Fire officials say a woman is seriously hurt after she was trampled by a bull at a dairy farm in the town of Clyman. Clyman Fire Chief Eric Howlett says family members found the owner of the farm, Tena Borchardt, 57, with severe injuries. Investigators aren't sure when the incident happened, because no one witnessed it.
- PUB DATE: 7/18/2018 9:16:59 PM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV 27 ABC

VIDEO: Twisted metal and side-curtain air bags gave a pretty good sense of how bad a crash was Wednesday afternoon, but the Town of Pelican's deputy fire chief already knew he needed to work quickly. "Time is of the essence," Norm Peterson said. Peterson's department got the 911 page of a two-car crash on Highway 8 and River Bend Road, about two miles east of Rhinelander, around 12:30 p.
- PUB DATE: 7/18/2018 5:22:58 PM - SOURCE: WJFW-TV NBC 12 Rhinelander-Wausau

It was an explosion that rocked downtown Sun Prairie and called for dozens of firefighters from multiple departments, including Sun Prairie's bravest. One week later, after help from other departments to help fill shifts during a time of mourning, Sun Prairie's fire department is back on its own. "Well, it was chaotic," said Lieutenant Aaron Huebner as he looked back on the day he'll never forget.
- PUB DATE: 7/18/2018 1:24:33 PM - SOURCE: WXOW-TV ABC 19 LaCrosse

On July 13, 11 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

Being one of the first people on the scene of a traumatic event can take a toll on even the most well-trained emergency responder. High-stress, emotionally-charged scenes such as the recent natural gas explosion in Sun Prairie that took the life of Sun Prairie Fire Department Capt. Cory Barr, and the death of paramedic and firefighter Rick Garner Jr.
- PUB DATE: 7/18/2018 4:56:15 AM - SOURCE: Wisconsin Public Radio

The City of Racine must identify a new location for a fire station it wants to move after discovering that buildings are prohibited from the site originally selected. The city planned to relocate its Fire Station No. 6, now at 2101 16th St., which was built in 1975 and constructed to residential standards.
- PUB DATE: 7/18/2018 4:40:13 AM - SOURCE: Racine Journal Times

"We were doing construction work and we hit a gas main," a caller told Dane County Dispatch on July 10 before an explosion that killed one firefighter and destroyed part of a downtown city block. That caller, whose name was redacted by Dane County Communications before release, made what police have said is the first call to report a problem before the explosion in Sun Prairie.
- PUB DATE: 7/18/2018 3:30:39 AM - SOURCE: WMSN-TV Fox 47 Madison

Many residents of Sullivan County are in mourning following the unexpected death of a long-time community leader. Clay Shidler, chief of the Hymera-Jackson Township Fire Department, died Monday at Terre Haute Regional Hospital after crashing his vehicle in northeastern Sullivan County. Shidler, 60, of Hymera, was a 31-year member of the fire department and volunteered for many community organizations.
- PUB DATE: 7/18/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Terre Haute Tribune-Star

Selectmen said a 49 percent raise for Fire Chief Fred Mitchell Jr. is justified because the town "got a great deal" and "a bargain" when it hired him three years ago. Mitchell, 51, a Rhode Island native, was hired in October 2015 at $63,359 with a contract that boosted his pay annually at 3 percent per year.
- PUB DATE: 7/18/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Newburyport Daily News

The County Commission approved a proposed settlement agreement Tuesday in a two-year discrimination, then retaliation, lawsuit filed by a Marion County Fire Rescue employee against the county. Marion County Fire Rescue Division Chief Shari Hall filed suit against the county in May 2016, claiming the county discriminated against her based on her gender when she was passed over in 2015 for the fire chief position, which was given to now-retired Paul Nevels.
- PUB DATE: 7/18/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Ocala Star-Banner

Two Austin firefighters received four-hour suspensions after damaging department equipment during incidents in May and June. The first happened on May 16 when fire specialist Chad Benestante closed a bay door on a fire engine while leaving a station to respond to a call, suspension paperwork said. The second happened on June 10 when firefighter Dustin Mills was working with an aerial ladder.
- PUB DATE: 7/18/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Austin American-Statesman

Braden Varney was coming home, but not in the way anyone expected. His body was going to be carried through his hometown in the back of a white SUV. Its destination: the Stanislaus County Coroner’s Office. The Varney family has lived in Mariposa for decades, longer than anyone could remember, although no one could say exactly how long.
- PUB DATE: 7/18/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: SFGate.com

A fire in an east side apartment that started due to frayed electrical wires may have been caused by raccoons, the Madison Fire Department reported. The fire department was dispatched Monday evening to the 1100 block of East Mifflin Street, where arriving firefighters found light smoke coming from the apartment.
- PUB DATE: 7/17/2018 9:08:05 AM - SOURCE: Madison.com

An investigation into the explosion in Sun Prairie that killed one firefighter and displaced dozens of people is continuing and close to determining if there was any criminal negligence, Sun Prairie Police Department Lt. Kevin Konopacki said Monday. “We’re getting very close to making that decision,” Konopacki said.
- PUB DATE: 7/17/2018 7:28:16 AM - SOURCE: Madison.com

On July 16, 2 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On July 14, 10 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On July 13, 10 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

A 27-year veteran of the Wisconsin Rapids Fire Department has been named the new fire chief. Scott Young was appointed interim fire chief after former Fire Chief Dave Kerkman's retirement in September 2017. On Monday evening, the Wisconsin Rapids Police and Fire Commission made the interim appointment permanent when it named Young as the new fire chief, according to a news release from the commission.
- PUB DATE: 7/17/2018 6:34:18 AM - SOURCE: Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune

When Jeremy Hansen was a student at Fox Valley Technical College in the early 1990s, he had big ambitions, including dreaming of one day becoming a fire chief. The dream became a reality on Monday when he was sworn in as the new chief of the Appleton Fire Department. Hansen is the 12th fire chief in the department's history.
- PUB DATE: 7/17/2018 1:48:36 AM - SOURCE: Appleton Post-Gazette & Post Crescent.com

Emotional testimony capped the first day Monday in the arson and murder trial of a woman accused of setting the fire that killed Kansas City firefighters John Mesh and Larry Leggio. Capt. Steve Davis remembers instructing firefighter Leggio to pull a fan out of a window facing the alley so they could throw more water at the fire within.
- PUB DATE: 7/17/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Kansas City Star