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

Kokomo’s fire union is taking the city to court in the latest development of what’s become a months-long battle over the two sides’ collective bargaining efforts. The Professional Firefighters of Kokomo Local 396, in a civil suit filed this week in Howard Superior Court 4, is requesting that Judge George Hopkins prohibit the city from terminating the existing fire contract at the end of this year and "until such time that the matter can be arbitrated.
- PUB DATE: 12/11/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: News and Tribune

The sun had set Tuesday when Tim Hurley and his strike crew from the U.S. Forest Service’s Kernville station first made it to the front lines of the Creek fire above Sylmar. Flames were shooting sideways as they tore through the dry brush, fueled by erratic Santa Ana winds. Hurley immediately got to work manning an engine with one goal: to keep the fire from jumping Oro Vista Avenue into the dense tract of homes below.
- PUB DATE: 12/11/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Los Angeles Daily News

A New York firefighter who was recently diagnosed with brain cancer will fulfill his lifelong wish to attend the Super Bowl, his fire department says. In a Facebook post Sunday, the Tarrytown Fire Department said the NFL made Bill Duggan’s dream come true with tickets to the big game. “A couple of weeks ago, he was given earth shattering news that he had terminal brain cancer and only had a brief time to live,” the post reads.
- PUB DATE: 12/11/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC New York

Preliminary autopsy results on the body of a Baldwin woman found in Pine Lake Sunday morning indicates she was heavily intoxicated before she apparently fell into the water and drowned. A press release issued by the St. Croix County Sheriff's Department Tuesday afternoon stated Kristelle M. Wolle's blood alcohol content was .
- PUB DATE: 12/10/2017 7:23:11 PM - SOURCE: Rivertowns

Wisconsin regulators can’t enforce a rule requiring sprinklers in large apartment buildings, Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel said Friday in a victory for builders looking to save on costs. The state Department of Safety and Professional Standards adopted a rule in 2008 that requires sprinklers in apartment buildings built after Jan.
- PUB DATE: 12/10/2017 1:07:50 PM - SOURCE: Wisconsin Gazette

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