VIDEO: Local elementary school children participated in some fun activities, but with a serious message. The Campbell Fire Department visited 1st and 3rd graders at Summit Elementary School to teach them about the importance of fire safety. This year's message: 2 ways out. It means being aware of all the exits in any building, enabling people to better find them and get out quickly.
- PUB DATE: 10/6/2017 4:50:13 AM - SOURCE: WXOW-TV ABC 19 LaCrosse

Emergency responders in Las Vegas have spent years training to respond to a mass casualty event such as Sunday night’s massacre, officials said Thursday. “We knew what to do,” Clark County Fire Department Chief Greg Cassell told reporters. “It was much grander than we ever envisioned. However, we were able to handle it because of our people, our training, our professionalism and our equipment and our relationships.
- PUB DATE: 10/6/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Las Vegas Review-Journal

As he pulls up to late night fire calls, Bill Weimer looks around and where he used to have 12 brothers by his side ready to put their lives on the line, he might only have five now. For Weimer, and so many other volunteer chiefs, this is now commonplace and something they have, begrudgingly, learned to deal with as volunteer firefighter numbers continue to decline.
- PUB DATE: 10/6/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Pocono Record

A woman tried to stab a Tucson fire captain in the chest early this morning as he and other crewmembers were outside an apartment answering a 911 call, officials say. The captain’s thick protective jacket kept him from being wounded, Capt. Andrew Skaggs, said in a news release. The incident happened about 2:30 a.
- PUB DATE: 10/6/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Arizona Daily Star

The NFPA Standards Council has received a New Project Initiation Request from the fire service asking NFPA consider developing an ANSI Accredited Standard to establish the minimum requirements for the effective contamination control of fire department personal, their personal protective equipment (PPE), accessories, and equipment.
- PUB DATE: 10/6/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: National Fire Protection Association

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said he is “favorably disposed” to a bill that would provide medical coverage for volunteer firefighters who develop cancer from the job. The bill passed the state Senate and Assembly this year and awaits the governor’s signature. Gov. Cuomo, speaking in Watertown Wednesday following his $10 million Downtown Revitalization Initiative award announcement, said that the bill has not yet reached his desk, but it’s one he’s more inclined to support.
- PUB DATE: 10/6/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Watertown Daily Times

VIDEO: Four families are without a place to stay Thursday night, after a fire at a multi-residence home in the Village of Waunakee. The Assistant Fire Chief with the Waunakee Fire Department says they believe lightning started the fire. The Waunakee Fire Department was called out the 1400 block of Hanover Place at 8:01 p.
- PUB DATE: 10/5/2017 8:47:09 PM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison

The Beaver Dam Police and Fire Commission approved outlay budget requests for the police and fire departments Tuesday night, with a few cuts. “I think this is a good clean budget,” Chairman Jeff Kohman said. After cuts were made, the police department’s total outlay budget request for 2018 is $200,600 compared to $378,300 this year and the fire department’s total outlay budget request for 2018 is $78,300 compared to $46,400 this year.
- PUB DATE: 10/5/2017 7:06:56 PM - SOURCE: wisc news

VIDEO: Janesville Fire Chief Randy Banker has added a new job to his resume: Milton fire chief. Banker has been the Janesville chief since the beginning of 2016 and took over the Milton position on Oct. 1. “What we’re trying to do is reduce cost if we can,” Banker said. “We’re trying to reduce redundancy.
- PUB DATE: 10/5/2017 4:37:57 PM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison

A man suspected of vandalizing a home in the 900 block of Kentucky Avenue several times over the last three weeks — including trying to set the home on fire — has been arrested by Sheboygan police. Over the past three weeks, the police department has taken five separate reports of damage and vandalism to a home and vehicle at the address.
- PUB DATE: 10/5/2017 3:39:20 PM - SOURCE: Sheboygan Press

Madison crews are responding to a report of a hazardous material incident at a west Madison building Thursday afternoon, an official says. Madison Fire Department spokeswoman Cynthia Schuster said firefighters and the hazmat team were sent to 601 Science Drive at 1:09 p.m. for a report of two chemicals that had combined in the lab, causing a toxic mixture.
- PUB DATE: 10/5/2017 12:01:13 PM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison

PHOTO: Retired Milwaukee firefighter Wayne Mutza knows a thing or two about firefighting and the equipment required for the job. Over the course of more than two dozen books, Mutza has shared that knowledge – as well as his passion for battle aircraft. He's written a memoir about firefighting, an illustrated history of firefighting in Milwaukee and a collection of stories from Milwaukee firefighters.
- PUB DATE: 10/5/2017 7:53:24 AM - SOURCE: OnMilwaukee.com

On October 3, 1 residential fire fatality was reported by the Nation's news media.

VIDEO: Multiple auto dealership break-ins and vehicle fires were reported early Thursday morning in southeast Wisconsin. WISN 12 News has seen police officers at the Acura near Bluemound Road and Brookfield Road in the town of Brookfield and also at a group of dealerships near 108th Street and Hayes Avenue in West Allis.
- PUB DATE: 10/5/2017 4:37:07 AM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee

VIDEO: Smoke was seen from miles away when an Augusta barn went up in flames on Wednesday. Fire crews responded to a structure fire on Kelly Road in Augusta at roughly 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The high amounts of smoke and heat led to responses from crews in Fairchild, Osseo, Augusta, and Fall Creek. Fire officials believe that spontaneous combustion cause the fire inside the barn.
- PUB DATE: 10/5/2017 4:25:20 AM - SOURCE: WQOW-TV ABC 18 Eau Claire

Randy Banker, who became chief of the Janesville Fire Department in 2016, is officially the chief of the Milton and Milton Township Fire Department. Banker serving as the chief for two departments is the result of shared services. A transition team of consultants, fire department members and Janesville Fire Department members suggested the plan after the 2016 retirement of chief Loren Lippincott, who had served Milton part-time for nearly a decade.
- PUB DATE: 10/5/2017 2:31:00 AM - SOURCE: Milton Courier

The owner of The Spartan Box, a gym in the Ingram Square Shopping Center, has been arrested for numerous felony charges, including murder and arson, after an investigation concluded he was responsible for setting a fire that claimed the life of one firefighter, and severely injured another. According to the Bexar County District Attorney's Office, Emond Johnson is the man that has been arrested and charged with a first-degree felony count of murder, two first degree felony counts of arson and bodily injury, two second-degree felony counts of arson, and two third-degree felony counts of family-related assault charges.
- PUB DATE: 10/5/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KENS5.com San Antonio

Costa Mesa firefighters could receive their first pay raise in 8 years and contribute more toward retirement under a new agreement between the city and their union. The City Council voted unanimously Tuesday, Oct. 3, to move forward with the proposed 4-year contract with the Costa Mesa Firefighters Association, which expires June 30, 2021, at the first of 2 public hearings.
- PUB DATE: 10/5/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Orange County Register

After more than a year on the job, 12 Atlanta firefighter paramedics didn't have the proper paperwork to prove they’d passed all the necessary training, according to an audit obtained by Channel 2 Action News. Those 12 were pulled off the streets and put back in training. Paul Gerdis, with Atlanta Professional Firefighters, said only 12 of the 25 who graduated in the class of 2016 passed the paramedics test.
- PUB DATE: 10/5/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Atlanta Journal-Constitution

An off-duty firefighter from Auburn is being credited with saving the life of a teen girl who was wounded among the mass shooting in Las Vegas Sunday night. Dean McAuley with Valley Regional Fire Authority was at the Route 91 concert with several friends enjoying the Jason Aldean concert. "We started moving toward the center of the stage.
- PUB DATE: 10/5/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000