The Board of Public Safety members balked at the idea of level-funding the Torrington Fire Department budget after Chief Gary Brunoli said a firefighter would have to be laid off to reach the mark. His solution was to lower funding provided to volunteer fire departments. Brunoli presented cuts to his original proposal Wednesday, saying he had eliminated $665,673 in proposed expenses to bring the budget into line with the current year.
- PUB DATE: 4/9/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Torrington Register Citizen

Firefighters best known for passing out candy to children at Christmas are embroiled in a battle with the city of La Verne and their department’s management. The feud is so fierce, it’s resulted in two lawsuits and has prompted the cash-strapped city to spend money on an outside lawyer. La Verne Firefighters’ Association, Local 3624 alleges Fire Chief Peter Jankowski has targeted union members in retaliation for supporting the mayor’s opponent during the 2017 campaign.
- PUB DATE: 4/9/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Whittier Daily News

When Eric Hardy read about the emotional suffering of Kathy Fury, mother of submarine arsonist Casey Fury, he thought about himself and many others hurt by the fire. “I’m sorry Mrs. Fury is having a hard time,” Hardy said, during the two hours it took the former Portsmouth Naval Shipyard firefighter to summarize the impact the fire had on him, his family and other firefighters.
- PUB DATE: 4/9/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Seacoast Online

A mother and her two children are safe following a house fire in Oconto Sunday morning. At 12:02 a.m., the Oconto Fire and Rescue department was sent to 109 Huron Avenue in Oconto for a report of a house fire. When they arrived, they found heavy flames coming from the front porch and windows that had been blown out.
- PUB DATE: 4/8/2018 11:46:14 PM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV and WJMN-TV Green Bay

VIDEO: A grass marsh fire got out of control Sunday morning at N6301 Wren Road. The Beaver Dam Fire department was notified by Dodge County Central Communications that resident Randy Hupf was burning items in his backyard when it got out of control. This is the departments second large fire this weekend and was assisted by Lowell, Reeseville, Juneau, Fall River, Columbus and Fox Lake fire departments.
- PUB DATE: 4/8/2018 6:32:12 PM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV 27 ABC

VIDEO: Multiple people were pulled from the burning 17-unit apartment complex on Saturday. It happened around 6 a.m. near 3rd and La Crosse St. "I didn't know what was going on," said Westlake. "It was a few minutes later and I started seeing smoke coming out of the building." Westlake pulled out her phone just moments after first responders arrived to the apartment building up the street.
- PUB DATE: 4/8/2018 2:58:04 PM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6

VIDEO: Firefighters on Sunday, April 8 were called out to a home near Edgeworth Dr. and Calumet Rd. for a small fire. It happened around 9:30 a.m. We're told the fire mainly impacted the exterior of the home. The cause is under investigation. No one was hurt. A homeowner at the scene told FOX6 News the home serves as a group home.
- PUB DATE: 4/8/2018 12:48:27 PM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6

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