On September 11, 4 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

Firefighters who risk their lives to save others stand to get help from an innovative device that can guide them out of smoke-filled buildings. Jeff Dykes, owner and founder of Northern Star Fire, is an Eau Claire firefighter captain who won the 2017 Governor’s Business Plan Contest with a headgear compass to maintain or regain a firefighter’s orientation during a fire.
- PUB DATE: 9/13/2017 4:14:15 AM - SOURCE: Dunn County News

The US House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill Tuesday that would require the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to develop a registry of firefighters who develop cancer in an effort to study the risks they face on the job. The Firefighter Cancer Registry Act, introduced by Rep. Chris Collins, R-NY, would provide $2 million in federal funds from 2018 to 2022 for the CDC to gather and study data, including the status of a firefighter who developed cancer (volunteer or career, for example), the number of years spent on the job and the number and types of incidents they responded to.
- PUB DATE: 9/13/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Firehouse

A female firefighter who claims she was demoted and told to stay home with her young son has filed a sex-discrimination lawsuit against the Lower Swatara Fire Department. Jessica Etzle contends in the U.S. Middle District Court suit that she was stripped of her post as lieutenant and told by the fire chief in January 2016 that, "'You have a 6-year-old son' and she needed to be home and be a mother to her son.
- PUB DATE: 9/13/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: PennLive.com

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke on Tuesday directed all land managers and park superintendents to be more aggressive in cutting down small trees and underbrush to prevent wildfires as the smoke-choked West faces one of the worst fire seasons in a decade. In a memo, Zinke said the Trump administration will take a new approach and work proactively to prevent fires "through aggressive and scientific fuels reduction management" to save lives, homes and wildlife habitat.
- PUB DATE: 9/13/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Montana Standard

Court documents are shedding new light on the incident that left Union head and Deputy Cranston Fire Chief Paul Valletta facing simple assault and disorderly conduct charges. It happened Saturday. An affidavit says problems started when Valletta made "degrading" comments against Lt. Scott Bergantino in front of fellow firefighters.
- PUB DATE: 9/13/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLNE-TV ABC 6

Three people died of carbon-monoxide poisoning on Tuesday from a generator that was running inside their Orange County home after Hurricane Irma, the Sheriff’s Office said. Four other members of the multigenerational family were taken to Florida Hospital in very serious condition. Neighbors in the Kingswood Manor neighborhood near Lee Road — who were still without power Tuesday night — found out about the incident mostly through word of mouth, as helicopters and media arrived on the scene.
- PUB DATE: 9/13/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Orlando Sentinel

On September 12, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

VIDEO: Imagine waiting 15 minutes for first responders to get to you during an emergency. That’s a concern for residents on Madison’s southeast side and it’s an issue city leaders are hoping to tackle at a budget meeting Tuesday. A proposed fire station on Femrite Drive would decrease emergency response times to five minutes, helping the city meet the standard set by the National Fire Protection Association.
- PUB DATE: 9/12/2017 10:59:32 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison

Nine people were displaced Tuesday morning after a fire broke out in a duplex on Madison’s far east side, officials said. Officials were called to 6615 Radford Drive around 10:45 a.m. for reports of an active structure fire, officials said. Officials said five adults and four children were displaced from two units.
- PUB DATE: 9/12/2017 10:59:31 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison

VIDEO: Fire crews said a barn and farm equipment were destroyed in an overnight fire in Calumet County. The call came in around 9:30 p.m. Monday at the intersection of Manitowoc Road and Highway 55 in the Village of Harrison. When crews arrived on scene they found flames shooting from the barn. Firefighters said when they entered the building they found a skid-steer on fire which they believe spread to the straw inside the barn.
- PUB DATE: 9/12/2017 7:36:41 AM - SOURCE: NBC26

On September 11, 2 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

Eau Claire city officials won’t know how many engine bays they can include in a new fire station until after they receive bids next week, but a Fire Department official says more bays are needed. The city has budgeted $4.15 million for the station to be built at Malden Avenue and Birch Street on the city’s north side, with another $500,000 to be included in the 2018 capital improvement project budget.
- PUB DATE: 9/12/2017 2:19:54 AM - SOURCE: Eau Claire Leader-Telegram

Capt. Scott Ferguson, who served three decades with Rural Metro Fire Department and was known as an accomplished musician in his off-time, died while on duty Sept. 8. He was 57. Ferguson suffered “a major cardiac event on duty” that left him in very critical condition, said Battalion Chief John Walka.
- PUB DATE: 9/12/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Tucson Arizona Daily Star

Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed new legislation that expands unlimited paid sick leave benefits for 9/11 first responders. First responders to the September 11, 2001 terror attacks, who later developed an illness as a result, could now be eligible for unlimited paid sick leave. “When the towers came down, those big clouds that people breathed in, there may be people who ran from that scene, who may be diagnosed with the 9/11 disease and not even know it yet,” Clifton Park Fire Chief Art Hunsinger said.
- PUB DATE: 9/12/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTEN.com

PHOTO - When Robin Malone saw him climbing step after step at Rhodes Fitness Monday, she knew she had to tell someone. One by one, Gulfport firefighter Collin Stuart climbed stairs on the exercise machine until he reached the equivalent of 110 floors — and he wore his firefighter uniform for the entire duration.
- PUB DATE: 9/12/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Sun Herald

A new three-year contract between the town and call firefighters provides financial incentive to those who respond to emergency calls often, officials say. Fire Chief Thomas Daige said Monday under the deal - which the Board of Selectmen ratified last week - volunteer firefighters who do not respond to at least 50 percent of calls each month can have their stipend withheld.
- PUB DATE: 9/12/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Wicked Local Hopedale

Cody Meredith mounted a U.S. flag — black and white, with a single red stripe — on his pickup to send a message of his respect for fallen firefighters. But when he drove to work Monday, his supervisors at Crete Area Medical Center gave him a message of their own, his wife said: Take the flag off the truck, or take the truck off hospital property.
- PUB DATE: 9/12/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Lincoln Journal Star

VIDEO: Firefighters battled a blaze Monday night at a nonprofit-owned home under renovation on the city's east side. The Oshkosh Fire Department responded about 7:30 p.m. to a report of a smoldering roof at 561 Bowen St. Authorities blocked off Bowen Street for at least an hour, as fire crews remained at the scene.
- PUB DATE: 9/11/2017 8:36:30 PM - SOURCE: Oshkosh Northwestern

VIDEO: La Crosse's Fire Department is sending help to Florida. Six members of the fire department were deployed to areas impacted by Hurricane Irma Sunday. They are a part of the Wisconsin Task Force One Urban Search and Rescue Team. The team is heading for Jacksonville to help emergency responders in the area, but those plans could change as the storm heads north.
- PUB DATE: 9/11/2017 3:04:23 PM - SOURCE: WKBT-TV CBS 8 La Crosse