Crews on Monday extracted the body of a firefighter from a steep ravine that his bulldozer had rolled into days ago as he fought a wildfire west of Yosemite. The body of 36-year-old Braden Varney, a 10-year-veteran with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, remained in a mesh of mangled metal for three days in a site near El Portal that was too remote for bulldozers and too precarious to allow an immediate extraction.
- PUB DATE: 7/17/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: SFGate.com

TargetSolutions, a Vector Solutions brand offering the leading operations and training management software for the fire service, and the International Association of Fire Chief’s (IAFC) Volunteer & Combination Officers Section (VCOS) are proud to announce Deputy Chief Josh Blum, of Loveland-Symmes (Ohio) Fire Department (LSFD), as the recipient of the 2018 VCOS Training Officer Recognition Award.
- PUB DATE: 7/17/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Firehouse

Two former presidents of Falls Township Fire Company No. 1 were charged on July 16 with stealing more than $46,000 from the volunteer organization. Christopher J. Carlin, 48, who served as president in 2017 and treasurer before that, is accused of taking $34,896.59. His predecessor, Gary Margerum, 61, president from 2009-2016, is charged with stealing $11,198.
- PUB DATE: 7/17/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Bucks Local News

A 52-year-old cleaning lady and four firefighters were hurt Monday after they were attacked by a swarm of Africanized bees, leaving the woman in critical condition. CBSLA’s Stacey Butler reported Monday night that the woman’s son said that it appears she will survive her injuries from the bee attack.
- PUB DATE: 7/17/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCAL-TV Los Angeles

On July 15, 1 residential fire fatality was reported by the Nation's news media.

On July 14, 9 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On July 13, 9 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

A man was hospitalized with burns and a firefighter suffered cuts to his hand in a Monday morning fire in Milwaukee's Hillside neighborhood, a fire official said. The fire at the Plymouth Apartments, at 820 W. Galena Ave., was on the first and second floors of the building but contained to two units.
- PUB DATE: 7/16/2018 8:48:46 AM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee

On July 14, 3 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

Two passengers died in a car accident while traveling westbound on CTH SS in the Town of Sherman on Sunday. Sheboygan County Joint Dispatch Center received a 911 call around 6:20 p.m. when a car with three occupants failed to stop at a stop sign at CTH I and CTH SS. A truck driving southbound on CTH I struck the vehicle, killing the two passengers.
- PUB DATE: 7/16/2018 6:17:40 AM - SOURCE: Today's TMJ4

Officials say a firefighter killed while battling a wildfire near Yosemite National Park was driving a bulldozer and trying to prevent the fire from spreading. Braden Varney, 36, was a second generation firefighter, state fire officials told CBS Sacramento. California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection Chief Nancy Koerperich said Saturday that Varney was cutting a "fire break" with the vehicle to prevent the blaze from spreading when he was killed.
- PUB DATE: 7/16/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CBS News

A firefighter battling cancer is being sued by Baytown's city government, which seeks to deny paying him insurance coverage for his treatment over the last 18 months. Patrick Mahoney, a battalion chief for the Baytown Fire Department, was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in December 2016, forcing him to have half of his thyroid removed and undergo continued treatment, including thyroid hormone supplements and regular blood work.
- PUB DATE: 7/16/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Houston Chronicle

Two men have pleaded guilty to manslaughter in an explosion at a marrijuana grow house that killed a New York City fire battalion chief, prosecutors said. "This is an extremely rare instance where someone is being held criminally responsible for conditions that caused the death of a firefighter in the line of duty in New York City," Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark said Friday in announcing that Garivaldi Castillo and Julio Salcedo had admitted to manslaughter and marijuana possession.
- PUB DATE: 7/16/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WABC-TV 7online.com

VIDEO - Two suspects are in custody after an hours-long chase of a Sacramento County fire truck stolen in Rio Linda ended Saturday near Oroville, authorities said. Several agencies pursued the truck Saturday afternoon as it traveled nearly 100 miles across four counties and reportedly swerved into oncoming traffic.
- PUB DATE: 7/16/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCRA-TV NBC Sacramento

Philadelphia firefighter Joyce Craig gave the ultimate sacrifice — her life — in helping save others from a house fire in West Oak Lane in December 2014, becoming the city’s first female firefighter to die in the line of duty. That is why getting a headstone for her grave took 3½ years. “We didn’t want to put just any headstone there,” said Lisa Forrest, a captain in the Fire Department and president of Club Valiants, an association for black firefighters, paramedics, and emergency medical technicians.
- PUB DATE: 7/16/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Philly.com

VIDEO: A fire in Door County does some damage, but firefighters say they got some help from some quick thinking neighbors. First responders say a fire at a manufactured home at Chaudior's Dock may have started outside the home, before jumping into it. "It started outside the trailer. Inside underneath it, we accessed the hole through the floor, contained the fire to the floor part of the trailer and ended up clearing out the smoke," said Ryan Wery, Brussels-Union-Gardner Fire Department.
- PUB DATE: 7/15/2018 10:00:01 PM - SOURCE: NBC26

A firefighter was injured and several others treated for dehydration after a structure fire that broke out at a single-family home after 4 p.m. Saturday in the 33000 block of Oak Knoll Road. Multiple local fire and rescue agencies responded, including South Shore Fire Department, the city and town of Burlington, Waterford, Rochester, Kansasville, Tichigan, Wind Lake, the Town of Raymond and Somers.
- PUB DATE: 7/15/2018 12:29:01 PM - SOURCE: Racine Journal Times

Verizon Wireless and a Kansas-based construction company said Thursday that they were responsible, through an as-yet-unnamed subcontractor, for work being done at the site of a massive natural gas explosion Tuesday that rocked Sun Prairie’s downtown, killing a volunteer firefighter and critically injuring another.
- PUB DATE: 7/13/2018 7:32:33 AM - SOURCE: Wisconsin State Journal

An apartment fire on Green Bay's west side has left some people without a home tonight. The apartment complex on Fisk street has 24 units. As of tonight eight of them are a total loss. The investigation into what started the fire is still ongoing, but the community is glad everyone made it out safely.
- PUB DATE: 7/13/2018 6:32:12 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV and WJMN-TV Green Bay

VIDEO: Rhinelander firefighters stared asking people for a favor today: fill their boots. A handful of firefighters set up at the corner of Stevens Street and Highway W for the annual "Fill the Boot" campaign. It benefits the Muscular Dystrophy Association's summer camp program. MDA Fundraiser Coordinator Taylor Lodewegen says the Rhinelander Fire Department raises the top ten most money in the state.
- PUB DATE: 7/13/2018 5:22:28 AM - SOURCE: WJFW-TV NBC 12 Rhinelander-Wausau