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Holmen Fire Chief stepping down

Wisconsin Fire News -

Holmen's fire chief won't renew his contract when it expires in August according to the village president. After two years, Paul Menches told the Holmen Area Fire District Association Board Thursday night that he's decided to leave the department as of the middle of August, Holmen Village President Nancy Proctor told WXOW.
- PUB DATE: 4/23/2018 9:59:28 AM - SOURCE: WXOW-TV ABC 19 LaCrosse

Man flown to Milwaukee-area hospital following late night accident

Wisconsin Fire News -

A man was flown to a Milwaukee-area hospital after a one-car crash late Saturday night at Highway 165 and Sheridan Road. The crash occurred at 9:51 p.m. and involved a man believed to be the driver of the vehicle who had to be extricated, according to David Wilkinson, Pleasant Prairie Fire Department assistant chief.
- PUB DATE: 4/23/2018 1:51:58 AM - SOURCE: Kenosha News

New York mayor says he’ll keep fighting ‘good fight’ in fire department dispute

National Fire News -

After a series of stinging defeats regarding the Watertown Fire Department, Mayor Joseph M. Butler Jr. insists he’s not going to back down. “It’s frustrating to see,” he said. “But I’m dedicated to fight the good fight I’ve been fighting. I can sleep at night knowing that I’ve been trying to do what I think is right for the taxpayers.
- PUB DATE: 4/23/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Watertown Daily Times

West Virginia fire chief named one of TIME's top 100 influential people

National Fire News -

Huntington Fire Chief Jan Rader is being recognized on a national scale once again for her devotion to helping people. Now, she has been named one of TIME Magazine's Top 100 Influential People of 2018. In a statement to WSAZ reacting to the news, Rader was humble. "I am honored," Rader said. "I think that this is a result of the community coming together to work diligently on a difficult social issue.
- PUB DATE: 4/23/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSAZ-TV NBC 3

4 adults and 2 children killed in Tennessee house fire

National Fire News -

Four adults and two children were killed Sunday morning in a house fire that Alcoa Fire Department Chief Roger Robinson called the worst tragedy he's seen in his 39-year career. Twenty-nine firefighters responded to the single-story home at 885 N. Wright Road after someone called E-911 to report the blaze at 5:24 a.
- PUB DATE: 4/23/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Knoxville News-Sentinel

California supervisors to contemplate $14 million "payday" loan to fire department

National Fire News -

On Tuesday the Kern County Board of Supervisors will give the Kern County Fire Department a $14 million dollar payday loan. Fire Chief Brian Marshall said he has more than $15 million in reimbursement money that hasn’t been paid by state and federal fire agencies to Kern County for staff and equipment used last year to fight fires and natural disasters.
- PUB DATE: 4/23/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Bakersfield.com

Statue unveiled honoring Granite Mountain Hotshots who died in Arizona wildfire

National Fire News -

A life-sized statue was unveiled Saturday honoring 19 members of a firefighting team known as the Granite Mountain Hotshots who died in a 2013 Arizona wildfire. The statue was dedicated at a state memorial park established where all but one member of the team died in a canyon in mountains near Yarnell on June 30, 2013.
- PUB DATE: 4/23/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KASW-CW6 & KTVK-3TV

Campers evacuated from Lake Wissota State Park due to grass fires

Wisconsin Fire News -

VIDEO: Authorities were forced to fully evacuate Lake Wissota State Park Sunday afternoon in order to fight several grass fires. Officials told News 18 there were a few campers at the park at the time, but said no one was injured. They don't know what started the fires, or how many acres they have burned so far, but the Department of Natural Resources is sending officers from Ladysmith to help put them out.
- PUB DATE: 4/22/2018 5:39:18 PM - SOURCE: WQOW-TV ABC 18 Eau Claire

Health care professionals get hands-on firefighter training as part of new partnership with Madison fire department

Wisconsin Fire News -

VIDEO: A new Madison fire department partnership is making sure injured firefighters get the help they need to get back on the job and keep the community safe. The department is working with Tactical Athlete Health Performance Institute (TAHPI), which connects injured firefighters with knowledgeable health care professionals more quickly than previously.
- PUB DATE: 4/21/2018 7:37:44 PM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison

House fire in Two Rivers causes $75,000 in damage

Wisconsin Fire News -

Heavy flames and smoke coming from the second floor of a bedroom window, that's what Two Rivers firefighters saw when they arrived at a home on 27th Street Saturday afternoon. Officials say the call came in 13 minutes before 3 p.m. and officials managed to put the fire out quickly. Firefighters were on scene for an hour and say those inside the home got out before officials arrived.
- PUB DATE: 4/21/2018 6:42:49 PM - SOURCE: WLUK TV Fox 11

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