VIDEO: An arson case in Racine has led to much more serious charges. A 16-year-old is accused of holding two girls at knifepoint before lighting a home on fire. The victims say he intended to trap them inside. "We woke up and the room was full of smoke," said Andrew Logan. Tuesday morning, Oct. 23 near 6th and Jones in Racine, Andrew Logan spotted a fire.
- PUB DATE: 10/25/2018 9:39:01 PM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6

An amendment has been passed that will staff a new fire station with a firefighter/paramedic 24/7 in the absence of an ambulance, according to a blog post from an alderman. Earlier this month, Madison Mayor Paul Soglin rejected a request to add an ambulance to Fire Station 14 near Stoughton Road. The new fire station was built to cut down response times to a portion of Madison’s far east side.
- PUB DATE: 10/25/2018 1:46:40 PM - SOURCE: WMSN-TV Fox 47 Madison

VIDEO: A West Bend man accused of attacking an off-duty firefighter is not mentally fit to go to trial. A judge made the ruling in the case of Robert Ryan. Police say Ryan punched the firefighter in the head while he was performing CPR on a woman in August. The woman died at the hospital.
- PUB DATE: 10/25/2018 9:29:55 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

The Deerfield Fire Department is investigating what caused an early-morning house fire on Thursday. Multiple departments were called to the home at 3334 County Highway W, just south of Schuster's Farm, at 4:24 a.m. Thursday. When crews arrived at the scene, they saw heavy amounts of smoke and flames.
- PUB DATE: 10/25/2018 3:13:43 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison

When you drive past the Kansasville Fire and Rescue station on Highway 11, the electronic sign often reads “Firefighters and EMTs needed. Apply Now!” Similar advertisements are seen nationwide, as full-time and volunteer fire departments alike struggle to fill their rosters. The National Volunteer Firefighter Council found that, from 1984-2015, the number of volunteer firefighters in the U.
- PUB DATE: 10/25/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Racine Journal Times

Camas city officials will continue their appeals process against the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries’ decision to uphold violations against the city and Camas-Washougal Fire Department because they say they fear the decision could have harmful impacts on fire departments around the state.
- PUB DATE: 10/25/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Vancouver Columbian

With every intercepted pipe bomb, fear spread from New York to Washington, Florida, Delaware and California. The devices stashed in manila envelopes and mailed nationwide targeted top Democrats two weeks before the midterm elections. The bombs found this week were intended for at least seven officials, including Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and Democratic Rep.
- PUB DATE: 10/25/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNN

For Houston firefighters it is hallowed ground, the scene of the catastrophic Southwest Inn inferno -- a blaze which killed five of their comrades and injured a dozen others. Five years later, amid a contentious political fight for higher wages, a sign opposing pay parity for firefighters was placed on the chain link fence, roughly 25 yards beyond the barren concrete slab bearing crosses for the fallen.
- PUB DATE: 10/25/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KRIV-TV Houston MyFox 26

On a Saturday morning in September, a controlled explosion sent the very last remnants of the old eastern span on the Bay Bridge under the water and forever out of sight. For those who drive over its replacement, memories of the old, massive steel structure fade with each passing trip. Although, for San Francisco Fire Department Firefighter and Paramedic Chris Posey, there is one memory that will never disappear.
- PUB DATE: 10/25/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KNTV-TV NBC 11 Bay Area

When you drive past the Kansasville Fire and Rescue station on Highway 11, the electronic sign often reads “Firefighters and EMTs needed. Apply Now!” Similar advertisements are seen nationwide, as full-time and volunteer fire departments alike struggle to fill their rosters. The National Volunteer Firefighter Council found that, from 1984-2015, the number of volunteer firefighters in the U.
- PUB DATE: 10/25/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Racine Journal Times

On October 24, 1 residential fire fatality was reported by the Nation's news media.

The busiest fire station in Eau Claire will soon get a second bathroom for employees and visitors to use. Allyn Bertrang, deputy fire chief, said Fire Station No. 5, 2500 Patton St., was built in 1975 when three firefighters — all men — worked from there. “We didn’t have females working in the fire service at that time,” he said.
- PUB DATE: 10/24/2018 2:16:47 PM - SOURCE: Eau Claire Leader-Telegram

Douglas County is joining a statewide effort to persuade the governor and Wisconsin Legislature to provide funding to upgrade emergency 911 systems for the digital age using revenue generated by fees paid by telephone users. According to the Wisconsin Department of Revenue, the police and fire protection fee is charged to consumers for each voice communications connection with an assigned telephone number including landlines, cellular phones and communication services provided by a VoIP connection.
- PUB DATE: 10/24/2018 12:21:32 PM - SOURCE: Daily Telegram-Superior

October is National Fire Prevention Month and Oct. 7-13 was National Fire Prevention Week, and Dells area fire departments are partnering with the Nation Fire Protection Association to promote fire prevention. Started in 1922 following the Great Chicago Fire as fire prevention week, and later expanded to last the month of October, it is the longest running public health and safety observance on record according to the NFPA.
- PUB DATE: 10/24/2018 8:35:54 AM - SOURCE: wisc news

More than 12 Sheboygan area fire agencies responded to a house fire near Elkhart Lake Tuesday night. The fire broke out just after 5:45 p.m. at W5666 Keystone Road, according to a press release from the Sheboygan County Sheriff's Office. No residents of the home or firefighters were injured during the blaze, according to the sheriff's office.
- PUB DATE: 10/24/2018 5:26:02 AM - SOURCE: Sheboygan Press

VIDEO: The Stevens Point Fire Department was awarded nearly $80,000 for new equipment, due to a federal grant from FEMA that will allow the department to better help in emergencies. The new equipment will increase the department's ability to extract people from vehicles, farm equipment and heavy machinery.
- PUB DATE: 10/24/2018 4:26:21 AM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau

On October 23, 1 residential fire fatality was reported by the Nation's news media.

Ogunquit residents have started the process to recall three Select Board members who voted earlier this month to uphold the termination of the town’s fire chief. The residents, upset with the board members’ support of Town Manager Patricia Finnigan and her decision to fire Fire Chief Mark O’Brien, want to remove Madeline Mooney, Charles Waite III and Robert Winn from office.
- PUB DATE: 10/24/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Portland Press Herald

Four firefighter/paramedics in Naperville started working eight-hour shifts this week as part of a staffing plan designed to get more people on duty when they're needed most. The typical firefighter's hours are 24 hours on the job, 48 hours off, and that's not changing at the large Naperville department, which operates 10 stations with a daily minimum of 42 firefighter/paramedics on the job.
- PUB DATE: 10/24/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Daily Herald

VIDEO - Three people were injured in an accident involving an FDNY ambulance in the Bronx that was on the way to a call. That ambulance then slammed into an optical store. An FDNY official said it happened around 7:30 a.m. on East Fordham Road at Elm Place. The ambulance collided with a Honda Civic before careening into the store.
- PUB DATE: 10/24/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WABC-TV ABC 7