What started as a grad school research project is now leaving to calls for change in New Hartford. The town has three small fire districts, but some are wondering if they're all needed. It all started with a 130-page research paper. “I was trying to answer the question ‘is this safe and are we being fiscally responsible?’ and the answer is ‘no’ and ‘no’,” said New Hartford Deputy Fire Chief Richard Marcus.
- PUB DATE: 5/15/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFSB-TV CBS Channel 3

When George Hargett stepped into Engine Company 252 in Brooklyn for the first time as an FDNY probationary firefighter, it was March, 1967 -- just three months before the "long, hot summer" where 159 race riots exploded across the U.S., including New York City, Boston, Newark, N.J. and upstate in Buffalo.
- PUB DATE: 5/15/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Daily News

On May 9, 4 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On May 13, 5 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

Homes don’t catch fire as often as they used to. That’s a good thing, but it does raise the issue of keeping local volunteer firefighters in practice. The Oakdale Fire Department addressed that issue Saturday with its annual training day. This year’s training was conducted on a residential structure owned by Ray Habelman in the town of Byron.
- PUB DATE: 5/14/2018 1:07:10 PM - SOURCE: Tomah Journal

On May 12, 10 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

VIDEO: Fire crews battled a garage fire in Marathon County early Monday morning. The Athens and Edgar fire department responded to a call around 1 a.m. off of hwy M in Athens. Officials said when they arrived the garage was engulfed. The flames were about 14 to 15 ft high, destroying the garage. Next to it was a trailer home which also caught on fire.
- PUB DATE: 5/14/2018 5:44:39 AM - SOURCE: WAOW-TV ABC 9-Wausau

VIDEO: Two people have died in an overnight house fire on Monday, May 14. Firefighters were called to the home near 25th and Melvina just after 3 a.m. Fire crews were able to recover two victims from inside the home. The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office confirmed with FOX6 that both residents died at the scene before 5 a.
- PUB DATE: 5/14/2018 4:04:07 AM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6

After she got out of the Army in 2004, Nathalie Delsoin wanted to follow in her godfather’s footsteps and join the Boston Fire Department. She passed the civil service test and the arduous physical examination, proving that, just like the men, she could cut it as a firefighter. But when she started, she said, she felt tormented — not because her skills were lacking, but because she was the only woman in her Charlestown firehouse.
- PUB DATE: 5/14/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Boston Globe and Boston.com

A fire that destroyed a Greensboro apartment before dawn Saturday has killed five children who lived there. Two of the children died shortly after the fire broke out at the apartment complex at Summit Avenue and East Cone Boulevard. Three children died of their injuries Sunday at Brenner Children's Hospital in Winston-Salem.
- PUB DATE: 5/14/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Winston-Salem Journal

Chief Rod Bordner is telling city elected officials his crew of firefighters and paramedics sincerely want to perform their jobs. But for them to continue responding to fires, traffic wrecks and medical emergencies, it’s going to require additional job incentives and better perks, according to Bordner.
- PUB DATE: 5/14/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Canton Repository

Officials from the Washington Department of Labor and Industry on Thursday delivered their initial findings in an investigation regarding safe workplace standards and the Camas-Washougal Fire Department (CWFD). Adam Brice, president of East Clark Professional Fire Fighters, the local firefighters’ union, said state investigators said the city of Camas and its fire department violated two serious and one standard workplace safety laws during a Feb.
- PUB DATE: 5/14/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Camas-Washougal Post-Record

When a fire engine or ambulance is en route to a call, just a few minutes, or even seconds, can be the difference between life and death. That’s why, several months ago, when cargo trains began blocking intersections in Spartanburg more frequently and for longer periods of time, Spartanburg Fire Chief Marion Blackwell took note.
- PUB DATE: 5/14/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Spartanburg Herald-Journal

On May 13, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

A motor home, vehicle and garage were destroyed and a single-family home was damaged in an early-morning fire on Saturday. The Caledonia Fire Department received the initial fire call at 5:16 a.m. By the time firefighters reached 4541 Carter Drive, the RV was fully engulfed and the vehicle and attached garage also were on fire.
- PUB DATE: 5/12/2018 7:50:25 PM - SOURCE: Racine Journal Times

The Beaver Dam Fire Department is seeking teens to learn more about what it takes to be a firefighter and an EMT. Personnel from the department were on hand this week at Beaver Dam High School seeking out the next generation of those wanting to join the ranks of firefighters and EMTs/paramedics. The department was recruiting for its Explorer program over the lunch hour in the commons area of the school.
- PUB DATE: 5/12/2018 8:16:53 AM - SOURCE: wisc news

On May 11, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On May 10, 2 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and its partners are now offering up to $20,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the Jan. 25 fire at the Wilderness Resort. ATF officials have determined that the incident was arson, according to a news release from the agency.
- PUB DATE: 5/11/2018 4:34:41 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

Superior officials say they’d like the state to upgrade their hazmat team designation in order to access funding and resources to respond to hazardous materials in the wake of explosions and fires at the Husky Energy oil refinery. In the last decade, Wisconsin conducted a review of the state’s hazardous materials response, which created a tiered system of teams with various levels of capabilities.
- PUB DATE: 5/11/2018 3:31:09 AM - SOURCE: Daily Telegram-Superior