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

The National Weather Service has confirmed a tornado touched down in the Village of Deerfield on Thursday, Aug. 9. Dane County Sheriff's Lt. Krista Ewers-Hayes said at approximately 3:52 p.m., a citizen called the Dane County Communications Center and reported a possible tornado touchdown near the business park in the Village of Deerfield.
- PUB DATE: 8/10/2018 7:05:49 AM - SOURCE: Cambridge News / Deerfield Independent

A fire truck making its way to a scene, sirens blazing, is a common sight in cities and towns across America. But within the Milwaukee Fire Department (MFD), there's a support staff responsible for maintaining all the equipment firefighters depend on. For this week's Bubbler Talk — our series that allows you to ask WUWM questions about Milwaukee —questioner Jay Blanchett wanted to know about a special kind of fire truck: Why, since I’ve lived here for 22 years now, I have never seen a tiller truck in the Milwaukee area? While looking into Jay's question, we were able to learn about a whole, less publically known division of the fire department.
- PUB DATE: 8/10/2018 6:52:40 AM - SOURCE: WUWM-FM Milwaukee Public Radio

The Hales Corners Fire Department is warning residents about a scam going through the community. Fire officials say some residents have received letters asking them to volunteer for the fire department and to donate money. The letter claims to be from the “Hales Corners Area Volunteer Firefighter Drive”.
- PUB DATE: 8/10/2018 5:56:17 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

New Holstein Fire Department officials recently handed out checks to local organizations which assisted them with their recent Firemen’s Picnic. The New Holstein Boy Scouts do park clean-up and receive money from all the aluminum cans they collect—about 543 pounds this year. They also receive community service hours for assisting.
- PUB DATE: 8/10/2018 3:12:47 AM - SOURCE: Tri-County News: Chilton

Kimberly Gregory held up an urn containing the ashes of her 20-year-old daughter Michela as she faced the men held responsible for the notorious Ghost Ship warehouse fire that killed 36 people one and a half years ago. “This is all we have left of her,” Gregory said as a somber Derick Almena and Max Harris listened inside the courtroom at their sentencing hearing Thursday.
- PUB DATE: 8/10/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Mercury News

The death toll in what was already the most lethal year for firefighters in California since 2008 increased to five Thursday, when a heavy equipment mechanic was killed after falling asleep at the wheel on his way to the fire lines near Redding, a family member told The Chronicle. Andrew Brake, 40, of Chico died in a single-car crash on his way to work on the Carr Fire, which had already claimed the lives of two firefighters and five other people, including a woman and her two great-grandchildren, and a PG&E lineman, who died trying to restore power to the area.
- PUB DATE: 8/10/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: SF Gate

The International Association of Fire Chiefs’ (IAFC) Volunteer and Combination Officers Section (VCOS) and the National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC) have partnered to develop and release the Lavender Ribbon Report: Best Practices for Preventing Firefighter Cancer. This report provides 11 actions that can be taken to mitigate the risk of cancer for firefighters.
- PUB DATE: 8/10/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: International Association of Fire Chiefs

A logging truck driver is recovering after being run over by his own fully loaded truck near Lake Kapowsin in Pierce County on April 16. West used a special set of skills to save his own life, even though he ended up losing a leg. "I basically felt or heard the bones in my leg break," Troy said. As he stood tightening the load of his logging truck deep in the woods, it started to skid, knocking him under the back wheels.
- PUB DATE: 8/10/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

Teamwork between first responder departments in Effingham County and the use of technology helped find a runaway juvenile on Sunday. Police Chief Jeff Fuesting said city and county police officers searched for the youth after first checking several locations where the 12-year-old boy typically was known to be.
- PUB DATE: 8/10/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Effingham Daily News

A man was airlifted to a Madison hospital Thursday morning for burn treatment after a gas stove explosion at a hunting shack in Tigerton. Tigerton fire chief John Gutho tells NewsChannel 7 the man was lighting a gas stove to make breakfast and a gas leak caused the explosion. Emergency crews responded to the property on Wendt Road in Tigerton just after 8 a.
- PUB DATE: 8/9/2018 9:07:43 AM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau

A DeKalb County firefighter was found dead at a Stone Mountain fire station during a shift change Wednesday morning, an official confirmed to the AJC. Barry Everett, 42, a nine-year veteran of the department, was discovered about 8 a.m. at Fire Station 25 on Rockbridge Road. He was assigned to the station’s B shift, fire Capt.
- PUB DATE: 8/9/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSB-TV ABC 2 Atlanta

In the early morning hours of September 6, 2017, a two-alarm fire erupted blocks away from Clackamas, Oregon, Fire District #1. As flames engulfed a two-story dwelling, Heavy Rescue 305 (HR305) was first to respond. Reaching the top floor, they broke a window and deployed a personal bail-out system to lower a woman to safety as the fire flashed inside.
- PUB DATE: 8/9/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: International Association of Fire Chiefs

State-imposed guidelines on staffing levels and scheduling are causing fire company shutdowns and creating a potential threat to public safety, according to department officials. Chief Scott Evans filed a certified affidavit in Atlantic County Superior Court that details his concerns that the state-mandated changes to the firefighter schedule, as well as department-wide reductions in staff, salaries, benefits and compensation time, are “unsafe and unreasonable” and “will not permit ACFD to efficiently provide fire protection services to the City of Atlantic City.
- PUB DATE: 8/9/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Press of Atlantic City

Joseph Trama has resigned less than four months into his role as fire chief amid accusations that he stole money from the Irvington Fire Company. The company's board said in a statement last week that Trama had withdrawn or transferred money from company bank accounts in multiple unauthorized moves in July.
- PUB DATE: 8/9/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NY Journal News (Lohud.com)

Houston voters in November will choose whether to grant firefighters pay “parity” with police of corresponding rank and seniority. After weeks of wrangling over the issue — including angry debates, rare legislative maneuvers and allegations of electioneering — the city council voted unanimously Wednesday to place the proposal before voters Nov.
- PUB DATE: 8/9/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Houston Chronicle

Retired fireman Mike “Cheese” Stemper has been selected as parade marshall for the annual Fireman’s Festival on Aug. 11 in Clintonville. Stemper has retired from the department but is now a member of the Fire Police. Those serving with the Fire Police are on a call system. They can be called to the station and often asked to help at the scene of the fire call, or they may remain at the station to assist should another call come in.
- PUB DATE: 8/8/2018 11:59:17 PM - SOURCE: Shawano Leader

VIDEO: A family of four in the Village of Sheldon is safe after an explosion in the basement of its bar and home left it destroyed. In the village of Sheldon, some locals wear many hats. "I have a lot of em’!” jokes Jim Shaw. “Village president, captain of the fire department, what else do I do?” Early Tuesday morning, Jim Shaw put on an important one, as he and 70 other firefighters battled flames engulfing Sheldon’s Reich’s Roadhouse, which is not only a beloved village watering hole, but also the Reich’s family home.
- PUB DATE: 8/8/2018 8:44:56 PM - SOURCE: WEAU-TV 13 News

A 16-year-old boy has been hospitalized after falling from a cliff at Rib Mountain quarry. The teenager fell and was injured just before 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, South Area Fire District Captain Tim Stieve said. The boy slipped while free climbing on the cliffs with a group of people, Stieve said. He suffered significant injuries as a result of the fall.
- PUB DATE: 8/8/2018 8:32:26 AM - SOURCE: Marshfield News-Herald

Firefighters had to remind three downtown residents Tuesday night of the city’s burning ordinance after they responded to reports of a large fire in a backyard, according to a release. Crews were sent around 11:30 p.m. to the 100 block of Lathrop Street for reports of a large fire in a backyard, officials said.
- PUB DATE: 8/8/2018 7:49:41 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison