VIDEO: The Holmen Area Fire Department Fire Board is moving ahead to fill the Assistant Fire Chief position. Steve Johnston, Holmen Area Fire Department Fire Board President, says the department received twenty applications for the position. Four finalists will be interviewed on Thursday and Friday. Johnston says the ideal candidate will be a "boots-on-the-ground" firefighter and an educator with strong leadership skills.
- PUB DATE: 6/14/2018 6:40:28 PM - SOURCE: WXOW-TV ABC 19 LaCrosse

The city Fire Department is asking for any information the public may have following two suspicious vehicle fires that occurred early Thursday morning, including one that spread to a house. The fires were reported around 3 a.m., with police discovering one of the fires while responding to the other. According to a release from the department, at 3:11 a.
- PUB DATE: 6/14/2018 5:15:16 PM - SOURCE: Racine Journal Times

The Merrill Fire Department searched across the country for a new fire chief. But the chief it picked ended up close to home. Josh Klug was introduced as the new fire chief at a badge pinning ceremony Thursday morning. He previously served as a firefighter in Merrill for 11 years before leaving for a new job in Mosinee in 2013.
- PUB DATE: 6/14/2018 4:49:07 PM - SOURCE: WJFW-TV NBC 12 Rhinelander-Wausau

A car fire was quickly put out in Racine before it extended into a home early Thursday morning. Authorities say they were called to the area near 11th St. and Davis Pl. around 3:11 a.m. When crews got to the scene, the fire was spreading to a nearby home. Firefighters were able to put out the fire before it got into the home.
- PUB DATE: 6/14/2018 9:28:05 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

MHA of Wisconsin contributes to the initiative by organizing Zero Suicide training sessions in which clinicians, as well as other community members like police officers and firefighters, are educated on how to recognize warning signs. But Rolando said one of the most important efforts in suicide reduction is storytelling.
- PUB DATE: 6/14/2018 6:15:40 AM - SOURCE: Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune

The Brussels-Union-Gardner Fire Department will have plenty of room to grow in the future at its new facility on County Highway C in Brussels. The joint venture with Door County Emergency Services has benefited from local support as well as federal grants and surplus programs to help make the facility state of the art.
- PUB DATE: 6/14/2018 4:46:08 AM - SOURCE: Door County Daily News

Toledo Fire and Rescue Department Chief Luis Santiago announced his retirement Wednesday, a proclamation met with declarations of admiration from city leaders, including the head of the union that only three years ago slammed the chief with an overwhelming no-confidence vote. Chief Santiago said he expects to remain in the position until his retirement, effective Aug.
- PUB DATE: 6/14/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Toledo Blade

A fast-moving brush fire destroyed eight homes in the Utah tourist town of Moab, while more than 3,000 people in Colorado and Wyoming fled multiple wildfires scorching the drought-stricken U.S. West on Wednesday. The blaze in Moab, known for its dramatic red rocks, started in a wooded area Tuesday night and quickly spread to homes over less than a square mile, police Chief Jim Winder said.
- PUB DATE: 6/14/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Spokesman-Review

PHOTO - The UC Davis Fire Department has a new way to squeeze through campus crowds on its way to medical emergencies: a pint-sized ambulance. The six-wheeled, all-wheel-drive utility vehicle is roughly the size of a Mini Cooper but can carry EMTs and a patient on a full-sized cot through tight spaces or even off-road.
- PUB DATE: 6/14/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: UCDavis.edu

A Humboldt volunteer firefighter has resigned after being accused of driving a fire engine drunk. Police say Jeffery Feaster was charged with operating while under the influence on June 6th. His resignation will go into effect immediately. Officers say he was responding to a 911 call when police on scene said he smelled like alcohol and was slurring his speech.
- PUB DATE: 6/14/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHO-TV NBC 13 Des Moines

As fire service leaders, we’re faced with many questions. Do you know where you are going? More importantly, do your people know where you are taking them? How do you hold yourself and the organization accountable? Answering these questions reveals why understanding the mission is so important. You often hear leaders speak of their organization as a “mission first” department, but they are unable to define their own mission.
- PUB DATE: 6/14/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1

VIDEO: The ambulance inside might not be brand new, but Marty Aubol loves the new building that houses it. "Gotta keep it clean, yep, keep it looking nice," Aubol said. The paramedic moved in to his home base, which was built on the Sugar Camp-Three Lakes town line on Thunder Lake Road, in April, about nine months after construction started.
- PUB DATE: 6/13/2018 5:41:34 PM - SOURCE: WJFW-TV NBC 12 Rhinelander-Wausau

A woman took herself to the emergency room early Wednesday morning after she had possible symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning, but not before making sure her dog got out of the home as well. The woman's carbon monoxide alarm activated around midnight Wednesday, according to the Madison Fire Department.
- PUB DATE: 6/13/2018 4:00:07 PM - SOURCE: WMSN-TV Fox 47 Madison

Mike Stanley's new home will be his fifth ever and his first outside of Colorado. The past Aurora, Colorado, firefighter took over the job of Oshkosh fire chief this week from retiring longtime chief Tim Franz. His first day as chief was Monday. "(My wife and I) have been in the same house for 19 years, I've been at the same job for almost 22 years," he said.
- PUB DATE: 6/13/2018 9:35:57 AM - SOURCE: Oshkosh Northwestern

On June 12, 1 residential fire fatality was reported by the Nation's news media.

Embracing the label of “union boss,” state firefighters president and Democratic candidate for governor Mahlon Mitchell rallied organized labor supporters June 11, urging them to unite to elect him in August and then defeat Gov. Scott Walker. Mitchell is one of 10 Democratic candidates for governor, but his position as head of the Professional Fire Fighters of Wisconsin has given him an early advantage in union backing — both in campaign donations and people power.
- PUB DATE: 6/13/2018 3:21:40 AM - SOURCE: Wisconsin Gazette

Two dilapidated fire stations in San Bernardino will be replaced thanks in large part to a record $7 million donation from the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians. In return, the San Bernardino County Fire Protection District will provide the reservation a reciprocal exchange of fire, rescue and emergency medical services over 10 years.
- PUB DATE: 6/13/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: San Bernardino County Sun

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer urged the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator to award the City of Newburgh a third grant that would prevent the layoffs of nine firefighters this summer. Schumer advocated for Newburgh’s Fire Department in a call last week to FEMA Administrator Brock Long as the agency considers whether to approve the city’s application for $1.
- PUB DATE: 6/13/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Middletown Times Herald-Record

A firefighter died Sunday of liver failure after contracting hepatitis C from blood transfusions he received for burns he suffered in a blaze many years ago. According to the U.S. Fire Administration, Perth Amboy Fire Department firefighter Douglas Ambrozewycz was working with Protection Hook & Ladder Company #1 to battle a blaze at a bakery in 1983 when he fell through the floor into the fire below.
- PUB DATE: 6/13/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1.com

Authorities are investigating the scene where more than 50 suspected undocumented immigrants were found in a semi-truck on the Northeast side Tuesday night. The scene was located in the alleyway of the 8400 block of Greenbrier near Loop 410 behind the Greenbrier Apartments. This is just across the highway from the San Antonio International Airport.
- PUB DATE: 6/13/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CBS4local.com