The city’s second new fire station project took a step forward last month with approval of its design and architecture. The Plan Commission unanimously approved the station that will be built at the corner of Syene and West Clayton roads for an estimated $7 million. The first new station opened last year on Marketplace Drive.
- PUB DATE: 3/8/2018 4:47:33 AM - SOURCE: Fitchburg Star

Discussion on needed road construction, including possible shared projects with the Town of Amberg, is expected at the monthly Wausaukee Town Board meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 13. Clerk Cheryl Stumbris told the board at its Feb. 13 meeting that Aquila Resources Back Forty Mine had inquired about using the town hall for a focus group meeting some time in March.
- PUB DATE: 3/8/2018 1:42:18 AM - SOURCE: Peshtigo Times

Firefighters found the body of a missing construction worker in the smoldering debris of a massive construction fire in Denver's North Capitol Hill neighborhood that injured six people and damaged surrounding buildings and vehicles. One person is still unaccounted for. Hundred-foot flames and smoke could be seen for several miles when Denver firefighters arrived on scene at 1833 Emerson Street around noon Wednesday.
- PUB DATE: 3/8/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KMGH-TV ABC 7 Denver

For the ninth time, the city has sent a certified letter to attorneys representing the San Antonio Professional Firefighters Association to request the union meet with city negotiators to come up with a new contract between the parties. Mayor Ron Nirenberg made the announcement Wednesday during a press conference at city hall.
- PUB DATE: 3/8/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSAT-TV ABC 12 San Antonio

Day four of rescue efforts resumed Thursday morning in hopes of finding a Nashville firefighter who disappeared Monday morning after his truck plummeted into the Tennessee River in Humphreys County. Nashville Fire Department firefighter Jesse Reed, 32, went missing early Monday after his vehicle plunged into the water near Mason's Boat Dock in Waverly, authorities said.
- PUB DATE: 3/8/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Tennessean

FirstNet’s nationwide footprint is expanding. The First Responder Network Authority has given its partner, AT&T, the green light to build out FirstNet, the nationwide public safety broadband network. This includes deploying public safety’s dedicated spectrum – Band 14 – across statewide radio access networks in states and territories across the country.
- PUB DATE: 3/8/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FirstNet.Gov

VIDEO - Firefighters at Unified Fire gave the public a look a point of view not often seen in a newly released inspiring video called ‘I Believe’. “I believe this is not just my job. It is what I am meant to do; it is what I was made for,” the narrator of the video says. “This is who I am but ‘firefighter does not define me’.
- PUB DATE: 3/8/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTVX-TV ABC 4 Good4Utah.com

On March 7, 1 residential fire fatality was reported by the Nation's news media.

VIDEO: Authorities conducted a controlled detonation Wednesday inside the Beaver Dam apartment where one man died in an explosion Monday. Beaver Dam Police Chief John Kreuziger said at a Wednesday morning news conference that the apartment contained, "highly volatile, homemade explosives." "They are so sensitive and cannot be removed," Kreuziger said.
- PUB DATE: 3/7/2018 7:42:16 PM - SOURCE: WXOW-TV ABC 19 LaCrosse

VIDEO: Dave Savone feels it's been a "privilege and honor" to serve the city of Merrill. "When I came to Merrill, it was a great opportunity. Sometimes a blind squirrel finds an acorn and I found a golden acorn," Savone told Newswatch 12 over the phone. On Wednesday, that service shifted to past-tense.
- PUB DATE: 3/7/2018 6:16:46 PM - SOURCE: WJFW-TV NBC 12 Rhinelander-Wausau

VIDEO: Green Bay Metro firefighters put it all on the line when they head out on a fire call. But as Local 5's Kris Schuller shows us, sometimes they throw in a little bit extra to help those they serve. On Nancy Avenue Tuesday afternoon - a call for help went out. A snow blower on fire - assistance needed from firefighters like Cory Bereza and Mike Vanden Avond.
- PUB DATE: 3/7/2018 5:51:24 PM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV and WJMN-TV Green Bay

After climbing 1,034 steps and reaching the top of a 47-floor building in Milwaukee for the annual Fight For Air Climb, Lt. Jacob Johnsrud from the Manitowoc Fire Department said he and everyone else was completely out of breath. "We don't feel anxious about it because we know it's going to get better," he said.
- PUB DATE: 3/7/2018 9:06:06 AM - SOURCE: Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter

PHOTO: Firefighters on Tuesday night, March 6 responded to the scene of a house fire in Cudahy. The call came in around 11 p.m. The fire broke out at a home near Holmes Avenue and Delaware Avenue. Cudahy, St. Francis,South Milwaukee and Oak Creek Fire personnel responded to the scene and extinguished the fire.
- PUB DATE: 3/7/2018 6:48:29 AM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6

VIDEO: Firefighters on Tuesday night, March 6 responded to the scene of a fire at a bar on Milwaukee's north side. The call came in around 11:30 p.m. The fire broke out at the building known as the Good Time Bar -- located near 10th and Chambers. Police say the bar has been vacant. Neighbors call this bar a nuisance.
- PUB DATE: 3/7/2018 6:31:19 AM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6

Increased ambulance fees and a new charge for patients who are not transported to a hospital are being considered in Somers. A rate survey was provided to village officials Tuesday by Somers Fire Chief Carson Wilkinson. “The proposed change to the village’s fee schedule would put us in line with our neighboring communities and communities in southern Wisconsin,” said Wilkinson, who indicated the last time a rate change was considered was more than two years ago.
- PUB DATE: 3/7/2018 2:23:49 AM - SOURCE: Kenosha News

The city firefighters’ union, Local 825, filed a four-count lawsuit alleging a breach of fiduciary duty against the Uniformed Professional Fire Fighters Association of Connecticut, a union which represents the state’s fire departments. “Have you ever had anyone demand money from you? It happens all the time: spam emails, unsolicited phone calls and junk mail,” said Frank Ricci, a battalion chief and president of Local 825.
- PUB DATE: 3/7/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Stamford Advocate

San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer has directed the reinstatement of the city’s Girls’ Empowerment Camp, an event that had been canceled last week after an attorney questioned whether its gender-focused approach violated state and federal anti-discrimination statutes. The event will be expanded to two weekends — one in April and one in May -- and registration will be reopened.
- PUB DATE: 3/7/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: San Diego Union-Tribune

The Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Office is investigating after the Mayfield Volunteer Fire Department, not far from the Tuscaloosa-Fayette County Line, was burglarized early Tuesday morning. The Mayfield Fire Chief says not only was the station burglarized, but two fire trucks were stolen, then run off the road and abandoned.
- PUB DATE: 3/7/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBRC-TV Fox 6 Birmingham

A group of Long Island firefighters landed in hot water for a massive brawl at a wedding party that left the groom injured, police said. The melee erupted Saturday between attendees at a Hagerman Fire Department dinner and wedding party guests in the foyer of the East Wind Hotel in Wading River, NY, Riverhead town police said.
- PUB DATE: 3/7/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Post

In November 2017, the fire service was alerted to an incident in Nashville, Tenn., that involved a firefighter recruit falling during a training session of the John Nance drill, which involves rescuing a firefighter from a sublevel situation. This drill involves many options, including lowering down a firefighter to assist in rescuing the downed firefighter.
- PUB DATE: 3/7/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1