On March 20, 6 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

Two Kanawha County firefighters are dead and two remain hospitalized after an accident Saturday evening on the West Virginia Turnpike. A Pratt Volunteer Fire Department truck was responding to a triple fatality car crash when their truck crashed en route. Deputy Chief Rod Johnson spoke with the media Sunday afternoon to provide an update.
- PUB DATE: 3/26/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSAZ-TV NBC 3

Support your police and give a "secure retirement for all city employees," say signs on Kirkwood lawns urging a "yes" vote to change the city's retirement system. Support your firefighters and vote "no," say competing signs describing the proposal as unnecessary, permanent and coming at a higher cost.
- PUB DATE: 3/26/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Four Virginia Beach firefighters who were denied promotions last year are suing the city. They claim results of an annual captain’s exam were tainted when a battalion chief gave confidential test information to two firefighters. The lawsuit was filed last week in Circuit Court on behalf of longtime firefighters David Scherrer, Richard Irving, Alexander Wazlak and Mark Bayly, who were among 36 firefighters taking the exam last year.
- PUB DATE: 3/26/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Norfolk Virginian-Pilot/HamptonRoads.com

Actor Ed Norton took to social media on Saturday to praise the FDNY’s bravery and his film crew’s quick thinking in the wake of a film set inferno that killed a firefighter in Harlem earlier this week. “I have never witnessed firsthand that kind of bravery,” Norton wrote in an Instagram post about the fire.
- PUB DATE: 3/26/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WNBC-TV NBC New York

City firefighters from the Whitney Avenue firehouse were out fighting a fire on Nicoll Street Friday evening when the call came in that there was a fire at 350 Whitney Ave. — their firehouse. Many of the firefighters, who were just finishing on Nicoll Street, which was reported at 5:47 pm., rushed back and, accompanied by colleagues from other firehouses, fought the fire in their own firehouse, Fire Chief John A.
- PUB DATE: 3/26/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New Haven Register

20 as Olympia fire chief — Larry Dibble, 65, will call it a career at the end of the month. He is the longest serving fire chief in the city’s history. The next fire chief will be current deputy fire chief Greg Wright. But Wright is set to retire, too, so he expects to serve 18 months in that role before a new chief is appointed by the Olympia city manager.
- PUB DATE: 3/26/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Olympian

VIDEO: In many of Wisconsin's small communities, if there is a fire at your home, there's a good chance a volunteer will be coming to fight it. That was the case during a recent fire in Kohlsville in Washington County. Firefighters are crediting a boy, 10, for saving the day. He might not be the oldest volunteer, but if you need a tour of the Kohlsville Fire Department, Peyton Theusch, 10, has been coming to the fire station for about half his life.
- PUB DATE: 3/25/2018 8:39:42 PM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6

Officials with the Milwaukee Fire Department are issuing a warning following reports of individuals in West Allis going door-to-door, posing as firefighters. MFD officials said these individuals ask to inspect fire alarms in homes. They noted that while the Milwaukee Fire Department does install smoke alarms on a daily basis in the city of Milwaukee, there would generally be a fire engine or ladder truck nearby.
- PUB DATE: 3/25/2018 5:29:28 PM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6

A father and son died when silage collapsed on them while they worked inside a silo Saturday evening in Barron County. Daniel Briel, 51, and David Briel, 14, died on the scene of the incident at 671 17½ St., south of Barron. A third man who escaped the silage collapse called 911 at 7:49 p.m., according to the Barron County sheriff’s office.
- PUB DATE: 3/25/2018 1:45:50 PM - SOURCE: Eau Claire Leader-Telegram

VIDEO: One person was taken to the hospital after a car crashed into an apartment building Sunday morning on the city's east side. Fond du Lac Fire/Rescue personnel responded about 8:40 a.m. to Golfview Estate Apartments, 265 Whispering Springs Drive, where they found a four-door car crashed into a first-floor apartment, according to the department.
- PUB DATE: 3/25/2018 11:25:05 AM - SOURCE: Oshkosh Northwestern

VIDEO: The Racine Fire Department responded to a home on Gilson Street just before 6:30AM Sunday for a fire. When firefighters arrived and searched the house they found a resident suffering from “injuries unsustainable to life.” Firefighters also found three deceased pets inside the home. The fire damage was primarily contained to a bedroom with smoke damage extending through the rest of the home.
- PUB DATE: 3/25/2018 10:44:03 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

On March 24, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On March 23, 2 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

According to Western Lakes Fire Chief Bradley Bowen, the Medical Division on Thursday, March 22 transported a total of 64 patients by ambulance to Oconomowoc and Aurora Hospitals. The individuals transported included both students and faculty of the school. Throughout the day, the two emergency departments evaluated an additional 40 walk-in patients for related symptoms.
- PUB DATE: 3/23/2018 9:59:44 AM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6

Two York City firefighters were killed when a wall collapsed Thursday at the former Weaver Piano & Organ Co. building, which had been heavily damaged in a fire that began the day before. Ivan Flanscha, 50, of York Township, died just before 4 p.m. at York Hospital, according to a report from the York County Coroner's Office.
- PUB DATE: 3/23/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: York Dispatch

A veteran city firefighter was killed in a raging five-alarm fire on a Harlem film set Thursday night, the FDNY said. Firefighter Michael Davidson, 37, was the nozzle man, the first to brave the flames when his company, Engine 69, arrived at the scene on St. Nicholas Ave. at W. 149th St. at 10:50 p.
- PUB DATE: 3/23/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Daily News

Joshua Granada, the 2017 fire fighter of the year, filed a wrongful termination civil lawsuit against the city of Orlando Thursday, arguing the reason cited for his dismissal was just an excuse to remove him from the job. Granada, a 10-year veteran of the Orlando Fire Department, was recognized for his response to the Pulse nightclub massacre during a ceremony in Tallahassee with Gov.
- PUB DATE: 3/23/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: clickorlando.com

Four Virginia Beach firefighters are suing the city over what they call a tainted promotion process. The suit filed in Virginia Beach Circuit Court is on behalf of David Scherrer, Richard Ivrving, Alexander Wazlak and Mark Bayly. The master firefighters were all looking to become captains. The promotions process began in May 2017.
- PUB DATE: 3/23/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: wavy.com

California's Pacific Gas & Electric Co. will start switching off power to minimize sparks in vulnerable areas during times of extreme fire danger, it said Thursday, as state investigators examine whether the utility's equipment set off deadly Northern California wildfires. The move for pre-emptive power cutoffs is one that some local officials and fire survivors have urged after recent wildfires.
- PUB DATE: 3/23/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: nbcbayarea.com