On April 7, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On April 6, 1 residential fire fatality was reported by the Nation's news media.

On April 5, 10 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

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

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

Over the past year, four Burlington-area fire departments have been working hard to raise funds and get the necessary approval for a new training facility. Now that all the T’s are crossed and I’s dotted, the departments are planning on breaking ground sometime in May or June. Fire departments from the City of Burlington, Town of Burlington, Rochester and Wheatland met in February 2017 to discuss pooling resources together to build a training facility.
- PUB DATE: 4/6/2018 7:14:28 AM - SOURCE: Racine Journal Times

PHOTO: Firefighters responded to the scene of a two-alarm house fire late Thursday night, April 5 in Milwaukee. It happened in the area of 33rd and Brown just before midnight. Officials say the fire broke out in a vacant home — then spread to a neighboring home. Authorities say everyone made it out of the second home safely — and no one was hurt.
- PUB DATE: 4/6/2018 4:46:27 AM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6

The Lake Geneva Fire Department is now able to offer a higher level of care to emergency medical patients before they arrive at a hospital. The fire department on March 23 received its paramedic certification from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, and began offering the improved service effective April 1.
- PUB DATE: 4/6/2018 4:33:26 AM - SOURCE: Lake Geneva News

New evidence was revealed Thursday in a lawsuit filed against Motorola by the family of four Houston firefighters killed in the Southwest Inn fire in 2013. The lawsuit on behalf of the families of Robert Bebee, Robert Garner, Matthew Renaud and Anne Sullivan filed suit in 2016, seeking punitive damages.
- PUB DATE: 4/6/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Click2houston.com

The Buffalo firefighter exam is coming up May 1, but the Common Council’s immediate focus is on finding someone to administer the psychological portion and re-evaluating 41 potential recruits rejected during the last hiring process on the recommendations of the city's former psychologist. About a dozen African-American applicants – most for the Fire Department – complained to a Council committee in late February that they passed other parts of the fire or police test but were removed from eligibility lists after a 10- to 15-minute verbal psychological exam that they felt had racial undertones and was biased against them because they are African-American.
- PUB DATE: 4/6/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Buffalo News

PODCAST - In this episode we focus on what two communities are doing to help mitigate the opioid crisis. First, we talk with Fire Chief Jan Rader from Huntington, West Virginia. Chief Rader was featured in the Netflix, Oscar-nominated documentary Heroin(e) by filmmaker Elaine McMillion Sheldon. Chief Rader discusses how different parts of the community came together to tackle the growing crisis in Huntington.
- PUB DATE: 4/6/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Vision 20/20 - CRR Radio

Sepsis is a serious medical condition striking more than a million Americans every year. It happens when the body over-reacts to an infection causing blood clots, leaky blood vessels, and organ damage. As many as 30 percent of the people who get it die. But a hospital in Texas has teamed up with a local fire department to identify and treat sepsis in the field.
- PUB DATE: 4/6/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSAT

A silver Honda Civic, tipped on its side, spills shattered glass onto the road. Behind it, a Hyundai Elantra is wedged into the rear of a Buick LeSabre, while a mangled Chevy Cavalier, sideswiped by a minivan, adds to the sense of chaos overtaking the pileup. This was the scene Thursday in Douglas County, at a facility that officials hope will teach emergency personnel across the state how to clear crash scenes quickly and, in turn, stay alive.
- PUB DATE: 4/6/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Denver Post

On April 5, 1 residential fire fatality was reported by the Nation's news media.

Gov. Scott Walker ordered Thursday that all flags be flown at half-staff Friday in honor of Madison firefighter and paramedic Richard Garner. Garner, 29, collapsed suddenly Sunday morning shortly after completing his shift. He joined the Madison Fire Department in 2012, and served as a firefighter and EMT at station 5 until moving to station 10 and becoming a paramedic in 2017.
- PUB DATE: 4/5/2018 4:36:52 PM - SOURCE: WMSN-TV Fox 47 Madison

There are four people in the running to become the city's new fire chief. The Oshkosh Police and Fire Commission selected four finalists after a nationwide search, the city announced Thursday. The commission has set an open house-style meet and greet for 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 17, at the Oshkosh Convention Center, according to the city.
- PUB DATE: 4/5/2018 4:32:10 PM - SOURCE: Oshkosh Northwestern

VIDEO: What started as mysterious phone call ended with an anonymous $20,000 donation to the Wales-Genesee Fire Department. Wales-Genesee Fire Chief Jim Moon took a call in mid-December 2017 from someone asking about donations. "I had gotten a phone call from a gentleman asking me how he could donate to the Wales Fire Department," Moon said.
- PUB DATE: 4/5/2018 7:23:01 AM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee

The Brown County Arson Task Force is investigating a potentially suspicious house fire in the Town of Morrison, according to officers. No one was home when the fire broke out around 2:30 a.m. Thursday. Firefighters are not sure how many people live at the home. Deputies said there are no injuries or deaths related to this fire.
- PUB DATE: 4/5/2018 6:34:23 AM - SOURCE: NBC26

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

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