Two Arlington firefighters and a Arlington Water Utilities crew member were injured while responding to a gas leak that occurred Sunday afternoon in central Arlington. All three were transported to Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas. The extent of their injuries is not known. According to Arlington Fire Department spokesman Mike Joiner, Arlington Water Utilities crews were repairing a water line leak at the intersection of Ditto Avenue and Dugan Street.
- PUB DATE: 4/16/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Fort Worth Star-Teleram

Whenever a fire breaks out in a home within the northern portion of this village, the affected residents can be assured a rescue crew is on the way. Being that the north end of Meyers Lake falls within Plain Township has led to concern among township officials because nearly 200 village property owners are not paying a fire-protection property tax.
- PUB DATE: 4/16/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Canton Repository

VIDEO: Four people were working inside a Denmark barn when the building partially collapsed Sunday evening. "We were in the barn working, trying to get done with our barn chores, and we could hear loud cracks, and within minutes of the cracks the roof was coming down," said Keith Brunner, owner of Cedar Red Dairy.
- PUB DATE: 4/15/2018 8:30:41 PM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV and WJMN-TV Green Bay

Two people were injured and five were displaced after a fire on the southwest side of Madison early Saturday morning. Firefighters responded to the Waterleaf Apartments on 6739 Schroeder Road following reports of a possible fire in one of the units, according to a release by the Madison Fire Department.
- PUB DATE: 4/14/2018 11:52:30 PM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison

VIDEO: Verona firefighters got a chance to show off their new facility Saturday. The fire department gave guided tours of the new, 42-thousand square foot, $10.7 million building. It's a big upgrade from the old building which was built for a volunteer department. It's now a combination department for Verona fire and Fitchburg EMS.
- PUB DATE: 4/14/2018 10:20:59 PM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV 27 ABC

On April 14, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

Seven people were taken to the hospital today following a fire in a south side apartment building. According to the Milwaukee Fire Department, the seven are being treated for minor smoke inhalation. The fire was reported around 11:45 AM in an apartment building at S 43rd Street and W Arthur Court. According to the MFD, the fire was confined to one apartment.
- PUB DATE: 4/14/2018 7:10:54 PM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

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

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

Appleton firefighters responded to a report of kitchen fire in a residential home on the 1500 block of N. Outagamie Street in Appleton at approximately 4:38 p.m. on Thursday. Officers from the Appleton Police Department were the first to arrive on scene, and they were able to remove one person from the home.
- PUB DATE: 4/13/2018 2:01:36 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV and WJMN-TV Green Bay

As first responders rushed to the Parkland high school where Nikolas Cruz killed 17 people and wounded 15 more, one thing quickly became clear: People were dying. "This is going to be a big event," a Coral Springs-Parkland Fire Department commander said in newly released audio recordings from the Feb.
- PUB DATE: 4/13/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Miami Herald

A barrel containing radioactive sludge ruptured at an Idaho nuclear facility, federal officials said Thursday, resulting in no injuries and no risk to the public but possibly slowing progress in shipping waste out of the state. The U.S. Department of Energy said the 55-gallon (208-liter) barrel ruptured late Wednesday at the 890-square-mile (2,305-square-kilometer) site that includes the Idaho National Laboratory, one of the nation's top federal nuclear research labs.
- PUB DATE: 4/13/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KBCI-TV 2 Boise

Chris Conner knows the struggles of cancer-stricken firefighters who are often overwhelmed with high medical bills. “I know for a fact that a primary need is for financial help,” Conner said. “There is a misconception that [firefighters] have great insurance these days, and we don’t. We all have high deductibles.
- PUB DATE: 4/13/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Fort Worth Star-Teleram

Whitehall Township commissioners were alarmed Monday to learn that several veteran firefighters have left the Whitehall Township Fire Department over disputes with how the new chief is running things. Don Dreisbach, a volunteer who left after serving for 37 years, told commissioners that Chief David Nelson’s treatment of members and training requirements were driving away longtime volunteers like himself.
- PUB DATE: 4/13/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Allentown Morning Call

On March 25, 2016, Berthoud Fire Protection District Fire Investigator Josh Macdonald was performing inspections when a call came in about a house fire with an occupant trapped. Once on scene, Macdonald hopped out of the engine and started taking pictures to find a potential origin and to get a clear picture of how the fire was behaving.
- PUB DATE: 4/13/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1

On April 12, 1 residential fire fatality was reported by the Nation's news media.

VIDEO: Firefighters on Thursday morning, April 12 responded to the scene of a mobile home fire near 103rd and Greenfield Avenue in West Allis. The fire broke out just after 7:00 a.m. When firefighters arrived on scene the mobile home was fully engulfed in flames. No one was injured. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
- PUB DATE: 4/12/2018 9:24:32 PM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6

The Chippewa Falls Fire and Emergency Services Department has plans to upgrade equipment that Fire Chief Mike Hepfler said paramedics use on 90 percent of their medical calls. With a vote Tuesday, April 3, the Chippewa Falls City Council has approved paying for the remaining $7,000 to $9,000 costs for two new cardiac monitoring machines.
- PUB DATE: 4/12/2018 7:37:34 PM - SOURCE: Chippewa Herald

Those who heard gunshots coming from St. Albert the Great Church on Thursday, April 5 can rest assured they were not live rounds. But the active shooter scenarios being practiced by Sun Prairie police, fire and emergency medical service departments are, unfortunately, all too real. Using a training radio channel, police were notified of shots fired inside the church.
- PUB DATE: 4/12/2018 7:12:44 PM - SOURCE: Sun Prairie Star

A structure fire stemming from a pickup truck caused $50,000 in damages Wednesday afternoon. The source of the fire was found to be a pickup truck inside the shed at Malterer's Landscape and Lawn Care. The fire was filling the eaves and ridge vent of the building with black smoke just before 2:30 p.m.
- PUB DATE: 4/12/2018 6:55:17 AM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison