Orange flames were engulfing both sides of the multi-family home -- from the ground to the roof. And smoke was billowing into the air from the windows and the second-floor balcony, where four residents stood. The scene Friday morning on Kenwood Street was dire. Residents had no place to go -- their home was being taken over by flames and they couldn’t get to the front door.
- PUB DATE: 8/20/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Brockton Enterprise

A savage brawl between two warring groups of FDNY firefighters at a Bronx firehouse has sparked multiple investigations and shocked even hardened department brass, The Post has learned. More than a dozen members pummeled three rivals with punches and kicks to the head during the melee, sources said.
- PUB DATE: 8/20/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Post

VIDEO: Police confirm a missing Rib Mountain man has died. According to the Marathon County Sheriff's Department, 55-year-old Ian Turner died of natural causes. Crews searched hours for Turner after he left his home Saturday night. Officials confirm a missing 55-year-old Rib Mountain man has been found.
- PUB DATE: 8/19/2018 5:38:34 PM - SOURCE: WAOW-TV ABC 9-Wausau

Firefighters responded to a residential fire after a homeowner reported flames coming from the roof early Sunday morning, according to a news release. The Madison Fire Department responded to the 4600 block of Gray Fox Trail around 4:30 a.m. The fire was extinguished just after 6 a.m. Several people were inside the home at the time of the fire, though no residents were injured.
- PUB DATE: 8/19/2018 12:53:52 PM - SOURCE: WMSN-TV Fox 47 Madison

A fire broke out in the basement of a home in the town of Mukwa shortly about noon Thursday. New London firefighters were paged to a fire at E8132 Weyauwega Road. Dispatch advised that the occupant was still inside the home trying to put out the fire on his own. When the first units arrived, they found all occupants outside the house.
- PUB DATE: 8/17/2018 5:31:06 AM - SOURCE: Waupaca Now

Anyone associated with Sun Prairie or the surrounding community will remember where they were on Tuesday, July 10, 2018 — numerous players and coaches of the Sun Prairie Cardinals football team included. According to a report from authorities a subcontractor punctured a gas main that resulted in a leak and led to the massive explosion that wiped out several businesses, including leveling Glass Nickel Pizza and The Barr House at the intersection of Main and Bristol streets.
- PUB DATE: 8/17/2018 1:46:59 AM - SOURCE: Sun Prairie Star

The sights and sounds that began a simulated active-shooter training scenario Thursday on the Alvernia University campus were likely similar to any real mass shooting in any institutional setting. A scream and shout. People running in a panic from a building, followed by the sounds of sirens. Reading police were looking to conduct active-shooter training in conjunction with city firefighters on one of the educational campuses, Police Chief Andres Dominguez Jr.
- PUB DATE: 8/17/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Reading Eagle

Had the closest Wilmington fire truck able to carry water been in service the night a Canby Park rowhome went up in flames, more than 1,700 gallons of water would have doused the house before the first floor collapsed, trapping three firefighters, according to a federal lawsuit filed Thursday. The blaze killed three firefighters, a result that this lawsuit — filed on behalf of families of the dead and three others seriously injured — blames on a years-old cost-saving policy, called rolling bypasses, it says is proven to be unsuccessful at reducing overtime costs and keeping firefighters safe.
- PUB DATE: 8/17/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Wilmington News Journal (Delaware Online)

A man allegedly high on methamphetamine broke into a Modesto fire station Wednesday because he thought someone was after him. Shortly after 10 p.m., firefighters at Station 1 on 11th Street heard someone ringing their doorbell, Operations Division Chief Michael Lillie said. When a firefighter went downstairs, he saw that the glass front door had been shattered.
- PUB DATE: 8/17/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Modesto Bee

After hosting a conference earlier this year focused on firefighter life safety, the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (NFFF) has released a report with a host of recommendations on establishing a national standard for emergency response policies. The meeting was held May 16-18 in Columbus, OH, and featured 30 fire service subject matter experts who offered their knowledge and commitment to "championing eventual emergency response policies for every fire department in the United States.
- PUB DATE: 8/17/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Firehouse.com

Each time an emergency medical response call came into the Craigsville Volunteer Fire Department this year, the volunteers felt a familiar feeling of neglect wash over. They were unmotivated to answer it, which lead to 18 missed calls. “They’re standing there with their hands in their pockets,” Fire Chief Tracy Martin said.
- PUB DATE: 8/17/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Newsleader.com

Of all the words one might expect to hear in a sit-down interview with the top brass of a city fire department, “namaste” wouldn’t chart too highly. But in Worcester, they’re all about it. Mindfulness – a focus on mental health employing breathing, stretching and meditation techniques not unlike yoga – is one of the Worcester Fire Department’s newest and, to them, most exciting initiatives to improve the health and safety of its crew.
- PUB DATE: 8/17/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Worcester Magazine

VIDEO: The Wausau Firefighters Community Assistance Foundation Inc. is hosting a cornhole tournament this weekend, benefiting community members when tragedy strikes. All proceeds benefit the foundation and their efforts to assist members of the community in need. Firefighters said it's rewarding to raise money knowing it's going back into the community and to the members they serve.
- PUB DATE: 8/16/2018 9:15:42 PM - SOURCE: WAOW-TV ABC 9-Wausau

A day after a fire started outside a stairwell between Spring City Wine House and The Clarke Hotel in downtown Waukesha, fire restoration crews were busy working to address the damage caused to the two businesses and the neighboring Steaming Cup. Employees from Emergency Restoration Specialists, Inc.
- PUB DATE: 8/16/2018 6:18:55 AM - SOURCE: Greater Milwaukee Today - GM Today

Authorities are investigating the cause of a barn fire this week that killed at least nine horses in southeastern Wisconsin. According to the Caledonia Fire Department, firefighters responded to the blaze on a small farm near Franksville on Monday evening. When crews arrived on scene, a person was trying to rescue the animals that were trapped inside the structure.
- PUB DATE: 8/16/2018 3:47:07 AM - SOURCE: Wisconsin Ag Connection

Death came in an instant. And as never seen before in California history. The Redding firefighter who died on July 26 as the fast-growing Carr Fire hit its apex was in fact killed by a fire tornado, the most intense tornado ever in the state, according to a report The Chronicle obtained Wednesday. The monster tornado with a base the size of three football fields and winds up to 165 miles an hour swept down upon Jeremiah “Jeremy” Stoke in mere seconds, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection report.
- PUB DATE: 8/16/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle

As many as 71 people overdosed in the city in 24 hours — many on the Green Wednesday — as emergency crews raced to save lives and one man was arrested as a “person of interest” in the case, police said Wednesday. The man, whom investigators identified only as a person “believed to be connected to at least some of the overdoses,” was found in possession of drugs, police said.
- PUB DATE: 8/16/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New Haven Register

East Syracuse Fire Chief Jim Brewster has been removed as the village's fire chief by its board of trustees after he used the N-word in a comment on Facebook on June 28, according to East Syracuse Mayor Robert Tackman. Brewster has also been removed from his position as the senior caretaker of the fire department, Tackman said.
- PUB DATE: 8/16/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Syracuse.com

With the impending retirement of Hoquiam Fire Chief Paul Dean Oct. 1 and now a letter of support from the presidents of both the Aberdeen and Hoquiam firefighters unions, discussions between the two cities about consolidating fire and EMS services seems to be picking up steam. The letter was presented to the Hoquiam City Council Monday.
- PUB DATE: 8/16/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Daily World

After an extended and potentially dangerous squabble over which agency is better equipped to handle air rescues, Orange County fire and sheriff’s officials said Wednesday they’ve come up with a plan that emphasizes teamwork and will enable safer and more efficient emergency responses. The joint plan emerged following a bitter, months-long feud between sheriff’s deputies and firefighters over rescues that involved the use of helicopters, and which in some cases led to delays in transporting injured people to hospitals.
- PUB DATE: 8/16/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Orange County Register