VIDEO: The death toll has risen to two after the Saturday fire at the Executive Apartments in Beaver Dam. Jade Wilson, 24, succumbed to her injuries from the fire at Columbia-St. Mary’s Hospital in Milwaukee. Corrine Bolin, 63, died in the fire and was positively identified by the Dodge County Medical Examiner’s officer, according to a press release from Beaver Dam Fire/Rescue.
- PUB DATE: 4/10/2018 12:04:14 PM - SOURCE: Fond du Lac Reporter

On April 9, 6 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

VIDEO - Several girls leapt from the balcony of an Edgewater building early Monday evening to escape roaring flames that ripped through their dance studio and other businesses as people rushed with ladders to mount a frantic rescue effort. None of the girls was seriously injured, though 10 to 15 suffered minor injuries in the harrowing escape, which was captured on video, according to borough Mayor Michael McPartland.
- PUB DATE: 4/10/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NJ.com

The bus driver convicted of negligent homicide in January for a 2016 crash on Interstate 10 in LaPlace that killed an on-duty firefighter and two other men received the maximum 15-year prison sentence on Monday. Denis Amaya Rodriguez, a Honduran immigrant who was in the country illegally, also was fined $5,000.
- PUB DATE: 4/10/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Advocate

The long-tangled case against a San Francisco firefighter accused of drunkenly plowing his fire rig into a motorcyclist in the city’s South of Market neighborhood — only to then run to a nearby bar to chug water — ended in a guilty plea on a significantly lesser charge, prosecutors said Monday. Michael Quinn, who resigned from the San Francisco Fire Department after the 2013 crash, pleaded guilty Friday to one misdemeanor count of delaying an arrest and was sentenced to two years probation, bringing an end to an unusual saga.
- PUB DATE: 4/10/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle (SFGate.com)

The firefighters wore full gear, including their breathing systems, and carried a hose as they waited outside the front door to enter an abandoned house and put out a fire. Brian Cox wore a black overcoat and carried a camera as he approached the front door to record video of the firefighters extinguishing the fire.
- PUB DATE: 4/10/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Richmond Palladium-Item

A groundbreaking program at the Tucson Fire Department to help people and save money is showing significant progress in its second year. The Tucson Fire Department receives hundreds of 911 calls each day. The department’s infrastructure of people and machines is designed to handle around 65,000 calls per year but Captain Brian Thompson says the actual number of calls is more than 92,000.
- PUB DATE: 4/10/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KGUN-TV ABC 9 Tucson

VIDEO: Monday evening, the Fahey family of Oconomowoc, took a trip to the Western Lakes Fire District Station #1 to reunite with the first responders who delivered their second daughter, Rachel Francis Fahey. "Now she's got this huge extended family that we never would have expected," said Rachel's mom Allison.
- PUB DATE: 4/9/2018 8:36:36 PM - SOURCE: Today's TMJ4

VIDEO: Looking back on his time from the 70's and 80's, Sparta Fire Chief Mike Arnold will tell you a lot has changed throughout the years. "We had rubber rain coats, basically that's what they were, and you had a helmet that had no protection whatsoever." From party line phone systems, to smart phone apps, even the communication is much different.
- PUB DATE: 4/9/2018 3:48:17 PM - SOURCE: WKBT-TV CBS 8 La Crosse

On April 8, 3 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

The former Tichigan fire chief accused of embezzling more than $20,000 from the fire company between 2010 and 2014 was sentenced recently, and the Tichigan Volunteer Fire Company is taking steps to ensure this type of incident does not happen again. “The Fire Service represents loyalty, honesty and integrity,” the Tichigan Volunteer Fire Co.
- PUB DATE: 4/9/2018 11:47:06 AM - SOURCE: Madison.com-Wisconsin State Journal-Capital Times

One person was killed when an early-morning fire engulfed a trailer home in the Town of Fairbanks, the Shawano County Sheriff's Department said Monday. The fire broke out about 4:45 a.m. Sunday at W15398 on County Highway M, Detective Sgt. Gordon Kowaleski said in a statement. The Tigerton Fire Department responded to the scene, where firefighters found the body of the person who apparently lived in the home, Kowaleski said.
- PUB DATE: 4/9/2018 10:07:27 AM - SOURCE: WAOW-TV ABC 9-Wausau

Fire Chief Tim Huffman may be retiring after 38 years, but he plans to partake in as many fire department events as possible, including the pancake breakfast. After all, he will be among friends. "They (the firefighters) are basically like family to me. We are all very close," he said. "I've been in Turtle township my whole life.
- PUB DATE: 4/9/2018 9:56:21 AM - SOURCE: Beloit Daily News

On April 6, 7 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

A UW-Madison student suffered burns Sunday afternoon when her shirt caught fire while she was boiling water in a dormitory kitchen. The incident happened around 5:25 p.m. in the Tripp Residence Hall, 1510 Tripp Circle, part of the lakeshore group of dormitories on campus. The Madison Fire Department said the student had been boiling water on an electric stove in a small kitchen in the basement of the dormitory.
- PUB DATE: 4/9/2018 7:39:01 AM - SOURCE: Madison

On April 6, 6 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On April 5, 11 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

A police officer suffered a burned hand while investigating arson fires at a Milwaukee apartment complex. Authorities say police were investigating a small fire early Sunday connected to a domestic violence dispute when another, larger fire was started in the building. The building was evacuated, and many of the apartments are temporarily uninhabitable.
- PUB DATE: 4/9/2018 6:09:20 AM - SOURCE: Madison.com-Wisconsin State Journal-Capital Times

A North Carolina fire chief was killed after a car overturned and caught fire on I-40 in Iredell County Sunday. Chief Richard Sales, 52, of Reynolds Volunteer Fire Department was killed in the crash. He was on his way to accept an award on behalf of the fire department at Child Passenger Safety Conference in Wilmington when the crash happened.
- PUB DATE: 4/9/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBTV-TV Channel 3

A man found critically injured after an apartment fire at Trump Tower in New York City on Saturday has died, police said. President Donald Trump, first lady Melania and their son, Barron, were in Washington, D.C., a spokesperson said. The Fire Department of New York commissioner earlier said that firefighters found the occupant of an apartment on the 50th floor and he was transported to a hospital and was in critical condition.
- PUB DATE: 4/9/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC News