A private ambulance company about to begin service in Pend Oreille County says they're being told not to respond to calls local fire volunteers can handle on their own. One fire chief said it's a matter of saving resources, but the company says it won't be able to survive. When Pend Oreille paramedics begin service in Pend Oreille county, they will be the only first responders licensed to transport patients requiring advanced life support.
- PUB DATE: 10/30/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KXLY.com

VIDEO: Firefighters were called to a garage fire on the 300 block of North Water Street Friday afternoon. The garage was engulfed in flames and an SUV in the driveway was also on fire when crews arrived. Officials say the homeowner was home, and was alerted by a neighbor of the fire. No injuries were reported, but the house and a neighboring house sustained heat damage.
- PUB DATE: 10/29/2017 3:25:23 PM - SOURCE: WNFL SPORT REDIO

A fire broke out in a silo on a farm in the Town of Plover in Marathon County. It happened around 8:00pm Saturday night. "The homeowners just saw a bunch of smoke," Birnamwood Fire Chief Randy Berger told WAOW NewsLine Nine. The Birnamwood, Easton, and Antigo Fire Departments all responded to the scene.
- PUB DATE: 10/29/2017 2:37:03 PM - SOURCE: WRIG-AM Fox Sports 1390

A family of three must find someplace else to stay after a fire severely damaged a two-story house on the village's west side. Firefighters from multiple departments responded about 9:20 a.m. to the blaze at 4 S. Third St., Winneconne-Poygan Assistant Chief Al Andersen said. Two dogs were in the building, and one person was "slightly injured" while leaving.
- PUB DATE: 10/29/2017 1:48:51 PM - SOURCE: Appleton Post-Gazette & Post Crescent.com

On October 26, 8 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

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

The former Wausau firefighter charged with sexually assaulting a patient he was transporting to the hospital pleaded not guilty Friday. Clifford Heiser, 32, was arrested by Wausau Police after an investigation into a complaint from a female patient on Sept. 13. The complaint was filed by a 29-year-old woman who was transported to an area hospital by a Wausau Fire Department ambulance.
- PUB DATE: 10/27/2017 9:05:09 AM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau

A car burst into flames after being hit by a train in the village of Richfield, the Washington County Sheriff's Office said. The crash happened at 5:31 p.m. Wednesday on Bark Lake Road east of Scenic Road in the Village of Richfield. Deputies said a caller told them the car had been pushed 2,000 feet from the railroad crossing and was located behind a residential subdivision.
- PUB DATE: 10/27/2017 7:30:04 AM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee

On October 26, 2 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

Five people are dead following a large house fire in Seneca County between Bascom and Fostoria on SR 18 Thursday morning. So far, fire officials identified one of the five victims, 19-year-old Austin Rainey. Rainey was a cadet for the Bascom Fire Volunteer Department. The identities, ages and genders of the remaining four victims were not identified, though Seneca County Public Information Officer Dean Henry confirmed a family of three adults, including Rainey, and two children lived at the home.
- PUB DATE: 10/27/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTOL CBS Toledo

Stanislaus Consolidated Fire Chief Rick Weigele has been dismissed after only five months with the fire protection district. That information comes from Weigele himself. Stanislaus Consolidated's board members have not disclosed what action they have taken against the chief or the reasons for the action.
- PUB DATE: 10/27/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Firehouse

Tensions between the Kansas City, Kansas mayor and local firefighters hit a boiling point on Thursday afternoon in a battle that’s been brewing for years. Robert Wing is a fire captain and official with the Local 64 Firefighter's Union. He says, he and other firefighters are ticked off that Mayor Mark Holland has repeatedly made statements about cutting the fire department in public settings.
- PUB DATE: 10/27/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDAF-TV Fox 4 Kansas City News

St. Tammany Parish Sheriff Randy Smith said Wednesday that the FBI has been brought in to help investigate the mysterious death of Nanette Krentel, who was found shot to death and badly burned in July. Krentel, 49, was married to Steve Krentel, the chief of St. Tammany Fire Protection District No. 12.
- PUB DATE: 10/27/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Baton Rouge Advocate

VIDEO - An 80-year-old movie clip has surfaced on the internet, and an old Minneapolis firefighter is getting well-deserved recognition online. Mickey the Minneapolis Fire Cat used to live in the city’s Fire Station 10, where he loved to watch his fellow firefighters play dominoes when not rushing out to calls.
- PUB DATE: 10/27/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCCO-TV CBS 4

Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson is no longer seeking to create public safety positions in which a person would perform both firefighting and police duties. Freeman-Wilson first proposed the idea in 2015 and along with other city officials, including Samuel Abegg, who was then president of Gary Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 61, traveled to visit Kalamazoo, Michigan, to learn about its public safety department.
- PUB DATE: 10/27/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Northwest Indiana Times (nwitimes.com)

Two Verona men were charged Wednesday with arson after police said they admitted to setting fire to an abandoned farmhouse and setting off fireworks inside the home. Kyle D. Brazee and Evan R. Ruchti, both 18, were charged with arson for the July 4 fire that destroyed an abandoned house on Highway M, near Shady Bend Road and Liberty Drive.
- PUB DATE: 10/26/2017 10:45:14 PM - SOURCE: Madison

A new incident notification system helps Waupaca firefighters find their destination, know what special hazards a site may have, know which volunteers are responding and how soon they will arrive. “It’s peace of mind to know who’s actually coming,” said Steve Fenske, a member of the Waupaca Area Fire District who has been spearheading the implementation of the program.
- PUB DATE: 10/26/2017 8:43:23 AM - SOURCE: Waupaca Now

Milwaukee firefighters were called to the city’s northwest side Wednesday, October 25th for a garbage fire. As they were dousing that fire with water, they found a body in a vehicle. Now, this case is being investigated as a homicide. Fire crews were called out to reports of a fire near 45th and North around 5:30 p.
- PUB DATE: 10/26/2017 5:45:22 AM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6

Thirteen people were displaced after a fire damaged an assisted-living facility in Tomah. The Tomah Fire Department was dispatched shortly before 7 p.m. to Cranberry Country assisted living facility, where staff was evacuating the building upon arrival of firefighters. No injuries were reported. Tomah Fire Chief Tim Adler said there was heavy smoke throughout the building and that entry was made with a hand line to extinguish the blaze.
- PUB DATE: 10/26/2017 2:43:13 AM - SOURCE: Lacrosse Tribune

The son of a Honolulu firefighter who died after a training accident in 2016 has filed a lawsuit against the city. In June of last year, 63-year-old Cliff Rigsbee was riding a rescue sled during an offshore training exercise near Kaimana Beach Park. After plowing through a series of large waves, he went unconscious.
- PUB DATE: 10/26/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KHNL/KGMB-TV Hawaii News Now