A Charleston firefighter resigned his post after he said he felt slighted by the chief's response to a July rescue. Cameron Day, 32, rescued a woman from a historic home at 48 Smith St. the afternoon of July 14, as flames and smoke consumed the building. Former tenants of the building said the woman had run back into the house after learning her cat, Banjo, was left behind.
- PUB DATE: 9/6/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Charleston Post and Courier

A woman who was hiking over the weekend in the Columbia River Gorge said Tuesday that she happened across a teenager who threw "a smoke bomb" into Eagle Creek Canyon, igniting the now 10,000-acre Eagle Creek fire. Liz FitzGerald, 48, of Portland said she's fairly certain that she heard the teenager's friends -- including a boy who was video-recording with his cellphone and some girls in the group -- giggle as the firework dropped down a cliff and into the trees below.
- PUB DATE: 9/6/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Portland Oregonian, Hillsboro Argus, Oregon Live.com

City Council tonight approved an agreement that will expand the Rockford Fire Department’s mobile integrated health program, could reduce congestion in area emergency rooms and decrease the number non-emergency ambulance rides. Chief Derek Bergsten said under the program, Rockford firefighter paramedics will provide what is sometimes called “paramedicine.
- PUB DATE: 9/6/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Rockford Register Star

A Raytown Fire Department station was burglarized on Labor Day while firefighters were raising money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Police were dispatched to the station at 6020 Raytown Trafficway about 2:30 p.m. A Fire Department employee discovered that his wallet and other items were taken from his bedroom at the station while he had been participating in the fundraiser.
- PUB DATE: 9/6/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Kansas City Star

PHOTO - A Tinder date ended worse than anyone could have expected when firefighters had to rescue a woman from in between two window panes. According to his GoFundMe campaign, Tinder user Liam Smith and his date went to his house after dinner to watch a documentary. Smith said his date used the restroom, and came back with a panicked look on her face.
- PUB DATE: 9/6/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1

A consultant hired to analyze the Baraboo Fire Department recommends adding daytime staff and looking for a new facility. Full-time staff would help the department respond to daytime calls, when most paid-on-call firefighters aren’t available, RW Management Group of Waukesha observed. The firm recommends hiring a full-time firefighter to respond to daytime calls and handle routine daily duties, an emergency services director to facilitate cooperation with Baraboo District Ambulance Service and a building inspector who would also serve on the Fire Department and assist the fire inspector.
- PUB DATE: 9/5/2017 7:50:12 PM - SOURCE: wisc news

On September 4, 2 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On September 4, 1 residential fire fatality was reported by the Nation's news media.

The Salisbury firefighter hit by a fire vehicle Sunday is out of surgery and doing well, according to a Salisbury Fire Department Facebook post. A crew of Maryland State Police troopers flew the injured firefighter to the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore after the Sunday afternoon incident.
- PUB DATE: 9/5/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Delmarva Now

Flames came down around Dave Ferrera’s La Tuna Canyon home Saturday as he scrambled around his property to douse the small fires igniting everywhere. Fueled by triple-digit heat, wind and dry brush, the flames could not be stopped and he called out for help. The firefighters who had been there earlier in the day hadn’t gotten to the flames above in time, he said, so the blaze just chewed its way down the canyon and wrapped around his home, the one that sat on 10 acres at the end of La Tuna Canyon Road.
- PUB DATE: 9/5/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Los Angeles Daily News

A desperate Queens mom climbed halfway out of her window, then steeled herself to do the unthinkable — and the unavoidable — drop her baby from the third floor of a burning building, officials said. Just then, mother and child were saved. When firefighters arrived at the Rockaway Beach fire on Beach 91st St.
- PUB DATE: 9/5/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Daily News

For the sixth year, the IAFC received a grant from Motorola Solutions Foundation to fund another year of the Fire Service Executive Development Institute (FSEDI). FSEDI is a program developed by the IAFC to provide new and aspiring chiefs with the tools they need for successful and productive tenures.
- PUB DATE: 9/5/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: International Association of Fire Chiefs

VIDEO - The top floor of a Worcester three-family home was destroyed by a fire on Labor Day. Firefighters responded to a call around 4 p.m. for active flames at a building on Farwell Street. Officials said heavy smoke poured from the top floor of the building, with winds adding intensity to the fire and causing it to spread.
- PUB DATE: 9/5/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCVB-TV ABC 5 Boston

VIDEO: A charcoal grill sparked a Labor Day garage fire in Fond du Lac, according to firefighters. Crews got the call to the 200 block of Chestnut St. just after 5:15 p.m., according to a news release. The grill, before it was completely cooled, was put back in the garage near flammable materials, which caught fire, authorities said in a news release.
- PUB DATE: 9/4/2017 10:51:39 PM - SOURCE: WGBA-TV NBC 26 Green Bay

United Cooperative, a farmer-owned cooperative, donated $10,000 to the Beaver Dam Fire Department to help the department in funding its water rescue program. “These funds will help prepare Beaver Dam’s response teams with water rescue equipment that is necessary to keep first responders safe and give victims the best possible chance in an unfortunate situation,” David Cramer, president and CEO of United Cooperative said in a statement.
- PUB DATE: 9/4/2017 10:41:28 PM - SOURCE: wisc news

VIDEO: Flames jumped from one Kenosha home to another on Labor Day, Monday, September 4th during an intense blaze near 18th Avenue and 48th Street -- and firefighters had to put their hoses down as flames grew. For seven minutes, they had to put their hoses down and back away from their trucks because an electrical line fell onto their equipment.
- PUB DATE: 9/4/2017 10:22:56 PM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6

VIDEO: Concussions are a big concern in the sports world, but they're also a worry in the workplace. One career that poses a serious risk is firefighting. Fond du Lac Fire Rescue has made a new policy for employee physical exams. Now every firefighter has to get baseline concussion testing. "About 68,000 injuries to firefighters throughout the United States every year and about 13% of those are head injuries," explained Captain Jim Wamser.
- PUB DATE: 9/4/2017 7:35:32 PM - SOURCE: WLUK TV Fox 11

On September 3, 6 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On September 2, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

The tears rolled nonstop from the eyes of Angie Geier as she watched flames shooting through the roof of her home at 417 Coon Prairie Ave. in Westby, Saturday, Aug. 26. A short time later, Lucas Geier arrived and stared in disbelief as firefighters carried armloads of charred items from the house. Boxes of family photos and dresser drawers filled with children’s clothing, all blackened with soot, covered the front yard, along with the mangled remains of furniture.
- PUB DATE: 9/1/2017 2:48:50 AM - SOURCE: Westby Times