the 200 block of Karen Way. A 4-inch, cotton sleeve, large-diameter hose was connected to a hydrant and laid across the road when a man driving an SUV ran over the hose.
- PUB DATE: 11/5/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Firehouse

The Augusta Fire Department has been sent at least three letters of complaint from the local firefighters association stating concerns about safety. The letters by the Augusta Professional Firefighters Association Local 3357 have been sent since Sept. 21. An additional letter was sent by the International Association of Fire Fighters complaining about the way the city of Augusta has attempted to suppress the organization’s voice.
- PUB DATE: 11/5/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Augusta Chronicle

VIDEO: An ordinance passed by the Milwaukee Common Council last year mandates smoke detectors with non-renewable 10-year lithium batteries be installed in Milwaukee homes -- and officials with the Milwaukee Fire Department are working to spread the word about the new requirement. "We had nine fire deaths this year.
- PUB DATE: 11/4/2018 9:14:40 PM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6

The Racine Fire Department and Ascension All Saints Hospital are collaborating to create a program to have paramedics check in on patients who have been recently discharged from the hospital. Fire Chief Steve Hansen spoke to the City Council’s Committee of the Whole about the Mobile Integrated Health program during the committee’s Oct.
- PUB DATE: 11/4/2018 4:44:54 AM - SOURCE: Racine Journal Times

While Kenosha’s growth is a boon to the city, it has created a staffing dilemma for the police and fire departments dealing with a much higher volume of calls. Officials say they have to use overtime and some creative ways to maintain the appropriate level of service, often relying on help from neighboring communities.
- PUB DATE: 11/4/2018 1:48:11 AM - SOURCE: Kenosha News

Area firefighters received some critical, life saving training Saturday morning. The Suamico Fire Department held a training burn at a house on East Deerfield Drive. The department released video on their Facebook Page Saturday of the final controlled burn down of the home. Officials say the exercise is a live drill that allowed the firefighters to practice extinguishing fires.
- PUB DATE: 11/3/2018 4:23:33 PM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV and WJMN-TV Green Bay

On November 2, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

Several area fire departments responded to a house fire Friday morning near Custer. The home is located on the 6900 block of Esker Road in the Town of Stockton. Crews from the Town of Stockton, Park Ridge, Amherst and Plover all responded to the scene. Portage County ambulance and the Portage County Sheriff's Department also responded.
- PUB DATE: 11/2/2018 7:35:23 AM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau

A contractor that specializes in locating and marking underground utilities to prevent accidents failed to properly mark a natural gas line that was struck by a communications construction firm, which led to a massive explosion in downtown Sun Prairie in July that killed a fire department captain, according to a search warrant unsealed in Dane County Circuit Court.
- PUB DATE: 11/2/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Wisconsin State Journal

She’ll make less money and will have to report to a new person in a high-ranking job she previously held, but Toledo fire Chief Brian Byrd said Karen Marquardt’s bump from assistant chief to battalion chief isn’t a demotion. Regardless of how it’s characterized, Assistant Chief Marquardt’s pending move down to a lower rank means there are no women left in the Toledo Fire & Rescue Department’s top five positions.
- PUB DATE: 11/2/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Toledo Blade