VIDEO: Firefighters from several departments on Monday morning, April 30 responded to the scene of a house fire near S. Amor Drive and W. Cleveland Avenue in New Berlin. The call came in around 3:00 a.m. When crews arrived on scene flames were shooting from the roof of the home. Officials believe the fire started in the garage.
- PUB DATE: 4/30/2018 4:02:15 AM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6

The leader of the Alameda firefighters union wants at least $200,000 from the city in damages over what he describes as “false” and “malicious” accusations against him as a result of the city manager’s allegations she was put under political pressure to pick a union-backed candidate as fire chief. Jeff DelBono cites Vice Mayor Malia Vella and City Councilman Jim Oddie as witnesses — the same elected representatives that City Manager Jill Keimach secretly audio-recorded for evidence that they were possibly violating the City Charter by weighing in on whom she picked as a fire chief.
- PUB DATE: 4/30/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: East Bay Times

William “Billy” Goldfeder was awarded the 2018 FDIC Tom Brennan Lifetime Achievement award at this morning’s General Session. Making the presentation were Chief Bobby Halton, editor in chief of Fire Engineering/FDIC International education director, and Eileen Cress, daughter of Tom Brennan. In his introduction remarks, Halton noted: “Today we recognize someone who, not to sound cliché, truly needs no introduction.
- PUB DATE: 4/30/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Fire Egineering

Polk County Deputy Manager Joe Halman on Friday cleared Fire Rescue Capt. Jay Schwartz of any wrongdoing after the captain helped to fight a fire while he was off duty and without proper equipment, saying Schwartz’ actions were, in fact, “heroic, commendable and consistent with expectations of Polk County Fire Rescue employees.
- PUB DATE: 4/30/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: News Chief

Part I and Part II - A newly obtained collection of police body camera footage offers exclusive insight into what Oakland police knew about the dangerous warehouse where 36 people died — and what happened that fateful night. A year before the Ghost Ship blaze killed 36 partygoers, an Oakland police officer could sense the fire danger as he and a colleague wandered through the cluttered Fruitvale district warehouse, called there for a tenant dispute.
- PUB DATE: 4/30/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: East Bay Times

City Secretary Anna Russell has one week to finish verifying a petition Houston firefighters submitted last summer seeking pay parity with police or risk being hauled into court, a state district judge said Friday. Judge Dan Hinde had given Russell until Friday at 5 p.m. to verify whether the firefighters had reached the minimum threshold of 20,000 signatures needed for the item to appear before voters.
- PUB DATE: 4/30/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Houston Chronicle

It's been nearly 16 years since cleanup work officially ended at New York City's ground zero, but the health effects for rescue and recovery workers are still making themselves known. Two studies published Thursday in the journal JAMA Oncology suggest that the firefighters who came to lower Manhattan after the Sept.
- PUB DATE: 4/30/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Los Angeles Times

On April 25, 10 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On April 25, 8 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

A man was rescued after he jumped into the Fox River in downtown Green Bay this morning. Green Bay Metro Fire says they were called to an area on the Main Street/Nitschke Bridge just after 5. When crews arrived they found the man in the water, struggling to stay afloat. A life ring was tossed to the man and two firefighters, dressed in cold water rescue gear, got into the water and brought the man safely to shore.
- PUB DATE: 4/27/2018 8:39:12 AM - SOURCE: WIXX-FM 101

VIDEO: Authorities said a fire at a northwestern Wisconsin refinery where an explosion injured at least 11 people was out and people were being allowed back in their homes Thursday night after most of the city of Superior was forced to evacuate. Douglas County officials posted an update saying the fire was extinguished but asking residents in the evacuation area to stay away from their homes for at least another two hours.
- PUB DATE: 4/27/2018 6:59:10 AM - SOURCE: WTMJ-AM 620 Milwaukee

VIDEO: A machine shed and everything inside of it is a total loss from a brush fire that spread to the building Thursday afternoon, according to the Hatley Fire Chief. Crews are battling the brush fire in Village of Elderon, according to dispatch reports. Some of the larger equipment was taken out before the shed burst into flames.
- PUB DATE: 4/27/2018 5:07:23 AM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau

Multiple grass fires broke out Thursday near a set of railroad tracks at Old Highway 51. Firefighters responded just after 1 p.m. to a series of reports of fires stretching from Maple Ridge Road to Kowalski Road. The fires were under control by 2 p.m. but still smoldering as firefighters doused hot spots.
- PUB DATE: 4/27/2018 4:55:55 AM - SOURCE: Wausau Daily Herald

Fires and twisted wreckage do not intentionally create harm, but a man with a gun lying in wait is an entirely new and different menace to the fire service. In the early morning hours of April 24, members of the Los Angeles Fire Department responded to a reported fire south of downtown LA. While extinguishment was an expected knockdown inside a two-story home, gunshots ringing out during overhaul were not.
- PUB DATE: 4/27/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1.com

CORRECTION - Yesterday's headline on this story mistakenly said Chief Scott was taking a position in Albany, New York when it should have read Albany, GEORGIA - Albany City Manager Sharon Subadan announced at Tuesday’s Albany City Commission meeting that Cedric Scott has been named the city’s new fire chief.
- PUB DATE: 4/27/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Albany Herald

A Muncie firefighter had a close call after a driver hit him and took off. First responders were on the scene of a gas leak near McGalliard and Reserve Street Thursday morning. Police officers and firefighters were helping direct traffic due to road closures. Surveillance video from a nearby business shows a firefighter motioning a vehicle and then seconds later he tries jumping out of the way to avoid a driver hitting him from behind.
- PUB DATE: 4/27/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FOX59.com

New York City will add the name of a firefighter who died in 1935 to the Fire Department of New York's memorial wall, the city's law department said Wednesday, ending a year-long struggle by his descendants who insisted his death was due to an injury he suffered while battling a blaze. The grandson of firefighter Tom O'Brien went to court in October to get him added to the wall that honors those firefighters who died as a result of a fire.
- PUB DATE: 4/27/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Post Star

Fires and twisted wreckage do not intentionally create harm, but a man with a gun lying in wait is an entirely new and different menace to the fire service. In the early morning hours of April 24, members of the Los Angeles Fire Department responded to a reported fire south of downtown LA. While extinguishment was an expected knockdown inside a two-story home, gunshots ringing out during overhaul were not.
- PUB DATE: 4/27/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1.com

Austin Freidt, a 19-year-old Mocksville firefighter, was born deaf. He had his first ear surgery at 2 years old, and then got his first cochlear implant on his left ear when he was 3. In 2012, he got one in his right ear, which allowed him to hear just like anyone else. He’s wanted to become a firefighter since he was 5 years old.
- PUB DATE: 4/27/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFMY News

Citizens in the Little Chute area are receiving fraudulent mailers requesting donations for the "Little Chute Area Volunteer Firefighter Drive", a statement from the Little Chute Fire Department said. The mailer explains why you are receiving the donation form and offers multiple ways for you to make your payment.
- PUB DATE: 4/26/2018 1:03:12 PM - SOURCE: Appleton Post-Gazette & Post Crescent.com