On May 3, 5 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

The Westbrook fire chief and deputy fire chief are suing the city, alleging the mayor retaliated against them for raising legal and safety concerns in their department. The lawsuit details months of tension beginning last year between Mayor Mike Sanphy and the top two officials in the Westbrook Fire Department.
- PUB DATE: 5/7/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Portland Press Herald

A three-alarm warehouse fire in Houston's East End scorched at least one nearby home and led to the hospitalization of a firefighter. Firefighters were called out to a warehouse fire on North Drennan Street near Navigation Boulevard shortly after 7 p.m. Friday, according to Houston Fire Chief Samuel Peña.
- PUB DATE: 5/7/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Houston Chronicle

Growing eruptions in the Big Island's Leilani Estates on Sunday night prompted officials to issue an emergency alert urging any residents remaining in the lava-ravaged subdivision to "go now" and stoking fears that the toll of homes claimed by lava — at 26 so far — would undoubtedly grow. The alert went out to smartphones across the Big Island at 7 p.
- PUB DATE: 5/7/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KHNL/KGMB-TV Hawaii News Now

It was just before Christmas, when Battalion Chief Chris Burger responded to a call of an unresponsive infant. With the sort of muscle memory training only thousands of hours of training can build, he went to the home and did his job. He was the helper — cool under pressure, someone you can lean on — that everyone expects a firefighter to be.
- PUB DATE: 5/7/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Panama City News Herald

The cost of the city’s legal bills for the ongoing firefighters’ contract dispute increased $110,000 during a recent three-month period and now exceeds $634,000. City Comptroller James E. Mills on Friday confirmed that the law firm has billed $634,740.56 through January for costs associated with the nearly four-year labor dispute with the Watertown Professional Fire Fighters Association Local 191.
- PUB DATE: 5/7/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Watertown Daily Times

VIDEO: In some of the most serious crashes, victims are trapped inside vehicles, and it's up to first responders to get them out safely; however, a lot more than expertise goes into tackling these tough situations. On Sunday, May 6, various scenarios were simulated as part of 5 Alarm Fire and Safety Equipment's annual "Jaws of Life" training school.
- PUB DATE: 5/6/2018 3:49:16 PM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6

VIDEO: Hundreds of Dane County homeowners are getting brand new smoke alarms for free. About 150 volunteers for the Red Cross and American Family Insurance are helping install and fix smoke detectors in people's homes. The goal is to install 700 alarms as part of a nationwide campaign to install 100,000 smoke alarms in just 16 days.
- PUB DATE: 5/6/2018 2:37:25 PM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison

Officials with the Milwaukee Fire Department are investigating a fire that happened at a vacant home early Sunday, May 6. It happened around 3:45 a.m. near 28th and Fond du Lac. Officials said firefighters were able to knock down the fire quickly. No one was hurt. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
- PUB DATE: 5/6/2018 2:17:53 PM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6

Saturday night, Madison Fire Department said an aggressive fire was reported on the 1900 block of Northport Drive. MFD was called to the 20-unit apartment building around 7:18p.m. The fire department said firefighters entered through the front of an apartment where they found heavy smoke. The second story bedroom was fully engulfed in flames.
- PUB DATE: 5/6/2018 3:23:25 AM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison

When a Madison resident arrived home around 6:50 p.m. Friday, there was a fire in the garage, according to officials with the Madison Fire Department. The garage fire was starting to extend toward the house when firefighters arrived at 1401 Nevada Road. Officials were able to put out the fire quickly before it reached the home.
- PUB DATE: 5/5/2018 6:08:44 PM - SOURCE: WMSN-TV Fox 47 Madison

On May 4, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On May 3, 4 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

A young boy in Marathon County battling cancer had a dream come true Thursday when he became an honorary firefighter for the day. Lincoln Schrock is only 3 1/2 years old, but he already knows he wants to be a firefighter. "That's been a dream of his forever," said Kaitlyn Schrock, Lincoln's mom. "I hope one day he can experience it for real, being a firefighter.
- PUB DATE: 5/4/2018 6:33:08 AM - SOURCE: WQOW-TV ABC 18 Eau Claire

A Las Vegas Fire Department captain paralyzed in an on-duty crash almost 15 years ago has died. Thelonious “Theo” Adams, a captain and 13-year veteran of the department, was paralyzed from the neck down after a fire engine responding to reports of smoke in an apartment rolled over on Halloween night in 2003.
- PUB DATE: 5/4/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Las Vegas Review-Journal

A veteran Harris County firefighter is suing his former department, claiming that his bosses fired him for missing a holiday shift as retaliation for whistleblowing on illegal behavior by the department’s leadership. The state district court lawsuit alleges that Jeramie Casiano, a lieutenant in the Harris County Emergency Services District 48’s fire department, first warned in January 2017 of “highly concerning and illegal practices,” including the misuse of government property and services by the ESD’s leadership.
- PUB DATE: 5/4/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Houston Chronicle

A town meeting measure that would change the hiring practice for future chiefs and deputy chiefs in the fire department is under fire by the local union. Hull Firefighters Local 1657 is urging voters to reject proposals at town meeting, the second of which eliminates the requirement that firefighters be certified paramedics.
- PUB DATE: 5/4/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Quincy Patriot Ledger

The fire service is mourning the loss of Billy Leach Jr., who brought vehicle rescue training on big rigs to a whole new level. Leach reportedly passed away while staying in an Oklahoma hotel where he was teaching a "Big Rig Rescue" program. "It is with great sadness that we may now report that Squad Member and Special Team Member Billy Leach Jr.
- PUB DATE: 5/4/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Firehouse

Salinas Fire Department paramedics and management are under investigation following Monterey County Emergency Medical Services Agency allegations that they failed to complete required paramedic skills testing and accreditation, then falsified documentation to indicate they had done so. Salinas City Manager Ray Corpuz confirmed Wednesday the county EMS agency allegations are under investigation, which is being conducted by he and other city administrators, and a state Emergency Medical Services Authority official also confirmed an investigation is under way.
- PUB DATE: 5/4/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Monterey County Herald

On May 3, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.