On September 14, 2 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On September 12, 2 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

Janesville police are investigating the cause of a fire at Texas Roadhouse overnight. According to a news release, the Janesville Fire Department responded to the Texas Roadhouse in the 3200 block of Deerfield Drive around 12:15 a.m. Friday for a report of a commercial fire. Responding units said they found an active fire and smoke visible in the front of the building when they arrived at the scene.
- PUB DATE: 9/14/2018 5:16:27 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison

One person was injured after a fire damaged a small apartment complex Thursday evening. Firefighters were called to the apartments in the 1100 block of Brosig Street shortly after 6:15 p.m., a press release from the Green Bay Metro Fire Department said. When fire crews arrived, they found fire coming from one unit of the four unit single story apartment complex, the release said.
- PUB DATE: 9/14/2018 3:45:26 AM - SOURCE: Green Bay Press-Gazette

A Lawrence teen was killed today after a chimney from a house explosion fell on the car he was in during a series of about 70 explosions and fires in the city and in nearby Andover and North Andover this afternoon that has kept emergency crews working late into the night. Leonel Rondon, 18, was pronounced dead at Mass General Hospital at approximately 8:30 this evening, officials announced.
- PUB DATE: 9/14/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Boston Herald

A former Yakima firefighter says he was injured on the job because the city understaffs its fire squads. The accusation is part of a damage claim the former firefighter, Jerry Elmo Jr., submitted earlier this summer, asking the city for $450,000 in damages related to the injury. City spokesman Randy Beehler says the city doesn’t comment on pending claims or litigation.
- PUB DATE: 9/14/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Yakima Herald

The ongoing dispute involving Utica fire Chief Russell Brooks and his health started more than a year ago with an application. Citing his diagnosis for chronic lymphocytic leukemia, which he says resulted from responding to New York City to support 9/11 recovery efforts, Brooks applied for benefits outlined under General Municipal Law 207-a.
- PUB DATE: 9/14/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Observer-Dispatch

Cincinnati police and firefighter recruits are asked to describe their "most unusual sex act" in a questionnaire that can later become accessible to the public. The questions are part of the Fire and Police departments' pre-employment process. They raise concerns for some that new recruits are being asked to divulge private, probing details about their sexual history.
- PUB DATE: 9/14/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Cincinnati Enquirer & Cincinnati.com

An architectural firm commissioned by the city to assess the conditions at eight Pueblo Fire Department buildings is recommending the department build new facilities at three stations that are in poor shape. The stations that need replacing, according to that architectural firm, are at 425 W. Seventh St.
- PUB DATE: 9/14/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Pueblo Chieftain

The Janesville Fire Department is pleased to announce it was recently awarded a nearly $5,700 grant from Firehouse Subs to purchase a new dive communications system. Firehouse Subs, a national sandwich shop chain known for their philanthropy and giving back to public safety organizations, opened a location on the north side of Janesville in 2016.
- PUB DATE: 9/13/2018 6:56:23 PM - SOURCE: City of Janesville

Columbia County detectives are investigating four overdose deaths in the span of six days, though preliminary evidence is pointing to a somewhat mundane explanation. “It’s very easy for people to attribute multiple overdoses to a ‘bad batch theory’ and I don’t necessarily buy that,” said Portage Police Department Detective Lt.
- PUB DATE: 9/13/2018 6:29:12 PM - SOURCE: Portage Daily Register

VIDEO: The city of Fond du Lac broke ground Wednesday afternoon on the $4.5 million Public Safety Training Center, on the city's west side. Police and fire/rescue officials, as well as city leaders, turned out to take part in the ground breaking, including Fire/Rescue Chief Peter O’Leary, Police Chief Bill Lamb, Police Captain Steve Thiry, City Council President Karyn Merkel, Assistant Fire Chief Eric Gerritson, City Manager Joe Moore, City Engineer Paul DeVries and Community Development Director Dyann Benson.
- PUB DATE: 9/13/2018 9:03:46 AM - SOURCE: Fond du Lac Reporter

More than three weeks after flooding knocked out electricity and mechanical systems at a 98-unit senior apartment complex on Madison’s Southwest Side, residents were racking up hotel bills or thinking about moving as they waited for city inspectors and the property’s manager to let them back in. It’s the only apartment complex in Madison still in such dire straits in the wake of Aug.
- PUB DATE: 9/13/2018 4:55:58 AM - SOURCE: wisc news

The city's fire department is no longer using lights and sirens on all of its runs, prompting the fire union to warn that the new policy could endanger lives. But Detroit's fire commissioner says he has no plans to back down on a strategy that gives discretion to dispatchers, firefighters and EMTs to alert those en route to "go easy," which means they can switch off their lights and sirens to arrive safely.
- PUB DATE: 9/13/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Detroit News

As Hurricane Florence approaches the U.S. continental east coast, the IAFC reminds fire and emergency service leaders to discourage the practice of self-dispatching to emergency response and recovery locations. In major disasters, the fire service needs to be disciplined in its response. First responders must be ready and available to the local communities and—when requested—be ready and available to respond should a call for assistance be received from affected jurisdictions.
- PUB DATE: 9/13/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: International Association of Fire Chiefs

A young woman who was sexually abused in a mentor program at Cascade Township Fire Department has filed a federal lawsuit against the township and Boy Scouts of America. Two now-former Cascade Township firefighters - Clem Bell, 53, and Steven Drake, 34 - had relationships with the then-16-year-old girl and exchanged sexually explicit photographs and videos with her.
- PUB DATE: 9/13/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Mlive.com

The International Association of Arson Investigators (IAAI) has released a white paper that covers best practices related to health and safety, particularly as it concerns cancer prevention. The white paper was put together by the IAAI Health and Safety Committee after it was re-established in 2016 when it was deemed that health and safety practices and protocols for investigators had not been keeping pace with those of firefighters.
- PUB DATE: 9/13/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Firehouse

Aurora Fire Capt. Brandon Matson said firefighters and paramedics go on hundreds of emergency calls a year, but rarely do they hear back from the people they’ve taken to the hospital. So firefighters at Aurora Station 8 were surprised when they received a request from Aurora residents Lisa and Ted Yee, who wanted to bring them dinner Monday to celebrate Lisa’s recovery from a crash a decade ago that left her with traumatic brain injury.
- PUB DATE: 9/13/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Aurora Beacon-News

Thanks to a donation from a community business, first responders in Chippewa Falls will now be more prepared to handle emergency situations involving a popular item of jewelry. When responding to emergency situations involving hand injuries, Chippewa Falls Fire Chief Mike Hepfler says it's important that first responders have the right tools.
- PUB DATE: 9/12/2018 6:08:25 PM - SOURCE: WEAU-TV 13 News

VIDEO: A West Bend man is now charged after allegedly attacking an off-duty firefighter who was performing CPR on a woman. Robert Ryan, 32, is facing charges of Misdemeanor Battery, Obstruction of Emergency or Rescue Persons, and Disorderly Conduct. According to the criminal complaint, off-duty West Allis Firefighter Chad Staszak was performing CPR on an unresponsive woman at GERMANfest in West Bend on August 24.
- PUB DATE: 9/12/2018 5:41:14 PM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee