Mayor Tony George has resurrected a Community Fire Watch program in an attempt to increase public safety, but firefighter union officials say it’s a waste of money and is making conditions more dangerous. George confirmed he is enforcing a fire watch program started during former mayor Tom McGroarty’s administration in which firefighters hit the streets in fire engines during their down time to check on abandoned and vacant structures.
- PUB DATE: 9/5/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Wilkes-Barre Citizens' Voice

Inmates sent to help fight wildfires are back behind bars in Idaho after one inmate was charged with raping a woman working at a base camp in Utah, authorities said Tuesday. The Idaho Department of Correction is reviewing the way they select, train and deploy those inmates, spokesman Jeff Ray said. Most Western states have similar programs that allow low-level offenders to be temporarily released to help fight wildfires.
- PUB DATE: 9/5/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Twin Falls Times-News

Garden City officials voted Tuesday night to approve a settlement of more than $1.1 million for a dozen paid firefighters, clearing the way for the village's plan to rely on an all-volunteer force. The village board had voted July 25 to abolish the 90-year-old paid fire department after village officials said having volunteer firefighters would save the village about $2 million annually.
- PUB DATE: 9/5/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Newsday

Leaders in Waupun are lining up their wishes in the 2019 budget process. At the city’s special Common Council meeting on Tuesday, the various department heads gave presentations about their goals and initiatives for 2019 as they work to translate them into numbers. The numbers are not actually out yet.
- PUB DATE: 9/4/2018 7:38:34 PM - SOURCE: wisc news

PHOTO: The lights of a local baseball field helped a helicopter pilot land safely in the city of Eastman on Monday night, according to the town's fire chief. Chief Tim Sprosty said residents in the village could hear a helicopter circling low over the village before 10 p.m. Monday. Local firefighters reached out to try and find out whether there was an issue with the aircraft and discovered the pilot and two passengers could not see through dense fog.
- PUB DATE: 9/4/2018 6:22:29 PM - SOURCE: WMSN-TV Fox 47 Madison

VIDEO: Milwaukee firefighters were dispatched to the scene of a fire on a roof of a building on the city's south side. Officials with the Milwaukee Fire Department said a building at 2nd and Orchard was having roof work done by a contractor. A fire ignited. The cause of the fire is listed as accidental.
- PUB DATE: 9/4/2018 1:56:23 PM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6

VIDEO: North Shore firefighters rescued a woman Sunday evening who fell halfway down a Lake Michigan bluff. The 58-year-old woman slipped down a steep, unpaved trail near Big Bay Park in Whitefish Bay, firefighters said. According to the fire department, she suffered minor injuries and was unable to walk back up the path herself.
- PUB DATE: 9/4/2018 10:04:11 AM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee

Mother Nature added insult to injury late Monday, Sept. 3 when she opened the flood gates again dumping an additional 2 to 4 inches of rain across an already rain-saturated Coulee Region. The down pour started at approximately 10:30 p.m. and continued into the early morning hours of Tuesday, Sept. 4.
- PUB DATE: 9/4/2018 3:50:25 AM - SOURCE: Lacrosse Tribune

VIDEO: A community is heartbroken after the Wesley United Methodist Church in Marshfield was destroyed by a fire on Sunday. Investigators from the State Fire Marhsal's office along with investigators from Marshfield Fire and Rescue and the Wood County Fire Investigation Task Force are on scene. Investigators said they were called to the scene around 2 p.
- PUB DATE: 9/4/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7

A volunteer firefighter died in the line of duty after suffering a medical emergency at the scene of a head-on crash early Saturday afternoon on state Route 404. Assistant Fire Chief Danny Lister was working at the scene of the crash between Route 309 (Starr Road) and Old Queen Anne Road in Talbot County when he suffered a medical emergency, the Queen Anne-Hillsboro Volunteer Fire Company Inc.
- PUB DATE: 9/4/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: My Eastern Shore

Local authorities have taken to social media to offer their prayers to several firefighters who were severely injured in an overnight fire. According to LaGrange Fire Department Deputy Chief John Brant, four of their firefighters had to be taken to the Grady Memorial Hospital burn unit after receiving second and third-degree burns.
- PUB DATE: 9/4/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMAZ-TV CBS 13 Macon

Randy Brooks' son had a request three years ago: What could his dad do to make wildland firefighting safer? To Brooks, a professor at the University of Idaho's College of Natural Resources who deals with wildland firefighting, it was more of a command. His son, Bo Brooks, is a wildland firefighter who a few days earlier during that 2015 fire season fled a wall of flames that killed three of his fellow firefighters in eastern Washington.
- PUB DATE: 9/4/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ABC News

A 42-year-old man was arrested in connection to a string of attacks involving FDNY vehicles that were vandalized with swastikas in Manhattan. The FDNY said Jem R. Ibrahimov, of Manhattan, was apprehended around 8:30 a.m. Saturday while allegedly vandalizing Engine 93/Ladder 45/Battalion 13, a firehouse that was targeted on two separate occasions.
- PUB DATE: 9/4/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WABC-TV 7online.com

It was a wild scene last Friday night: two fire trucks that crashed into each other on their way to a fire in the District. Eight firefighters onboard the trucks received non-life-threatening injuries. The accident at the corner of 15th and K streets took place as crews rushed to the scene of an apartment fire on nearby L Street.
- PUB DATE: 9/4/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJLA-TV ABC 7 Washington

PHOTO: The sound of scissors and clippers replaced the sound of sirens inside the Brillion Fire Department Monday night. The department organized a fundraiser in honor of neighboring Reedsville volunteer firefighter, Jacob Glasow. Glasow was diagnosed with ALS, better known as Lou Gehrig's Disease. The Brillion Fire Department left boots at several businesses with the goal of raising money for Glasow and his family.
- PUB DATE: 9/3/2018 8:39:53 PM - SOURCE: WLUK TV Fox 11

A house fire early Monday morning on the city’s west side caused an estimated $40,000 in damage, and two occupants were treated for injuries, the Racine Fire Department reported. The fire at 5226 Marboro Drive was called in at 12:05 a.m., for smoke coming from the basement. Upon arrival, firefighters quickly contained the fire to one corner of the basement.
- PUB DATE: 9/3/2018 12:40:46 PM - SOURCE: Racine Journal Times

The Viola Fire Station served as a place of refuge for residents devastated by recent flooding. Volunteers served meals, provided cleaning supplies, and offered those affected a place to rest. Neighboring fire departments, the Salvation Army, and the American Red Cross provided assistance and resources.
- PUB DATE: 9/3/2018 11:43:53 AM - SOURCE: WXOW-TV ABC 19 LaCrosse

On September 2, 8 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On August 29, 2 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

Representatives on the Holmen Area Fire District Association Board experienced “sticker shock” when they received a preliminary budget for the operation of the Holmen Area Fire Department next year. Referring to the nearly $1 million budget as an advisory draft, Assistant Chief/Chief Buck Manley presented the operating and capital budget numbers at the fire board Aug.
- PUB DATE: 8/31/2018 1:51:00 AM - SOURCE: Coulee News