A judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit filed by four Virginia Beach firefighters over a 2017 test-cheating scandal, saying he didn't believe he had the authority to rule on it. While Circuit Judge James Lewis told the firefighters he doesn't condone cheating, he agreed with attorneys for the city that he doesn't have jurisdiction in the case, said Andrea Ruege, an attorney for the firefighters.
- PUB DATE: 7/3/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Norfolk Virginian-Pilot/HamptonRoads.com

When most people think about data, they think about numbers: spreadsheets, charts and graphs. It’s true that quantitative data involves counting and measuring things, and provides answers to questions of how many, how much and to what extent, as well as who is involved and when things happen. But data isn’t only about these factors.
- PUB DATE: 7/3/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1

VIDEO - Stockton Fire Department released remarkable body cam footage Sunday showing firefighters battling a house fire and rescuing a caged dog who was trapped as flames approached. Firefighters were called out to the fire at a 2-story home on Chatsworth Circle on June 30, 2018. When crews arrived, the house was engulfed in flames and thick smoke was pouring from the roof.
- PUB DATE: 7/3/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Modesto Bee

Fire officials as of Monday night did not have a cause of a massive fire at Johns Disposal Service and were expected to remain at the scene until 10 p.m., more than 24 hours after the call originally came in. The fire, the largest in Racine County since February 2013, started at about noon Sunday, engulfing the 1-ton bales of recyclable materials stored at the facility, 7311 Omega Circle.
- PUB DATE: 7/2/2018 6:55:17 PM - SOURCE: Racine Journal Times

Crews are on the scene of a structure fire in Fitchburg on Tuesday afternoon. Dane County Dispatch said firefighters are responding to a house fire in the 5800 block of Tree Line Drive. The fire is in the back of the home. The call came in at 11:15 a.m. There are no reports of injuries.
- PUB DATE: 7/2/2018 10:50:04 AM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison

A garage fire at 2619 Ninth St. in Two Rivers Friday evening caused an estimated $120,000 in damages, Two Rivers Fire Department said in a press release. Firefighters were dispatched to the scene at 6 p.m. Friday and when they arrived, found a fully involved detached garage fire near the rear of the property.
- PUB DATE: 7/2/2018 8:13:26 AM - SOURCE: Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter

One person was injured in a fire that broke out overnight Saturday in a Janesville duplex, officials said. Janesville firefighters responded just after midnight to 1544 Beloit Avenue for reports of a residential fire, according to a release. Crews found a duplex with fire and smoke showing from the back of one of the units.
- PUB DATE: 7/2/2018 8:04:46 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison

VIDEO: Firefighters on Monday morning, July 2 continued to battle a massive fire at a recycling facility in western Racine County. As of 7:30 a.m. the fire appeared to be out. The fire broke out Sunday, July 1 John's Disposal. Between 40 and 50 crews from southeast Wisconsin and northern Illinois were on scene to battle the blaze Monday morning.
- PUB DATE: 7/2/2018 7:05:16 AM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6

The village will temporarily cut back on its paid firetruck drivers for part of June and August, but a report by the New York State Financial Restructuring Board for Local Governments recommends cutting all of its paid firetruck drivers and using only volunteers. The village owns the fire house, three firetrucks and pays four truck drivers.
- PUB DATE: 7/2/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Watertown Daily Times

At 4:42 p.m. Saturday, June 30, a memorial bell cut through the silence of the courthouse plaza, honoring the fallen 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots killed five years ago fighting the Yarnell Hill Fire, ringing once for each name. Andrew Ashcraft, Robert Caldwell, Travis Carter, Dustin DeFord, Christopher MacKenzie, Eric Marsh, Grant McKee, Sean Misner, Scott Norris, Wade Parker, John Percin Jr.
- PUB DATE: 7/2/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Daily Courier

PHOTO - It’s a familiar scene in old cartoons and movies. A high-rise building is on fire. Firefighters scurry from fire engines to the sidewalk carrying a large canvas-covered net with a bull’s-eye-like red spot in the center. Holding the stretched out net, the firefighters instruct people in the building to jump.
- PUB DATE: 7/2/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Eugene Register-Guard

There is legislative activity and legal issues involving fire protection in nearly every state. In Wisconsin, an attorney general opinion will place citizens and firefighters at risk for the rest of our careers and beyond, all because a 20-unit apartment complex can be built in 2018 without adequate fire protection because of a political and legal conflict.
- PUB DATE: 7/2/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Firehouse

A San Bruno firefighter is suing the city and several members of its fire department on grounds he was sexually harassed and retaliated against when he complained. Filed in San Mateo County Superior Court on June 18, the lawsuit says the firefighter, identified as 17-year veteran Jon Priolo, was subjected to numerous comments and jokes suggesting he was gay between 2010 and September 2015.
- PUB DATE: 7/2/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Mercury News

PHOTO: Five people were displaced by a fire at a home near Layton and Mitchell Sunday, July 1. It happened around noon. Everyone was able to get out of the home before firefighters arrived. No one was hurt. It’s believed the fire started in the attic. The cause is under investigation. The Red Cross was called in to assist those displaced.
- PUB DATE: 7/1/2018 4:41:08 PM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6

VIDEO: No one was was injured after a fire badly damaged a multi-unit home on Green Bay's east side Sunday afternoon. Firefighters responded to the 1200 block of East Walnut Street around 12:40 p.m. for a report of a house on fire with smoke and flames showing, the Green Bay Metro Fire Department said.
- PUB DATE: 7/1/2018 3:24:56 PM - SOURCE: Green Bay Press-Gazette

VIDEO: A thunderstorm that came through Madison Sunday afternoon caused some issues on the south side. A tree branch broke off and landed on a power line as it fell onto a home on Birch Hill Drive, off Raymond Road. Madison fire officials say the basement of the home filled with smoke from a small fire.
- PUB DATE: 7/1/2018 2:39:19 PM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV 27 ABC

The Wisconsin State Fire Chiefs Association has honored Grand Chute Fire Department Fire Chief Timothy Bantes as “Fire Chief of the Year." The prestigious honor is presented annually to a Wisconsin Fire Chief who demonstrates an extraordinary commitment to leadership, innovation, professional development, integrity, service to the public, and contributions to the fire service as a whole.
- PUB DATE: 6/29/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: We Are Green Bay

Five people were killed on Thursday when a man with a shotgun opened fire in the Capital Gazette newsroom in Annapolis, Maryland’s capital, in a "targeted attack," police said. The suspect had sued the paper six years ago and lost. "This person was prepared to shoot people. His intent was to cause harm," Bill Krampf, deputy police chief of Anne Arundel County, said at a news conference Thursday evening.
- PUB DATE: 6/29/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC News

Town firefighters responded to fires potentially caused by lightning Thursday, one of which seriously injured a firefighter, officials said. Around 6:40 p.m., the Fairfield Emergency Communications Center received a call for a structure fire in the 1000 block of Mill Hill Road. Several units were dispatched to the residence and the first units on scene reported smoke coming from a large detached garage.
- PUB DATE: 6/29/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Fairfield Citizen

Bronx prosecutors are getting into the mix to decide if charges are justified in a drunken brawl between firefighters, the Daily News has learned. Earlier this month, a full-on firefighter fracas exploded between off-duty uniformed smoke eaters when someone was called the N-word. The fight happened in Billy’s Bar, near Yankee Stadium, between the Bronx’s Rescue Company 3 and members of Ladder Company 49 and Engine Company 68, The News reported — adding that no arrests were made at the time.
- PUB DATE: 6/29/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Daily News