The Superior Fire Department says there are no fatalities in the explosion at the Husky oil refinery, at least 5 Injuries have been reported. The explosion happened at about 10:06 a.m. at the refinery, which is in the city's East End. The nature of the casualties was not immediately disclosed.A contractor who was inside the building told Eyewitness News it sounded like "a sonic boom.
- PUB DATE: 4/26/2018 9:42:09 AM - SOURCE: WDIO-TV ABC 10/13

On April 25, 7 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On April 24, 3 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On April 21, 14 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

A controlled burn in the Town of Oregon got out of control Wednesday evening and ignited a structure fire, officials said. Firefighters with the Oregon Area Fire and EMS District were dispatched to the structure fire around 5:45 p.m. at 585 Tipperary Road. When crews arrived, they found a shed fully engulfed by fire with some extension into nearby vegetation, according to a news release from the district.
- PUB DATE: 4/26/2018 3:36:37 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

A veteran firefighter in a small community in northwestern Wisconsin has died following a response. The U.S. Fire Administration on Thursday announced the line-of-duty death of 69-year-old Spooner volunteer firefighter Philip H. Neubich, who was a 38-year veteran of the fire service. Late on Tuesday evening, Neubich responded to his fire station when the department was paged out for a reported gas leak inside a residence.
- PUB DATE: 4/26/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Firehouse News

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. Scott, who currently is serving as fire chief for the city of Suffolk, Va., and has served in that position in Waycross, College Park and Rockdale County in Georgia, is expected to take over the Albany Fire Department in June.
- PUB DATE: 4/26/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Albany Herald

A veteran firefighter in a small community in northwestern Wisconsin has died following a response. The U.S. Fire Administration on Thursday announced the line-of-duty death of 69-year-old Spooner volunteer firefighter Philip H. Neubich, who was a 38-year veteran of the fire service. Late on Tuesday evening, Neubich responded to his fire station when the department was paged out for a reported gas leak inside a residence.
- PUB DATE: 4/26/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Firehouse

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. Scott, who currently is serving as fire chief for the city of Suffolk, Va., and has served in that position in Waycross, College Park and Rockdale County in Georgia, is expected to take over the Albany Fire Department in June.
- PUB DATE: 4/26/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Albany Herald

The Fire Department Instructors Conference also known as the FDIC, is happening downtown. It's back for another year at the Indiana Convention Center. More than 33,000 firefighters from around the world are in downtown Indianapolis this week for the event. It's known as the world's largest firefighter conference.
- PUB DATE: 4/26/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WISHTV.com Channel 8

Longtime Frankfort Fire Department Chief Charles Thompson is unsure if he wants to accept a demotion after city officials removed him from the helm of his own department. City officials on Monday ousted Thompson — and offered him a position as a firefighter — following multiple policy violations stemming from his “on-call service” requirements, according to a press release sent this week from city Superintendent Josh Mills.
- PUB DATE: 4/26/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Traverse City Record-Eagle

A shocking federal investigation has uncovered that some employees of Naval Station Newport deliberately falsified training records for emergency personnel. The report that was delivered to President Donald Trump Tuesday alleges that nearly all of the station's 29 fire and emergency services employees did not take part in all required training.
- PUB DATE: 4/26/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPRI-TV Providence 12

On April 25, 1 residential fire fatality was reported by the Nation's news media.

Fire crews responded to a grass fire off County Road O in the Town of Marathon Wednesday afternoon. SAFER Chief Matt Savage says the call came in before 4 PM. A large field was in flames upon their arrival. Additional crews from Marathon Fire, Mosinee Fire and Wausau DNR responded. Firefighters spent the next two hours extinguishing the blaze and putting out hotspots.
- PUB DATE: 4/25/2018 6:04:27 PM - SOURCE: WAOW-TV ABC 9-Wausau

The Wisconsin State Fire Chiefs Association has created a task force to help firefighters who are struggling with mental health issues. The association’s president Jon Cohn said they hope the task force will provide a statewide network of support to firefighters who are struggling with mental health issues.
- PUB DATE: 4/25/2018 3:30:29 PM - SOURCE: Wisconsin Public Radio

A fire broke out early Wednesday at an apartment complex on the east side of Green Bay. The apartment is located at 1444 Smith Street and the fire broke out around 5:50 a.m. 10 people were taken to the hospital. Most of them suffered smoke inhalation. There are were working smoke detectors in the building.
- PUB DATE: 4/25/2018 7:05:29 AM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison

VIDEO: Almost two years after a near-deadly accident sent a Green County man to the hospital, he's finally back home with his family. Dean Walz was welcomed home to Albany Tuesday with a police and fire escort to his new house. In June 2016, he fell about 75 feet when a bucket truck's boom broke while was working for a tree-trimming company.
- PUB DATE: 4/25/2018 6:33:42 AM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV 27 ABC

The Superior Fire Department was rocked last week by the loss of one of their own. Battalion Chief Erik Sutton, 46, who retired in March after serving for 20 years on the department, died April 18. The cause of death was not released. "As a department we are trying to cope and understand this loss," wrote Fire Chief Steve Panger in a Monday news release.
- PUB DATE: 4/25/2018 2:55:31 AM - SOURCE: Daily Telegram-Superior

A Superior Fire Department battalion chief who retired just a few weeks ago died on April 18 after "a long and brave struggle" with mental illness, Mayor Jim Paine said on Tuesday. Erik Sutton, 46, who had served on the Superior Fire Department for 20 years, took his own life, Paine said. Sutton had sought and received care prior to his death.
- PUB DATE: 4/25/2018 2:55:31 AM - SOURCE: Daily Telegram-Superior

VIDEO - "I heard a call for help, scanned the building and saw a dad coming out with his baby," North St. Paul Assistant Fire Chief Dustin Kalis said. The video captured what is hard to imagine doing, and that's dropping your three-month-old baby off a second-story balcony. But a North St. Paul dad said it was his only option.
- PUB DATE: 4/25/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KAAL-TV ABC 6 Austin