Firefighters still don't know what caused a home to catch fire near Lake Tomahawk on Tuesday. A home on South Bluebird Road caught fire just before noon. The fire destroyed the home, but nobody was hurt. "It was a wooden frame structure with a metal roof, and it was fully involved when we got here," said Lake Tomahawk Fire Chief Doug Rehm.
- PUB DATE: 3/13/2018 2:46:38 PM - SOURCE: WJFW-TV NBC 12 Rhinelander-Wausau

VIDEO: Police are investigating after a 23-year-old man was found dead in a residence in the town of Deer Creek after a fire Monday night. Cody Nachtrab, an occupant of the home, was identified Tuesday afternoon as the victim in the fire. The fire was reported at about 11:20 p.m. on Pine Road, according to the Outagamie County Sheriff's Department.
- PUB DATE: 3/13/2018 1:02:09 PM - SOURCE: Appleton Post-Gazette & Post Crescent.com

More than 10 million acres burned across the country during the 2017 U.S. wildfire season at a cost of more than $2 billion — the largest bill ever. And while many factors affect the risk for wildfires, new research out of the University of Wisconsin–Madison shows that a flurry of homebuilding near wild areas since 1990 has greatly increased the number of homes at risk from wildfires while increasing the costs associated with fighting those fires in increasingly dense developments.
- PUB DATE: 3/13/2018 6:23:51 AM - SOURCE: News.wisc

A fire that started on a deck and later spread to a kitchen wall displaced residents of a home in the village of Somers Monday. Somers firefighters were called shortly after 4 p.m. to the home at 11022 Seventh St. where a tenant had tried to put out a fire on the deck, according to Fire Chief Carson Wilkinson.
- PUB DATE: 3/13/2018 2:05:05 AM - SOURCE: Kenosha News

The Cobb County Fire Department lost one of their own on Monday after she experienced a medical incident. Firefighter Stacey Leigh Boulware, 44, collapsed on Monday at Station 5 in Vinings after returning from back-to-back incidents that included "a full arrest and vehicle accident," according to the department.
- PUB DATE: 3/13/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WXIA-TV NBC 11 Atlanta

The Zachary firefighter and reserve police officer who was killed Monday night in a hit-and-run will be remembered as a dedicated public servant, said Zachary Fire Chief Danny Kimble. Deputy Fire Chief Christopher Lawton, 41, was killed Monday night when he was run over by a U-haul truck in the parking lot of the Baker Walmart, officials on the scene said.
- PUB DATE: 3/13/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Advocate

Houston firefighters on Monday asked a judge to force the city secretary to validate signatures on an equal pay referendum petition that has been backlogged in City Hall for eight months. The referendum would require firefighters to receive the same pay as police officers of corresponding rank. It was first submitted to the city in July but wasn't validated before the November election.
- PUB DATE: 3/13/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Houston Chronicle

If you go back and listen to the recording of the Broward County radio dispatch system, you can hear the frustration the voices of police. "I can't transmit for some reason," says one officer. Other first responders echo the complaint. "Just so you know, we're having trouble transmitting," says another person, and more than once, you hear a general plea for users to limit their communications to "10-33 calls" — radio code for an emergency.
- PUB DATE: 3/13/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NPR

Starting their 31st year performing at Fort Myers Beach, the Greater Cincinnati Firefighters finds themselves shaking and shimmying in a different atmosphere where the "#metoo" movement and a focus on sexual harassment bumps and grinds up against a playful, sexually-themed revue of mostly burly and buff men.
- PUB DATE: 3/13/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: News-Press

VIDEO: Firefighters in Stoddard will be a little bit safer the next time they head out on a call thanks to a generous donation. While touring the station, community member Paula Johnson heard about the dangers that firefighters face. To help the department, she bought a navigation system for each of the 25 firefighters.
- PUB DATE: 3/12/2018 10:28:38 PM - SOURCE: WKBT-TV CBS 8 La Crosse

VIDEO: While details still are not quite clear surrounding a fatal explosion March 5 at Village Glen Apartments, authorities are extremely clear on one point. "No known link to terrorism at this time — but we are still investigating," Beaver Dam Police Chief John Kreuziger said Monday during a news conference.
- PUB DATE: 3/12/2018 10:23:40 PM - SOURCE: Sheboygan Press

On March 12, 2 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On March 10, 13 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On March 11, 10 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On March 10, 12 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On March 9, 7 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On March 8, 12 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On March 6, 10 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On March 5, 11 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

VIDEO: Milwaukee firefighters rescued a man from a house that caught fire on Monday morning, March 12 in the neighborhood near 70th and Dickenson. Officials tell FOX6 News when the Milwaukee Fire Department arrived on the scene around 9:30 a.m., they found heavy fire on the first floor. They pulled the man from the building -- and took him to Columbia St.
- PUB DATE: 3/12/2018 8:45:28 AM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6