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

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.