VIDEO: A part-time Menomonee Falls firefighter is facing criminal charges for a Facebook post threatening Gov. Scott Walker. Wisconsin State Capitol Police got the call March 8 reporting an alarming post on Facebook that read, "I suggest we take all our firearms to the governor's mansion and execute the parasite.
- PUB DATE: 3/20/2018 4:42:36 PM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee

On March 19, 7 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On March 18, 20 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

Mayor Joseph M. Butler on Monday night received no support for hiring the same consultant that completed a study on the operations of the city’s fire department three years ago. City Council members Cody J. Horbacz. Mark C. Walczyk and Ryan Henry-Wilkinson voted against paying $24,000 to Center for Public Safety Management, a Washington, D.
- PUB DATE: 3/20/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Watertown Daily Times

President Donald Trump told the city’s first responders they are saving lives — and “the whole country is talking about it” — during a brief visit Monday afternoon to Manchester Central Station, the birthplace of the city’s Safe Station program. First lady Melania Trump, Mayor Joyce Craig and Gov. Chris Sununu joined the President when the presidential motorcade stopped at Central Fire Station en route to Manchester Community College, where Trump gave a speech detailing his “Initiative to Stop Opioid Abuse.
- PUB DATE: 3/20/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Manchester Union Leader

Volunteers in Lycoming County aren't sure how long it will take for a firefighter to recover after she was critically injured Sunday on the job. The 62-year-old woman was helping to put out a fire when a truck ran over her. The injured firefighter asked that we not use her name in the story but tells Newswatch 16 she's doing well.
- PUB DATE: 3/20/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WNEP-TV Newswatch 16

Expected subsidization from AT&T could mean that FirstNet subscribers will pay little or no upfront money to purchase new Sonim Technologies devices—a development that is just part of the economics “sea change” happening within the industry, Sonim Technologies CEO Bob Plaschke said last week during IWCE 2018.
- PUB DATE: 3/20/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Urgent Communications

KD. Katie. Zombie. A common street name for a variety of drugs, KD has taken on a frightening form on the city's east side. Users writhing on the ground, wide-eyed and struggling to breathe. Standing but moving in slow motion. Sweating. Convulsing. Indianapolis firefighter Scott Lebherz told IndyStar this variation of KD can take many forms — marijuana, spice, tobacco, even banana leaves — but shares a common trait: all laced with a heavy-duty bug spray, like Raid.
- PUB DATE: 3/20/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Indianapolis Star

A firefighter accidentally shot himself in the groin while battling a grass fire off westbound 1-94, authorities said. The Athens firefighter had a concealed-pistol license, police told WWMT Newschannel 3. Emmett Township on Monday, March 19, called for an ambulance to the 100 mile marker of I-94 to a report that a firefighter had been shot in the groin area.
- PUB DATE: 3/20/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: MLive

VIDEO: Firefighters rescued a cat from a house fire in Fond du Lac. The fire broke out just before 5 p.m. Monday at a 4-unit home on E. 10th Street. Fire officials said the fire was quickly put out. No one was home at the time of the fire. One cat was rescued and received oxygen by paramedics who used a special mask made for pets.
- PUB DATE: 3/19/2018 11:25:45 PM - SOURCE: NBC26

On March 19, 4 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

VIDEO: The Germantown Fire Chief has resigned amid concerns surrounding his position and the fire department. Chief Gary Weiss had been placed on administrative leave for what the Village Administrator Steve Kreklow called a “confidential HR issue.” After a closed session, the Germantown Village Board announced Monday night that the chief had resigned.
- PUB DATE: 3/19/2018 9:24:22 PM - SOURCE: WTMJ-AM 620 Milwaukee

The Beaver Dam Common Council approved a collective bargaining agreement with the city’s on-call fire fighters at its meeting on Monday night. The motion passed unanimously 12-0. Council members Robert Ballweg and Kara Nelson were absent. The agreement will bump up the pay for the on-call firefighers, who work part time and receive a stipend and an hourly wage.
- PUB DATE: 3/19/2018 7:59:16 PM - SOURCE: wisc news

On March 18, 18 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On March 14, 7 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

A fire consumed a garage in the town of Fox Lake on Monday afternoon, causing an estimated $150,000 in damage to the structure, which was deemed a total loss. The Fox Lake Fire Department responded to W9880 Ireland Road at 1:10 p.m., and officials shut down County Highway 33 for a period of time because there was zero visibility due to smoke.
- PUB DATE: 3/19/2018 7:00:34 PM - SOURCE: wisc news

VIDEO: A Deer Creek woman accused of starting a house fire that killed her developmentally disabled brother last week was charged Monday with first-degree reckless homicide, arson and bail jumping. Dana L. Nachtrab, 27, was ordered held on a $300,000 cash bond with conditions including that she not possess any devices capable of lighting a fire.
- PUB DATE: 3/19/2018 5:28:18 PM - SOURCE: Appleton Post-Gazette & Post Crescent.com

On March 18, 13 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On March 18, 11 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

Small fires in brush and grass on the city's Far East Side kept Madison firefighters busy Sunday, but none of the fires got big enough to threaten structures. Nobody was injured in the fires reported at 11:40 a.m. in the 5600 block of Fen Oak Drive, the Madison Fire Department said. When firefighters arrived they found two separate areas burning, and areas where the fires could have extinguished by themselves.
- PUB DATE: 3/19/2018 9:06:23 AM - SOURCE: Madison.com-Wisconsin State Journal-Capital Times