VIDEO: The Milwaukee Fire Department responded to a fire in the basement of an apartment building early Monday morning. Crews were called to the area near 97th and Michele around 2 a.m. The fire was quickly put out and everyone got out of the building safely, according to fire officials. One firefighters was hurt, but was not transported to the hospital.
- PUB DATE: 6/25/2018 4:55:52 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

On June 24, 1 residential fire fatality was reported by the Nation's news media.

On June 23, 1 residential fire fatality was reported by the Nation's news media.

A 45-year-old fire captain has died and another firefighter is in stable condition after both were shot and wounded when a gunman opened fire at a Long Beach senior housing facility early Monday. Fire officials said the firefighter who died was Long Beach Fire Department Capt. Dave Rosa from Fire Station 10.
- PUB DATE: 6/25/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KABC-TV ABC 7 Los Angeles

A firefighter/EMT with the Paint Creek Joint EMS/Fire District lost his life Sunday after an accident at the district’s station near Rainsboro. Early Monday morning, Paint Creek released the name of the victim, firefighter/EMT Joe Patterson. “It is with deepest sympathies that we have been informed that our brother has been called home and answered his final alarm and did not survive the injuries inflicted by the accident,” said public information office Branden Jackman in an earlier press release.
- PUB DATE: 6/25/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Times-Gazette

A 40-year FDNY veteran who oversaw rescue and recovery efforts at the World Trade Center site after 9/11 has succumbed to cancer linked to his efforts at ground zero. Chief of Fire Prevention Ronald R. Spadafora has passed away at the age of 63, Commissioner Daniel Nigro said. Spadafora is the 178th member of the department to die of illness related to the September 11 attacks, according to Nigro.
- PUB DATE: 6/25/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC 4 New York

The IAFC today thanked Congress for final passage of the Firefighter Cancer Registry Act (H.R. 931), groundbreaking legislation which will create an anonymous, voluntary registry for firefighters at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). “Modern medicine does not fully understand why firefighters experience cancer at rates much higher rate than the general public,” said Chief Thomas Jenkins, IAFC President & Chairman of the Board.
- PUB DATE: 6/25/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: International Association of Fire Chiefs

After nearly four years and more than $1 million spent trying to escape the burden of an expensive contract with the local fire union, the Texas Supreme Court dealt the city a final blow Friday, refusing to consider its case challenging a clause that keeps the contract in place for a decade. Disappointed and defeated, city officials said they wanted to immediately begin contract negotiations with the San Antonio Professional Fire Fighters Association, calling on union boss Chris Steele to start up talks.
- PUB DATE: 6/25/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: San Antonio Express-News

In light of a debate between the Orange County Fire Authority and Sheriff’s Department over which should be the lead agency on search-and-rescue calls, a grand jury report released Friday called on the county to create a permanent “air operations safety council.” The report also called on the two agencies to work together, with the sheriff’s department being the lead response agency to wilderness or remote off-road search-and-rescue calls, and the OCFA taking the lead on urban search-and-rescue calls.
- PUB DATE: 6/25/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: MyNewsLA.com

Saturday evening around 5:40 p.m. Sheboygan Fire Department was sent to a house on Moenning Road for a fire on a deck. When firefighters arrived the entire back of the house was on fire spreading through the exterior walls and into the attic. Firefighters attacked the fires from outside and inside a bedroom.
- PUB DATE: 6/24/2018 2:35:48 PM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

On June 23, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

VIDEO: Even though winter is months away, Milwaukee firefighters are thinking about keeping kids warm. Firefighters were out collecting donations to support ‘Warm Up Winter, a Kids Coats Initiative" on Thursday. The three-day fundraising campaign raises money to provide kids in the community with warm outerwear in the winter months.
- PUB DATE: 6/22/2018 7:44:13 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

The city of Muskegon has received and is reviewing a controversial proposal to contract fire service from Muskegon Heights, officials said recently. But a vote on the deal, which calls for the city of Muskegon to dismantle its fire department and contract fire service from Muskegon Heights, is still more than a few months away, said Muskegon City Manager Frank Peterson.
- PUB DATE: 6/22/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Mlive

The city and the firefighters’ union tentatively agreed to a new contract Thursday, one day after the union threatened to picket outside Mayor Paul Heroux’s house. The pickets have been called off and a cookout the mayor had planned will be held as scheduled Saturday afternoon. Heroux said the threat of picketing had nothing to do with him agreeing to a new contract, but union President Jacob Springs said he thought it moved the process along.
- PUB DATE: 6/22/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Attleboro Sun Chronicle

With a ticking clock growing ever louder in the background, the Orange County Fire Authority rejected several demands made by Irvine that would keep the city in the fold as a voting member of the regional emergency coalition. “Basically, Irvine was told to pound sand,” said County Supervisor Todd Spitzer, who sits on the Fire Authority board of directors.
- PUB DATE: 6/22/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Firehouse

The man hailed as a hero for halting a gunman's wild rampage outside the Tumwater Walmart store came forward Wednesday and said he fired his weapon only after it became clear that the gunman might injure or kill more innocent victims if he weren't stopped. David George, who is an emergency medical technician with the Oakville Fire Department and a pastor at the Oakville Assembly of God, described his harrowing experience at a Wednesday news conference in his hometown.
- PUB DATE: 6/22/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

Steve Krentel, whose leadership at a Covington-area fire district has been under assault since last fall, will retire as of Sept. 1, he told the St. Tammany Fire Protection District 12 board of commissioners in a letter Thursday. Krentel, whose wife was killed nearly a year ago, said in a phone interview that he had always planned to retire as soon as he was eligible to do so.
- PUB DATE: 6/22/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Advocate

For more than a month, those seeking emergency services in the town of Lafayette have had about a five-minute detour between them and trained help. But those five minutes could drastically change the situation. “It’s been an impact,” John Andersen, deputy chief of prevention with the Chippewa Fire District, said.
- PUB DATE: 6/21/2018 5:39:51 PM - SOURCE: Chippewa Herald

VIDEO: Onalaska Fire Chief Don Dominick announced his plans to retire at the end of February. On Friday, after more than 40 years of fire service, including 10 years as chief, Dominick will hang up his helmet for the last time. From reminding the public about the dangers of carbon monoxide to leading crews in battling multi-unit apartment fires, Don Dominick has served the City of Onalaska as fire chief for nearly ten years.
- PUB DATE: 6/21/2018 4:51:32 PM - SOURCE: WXOW-TV ABC 19 LaCrosse

VIDEO: The flood warning for most local counties has ended. While the Chippewa and Eau Claire Rivers are no longer at official flood risk, that doesn't mean they're safe for locals just yet. Recent rains have left the Chippewa River rushing. Flooding is no longer a concern, but safety is for this weekend's FATFAR, an annual tubing event that launches just below the Chippewa Falls dam.
- PUB DATE: 6/21/2018 3:48:28 PM - SOURCE: WQOW-TV ABC 18 Eau Claire