VIDEO: Paramedics and EMTs are always expected to perform at their best. But the training, and technology, they have to be familiar with is constantly evolving. "We have to constantly adapt to that," said Kevin DeBauche, a firefighter and paramedic with the Kenosha Fire Department. DeBauche said the desire to keep current is why he was attending the annual Wisconsin EMS Association (WEMSA) Conference in Milwaukee this week.
- PUB DATE: 1/26/2018 6:59:40 PM - SOURCE: Today's TMJ4

After more than 20 years of service and over five years as fire chief at the Kilbourn Fire Department, Chief Scott Walsh is getting ready to move on. “I kind of lost the desire and didn’t feel I was able to give 100 percent of my time to the fire department,” he said. “You get to that point where it’s time to let the younger guys and the guys coming up take over and carry on the tradition.
- PUB DATE: 1/26/2018 6:42:13 PM - SOURCE: wisc news

On January 25, 11 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On January 24, 13 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On the evening of Friday, Jan. 12, as citizens began their weekend, the City of Sheboygan Fire Department began a different activity. For the second time in the department’s history, a MABAS alarm was activated. MABAS is an acronym for Mutual Aid Box Alarm System and it started in northern Illinois in the late 1960’s.
- PUB DATE: 1/26/2018 6:04:38 AM - SOURCE: Sheboygan Press

VIDEO: Rudolph firefighters called to a barn fire near the intersection of Portage County P and O were delayed for about 15 to 20 minutes while they waited for a train, according to the fire chief. Firefighters received the call to the fire, which was just east of Junction City, around 2 p.m. Tuesday, Rudolph Fire Chief Tony Konkol said.
- PUB DATE: 1/26/2018 5:42:33 AM - SOURCE: Wausau Daily Herald

Mosinee Fire Chief Doug Jennings turned in his resignation Thursday after he was put on paid suspension, according to the city's mayor. The Mosinee Fire District suspended Jennings Wednesday evening, Mayor Brent Jacobson said. Jacobson said the suspension was a personnel issue and he could not give any information about it.
- PUB DATE: 1/26/2018 4:44:46 AM - SOURCE: Wausau Daily Herald

The dream of having the Marshall Emergency Medical Services District provide sustainability to the program has come to reality. Two career-staff members, Erika Mabrey and Herfrank Loyo, started working for EMS District No. 14 Friday, Jan. 19. With the two employees, EMS Director Scott Allain stated that response times would be quicker, there would be more sustainability and stability in the department, the EMS and fire department would continue to work together and there would be more support for volunteers and on-call staff.
- PUB DATE: 1/26/2018 1:41:45 AM - SOURCE: Waterloo / Marshall Courier

In December, Baltimore County police evacuated their Woodlawn precinct overnight after three officers needed treatment for exposure to fentanyl, a potent opioid responsible for the skyrocketing number of deaths among drug users. Months earlier, a Harford County deputy needed the overdose reversal drug naloxone and two paramedics were treated for exposure after responding to an overdose call.
- PUB DATE: 1/26/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Baltimore Sun

South Korea's deadliest fire in almost a decade has ripped through a hospital in the city of Miryang, killing at least 37 people and injuring more than 100. Authorities revised the death toll down from 39 on Friday afternoon, but a Miryang City official warned it could rise as at least 18 patients remained in critical condition.
- PUB DATE: 1/26/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNN

Rockville Centre residents will continue receiving top care despite the state downgrading the fire department’s emergency medical services’ advanced life support, or ALS, certification to basic life support, BLS, earlier this month. The change came as the result of a new regulation that mandates narcotics to be on hand in all ALS ambulances, which requires special equipment and licensing.
- PUB DATE: 1/26/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: LIherald.com

Christine Jameson fought back tears at the State Senate Tuesday as she recounted the death of her husband Kyle, 33, a Hampton firefighter. Her devastating loss was compounded by massive bills she didn’t know how she could pay. She shared her story with the Senate Finance Committee in support of a bill that would prevent other firefighters’ families from having to go through the same ordeal.
- PUB DATE: 1/26/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Seacoastonline.com

A blinking green light could mean the difference between life and death the next time fire targets a house in town. The lights are located on the side of the new masks firefighters began wearing on the job earlier this month. With funding approved by Town Meeting last year, Plymouth is the first town in the state to outfit all of its firefighters with the thermal imaging technology.
- PUB DATE: 1/26/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Plymouthwickedlocal.com

On January 25, 2 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On January 24, 8 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On January 22, 16 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

VIDEO: Emergency crews responded to a four-alarm fire at Kohler Company in Sheboygan County late Wednesday night. The fire started in the cast iron foundry around 11:30 p.m. and continued burning for several hours. The complex is located near Highland Drive and Lower Falls Road in the village of Kohler.
- PUB DATE: 1/25/2018 5:49:56 AM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee

VIDEO: Firefighters on Thursday morning, Jan. 25th responded to a fire near the Wilderness Resort in Wisconsin Dells. Crews were called to the scene around 3:55 a.m. after security noticed smoke at the building site of the Wilderness Resort J-1 dormitory for students -- which is currently under construction.
- PUB DATE: 1/25/2018 4:42:07 AM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6

The Holmen Area Fire Department is exploring ways to further training opportunities and working relationships with area fire departments. At its December meeting, the Holmen Area Fire District Association Board gave HAFD Fire Chief Paul Menches the green light to begin discussions with the La Crosse Fire Department in developing a program for vehicle maintenance.
- PUB DATE: 1/25/2018 2:26:54 AM - SOURCE: Onalaska Holmen Courier Life

City officials and Kokomo firefighters added another chapter to their ongoing contract dispute saga Wednesday with a heated exchange between a board president and a retired firefighter. The incident followed the Kokomo Board of Public Works and Safety’s passing of a measure that approved the city’s HR Policy Manual as the standard for all non-contractual employees, including the fire department, which is currently acting without a contract for the first time.
- PUB DATE: 1/25/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Kokomo Tribune