A mother was injured early Friday morning when a truck driver struck her while speeding away after being asked to stop being so loud, Janesville police said. Janesville police and firefighters responded around 2:20 a.m. to Mineral Point Avenue and North Oakhill Avenue for a report of a hit-and-run crash with injuries, according to a release.
- PUB DATE: 7/13/2018 5:01:15 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison

The Beaver Dam Fire Department is continuing to prepare to expand its footprint. The department is assembling an ad hoc committee to consider next steps for a new north side fire station and is also looking at a training center. Fire Chief Alan Mannel is also pushing for a referendum to try to get more funds for the department.
- PUB DATE: 7/13/2018 3:27:45 AM - SOURCE: wisc news

Andre Esposito, chairman of Utica’s Civil Service Commission, believes the board has a tough decision to make within the next few months. The commission is considering a request from Mayor Robert Palmieri to authorize an open competitive exam to vet candidates for Utica’s next fire chief. This would open up the test to internal and external candidates for a fire department historically led by internal promotion.
- PUB DATE: 7/13/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Utica Observer-Dispatch

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 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Wisconsin State Journal

A $156,360-a-year deputy district chief has been demoted –– and faces a lengthy suspension along with a paramedic-in-charge for their participation in, yet another timekeeping scam in the Chicago Fire Department. Sources identified the demoted deputy district chief as Edgar Ignacio Silvestrini, who was in charge of the fire department’s Medical Administration Regulatory Compliance section.
- PUB DATE: 7/13/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times

An inferno that has burned from California into Oregon over the past week and is believed to have killed one person should be fully under control by Sunday, officials said. The Klamathon Fire, which started July 5 in Siskiyou County, was 75 percent contained Thursday evening at 36,500 acres, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire.
- PUB DATE: 7/13/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: SF Gate

A major upgrade called Smart 911 was launched Thursday to help improve Cincinnati’s 911 operations in the wake of a teenager's death. “This will be able to save lives,” said Cincinnati Councilwoman Amy Murray. When someone calls 911 from a cellphone key information will now be displayed on the dispatcher’s screen about the caller if they've signed up for the program.
- PUB DATE: 7/13/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLWT-TV NBC 5 Cincinnati

As Nicki Adeladel lost consciousness, she was resolved to the likelihood that the horrific town of Hudson crash she'd endured would end her life. That's why it was vital for her to see her mother's face when she came to. "It helped me to know I was alive," the St. Paul woman said. "I was expecting to see the deceased family members.
- PUB DATE: 7/12/2018 9:26:35 AM - SOURCE: Rivertowns

VIDEO: Hundreds of people lined the streets in Sun Prairie and beyond as a procession of fire trucks escorted the body of a fallen firefighter to a funeral home. Some people held candles Wednesday night, others held signs to pay their respects to Cory Barr and support his family, which includes his wife Abby and 3-year-old twin girls.
- PUB DATE: 7/12/2018 7:43:20 AM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee

VIDEO: Firefighters put out a small fire at Glass Nickel Pizza that rekindled Wednesday night, according to officials with Dane County dispatch. The report of the structure fire came in around 11:25 p.m. and officials called multiple units to respond. Officials said after some investigation only one fire engine is necessary to manage the small fire that was put out in minutes.
- PUB DATE: 7/12/2018 7:40:52 AM - SOURCE: WKBT-TV CBS 8 La Crosse

VIDEO: Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt, a Wisconsin native who played college football at Wisconsin, donated $10,000 to a GoFundMe page created for Cory Barr, the fire captain who was killed in an explosion Tuesday evening in downtown Sun Prairie, Wis. The explosion, which injured 15 and killed Barr, occurred on the corner of Main and Bristol streets after a gas main was struck by a contractor, which caused a leak.
- PUB DATE: 7/12/2018 7:12:54 AM - SOURCE: Marshfield News-Herald

City Councilor Bob Hamel is facing criticism for his remarks at a Monday night meeting during a prickly exchange with the head of the union that represents city firefighters. It is the height of budget season in Laconia, which has a tax cap in place, and the council and fire department have clashed in recent weeks over the cost of overtime for firefighters.
- PUB DATE: 7/12/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Manchester Union Leader

Fairfax County’s next fire chief will be a veteran firefighter who has led Howard County’s fire department for the past four years and served two combat tours as a Marine, the Board of Supervisors has announced. John S. Butler is set to take over the 1,400-strong department in September, replacing Richard Bowers, who retired in April.
- PUB DATE: 7/12/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Washington Post

Fire destroyed a Safeway grocery store in Phoenix Wednesday evening, engulfing the building in flames for more than an hour and producing a tower of smoke that could be seen for miles. Phoenix fire officials said a roof on the building apparently had collapsed during a storm that brought a heavy downpour in the area prior to the fire.
- PUB DATE: 7/12/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com & KPNX-TV NBC 12 Phoenix

Houston Fire Department leaders on Tuesday proposed a sharp hike in ambulance fees, floating several new charges they hope will prevent repeat callers from using the city’s emergency medical services as a convenience. Ambulance transport fees would rise 70 percent, to $1,876; the accompanying $14.36-per-mile fee would not change.
- PUB DATE: 7/12/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Houston Chronicle

A team of coding students from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, have developed an app that can turn your smartphone into a smoke detector. 'Smoke Detective' is programmed to allow a smartphone camera to detect smoke from a fire, then sound an audible and visible alarm upon detection.
- PUB DATE: 7/12/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTAE-TV ABC 4 Pittsburgh

On July 9, 2 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

Officers on alert following a $25,000 fireworks theft in Somerset arrested a group of Twin Cities men in June after they arrived in the middle of the night outside a St. Croix County fireworks store in trucks allegedly packed with tools to commit a burglary. St. Croix County prosecutors charged the men, St.
- PUB DATE: 7/11/2018 9:31:27 AM - SOURCE: Rivertowns

VIDEO: A firefighter was killed and at least a dozen others were injured when a natural gas explosion leveled at least two buildings in Sun Prairie (northeast of Madison), authorities said Wednesday, July 11. Friends and loved ones have identified the fallen firefighter on social media and with FOX6 News as Captain Cory Barr.
- PUB DATE: 7/11/2018 6:18:27 AM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6

One firefighter was killed and several other people, including police officers, firefighters and civilians were injured in an explosion in Sun Prairie Tuesday night. The explosion happened at 7:05 p.m. at the intersection of Main and Bristol streets after police said they were called to the area around 6:20 p.
- PUB DATE: 7/11/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison