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.

VIDEO: Extra ambulances were summoned to Lambeau Field Sunday because heat was affecting large numbers of fans at the Green Bay Packers-Cincinnati Bengals game. Authorities requested three additional ambulances about 4:45 p.m. The exact number of heat-related calls was not available as the game's second half began, though the volume of police radio traffic regarding heat issues was clearly higher than in recent memory.
- PUB DATE: 9/25/2017 1:48:46 AM - SOURCE: Appleton Post-Gazette & Post Crescent.com

As Buster Snow watched flames jump from his burning SUV to the back of his and his neighbor's adjoining home, the 42-year-old Wilmington man wondered where the fire department was. He remembers seeing ambulance workers and police officers watching the fire that afternoon, but Engine No. 3, the Wilmington Fire Department pumper engine stationed less than five blocks from his home, was nowhere in sight.
- PUB DATE: 9/25/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Wilmington News Journal (Delaware Online)

State overseers of the city have asked a a Superior Court judge to reconsider his shutdown of a move to lay off 50 city firefighters, saying the city can’t afford their salaries. The state filed its motion last week, asking Judge Julio Mendez to reconsider his late August ruling preventing the layoffs.
- PUB DATE: 9/25/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Press of Atlantic City

Don Oliver was just 2 years old when he had his first encounter with firefighters, but it was a pairing that lasted a lifetime. It all started when Oliver’s mother had the toddler stand near the Christmas tree for a New Year’s Eve photograph in his hometown of St. Paul, Minnesota. Oliver said he decided to imitate his dad by flicking one of the bulbs on the tree while his mother changed the film.
- PUB DATE: 9/25/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Wilson Times

Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman said Friday she was “shocked” at another round of allegations of sex in a city firehouse because the issue was “very clearly addressed” earlier this year. Months after claims of sexual misconduct, city officials are investigating allegations that a firefighter violated department policy in August by having sex at a fire station.
- PUB DATE: 9/25/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Las Vegas Review-Journal

VIDEO - A northern Michigan fire department may soon get some worldwide recognition. The city of Manistee Fire Department is the oldest operating firehouse in the state of Michigan. Firefighters and city officials have now applied to the Guinness World They hope to get recognized as the ‘Oldest Continuously Manned Fire Station' in the world.
- PUB DATE: 9/25/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WGTU-TV Up North Live

VIDEO: A fire at a Milwaukee apartment has killed two children and injured an adult. Deputy Milwaukee Fire Chief David Votsis says firefighters were called to a unit at the Woodlands apartments on Milwaukee's northwest side just after 5 a.m. Sunday. The Milwaukee County medical examiner's office says two children - a 2-year-old girl and a 4-year-old boy - were found dead in the fire.
- PUB DATE: 9/24/2017 10:42:48 PM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV 27 ABC