VIDEO: The family of a Lake Delton firefighter hit by a car while responding to a fatal crash is asking that drivers slow down and pay attention to emergency crews on the roads. Lake Delton firefighter Joe Sabol, 39, was in stable condition Monday after fighting a brain bleed in critical care all weekend.
- PUB DATE: 2/5/2018 4:36:42 PM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison

PHOTO: Fire crews are trying to figure out how a fire started at a Pleasant Prairie home. It started Monday morning at a house on 94th Street and 43rd Avenue. Fire crews say the fire started in the basement before spreading to other parts of the home. No one was hurt.
- PUB DATE: 2/5/2018 1:47:24 PM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

On February 2, 17 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

VIDEO: Faced with a firefighter shortage, city officials are meeting Monday in Beloit to discuss potentially hiring eight new probationary firefighters and multiple fire officers and motor pump operators. A wave of retirements and the near-expiration of a federal grant have stretched the Beloit Fire Department thin, which has made some feel uneasy.
- PUB DATE: 2/5/2018 9:07:00 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison

On February 4, 5 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On February 2, 16 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On February 1, 9 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On February 3, 3 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On February 2, 1 residential fire fatality was reported by the Nation's news media.

On February 1, 2 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

A man was injured and a garage and truck were destroyed in a Sunday afternoon fire, according to Wind Lake Volunteer Fire Company Chief Rob Robins. The fire began just after 4 p.m., when an arc flash from a compressor ignited cleaner and gas in a detached garage at the corner of South Denoon Road and Hart Drive in Wind Lake, Robins said.
- PUB DATE: 2/5/2018 2:19:31 AM - SOURCE: Racine Journal Times

Ronald Svec, a former city firefighter who was diagnosed with a 9/11-related cancer six months after he retired, has died, officials and relatives said Saturday. The 63-year-old FDNY vet died Friday at the Jersey Shore University Medical Center after a more than 9-year battle with lung and spine cancer, said his wife of 34 years, Sharon Svec.
- PUB DATE: 2/5/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Daily News

Long before he became San Diego's fire chief, Brian Fennessy would wear his crusty, soot-covered helmet like a badge, proof he worked at one of the city's busiest fire stations. He thought it gave him credibility and earned him the respect of peers. Now he knows his dirty gear harbored the toxins and carcinogens that haunt the scene of a fire -- and that they might well revisit him in the future as cancer.
- PUB DATE: 2/5/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: San Diego Union-Tribune

VIDEO - A North Lauderdale Fire Rescue truck was involved in a serious crash Friday afternoon in Lauderhill, authorities said. The crash was reported shortly after 3 p.m. in the area of Northwest 16th Street and State Road 7. Authorities said the firetruck was transporting a high-priority pediatric patient to the hospital when the crash occurred.
- PUB DATE: 2/5/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPLG-TV ABC Local10.com - Miami & Fort Lauderdale

VIDEO - A family in Massachusetts nearly lost their house after their dog inadvertently turned on the kitchen stove while trying to grab some leftover pancakes. The incident was captured by the family's security cameras, and the footage was submitted to the Southwick Fire Department which shared the video on Facebook.
- PUB DATE: 2/5/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCVB-TV ABC 5 Boston

When Capt. Tia Morris turned 50, after about three decades in the Los Angeles Police Department, she became eligible to retire with nearly 90% of her salary. But like many cops and firefighters in her position, the decision to keep working was a financial no-brainer, thanks to a program that allowed her to nearly double her pay by keeping her salary while also collecting her pension.
- PUB DATE: 2/5/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Los Angeles Times

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police say officers perceived an 'imminent deadly threat' from a man holding a knife outside of a west Charlotte apartment complex Friday afternoon. The man was shot by officers and later died at the hospital from his injuries. The incident happened just before 1:30 p.m. Friday afternoon at an apartment complex along the 3200 block of Timberbrook Drive near Tuckaseegee Park.
- PUB DATE: 2/5/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBTV-TV Channel 3

VIDEO: Iowa County deputies are investigating a fire that killed a man in the town of Waldwick Sunday morning. Crews were called to the fire on the 5900 block of County Line Road at 7 a.m., according to a press release by the Iowa County Sheriff’s Office. The house was already engulfed in flames when firefighters got to the scene.
- PUB DATE: 2/4/2018 10:14:58 PM - SOURCE: WMSN-TV Fox 47 Madison

A Lake Delton firefighter has been upgraded from critical to stable condition after he was hit by a car while responding to a fatal crash on the interstate Saturday. The Lake Delton Fire Department said in a Facebook post that 39-year-old Joe Sabol was seriously injured in that crash when a car lost control and slid into the emergency scene along I-90, where he was responding to another fatal accident.
- PUB DATE: 2/4/2018 7:33:56 PM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison

VIDEO: "Firefighters are family. When we heard what happened to Chris, it affected all of us in different ways," said Merrill Fire Department Battalion Chief Steve Hintze. That bond is why the Merrill Fire Department wanted to help their former coworker Chris Marion through a benefit raffle. Marion, who has spent 23 years helping others, isn't used to being on the receiving end.
- PUB DATE: 2/4/2018 7:32:40 AM - SOURCE: WJFW-TV NBC 12 Rhinelander-Wausau