Joe Pfeifer had a date in mind for retiring from the job he has done for 37 years. It would be the second Wednesday after Labor Day. After schools were back. Sept. 12. He could hardly wait. Then he decided, no, he wouldn’t delay. “Do some sailing,” he said. “Decompress.” So this will be his last week with the Fire Department, retiring as an assistant chief from the agency where he started as a 25-year-old from Queens in 1981.
- PUB DATE: 7/11/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Times

President Donald Trump on Monday signed legislation to set up a national registry for firefighters to help track links between exposure to fumes and cancer. The Firefighter Cancer Registry Act requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to set up a database in order to study possible links between cancer and the fumes and toxins firefighters are exposed to.
- PUB DATE: 7/11/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NJ.com

A Hillsborough County firefighter was flown to the hospital as a trauma alert after falling out of his fire truck, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. Hillsborough Fire Rescue says that around 5:28 p.m. Tuesday, they received a radio alert that one of their own was injured. Eric Seidel with Hillsborough Fire Rescue says the firefighter left HCFR Station 28 at 4551 Sun City Center Boulevard and was in the process of responding to the scene of a fire when he received the injuries.
- PUB DATE: 7/11/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFTS-TV ABC 28 Tampa Bay

About 20 ranking officers at Harford County volunteer fire stations lost those ranks after failing to submit new required certifications July 1. Roughly 200 officers completed their certifications on time, said Rich Gardiner, a spokesman for the Harford County Volunteer Fire & EMS Association. He declined to release the names of those who did not qualify.
- PUB DATE: 7/11/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Baltimore Sun

Milwaukee police are investigation a shooting that happened Monday night, July 9 near 14th and Locust. According to polices, around 9:40 p.m. two shooting victims arrived at a local hospital seeking treatment for non-life threatening gunshot injuries. The investigation revealed that both victims, a 28-year-old man and a 23-year-old man, were traveling together in a vehicle when a suspect in another vehicle fired multiple gunshots at the victims.
- PUB DATE: 7/10/2018 4:43:38 AM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6

A trailer home and its detached garage are a total loss after a fire late Monday night. The fire happened just after 10 p.m. in the 1300 block of Bellevue Street, according to Bellevue Fire and Rescue. Fire crews arrived at the trailer home to find fire and smoke showing from the outside of the residence.
- PUB DATE: 7/10/2018 3:52:11 AM - SOURCE: Green Bay Press-Gazette

On July 7, 5 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

A state commission has opened an investigation into the Houston Fire Department’s safety standards after the firefighters’ union accused the department of failing to protect its members from carcinogens to which they are routinely exposed. Texas Commission on Fire Protection investigators will examine whether HFD complies with state laws requiring departments to clean protective clothing, called bunker gear, and maintain a standard operating procedure to do so.
- PUB DATE: 7/10/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Houston Chronicle

City officials here and those of a fire district that serves part of the city both say a dispute over their longtime agreement could have dire budget consequences. In December, the city canceled its 23-year-old pact with the Robertson Fire Protection District, saying the contract’s rising cost was jeopardizing other city services.
- PUB DATE: 7/10/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Portsmouth Fire Lt. Russ Osgood was next to firefighter Sarah Fox the day she died from cancer at Concord Hospital when he learned another fire brother, Jeff Bokum, had the disease as well. The toll Osgood faced in that moment at the hospital was emotional, but a financial one came shortly after. Osgood and firefighters worked to raise thousands of dollars for Bokum’s out-of-pocket costs during his six-month battle as they had for Fox in the months before her death, cancer benefits not yet covered for fighters.
- PUB DATE: 7/10/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Foster's Daily Democrat

Just like in citizens, drinking and driving is not a new problem in public safety. For some volunteer fire companies, having volunteer firefighters show up at the scene of a fire while under the influence of alcohol is also not a new problem. Even organizations with career staff may have to deal with crewmembers showing up to a shift planning to firefight while under the influence (FFUI) or while intoxicated (FFWI).
- PUB DATE: 7/10/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1

Mesa firefighters rescued a woman whose car had plunged into a canal during a storm that blew through the area Monday afternoon. The woman's car veered into a canal near Alma School Road south of the Loop 202 freeway in north Mesa, according to the Mesa Fire Department. When responding units arrived they found the car submerged upright.
- PUB DATE: 7/10/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com & KPNX-TV NBC 12 Phoenix

Racine firefighters rescued a man from the Root River Monday evening. At about 7:50 p.m., a call came in for a possible drowning at the north side of the river just south of Green Glass, 1120 N. Main St. Numerous vehicles and personnel from both the Fire and Police Departments responded. Within about five minutes, firefighters had dropped a ladder in the river and the man climbed out without injury or need for medical attention, police said.
- PUB DATE: 7/9/2018 7:41:22 PM - SOURCE: Racine Journal Times

On July 6, 6 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

VIDEO: Some Eau Claire firefighters have started the move into a new station. The Eau Claire Fire Department is preparing for the opening of the new Fire Station 10, a new state-of-the-art facility set to open on Thursday. Firefighters began moving equipment to the facility last Monday and are putting the finishing touches on the station Monday night.
- PUB DATE: 7/9/2018 3:43:57 PM - SOURCE: WQOW-TV ABC 18 Eau Claire

No one was injured after a fire broke out in a small warehouse at Hsu's Ginseng Monday morning. Hsu's Director of Operations Mike Klemp-North says employees called in the Town of Texas' Fire Department at around 9 AM. "We were able to extinguish the fire prior to their arrival," he adds that all employees followed the company's safety protocols to the letter in the process.
- PUB DATE: 7/9/2018 2:43:51 PM - SOURCE: WRIG-AM Fox Sports 1390

A Madison fire crew responded twice within an hour this weekend to reports of a fire in a pedestrian tunnel on Madison's north side, according to a news release. The Madison Fire Department said firefighters responded to the tunnel near Troy Drive and School Road shortly before and then shortly after midnight, finding a pile of clothes on fire in both instances.
- PUB DATE: 7/9/2018 1:15:41 PM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison

On July 7, 4 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On July 6, 5 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On July 3, 7 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.