A six-month-old program aimed at getting help for people addicted to opioids is seeing positive results , according to leaders of the effort. The city’s heroin quick response team has contacted 65 people who have had an opioid overdose since its launch March 1. Called the Helping Overdose through Prevention and Education, or HOPE, program, a team consisting of a police officer, paramedic and a social worker has a goal of meeting with a person who overdosed within three to five days to connect them with appropriate assistance.
- PUB DATE: 10/9/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Journal-News

VIDEO: 147 years ago, two deadly fires in the Midwest destroyed thousands of homes and businesses. But no other fire compares to the Peshtigo fire which killed at least 1,200 people - and is the deadliest in U.S. history. The Great Chicago fire blazed it's way across the Windy City the same day a forest fire ignited in Peshtigo.
- PUB DATE: 10/8/2018 10:30:13 PM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV and WJMN-TV Green Bay

On October 7, 5 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

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

Greenfield Police are looking for answers about a body found inside a burned-out pickup truck. Officers got a call from a neighbor about a vehicle on fire in the 5600-block of Parking Street about 4am Sunday. After firefighters put the fire out, they found a body inside the car. Greenfield Police are not saying who it is, or how they died.
- PUB DATE: 10/8/2018 9:01:33 AM - SOURCE: WXER-FM 104.5 & 96.1 The Point

VIDEO: Sixteen fire departments and three police departments responded to a fire in Elm Grove on Saturday evening, Oct. 6 that resulted in injuries to six firefighters, who were taken to the hospital, where they were treated and released. The call came in shortly before 6:30 p.m. for the fire at a home on Fairhaven Boulevard near Watertown Plank Road.
- PUB DATE: 10/8/2018 3:18:06 AM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6

Firefighters are known for their chili. But among fire stations and firefighters in Kenosha, they’re also known for their pizzas. Each of the six stations in town make their own pizza from scratch. So who has the best? On Sunday, a friendly battle ensued to settle that question. About 150 people sampled pizza at UAW Local 72 headquarters for the first Kenosha Firefighters Pizza Bake-Off, a benefit for the Kenosha Literacy Council and Kenosha Firefighters Community Awareness Relief Effort, the fundraising arm of the firefighters union Local 414 and the Kenosha Fire Department.
- PUB DATE: 10/8/2018 1:45:40 AM - SOURCE: Kenosha News

A limousine carrying several couples to a birthday party failed to stop at an intersection in upstate New York and struck a parked vehicle, killing 20 people in the deadliest transportation accident in the United States in nearly a decade, according to authorities and a family member. The 2001 Ford Excursion limo was traveling southwest on State Route 30 when it didn't stop at the intersection with State Route 30 A and collided with an SUV in the parking lot shortly before 2 p.
- PUB DATE: 10/8/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNN

A federal jury this week awarded $500,000 to a former Klamath fire chief after finding Klamath County Fire District No. 1 breached his contract when it fired him in August 2013 without due process. James Wenzel served as fire chief for five and a half years. His lawyer argued that the county failed to provide Wenzel adequate notice or a hearing before his termination and never told him why he'd been under investigation.
- PUB DATE: 10/8/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Portland Oregonian, Hillsboro Argus, Oregon Live.com

PHOTOS - Thousands of people from across the nation gathered in Emmitsburg this weekend to pay tribute to fallen firefighters. The 37th annual National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend was a chance for families, friends and colleagues to grieve and honor their loved ones killed in the line of duty.
- PUB DATE: 10/8/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Frederick News-Post

The mayor has ended a stepped-up fire watch program that has been criticized heavily as a waste of resources by the city’s firefighters union. In a press release issued Saturday, Mayor Tony George stated: “At this time, after evaluating all of the available data and information collected over the past two months, the decision has been made to restore the prior Community Fire Watch schedule.
- PUB DATE: 10/8/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Times Leader

After months of trading barbs from a distance, Mayor Sylvester Turner and the head of Houston’s firefighters’ union met in a vigorous but civil debate Saturday, displaying their fundamental differences over just about everything related to the November ballot referendum that would grant firefighters pay “parity” with police officers of corresponding rank and seniority.
- PUB DATE: 10/8/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Houston Chronicle

On October 7, 3 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

A fire at Manitowoc Pattern & Manufacturing Co. Inc. Saturday afternoon resulted in smoke and water damage throughout most of the business. Manitowoc Fire Rescue Department was called to the business, 4315 Expo Drive, at around 1 p.m. Saturday for the report of smoke coming from the building, Manitowoc Fire Rescue said in a press release.
- PUB DATE: 10/7/2018 11:37:30 AM - SOURCE: Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter

Jeffery Vogt a Firefighter2/EMT with Roberts — Warren Fire & Rescue Department, was recently recognized by the Board of Directors of the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT) for achieving 30 consecutive years of National EMS Certification. This distinction is an honor held by few EMS professionals.
- PUB DATE: 10/6/2018 3:51:27 PM - SOURCE: New Richmond News

On October 5, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

El Dorado Springs Firefighter Russ Hayes, 62, has died after a wreck in a firetruck. The El Dorado Springs firefighter lost control of a vehicle in Stockton, and was life-flighted to Springfield. El Dorado Springs City Manager Bruce Rogers tells KOLR10 that Hayes, 62, was on his way to have a pump inspected for annual certification on one of their trucks.
- PUB DATE: 10/5/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Ozarks First

Four central Sonoma County fire agencies aim to join forces within months as one huge fire district — a shift fast-tracked by the October fires and the most visible progress in a years-long effort to streamline the county’s outdated, uneven and financially struggling fire services network. Windsor, Rincon Valley and Bennett Valley fire districts and the Mountain Volunteer Company are on track to be one agency by this spring.
- PUB DATE: 10/5/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Santa Rosa Press Democrat

The downsizing of government in the city of Youngstown began Thursday with cuts in the fire department. There will likely be more to come, one city official told us the police department and clerk of courts may be next. But Thursday the focus is on the fire department. "We all have to tighten our belt to be more fiscally responsible with the cities money," Youngstown Fire Chief Barry Finley said.
- PUB DATE: 10/5/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WYTV-TV 33 News

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- PUB DATE: 10/5/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: AllThingsFirstNet.com