On April 1, 11 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

Firefighters from around the state are expected to gather this weekend for the funeral of a southern Minnesota firefighter who died in the line of duty hours after answering two emergency calls last week. Timothy Royce, 58, responded with fellow Mapleton firefighters to a traffic crash and then a medical call Thursday.
- PUB DATE: 4/5/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune

A Houston firefighter says his instincts from training immediately kicked in when he was off-duty Easter Sunday and helping to save a man's life. Chas Martin is still emotionally and mentally shaken from the gas station shooting that was on Facebook Live. As he gained his composure during an interview with Eyewitness News he said, "I'm sorry, it is just kind of rough talking about it.
- PUB DATE: 4/5/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTRK-TV ABC 13 Houston

On the same day in June 1980, Phil Hadley and Terry Lamb were hired to work the hand crew of the Ventura County Fire Department. Last week, the two retired together, ending their final shifts at 8 a.m. Thursday in Simi Valley. Both are 55. “It’s a blessing working with your best friend each day,” Hadley said Wednesday, hours before the end of their last shift.
- PUB DATE: 4/5/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Ventura County Star

The imagery of firefighters is a valuable commodity for anyone trying to sell a product, advance an issue or even influence politicians. We are coveted coalition partners with interests ranging from climate change to wireless carriers. There are times when the fire service chooses to partner with other organizations or an industry on an issue, lending our image to a worthy cause or even supporting a commercial product.
- PUB DATE: 4/5/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Firehouse

Brockton firefighter and amateur golfer Matt Parziale had a dream come true on Wednesday when he hit the links alongside his inspiration, four-time Masters champion Tiger Woods. Parziale, Woods, and professional golfer Fred Couples set off around noon to share a practice round on Wednesday at Augusta National Golf Club ahead of the first round of the Masters.
- PUB DATE: 4/5/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Brockton Enterprise

On April 4, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On April 2, 10 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On April 1, 9 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

Area fire departments, passers by and locals rushed to Crystal Ball Farms Organic Dairy in Osceola last Thursday to help mitigate the damage of a barn fire. Although the barn burned to the ground, creamery manager Jessi Fouks said the outcome would have been worse if a passerby had not stopped to alert her to the fire.
- PUB DATE: 4/4/2018 7:27:17 AM - SOURCE: Osceola Sun

Firefighters on Wednesday morning, April 4 responded to the scene of a house fire in Milwaukee. It happened shortly before 5 a.m. in the area of 39th and Galena. Officials say one person was transported for medical help. At this time, it is unclear if that person was hurt directly by the fire or if a medical issue flared up because of the fire.
- PUB DATE: 4/4/2018 6:00:28 AM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6

On April 3, 1 residential fire fatality was reported by the Nation's news media.

A former New Hyde Park fire commissioner and his firefighter son received a $900,000 settlement from the fire department after they said the department damaged their reputations by having them wrongfully arrested on theft charges. For Michael Dolan and his son, Michael Jr., the settlement announced Tuesday marked the culmination of a six-year legal battle to clear their names.
- PUB DATE: 4/4/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Newsday

San Francisco Supervisor Aaron Peskin was “clearly out of control” and appeared to be intoxicated the night he ripped into fire officials at the scene of a four-alarm blaze in North Beach, according to internal memos by the commanding officer and others at the scene. On Tuesday, Peskin denied the allegation.
- PUB DATE: 4/4/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle (SFGate.com)

New developments unfolded Tuesday in the Austin bomber case regarding how emergency responders will handle future requests by police to be on standby -- before they raid a suspect's home. It comes after investigators feared medics may have inadvertently tipped off the bomber before officials made contact with him.
- PUB DATE: 4/4/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KVUE-TV ABC Austin

Today the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) and the National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC) have announced the theme for the 2018 Safety Stand Down, which takes place June 17-23. “Be Aware – Get Checked” focuses on understanding, implementing and monitoring a comprehensive annual medical/physical for firefighters and navigating the Road Map to Firefighter Health and Wellness.
- PUB DATE: 4/4/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: International Association of Fire Chiefs

The city and the firefighters’ union may be headed for more legal action, this time over abolishing the battalion chief’s position made vacant by the recent death of David M. Lachenauer. City Manager Sharon A. Addison is recommending cutting the number of department battalion chiefs from five to four and reassigning Mr.
- PUB DATE: 4/4/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Watertown Daily Times

On April 3, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

VIDEO: Firefighters in Madison are looking into the cause of a fire on the city's east side Tuesday night. The fire broke out just before 7 p.m. in the 400 block of Galileo Drive, which is off Cottage Grove Road. Madison fire officials say the fire started in the garage and spread to the home. Everyone got out of the house safely and no one was hurt.
- PUB DATE: 4/3/2018 7:44:23 PM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV 27 ABC

A baby goat died in a Tuesday afternoon barn fire in the town of Medina, authorities said. Forty-nine other goats were rescued from the blaze and nobody was injured in the fire, said Dane County Sheriff's Office Spokeswoman Elise Schaffer. Dane County Sheriff's deputies and firefighters from six area departments responded to the barn fire at 1394 W.
- PUB DATE: 4/3/2018 4:32:15 PM - SOURCE: Madison.com-Wisconsin State Journal-Capital Times