VIDEO: The Pelican Fire Department rescued a deer from the ice Sunday morning. According to their Facebook page, they were notified a deer had fallen through the ice on the Pelican River. The deer was unable to get out of the river. Firefighters were able to rescue the deer. They said she stuck around for a few minutes and then went on her way.
- PUB DATE: 4/1/2018 4:45:48 PM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV 27 ABC

VIDEO: The driver of a pickup truck that rolled over early Saturday on Calumet County M was injured and unconscious when he was pulled from the fiery wreckage by neighbors who rushed to help. Capt. Patrick Klein of Harrison Fire Rescue said the outcome could have been much different had the neighbors not been awakened by the sound of the crash about 3:45 a.
- PUB DATE: 4/1/2018 3:42:22 PM - SOURCE: Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter

With a tie-breaking vote from the mayor, the Hudson Common Council voted 4-3 to join the American City County Exchange (ACCE). Membership to the exchange, a nonpartisan forum for local leaders, was proposed after the city joined the National League of Cities. Council members Joyce Hall, Jim Webber and Randy Morrissette cast the opposing votes.
- PUB DATE: 4/1/2018 11:38:04 AM - SOURCE: Hudson Star-Observer

On March 30, 1 residential fire fatality was reported by the Nation's news media.

On March 29, 6 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

The long stretch of dry weather in southern Wisconsin is increasing the chances for outdoor fires this spring, so local fire officials are warning residents about illegal burning. The Madison Fire Department said the only outdoor fires allowed in the city are fires in fire pits, with the burning of yard waste prohibited.
- PUB DATE: 3/30/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Wisconsin State Journal

A private ambulance rolled over in Kenosha County early Friday morning. An official with the sheriff's office said the crash happened around 3:00 a.m. near 10th Street and Sheridan Road in Somers. A person at the scene told WISN 12 News the ambulance clipped a fire hydrant, hit a utility pole then flipped over multiple times.
- PUB DATE: 3/30/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WISN.com

PHOTO: Durry Kennedy, 48, of San Antonio, Texas, was identified Thursday as the driver killed early Wednesday after rear-ending a semitrailer on Interstate 94 near Black River Falls, according to the Wisconsin State Patrol. Kennedy was driving a U-Haul about 3:20 a.m. when he drove into the back of a semi driven by Barry Berry, 59, of Jersey City, N.
- PUB DATE: 3/30/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Lacrosse Tribune

After vetting more than 100 applicants in the past year, the city of Charleston has announced who will take the helm of the fire department. The city released a statement Thursday that Daniel Curia, fire chief in Durham, N.C., has accepted the job as chief of the Charleston Fire Department. Curia will speak at a press conference at 1:30 p.
- PUB DATE: 3/30/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Charleston Post and Courer

The Orange County Fire Authority broke department protocols in its response to the Canyon 2 Fire by not deploying enough equipment after receiving early reports of flames, an independent investigation has determined. The report bolsters concerns that a bungled response might have allowed a small blaze to grow into the county’s most destructive wildfire in at least a decade.
- PUB DATE: 3/30/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Orange County Register

A Senate bill to pay for firefighter cancer benefits was sent to the House after being stripped of its funding source last week, but the governor and bill’s sponsor believe the legislation could still result in the benefits being funded. SB 541, which would have used a surcharge on insurance policies to fund benefits for firefighters presumed to have gotten cancer from their work, passed the Senate March 22 after being amended to remove the surcharge funding approach, said state Sen.
- PUB DATE: 3/30/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Seacoast Online

A Utica firefighter pleaded not guilty Thursday to three misdemeanor charges stemming from a Jan. 6 incident in which he allegedly harassed a female co-worker. The defendant, Richard Forte, was charged with fourth-degree criminal mischief, offering a false written statement and third-degree criminal tampering.
- PUB DATE: 3/30/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Utica Observer-Dispatch

The blame for a series of Cabell County wild fires has been laid at the feet of two former area firefighters. Former Ona Volunteer Fire Department firefighter Landy Chapman and former Salt Rick Volunteer Fire Department firefighter Allen Black have both been charged with felonies, surprising people in Salt Rock.
- PUB DATE: 3/30/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCHS-TV ABC 8

Firefighters battled a three-alarm blaze inside a church in North Philadelphia on Thursday. The blaze started before 2:30 p.m. Thursday inside The Original Apostolic Faith Church of the Lord Jesus Christ in the 1500 block of North Broad Street. Crews arrived at a fully engulfed building located near Temple University.
- PUB DATE: 3/30/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPVI-TV 6 ABC.com

On March 27, 9 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On March 25, 12 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

Wisconsin first responders will be able to help pets during emergency situations without waiting for a veterinarian under a bill signed into law by Gov. Scott Walker. The Save Our Pets law was authored to allow firefighters and other emergency crews to provide emergency care to dogs, cats, and another pets.
- PUB DATE: 3/29/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WAOW-TV ABC 9

The roar of sirens and engines gave way to the wail of bagpipes and the thunder of bass drums. Eyes watered, but not from smoke. Shined shoes and dress blues replaced soiled boots and water-soaked jackets. All this, as hundreds of firefighters from across Pennsylvania and as far away as Boston, Toronto, Kentucky and Chicago gathered to bid a formal farewell to fallen York City firefighters Ivan Flanscha, 50, and Zachary Anthony, 29.
- PUB DATE: 3/29/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: PennLive

House Speaker Tim Armstead has called for a bill that will double the death benefits for emergency personnel who die in the line of duty to be retroactively effective Jan. 1, in light of a crash that killed two members of the Pratt Volunteer Fire Department. In a letter addressed to Gov. Jim Justice, Armstead requested that changing the effective date of Senate Bill 625 “be placed on the call for a special session if one is to be held in the near future.
- PUB DATE: 3/29/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Charleston Gazette

A Chicago Fire Department lieutenant faces a misdemeanor charge after he punched his colleague in the face at a Far South Side fire station, according to authorities. Chicago fire Lt. Leonard Johnson, 53, was charged Wednesday with misdemeanor battery after an argument with a 52-year-old male firefighter descended into a fistfight, according to a Chicago police spokeswoman.
- PUB DATE: 3/29/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Chicago Tribune