Homer residents turned to Betty Crocker when they needed a firetruck in the late 1960s after learning about a promotion offered by General Mills. The nationally known company offered a program where people could turn in their coupons for large househlold items. An $800 piano could be purchased with 160,000 coupons redeemed at one-half penny each, according to a Homer Tribune article, titled "Bringing home 'Betty," by Naomi Klouda.
- PUB DATE: 11/3/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Senior Voice

A shed is destroyed after a fire. The Chippewa Fire District said it happened just after 3:30 a.m. at 10546 County Trunk X in the Town of Wheaton. The Chippewa Fire District had the fire out in about 20 minutes but remained on scene until about 5:30 a.m. No injuries were reported. The fire district said the shed is a total loss.
- PUB DATE: 11/2/2017 11:12:48 PM - SOURCE: WEAU-TV 13 News

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

VIDEO: Employees at the Merrill Fire Department consider themselves team. And being apart of that team means so much more to a young man. Kyle Webie may not drive the truck, or head off to call, but his duties as a custodian make him feel important. Fire chief Dave Savone said Kyle walked into the job very introverted, and now.
- PUB DATE: 11/2/2017 12:03:00 PM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau

VIDEO: A power struggle is forming between Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett and some state lawmakers. A new bill introduced in Madison could change the way police officers and firefighters fight to get their jobs back. The mayor pointed out only a few years ago, they championed a change that fired police or firefighters, will not continue to get paid as they fought on an appeal.
- PUB DATE: 11/2/2017 3:15:55 AM - SOURCE: WTMJ-AM 620 Milwaukee

On November 1, 3 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

The firefighter injured in a Springfield Twp. crash Wednesday night has been identified. David E. Noble, 72, of Springfield, is listed in critical but stable condition at Miami Valley Hospital. Sgt. Jason Cadle with the Ohio Highway Patrol Springfield Post said he had have a leg amputated. According to the officials, Noble was on the scene of a crash on U.
- PUB DATE: 11/2/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHIO-TV Dayton

An EMS captain with 21 years on the job will become the first African-American woman in the FDNY to achieve the rank of deputy chief on Thursday. Capt. Tonya Boyd, who joined the FDNY’s Emergency Medical Services while in college as a way to make money, said she never dreamed her career would reach such heights.
- PUB DATE: 11/2/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Daily News

Six Miami firefighters have been fired after someone hung a noose over a black colleague’s family photo and drew lewd images on a picture of his wife. The terminations, handed down Wednesday, follow a police investigation into the Sept. 9 incident at a city fire station. More than 20 people were interviewed under oath and nearly a dozen firefighters were investigated, including five who remain employed by the department and under scrutiny.
- PUB DATE: 11/2/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Miami Herald

A chance meeting while waiting in line at a coffee shop allowed one family to thank a firefighter they claim saved their lives. Cal Fire firefighter Brian Borba says he was waiting in line at Peet's Coffee when he started noticing a guy in front of him who kept turning around. "I could tell he wanted to strike up a conversation with me.
- PUB DATE: 11/2/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTVU-TV Oakland, San Francisco, Bay Area

City residents are mourning the death and celebrating the life of Deputy Fire Chief Christopher Pepler. Pepler, 43, was a Torrington native and came to his vocation at an early age, he told The Register Citizen in a 2013 interview when he was promoted to deputy fire chief. He died Wednesday morning of cardiac arrest, and had also been battling cancer.
- PUB DATE: 11/2/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Connecticut Post

VIDEO: An Eau Claire man is charged after his family members told police he started a fire inside his home. 27-year-old Jayson Harding appeared in Eau Claire County court via video Wednesday where a judge issued a signature bond. He faces four counts, including arson of a building. According to a criminal complaint, family members told police they went into Harding's home where it was full of smoke on October 27.
- PUB DATE: 11/1/2017 11:50:25 PM - SOURCE: WEAU-TV 13 News

The Fitchburg Fire Department put out a small fire in the basement of a Fitchburg apartment complex Wednesday night. The call about the fire came in at 9:52 p.m. and the fire was extinguished at 10:04 p.m., according to Dane County Dispatch. There were no injuries, according to Fitchburg Fire DeputyChief Rich Roth.
- PUB DATE: 11/1/2017 10:22:04 PM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison

Brian Myrland, who was hired as a part-time chief in 2004, announced last month he would retire effective Dec. 31. The new chief will likely be a familiar face, as the Fitch-Rona EMS Commission voted last Thursday night to pursue an internal candidate, one of the two deputy chiefs. Myrland, who also runs a Middleton-based sports equipment business, has had two full-time deputy chiefs reporting to him in recent years.
- PUB DATE: 11/1/2017 4:48:25 AM - SOURCE: Fitchburg Star

If the Nov. 14 referendum to raise $250,000 from the village levy to support 24-hour paramedic service from Paratech Ambulance Service fails, the village will move back to just 12-hour-a-day coverage. And the village will begin seeking “other options,” including joining up with neighboring communities to create a joint emergency medical service, according to a resolution approved by the village board’s finance committee on Oct.
- PUB DATE: 11/1/2017 3:07:22 AM - SOURCE: Lake Geneva News

A drone and two search and rescue boats were deployed Tuesday along the Chippewa River in a search for a man missing since Saturday night, although police aren’t certain he entered the water. Brenden K. Felton, 25, was last seen Saturday evening in downtown Eau Claire, walking north on First Avenue from Lake Street, police Detective Lt.
- PUB DATE: 11/1/2017 2:11:19 AM - SOURCE: Eau Claire Leader-Telegram

A retired Georgia fire chief was arrested for failing to remove his car while he rescued a woman from a crash, according to a traffic incident report from the Georgia State Patrol. Retired Griffin Fire-Rescue Battalion Chief Rick Rickerson parked his Toyota Tundra on the shoulder of a highway in Pike County on Oct.
- PUB DATE: 11/1/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSB AM-750 & FM-95.5

Orange County supervisors said Tuesday they plan to launch an independent investigation of the Fire Authority’s response to the Canyon 2 Fire, suggesting the initial reaction by first responders might have allowed the blaze to grow big enough to consume 9,200 acres and destroy 78 structures. “(The response) took something that very well may have been limited, to a total catastrophe,” said Supervisor Shawn Nelson.
- PUB DATE: 11/1/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Orange County Register

The Peoria Department could be down a truck and 11 firefighters as a way to ease the city’s budget woes. Union leaders say that would compromise the safety of both residents within the River City and the 195 firefighters employed by the city. Instead of cutting, Ryan Brady, the head of the local union, wants the city to maintain the status quo: no additional money but no permanent cuts.
- PUB DATE: 11/1/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Peoria Journal Star

In a letter to the editor, the president of an Ohio-based PPE manufacturer is refuting claims that firefighter turnout gear may be hazardous for those donning it for protection. LION president Stephen Schwartz sent the letter to the editor of the Columbus Dispatch, which published an article entitled "Firefighters' gear may be hazardous" on Oct.
- PUB DATE: 11/1/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1