VIDEO: Six people are hurt, including a firefighter, after a fire at an apartment building in Chippewa Falls. It happened at the St. Joseph's apartment building on Pearl Street around 10 a.m. The Chippewa Falls Fire Department says the fire started on a mattress in an apartment on the second story of the building but there's no word on how it happened.
- PUB DATE: 6/7/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WEAU-TV NBC 13

Jodie Hettrick has been appointed to lead the Anchorage Fire Department, according to an announcement Wednesday from the mayor’s office. Hettrick joined the department in 2012. She has served as acting chief since the previous chief, Denis LeBlanc, retired in May. Now that her position is official, Hettrick says there are some internal initiatives that can go forward.
- PUB DATE: 6/7/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Alaska Public Radio Network

Hernando County commissioners shut down the Hernando Beach Volunteer Fire Department on Valentine’s Day 2017. They did so for good reason. The volunteers were failing to respond to 911 calls. They’d ignored a state requirement to hire a medical director. For more than two years, they never produced a financial audit to show how they were spending taxpayer dollars.
- PUB DATE: 6/7/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Tampa Bay Times

Providence Public Safety Commissioner Steven Pare said Monday he plans to conduct yet another search for a permanent fire chief, but it will likely begin after the City Council considers a proposal to remove the mandatory retirement age for high-ranking members of the fire and police departments. Pare told the Council Finance Committee the city’s search for a fire chief is nearing the three-year mark due in large part to an existing ordinance that requires firefighters to retire when they turn 60.
- PUB DATE: 6/7/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPRI-TV Providence 12

Roy and Ted Wagner were there at the beginning when their father played a big part in their central New Jersey hometown forming a volunteer fire company — and they're still going strong half a century after joining the ranks themselves. Long after following their father into service with the Plainsboro Volunteer Fire Company, the identical twin brothers were feted by colleagues this week for dedicating the last 50 years to their community.
- PUB DATE: 6/7/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Firehouse

VIDEO - Dramatic cellphone video of a ball-cap-wearing man catching a baby dropped from a burning second-floor apartment has ignited something of a mystery in Anderson, South Carolina. The 8-second video has gotten thousands of views on Facebook, yet media outlets around the world have yet to ferret out the name of the hero.
- PUB DATE: 6/7/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Charlotte Observer

VIDEO: A Milwaukee crossing guard is back home with relatives after spending two weeks in the hospital recovering from a fire at his apartment last month near 5th and Lapham. Jesus Gracia said he lost nearly everything in the fire, but thanks to him, everyone in the apartment complex got out alive. On May 20, Gracia fell asleep on the couch.
- PUB DATE: 6/6/2018 3:14:39 PM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6

Candidates for the Gibraltar Fire Department Chief position will get their opportunity to meet local residents Friday during a meet and greet event. Jerrad Anderson has served as the department’s interim chief since Caleb Whitney resigned in 2016. Gibraltar Town Chairperson Dick Skare says it is important for the candidates to get a feeling for the town they will be serving.
- PUB DATE: 6/6/2018 1:45:16 PM - SOURCE: Door County Daily News

Barron Electric Cooperative, along with matching funds from CoBank’s Sharing Success Program, recently donated $3,000 to the Bear Lake-Haugen Fire Rescue to help purchase personal protective equipment for firefighters. Barron Electric’s General Manager Dallas Sloan said, “Giving back to the communities we serve is part of our culture, and we are proud to support this worthwhile cause.
- PUB DATE: 6/6/2018 1:00:52 PM - SOURCE: Rice Lake Chronotype

Officials from the city of Mauston and MSA Professional Services met June 5 to officially break ground at the site of the new Mauston Fire Station. Mauston Mayor Brian McGuire said the new station is part of a long term plan to improve the city’s services. “We’ve been working on this a couple of years and we worked to find the most economical solution to improve our safety and services to people in the community,” McGuire said.
- PUB DATE: 6/6/2018 12:50:52 PM - SOURCE: wisc news

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

Officials from La Crosse and neighboring municipalities will explore whether to implement a new response system for fires and other large-scale emergencies. Adopting automatic aid would allow the firefighters closest to the disaster to cross jurisdictions immediately; existing mutual agreements require agencies to request the response when an emergency exceeds local resources.
- PUB DATE: 6/6/2018 6:44:58 AM - SOURCE: Lacrosse Tribune

A person was found dead inside a burning enclosed porch at a home on 14th Avenue early Tuesday. The Kenosha Police and the Kenosha Fire Department are investigating the fire, which was reported at about 5 a.m. Tuesday. When firefighters arrived at the tiny, 360-square-foot home, 7732 14th Ave., they found the enclosed porch engulfed in flames, according to Fire Chief Charles Leipzig.
- PUB DATE: 6/6/2018 6:36:43 AM - SOURCE: Kenosha News

Prompted by a federal investigation, the mayor of Akron has put an end to the illegal, off-the-books tracking of overtime in the city’s police and fire departments. For more than 30 years, countless overtime hours — presumably tens of thousands — were often never recorded through the city’s formal payroll process, making it impossible for federal officials to get a true accounting of whether employees were being properly compensated.
- PUB DATE: 6/6/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Akron Beacon Journal

Baltimore’s revived speed camera system is generating millions more in revenue than what was planned — and city officials now intend to use that money to balance the Fire Department’s budget. The Board of Estimates, which is controlled by Mayor Catherine Pugh, is slated to vote Wednesday to use an extra $4 million generated by speed camera fines — on top of the $8 million in budgeted revenue from them — to help pay unfunded overtime expenses in the Fire Department.
- PUB DATE: 6/6/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Baltimore Sun

An Eyewitness News exclusive provides a behind the scenes look at how first responders get themselves prepared for a catastrophe. Police and firefighters took part in a joint counterterrorism hazmat drill Tuesday night on Randalls Island. In the drill, something awful has happened on the subway. Screams reverberate throughout a stopped 7 train that's thick with chemical smoke.
- PUB DATE: 6/6/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WABC-TV 7online.com

Gov. Chris Sununu is expected to nominate Salem's fire Chief Paul Parisi to the role of state fire marshal on Tuesday. “Chief Parisi has had a long and distinguished career protecting the people of Salem, and I am excited to have him lead the team over at the Division of Fire Safety,” Sununu in a statement on June 5.
- PUB DATE: 6/6/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Lawrence Eagle Tribune

VIDEO - Competition between a firefighter and five-year-old boy can get heated, but the two certainly didn't fight fire with fire. While the challenges are spirited, the role models, who a little Georgia boy got to meet, are what makes the spirit of competition special. Noah Hensley is the reigning champion when it comes to suiting up in firefighter gear the fastest.
- PUB DATE: 6/6/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJHG-TV News Channel 7

VIDEO: Local firefighters, city council members, county board members, and other interested members of the public gathered at Onalaska City Hall on Tuesday afternoon in an effort to start a conversation about regional collaboration. Onalaska Mayor Joe Chilsen and La Crosse Mayor Tim Kabat both helped to facilitate the meeting.
- PUB DATE: 6/5/2018 9:30:24 PM - SOURCE: WXOW-TV ABC 19 LaCrosse

There are several lucky ducks in Rock County that were freed from a tight spot by a firefighter last week, according to a news release. The Beloit Fire Department said firefighter DeCarlos Nora helped rescue a group of ducklings that were stuck in a storm drain Friday. The fire department shared pictures of the Nora pulling the ducklings from the drain.
- PUB DATE: 6/5/2018 8:59:09 PM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison