VIDEO: The Western Lakes Fire District responded to two fires on Christmas Day. According to the department, no one was hurt in either fire. Authorities were called to the first fire at 7:37 a.m. near E. Wisconsin Ave and N. Lapham St in Oconomowoc at a McDonald’s restaurant. The fire was reported to be in two fat fryers.
- PUB DATE: 12/26/2017 3:41:47 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

On December 25, 9 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On December 24, 7 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On December 24, 6 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On December 23, 3 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On December 23, 1 residential fire fatality was reported by the Nation's news media.

On December 22, 6 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On December 21, 7 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On December 21, 5 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

A Grafton man, who volunteers with the Saukville Fire Department, has a new beginning after cancer battle.
- PUB DATE: 12/22/2017 7:26:33 AM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee

A milk parlor and barn were destroyed by fire early Friday morning, December 22nd in Washington County. There were no injuries as a result of the fire. The Washington County Sheriff’s Office was notified around 4:15 a.m. of a small barn fire on CTH W in the Town of Addison. The 911 caller was a passerby who noticed smoke and flames coming from an old milk parlor — which was located next to the main barn on the property.
- PUB DATE: 12/22/2017 5:53:20 AM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6

The City of Burlington Fire Department quickly controlled a small fire at a two-family structure in the 480 block on South Perkins Boulevard on Thursday afternoon. Firefighters were called to the scene at about 4:20 p.m., according to Fire Chief Alan Babe. When they arrived, firefighters could see smoke coming from the second story and found that the fire was in the area of the second floor stairwell landing.
- PUB DATE: 12/22/2017 2:49:55 AM - SOURCE: Racine Journal Times

VIDEO: A vote on a proposed ordinance to charge non-taxpayers for fire and rescue service calls in Altoona is postponed. Under the ordinance, a charge for service would be given to non-tax paying entities for calls provided by the City of Altoona Fire and Rescue Department. Fire Chief Mark Renderman said the proposal is because of a growing number of calls for service.
- PUB DATE: 12/22/2017 12:00:23 AM - SOURCE: WEAU-TV 13 News

Mayer Fire Captain Jeffrey A. Vollmer died early Tuesday at his home from an apparent heart attack. He was 40. Captain Vollmer passed suddenly after returning home from a training exercise. Captain Vollmer was a second-generation firefighter and a 12-year veteran of the Mayer Fire Department. He was a graduate of Ortonville High School and the University of North Dakota at Grand Forks.
- PUB DATE: 12/22/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KARE11.com

Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill this week that allows the Yonkers Fire Department to tap into a controversial fund used for a variety of department expenses. The fire union and Democrats in the state Legislature pushed for the law after the union stopped spending the cash when Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli found the spending flouted state law.
- PUB DATE: 12/22/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin

The U.S. Senate Thursday night passed the United States Fire Administration, AFG, and SAFER Program Reauthorization Act (H.R. 4661). The House of Representatives passed the same bill Monday. As a result, the measure is on its way to the president’s desk, saving the FIRE and SAFER Grant programs from expiring on January 2 and pushing their sunset dates out to September 30, 2024.
- PUB DATE: 12/22/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: International Association of Fire Chiefs

It is with a shared vision, to save lives from sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) by stimulating effective community, professional and citizen action, that the PulsePoint Foundation and the Citizen CPR Foundation announce Sonoma County EMS/Save Lives Sonoma as the inaugural winner of the 2017 PulsePoint Grant Competition.
- PUB DATE: 12/22/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Citizen CPR Foundtion

VIDEO - Rob Hecksel, a retired firefighter diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in February, was hoping for a long second career as a social worker. He’s trying to compress that mission into his remaining time. Hecksel, 51, of Lansing was a battalion chief with the Lansing Fire Department. He retired three years ago after a 25-year career but wanted to find another job that he loved and that improved the lives of others.
- PUB DATE: 12/22/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Lansing State Journal

The Madison Fire Department is warning area residents to call police if someone purporting to be a firefighter wants to check inside your home to see if you have smoke alarms. An area woman recently was called by someone saying he was from the fire department, asking if her alarms were checked regularly.
- PUB DATE: 12/21/2017 10:54:37 PM - SOURCE: Madison

The Kilbourn Fire Department responded to a man lying on the ground in a smokehouse on River Road in the Wisconsin Dells the morning of Dec. 21. The man suffered 3rd degree burns on his lower extremities, said Kilbourn Fire Chief Scott Walsh. MedFlight also responded to the incident. The man was conscious when help arrived, but the cause of the incident remains unknown, Walsh said.
- PUB DATE: 12/21/2017 7:15:17 PM - SOURCE: wisc news