A woman's donation to Green Bay Metro Fire could be a life-saver. Ola Adams passed away a few years ago, but not before setting up a fund that has generated $100 thousand to go specifically to public safety. Green Bay Metro Fire has plans to put the money to good use. "We'll use the money to purchase ballistic helmets and vests.
- PUB DATE: 2/2/2018 9:28:25 AM - SOURCE: WIXX-FM 101

The city moved forward Thursday with plans to address problems with the city’s fire stations, create an agreement for slipholders at La Crosse Municipal Harbor and fund a rental assistance program for homeless families. The La Crosse Finance and Personnel Committee unanimously voted to direct city staff to research ways to implement the recommendations of the La Crosse Fire Station Planning Task Force, which called for building a new fire station on the city’s South Side, replacing three others — including two on the city’s North Side — and remodeling the remaining station.
- PUB DATE: 2/2/2018 2:39:30 AM - SOURCE: Lacrosse Tribune

Days after the head of a Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department advocacy group for female firefighters issued a resignation letter, charging lax attitudes toward sexual harassment, the chief says he doesn’t believe the department has major issues and that he has no plans to resign. “We take all claims seriously of bullying, harassment and retaliation,” Fire Chief Richard Bowers said at a Thursday afternoon news conference.
- PUB DATE: 2/2/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTOP-AM 1500 Washington

Craig Wohlitka told a Broward courtroom Wednesday that he is still haunted by the dying nursing home residents he tried to save as they sweltered in a building with no air conditioning in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma. In a span of about three hours on Sept. 13, the Hollywood firefighter/paramedic and fellow crew members treated two critically ill residents.
- PUB DATE: 2/2/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel & SouthFlorida.com

Fire crews confront the opioid epidemic daily in the most personal of ways. They tend to the users who can't stay awake. They administer naloxone, the reversal drug that brings addicts back from a life-threatening overdose. And they answer the call when an unresponsive person is found in a parked car, a gas station bathroom or a neighborhood — impoverished or affluent.
- PUB DATE: 2/2/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com & KPNX-TV NBC 12 Phoenix

In one day, 53 firefighters packed up two fire houses and left behind the stations they knew and loved. That day, Jan. 23, Vancouver’s two new fire stations were deemed complete — complete enough, anyway, to unlock the doors and put the state-of-the-art facilities into service. “It’s definitely still a work in progress,” said Vancouver firefighter and paramedic Pete Adams.
- PUB DATE: 2/2/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Vancouver Columbian

I had just backed out of a parking space and was adjusting my seatbelt when I noticed that a car parked across from me had its backup lights on. Feeling certain that the driver would notice my car right behind his, I was not concerned. That is, until the car started backing up, right toward me. I tapped the horn, but the car kept coming.
- PUB DATE: 2/2/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireChief.com

PHOTO: Crews are battling a fire at an Amish business on Starr Road near Granton. The Granton fire chief tells NewsChannel 7, the building was engulfed when they arrived on the scene. As of about 11 p.m. Thursday, crews were still fighting the fire. The fire chief said they'll be on the scene for at least a couple more hours.
- PUB DATE: 2/1/2018 10:13:31 PM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau

On February 1, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

Two people were displaced from their Far East Side condo Thursday morning after a fire scorched their garage and parts of the home, the Madison Fire Department said. Around 10:41 a.m., firefighters responded to the 6300 block of Maywick Drive after a resident reported a fire in the laundry room, believing the dryer had exploded, said fire department spokeswoman Cynthia Schuster.
- PUB DATE: 2/1/2018 4:00:06 PM - SOURCE: Madison

Kenosha’s fire chief is warning that a man approaching businesses in the area requesting payment for safety inspections is not a member of the department. Chief Charles Leipzig said a man has been walking into local businesses recently saying he is there to inspect their fire extinguishers. After doing an inspection, he requests payment.
- PUB DATE: 2/1/2018 1:08:39 PM - SOURCE: Kenosha News

Fire destroyed the Dun-Rite Asphalt Maintenance Company, W725 County B in Marinette in an early morning fire Wednesday, Jan. 31. The Town of Peshtigo Fire Fire Department received the alarm shortly after 3 a.m. A passerby had alerted authorities to the fire. Town of Peshtigo Fire Chief, Mike Folgert arrived on scene and immediately called for a MABAS box alarm bringing in units from the City of Marinette, City of Peshtigo and Grover-Porterfield fire departments for assistance.
- PUB DATE: 2/1/2018 5:46:33 AM - SOURCE: Peshtigo Times

The Jan. 25 fire that destroyed the Wilderness Resort dormitory under construction was determined to be an arson by the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms. The Wisconsin Arson Insurance Council is offering a reward of up to $10,000 to anyone who can provide information leading to the arrest and conviction of those involved, according to a press release.
- PUB DATE: 2/1/2018 3:14:02 AM - SOURCE: Madison.com-Wisconsin State Journal-Capital Times

Barrington officials are suing a Canadian trucking company over the cleanup of a chemical spill last year, alleging firefighters unwittingly handled a hazardous chemical that damaged their equipment after being told the material was vegetable oil. The spill happened shortly after 11:30 p.m. March 7, when a semitrailer belonging to Xan Systems Inc.
- PUB DATE: 2/1/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Chicago Tribune

Robert Lay, the town’s fire chief since 2013, was recently placed on paid administrative leave by selectmen but said Tuesday he’d be willing to come back to work. For that to happen, however, Lay said he would like to see his contract renegotiated and a mixup over his health insurance costs cleared up.
- PUB DATE: 2/1/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Newburyport Daily News

FirstNet nationwide contractor AT&T today launched a new visual brand that will be associated with FirstNet services and products, according to AT&T and FirstNet officials. FirstNet will continue to use its existing logo to designate organizational activities, as opposed to products and services that subscribers can buy.
- PUB DATE: 2/1/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Urgent Communications

Weeks after a tragic fire on Bowdoin Street in Providence, a firefighter who was trapped inside a burning building is speaking to Eyewitness News. In the early morning hours of Jan. 6, more than 100 firefighters filled Bowdoin Street as they battled flames that extended to several homes. Providence firefighters Dan Rinaldi and Jay LaSalle had just finished a check inside one of the homes, so they decided to head into another.
- PUB DATE: 2/1/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPRI-TV Providence 12

Six months after severe flooding caused an estimated $10 million in damages at Burton Barr Central Library, Phoenix officials have finished a personnel investigation and decided to fire, demote or suspend five more employees. That brings the total number of employees disciplined for the disaster to 11.
- PUB DATE: 2/1/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com & KPNX-TV NBC 12 Phoenix

VIDEO: New numbers on how many city employees have moved out of Milwaukee since the law changed more than four years ago. A Milwaukee Alderman calls it troubling for the city, especially with the biggest numbers being in public safety. About 30% of police officers and 35% of firefighters live outside the city.
- PUB DATE: 1/31/2018 9:51:10 PM - SOURCE: Today's TMJ4

On January 30, 9 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.