On December 8, 6 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

A former Janesville Fire Department employee alleges the fire chief and other fire department employees lied to police that he "might be mentally unstable and dangerous," according to complaints filed with the Janesville Police and Fire Commission. The former employee, Donald "Jeff" Bowen, has filed three charges of malfeasance in public office against Fire Chief Randy Banker and one each against Lt.
- PUB DATE: 12/12/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Firehouse News

Toledo's fire chief and the president of Firefighters Local 92 are looking toward the new year with a strengthened working relationship. Chief Luis Santiago and Pvt. Jeff Koenigseker recently sat down for a joint interview with The Blade at Toledo Fire and Rescue Department head“I think the thrust of this relationship is that both the chief and I realize that the resolution is more important than the argument,” Private Koenigseker said.
- PUB DATE: 12/12/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Toledo Blade

Six Miami firefighters who lost their jobs after a black colleague found lewd images drawn on his family photos and a noose in his fire station dorm room are fighting to be reinstated. Captain William W. Bryson, Lt. Alejandro Sese, and firefighters Kevin Meizoso, David Rivera, Justin Rumbaugh and Harold Santana have filed grievances contesting their terminations, according to Miami’s firefighter union, which will decide Tuesday whether to support their claims.
- PUB DATE: 12/12/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Miami Herald

During the third day of testimony during a critical hearing for two former Ghost Ship tenants facing criminal charges related to last year’s deadly fire, witnesses called the warehouse a “death trap” and one of the defendants “emotionally manipulative.” Alameda County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Horner will determine after the preliminary hearing if there’s enough evidence to send former warehouse tenants Derick Almena and Max Harris to trial.
- PUB DATE: 12/12/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: East Bay Times

A former Janesville Fire Department employee alleges the fire chief and other fire department employees lied to police that he "might be mentally unstable and dangerous," according to complaints filed with the Janesville Police and Fire Commission. The former employee, Donald "Jeff" Bowen, has filed three charges of malfeasance in public office against Fire Chief Randy Banker and one each against Lt.
- PUB DATE: 12/12/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Firehouse

The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) released the latest edition of its “U.S. Firefighter Injuries” report, which highlights data on injuries sustained by firefighters on duty in 2016. The statistics were collected from fire departments responding to NFPA’s annual U.S. Fire Experience survey.
- PUB DATE: 12/12/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: National Fire Protection Association

On December 11, 2 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

VIDEO: The Racine Police Department has confirmed that the victim in the car into pond accident has died from his injuries. The Racine Fire Department was dispatched to the pond near 21st and Green Bay Road for a report of a vehicle in the water. The first call came in at 7:48 p.m. and the first diver made it into the water at 8:02 p.
- PUB DATE: 12/11/2017 9:57:25 PM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

A fire at Stolley's Hogg Alley, 2008 N. Venice Beach Road, Summit, was likely due to a cigarette. First units for Western Lakes Fire District arrived at the restaurant at 12:09 a.m. Dec. 8 for a fire that began near the front door. "Hogg Alley, after we investigated it, we felt it started outside as a result of a smoking material," said Western Lakes Fire Chief Brad Bowen.
- PUB DATE: 12/11/2017 1:21:55 PM - SOURCE: Livinglakecountry

On December 10, 8 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On December 9, 6 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On December 8, 4 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On December 5, 10 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On December 10, 3 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On December 9, 3 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

VIDEO: Emergency crews are responding to a fire between Cambridge and Fort Atkinson. The Cambridge Fire Department says the call came to them at 12:36 a.m. Monday. Firefighters responded to two barns on fire on Mullen Lane. That's a short road off S. Oakland Road between U.S. 12 and County C in the Town of Oakland.
- PUB DATE: 12/11/2017 3:41:09 AM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV 27 ABC

Five people were injured in a two-vehicle, head-on collision in the 7900 block of Sheridan Road Sunday night. Kenosha Fire Department rescue personnel and police responded to the crash at 9:18 p.m., taking the victims to Kenosha Medical Center, St. Catherine’s Medical Center and Aurora Medical Center, according to Battalion Chief Wes Bernhardt.
- PUB DATE: 12/11/2017 3:05:43 AM - SOURCE: Kenosha News

Authorities say an FBI agent and a state fire marshal were struck and killed while standing on the shoulder of I-270 in Montgomery County. At about 10 p.m. Friday, one of the officers was at the scene of a single-vehicle traffic crash on southbound I-270. Police say he requested assistance and used his car to block the damaged vehicle from oncoming traffic.
- PUB DATE: 12/11/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJZ-TV CBS 13 Baltimore

Charles Patterson, a firefighter with the Bowie Rural Volunteer Fire Department since its inception in 2007, died on Thursday after experiencing a cardiac event on Dec. 1 while fighting a house fire. A graveside service for the 60-year-old is planned for 2 p.m. on Dec. 9 at Lindale Cemetery north of Bowie.
- PUB DATE: 12/11/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Times Record News