Late last year, Fire Chief Jim Moon got an unexpected early Christmas gift. He found it Dec. 20 when he went through his mail and came across an envelope from a bank he didn't recognize. At first, he thought it was just promotional mail. "I thought it was going to say something like 'open an account with us.
- PUB DATE: 4/3/2018 1:26:45 PM - SOURCE: Livinglakecountry

Local emergency personnel responded to a fire at 1010 Parker Drive in Mauston April 3 at approximately 9:15 a.m. The building is used by Brunner Manufacturing. The cause of the fire is unknown at this time. Mauston Fire Chief Kim Hale said there is reason to believe the fire was caused by an "air handling unit," but that may be subject to change as they learn more.
- PUB DATE: 4/3/2018 9:52:16 AM - SOURCE: wisc news

A town of Beaver Dam family was displaced by an electrical fire on Monday night. Dan and Jackie Chase were able to contact authorizes after exiting the home. Beaver Dam Fire Department deputy fire chief Matthew Christian said there were no injuries reported. However the family was displaced from the home and will be staying with relatives in the area.
- PUB DATE: 4/3/2018 8:37:20 AM - SOURCE: wisc news

A discarded cigarette appears to have caused a fire on the back porch of a multi-family home in Janesville early Tuesday morning, according to fire officials. Janesville fire says around 4:40 a.m., they resp onded to a fire at a home on the 800 block of McKinley Street. When firefighters arrived they found the back porch of the home and exterior wall had been partially extinguished by the residents.
- PUB DATE: 4/3/2018 7:02:26 AM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV 27 ABC

A Madison Fire Department firefighter and paramedic died Sunday morning shortly after his shift ended. A release from the department said Richard Garner, 29, collapsed suddenly in Mount Pleasant. He joined the department in 2012 and became a paramedic in 2017. He first served as a firefighter/EMT at Fire Station 5 on Cottage Grove Road, serving the Southeast Side of Madison, then moved to Fire Station 10 on Troy Drive, serving the North Side.
- PUB DATE: 4/3/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Madison State Journal

A Madison Fire Department firefighter and paramedic died Sunday morning shortly after his shift ended. A release from the department said Richard Garner, 29, collapsed suddenly in Mount Pleasant. He joined the department in 2012 and became a paramedic in 2017. He first served as a firefighter/EMT at Fire Station 5 on Cottage Grove Road, serving the Southeast Side of Madison, then moved to Fire Station 10 on Troy Drive, serving the North Side.
- PUB DATE: 4/3/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Madison.com-Wisconsin State Journal-Capital Times

Two firefighters from Elwood were killed when two planes collided at the Marion Municipal Airport Monday afternoon, according to the Grant County coroner. Authorities were called to the scene near 5904 S. Western Ave. shortly before 5:30 p.m. According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the planes involved were a single-engine Cessna 150 and a Cessna 525 Citation Jet.
- PUB DATE: 4/3/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WXIN-TV Fox 59 Indianapolis

VIDEO - A dramatic body camera video posted on Facebook by the San Bernardino County Fire Department shows a firefighter’s view as he and a partner enter a burning house in Victorville and douse flames as they move through burning rooms. There were no injuries from the March 25 fire at the family home in the 14000 block of Coalinga Road.
- PUB DATE: 4/3/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: San Bernardino County Sun

The Schenectady City Fire Department filed a total of 14 reports with the city Codes Department regarding 104 Jay St. in the two years that preceded a fatal fire there -- reports that apparently were ignored, according to a report released Monday. The Fire Department's reports focused on issues central to the fire's spread and residents' response to the March 6, 2015 blaze.
- PUB DATE: 4/3/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Schenectady Daily Gazette

VIDEO - Family members recorded the precious moment when a military father surprised his young daughters after returning from deployment in Afghanistan. Sergeant First Class Terry Gottke, a National Guardsman, was stationed in Afghanistan for the last year and returned home over Easter weekend, according to KTVU.
- PUB DATE: 4/3/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJW-TV MyFox Cleveland

Chippewa Falls firefighter/paramedic David Patten moved a new hydraulic cot Monday by pushing a few buttons on the side of the machine. The new system glides in and out of the back of an ambulance, much like a drawer, with no lifting by workers required. “It saves our backs,” Patten said. “These are fantastic.
- PUB DATE: 4/2/2018 9:10:35 PM - SOURCE: Eau Claire Leader-Telegram

VIDEO: As of Saturday, March 31, the City of La Crosse Fire Department will provide emergency services for the Town of Medary. More than 1,500 people call the Town of Medary home. In recent years, those people have relied on the Onalaska Fire Department to respond to calls. The services were made available through a contract arrangement between the City of Onalaska and the Town of Medary.
- PUB DATE: 4/2/2018 4:03:59 PM - SOURCE: WXOW-TV ABC 19 LaCrosse

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

VIDEO: Stratford and Mosinee firefighters responded to the scene of a chimney fire at a home in the Stratford area early Sunday morning, according to the Marathon County Sheriff's Department. The fire was on Rangeline Road north of Highway C in the Town of Day, according to Marathon County dispatch supervisor Tony Nardi.
- PUB DATE: 4/2/2018 8:56:55 AM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau

VIDEO: Stevens Point authorities are asking the public to stay vigilant to a potential "scam" going around the area. A group called "Volunteer Fire Fighter Alliance" is soliciting funds under the departments name, fire chief Robert Finn posted on Facebook. Finn said the department is in no way connected to the group.
- PUB DATE: 4/2/2018 7:30:44 AM - SOURCE: WAOW-TV ABC 9-Wausau

Not long after Greg Altland was promoted to assistant fire chief, commanding a shift of firefighters in York City's fire department, he found himself standing on Texas Avenue at the top of a hill at the city's north end. From that vantage point, he could see much of the city. At night, it's a beautiful view, the lights like stars, the universe being the 5.
- PUB DATE: 4/2/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCEN TV

After more than a year of intense criticism following two deadly fires, Oakland Fire Marshal Miguel Trujillo resigned Friday, marking another major shift at the top of the city’s embattled fire department. Trujillo is leaving to become the fire marshal for the Gilroy Fire Department, city spokeswoman Karen Boyd said Friday.
- PUB DATE: 4/2/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: East Bay Times

Three people are dead after an ambulance crash in west suburban Bellwood. The ambulance was transporting 48-year-old Larry Marshall Jr. home from dialysis treatment when police say the driver apparently lost control of the ambulance around 3:45 p.m. Saturday and slammed into a building at 28th Avenue and Washington Boulevard.
- PUB DATE: 4/2/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLS-TV ABC 7 Chicago

There were challenges getting water Saturday morning to a trailer fire that killed one and injured a firefighter in a mobile home park off McDevitt Avenue in Summit Township. Firefighters tried four hydrants within the park, which maintains its own system, and they were broken or disabled, township fire Acting Lt.
- PUB DATE: 4/2/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Mlive.com

More than 12 hours of painstaking and methodical searching paid off for firefighters today when they found a 13-year-old boy who fell 25 feet into a sewage pipe in Griffith Park “alive and talking.” Los Angeles Fire Department Capt. Erik Scott made the announcement at 5:41 a.m. “We have found Jesse Hernandez,” he said.
- PUB DATE: 4/2/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Los Angeles Daily News