Officials at a Cecil Township fire department accepted the resignation of its chief Tuesday following outrage over his posting of a racial slur on social media, according to a statement posted on the township website. Ron Zombeck, president of Cecil Township Volunteer Fire Company No. 2 in Muse, said that the resignation of Paul Smith was accepted at noon Tuesday in light of outrage over a Facebook comment by Smith in response to the Pittsburgh Steelers' decision not to take the field Sunday for the national anthem.
- PUB DATE: 9/27/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Cranston’s deputy fire chief, who is also the department’s union president, faced a Kent County judge Tuesday on charges that he punched and assaulted a fellow firefighter while on duty. Paul Valletta, 59, of Warwick, was arrested by Rhode Island State Police on Sept. 10 following a heated incident at the Scituate Avenue firehouse the day before.
- PUB DATE: 9/27/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJAR-TV NBC 10 Providence

In early September, the Trump administration announced plans to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The policy was originally introduced in 2012 by the Obama administration. In short, the policy has made it possible for nearly 800,000 immigrant children, known as dreamers, to live in the U.
- PUB DATE: 9/27/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1

VIDEO: Cuts to public safety are raising eyebrows, especially within the Milwaukee Fire Department. The department will end up closing six of its fire stations across the city. The impact to you may be a slower response time in emergencies. "I don't want them to do it. I don't want them to close it down," said Regina King, lives by fire station.
- PUB DATE: 9/26/2017 9:12:19 PM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6

VIDEO: A city is in disbelief after a Wausau firefighter/paramedic is charged with sexual assault while on the job. 33-year-old Clifford Heiser is accused of inappropriately touching a female patient in the back of an ambulance earlier this month. Fire, police and city leaders held a press conference Tuesday afternoon to discuss the allegations.
- PUB DATE: 9/26/2017 8:51:25 PM - SOURCE: WAOW-TV ABC 9-Wausau

VIDEO: It's a skill they hope they never have to use, but Tuesday firefighters from the Marshfield area learned how to properly remove victims, in the case of a school bus crash. Using a real bus at Shaw's Wrecking Yard, crews will continue to practice their techniques through Thursday. “It gives the crew a better opportunity, a better understanding of where their access points are, what they have to do to stabilize the bus if it's tippy.
- PUB DATE: 9/26/2017 8:48:05 PM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau

More than 30 people were displaced by a pair of apartment fires in Green Bay. The first fire, in the basement of an apartment building 2014 Vine St., was called in at 7:44 p.m. Monday, said Green Bay Metro Fire Department Lt. Cody Johnson. "When crews arrived there was heavy smoke coming from the basement," Johnson said.
- PUB DATE: 9/26/2017 3:48:30 AM - SOURCE: Green Bay Press-Gazette

It takes a lot to surprise a man who is tasked with being prepared for any contingency. But more than 100 City of New Richmond employees and community members were able to pull off just that on Thursday, Sept. 18, when they threw a surprise retirement ceremony for longtime city emergency government director Chuck Mehls.
- PUB DATE: 9/26/2017 3:05:34 AM - SOURCE: New Richmond News

A former Mosinee Fire Department EMT has died - 14 years after he suffered crippling injuries when his ambulance rolled over, according to the fire department. Matt Deicher died Saturday. The ambulance rolled over on state Highway 39 in Marathon County in July 2003 as Deicher and two other EMTs were transporting a patient to the hospital.
- PUB DATE: 9/26/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WAOW-TV ABC 9

A former Mosinee Fire Department EMT has died - 14 years after he suffered crippling injuries when his ambulance rolled over, according to the fire department. Matt Deicher died Saturday. The ambulance rolled over on state Highway 39 in Marathon County in July 2003 as Deicher and two other EMTs were transporting a patient to the hospital.
- PUB DATE: 9/26/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WAOW-TV ABC 9-Wausau

Brad Goodroad found a love for fighting fires while working construction. He developed an interest after talking to another construction worker’s father, who was a full-time firefighter. Growing up in a small South Dakota town with a volunteer fire department, Goodroad hadn’t ever considered firefighting as a full-time job.
- PUB DATE: 9/26/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Sioux Falls Argus Leader

Twenty years after the city of New York turned its back on Tracy Allen Lee, the FDNY emergency medical technician was honored Monday for the selfless act that ultimately took her life. In November of 1989, Lee was barely two years into her career when she treated a patient with Aids while responding to a call.
- PUB DATE: 9/26/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPIX-TV PIX 11

A Superior Court judge questioned new East Greenwich Town Manager Gayle Corrigan Friday about the circumstances surrounding her hiring and her decision to fire a firefighter because he lacked paperwork showing he was certified. Judge Susan E. McGuirl asked Corrigan if she knew the Town Council planned to name her acting town manager before the council made the move in executive session June 19.
- PUB DATE: 9/26/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Providence Journal

The man who fatally shot a Prince George’s County firefighter answering a 911 call died last week, according to his attorney and his sister. Darrell Lumpkin, 63, had suffered a stroke and was in the hospital for a few weeks before being released, said Lumpkin’s attorney, Brian K. McDaniel. About a week later, Lumpkin died of a heart condition, McDaniel said.
- PUB DATE: 9/26/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Washington Post

The closest first responder to a cardiac arrest victim might not know about the emergency, if the firefighter is off duty. Thanks to a pilot program coming to Madison, that won’t be the case anymore. The PulsePoint Verified Responder app will start up on Tuesday for off-duty Madison Fire Department firefighters and paramedics, signaling the responders of a cardiac arrest within a quarter-mile of their location.
- PUB DATE: 9/25/2017 7:23:54 PM - SOURCE: Madison

Whitnall high schoolers almost had to go home early when the power went out during their homecoming dance, but their Saturday night was saved thanks to a quick response from some first responders. "Students spend a lot of money on their outfit, hair, and makeup, and we wanted to make sure they had the whole experience," said Principal Charles Tollefsen, Whitnall High School.
- PUB DATE: 9/25/2017 7:20:32 PM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett will present his 2018 budget to the Common Council this week, and it is likely to include public safety cuts and higher taxes. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports Barrett is going to call for a 3.7-percent increase in the city's property tax levy, adding he told the paper it's not the budget he wants to present.
- PUB DATE: 9/25/2017 7:56:38 AM - SOURCE: WSAU-AM 550

On September 24, 6 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On September 24, 4 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On September 19, 5 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.