On August 25, 9 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

VIDEO: A fire destroyed a home Wednesday morning near Stevens Point, but multiple people inside escaped unharmed. The fire was reported at about 8 a.m. near Sunset Drive in the town of Dewey, less than 10 miles north of Stevens Point. The home already had flames coming out of the walls when firefighters arrived, according to Dewey Fire Chief LeRoy Pukrop.
- PUB DATE: 8/30/2017 9:51:13 AM - SOURCE: Stevens Point Journal

Racine police were working Tuesday night to sort out what led to a two-vehicle crash that occurred at 17th Street and Taylor Avenue that possibly sent up to four people to the hospital. Police and fire crews were dispatched just before 8:30 p.m. to a report of a crash with entrapment. Racine resident Vincent Cosey said he had just gotten off work and was driving down Taylor Avenue right behind a blue pickup truck.
- PUB DATE: 8/30/2017 2:24:04 AM - SOURCE: Racine Journal Times

Last week, surgeons took skin from the leg of Becca Micus and grafted it onto her hands and arms. She suffered third-degree burns to her face, arms and hands Aug. 12 in a camper fire near Mauston, and every day since, James Micus has gone to visit her and his two children in the UW-Madison Burn Center.
- PUB DATE: 8/30/2017 1:56:22 AM - SOURCE: Lake Geneva News

More than 20 people - including a veteran Houston police officer - have died or are feared dead in the Houston area in flooding triggered by Tropical Storm Harvey, according to local officials. Among those is a family of six reported missing after their van was overtaken by floodwaters in east Houston Sunday afternoon near Greens Bayou.
- PUB DATE: 8/30/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Houston Chronicle

The chiefs of Wicomico County’s volunteer fire companies said they cannot support a fire service agreement between the county and the city of Salisbury, citing disputes over funding and territory for the new Station 13. The Wicomico County Fire Chiefs Association voted unanimously to reject the contract that was signed in April by Mayor Jake Day and County Executive Bob Culver, according to a letter from Joe Morris, the group’s president.
- PUB DATE: 8/30/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Delmarva Now

The Chief of the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department (SDFD) called out the department's union leader for making false claims regarding disaster assistance in Texas. "It’s absolutely inappropriate to politicize and personalize this disaster when Texans are suffering and this disaster isn’t over yet," SDFD Chief Brian Fennessy said in a statement.
- PUB DATE: 8/30/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KNSD-TV NBC San Diego

PHOTO - Fire Lt. Peter Francis was filling out a police report stating he had lost his prized firefighter’s helmet Tuesday when one of his fire brothers told him he was needed back at the fire station. Francis was convinced the helmet, which he bought almost 30 years ago and lost at a call scene the week before, was gone forever.
- PUB DATE: 8/30/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Seacoast Online

Police are looking for a gunman after a Charleston ambulance was hit by gunfire Tuesday morning. Charleston Police say medics responded to a call around 2:50 a.m. for a man with leg pain near Central Avenue and Vine Street. Police say after the ambulance arrived, shots rang out and that the person in need of medical attention ran and took cover.
- PUB DATE: 8/30/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSAZ-TV NBC 3

Clinton police have made two arrests but are still looking for two more suspects they believe started fires at a church-owned house and a playground earlier this month. The main fire caused $200,000 in damage to a home owned by First Presbyterian Church at 314 Church St., Police Chief David Hooker said.
- PUB DATE: 8/29/2017 5:08:53 PM - SOURCE: Walworth County Today

Wausau Fire quickly put out flames at a two-story building this morning. The fire broke out at a home on S. Fourth Avenue around 4 a.m. Wausau's Battalion Chief Allan Antolick says all residents were outside of the house when firefighters arrived on scene. "The building was clear of occupants and no one was injured" said Antolick.
- PUB DATE: 8/29/2017 9:29:14 AM - SOURCE: WAOW-TV ABC 9-Wausau

On August 25, 7 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

District 4 Alder and City Council President Al Guyant, who opposes an expansion of 24/7 westside fire service, has been nominated to the Sun Prairie Fire Advisory Committee. Guyant edged out fellow District 4 Alder Mary Polenske, a supporter of adding night time firefighters to the Westside Community Service Building as soon as possible, on a 5-3 vote.
- PUB DATE: 8/29/2017 3:13:09 AM - SOURCE: Sun Prairie Star

Fire crews from four counties helped the Wind Lake Volunteer Fire Department battle a grain silo fire at a local farm on Sunday evening. The call came in at about 5:30 p.m. at the Saltzmann Family Farm, 23705 Kramer Road. According to Wind Lake Fire Chief Rob Robins, the fire began in a silo 70 percent full of rye.
- PUB DATE: 8/29/2017 2:38:49 AM - SOURCE: Racine Journal Times

Baltimore fire officials revised a new dispatching policy Monday amid an investigation into why an engine on the scene of a house fire on Friday was turned away. The city began looking into the matter after audio of firefighters being ordered to leave the scene circulated on the internet. According to audio of fire department communications posted on YouTube under the name Mack Flickerson, Engine 31 from Waverly responded to a house fire at 7:17 p.
- PUB DATE: 8/29/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Baltimore Sun

PHOTO - Seguin firefighters responding to a call during Hurricane Harvey found themselves needing a little help. After responding to a call on Timber Elm in the Elm Grove area, a tree fell due to the high winds onto the cab of the fire engine, disabling the truck. While no injuries were reported, Seguin Fire Chief Dale Skinner said it served as a stark reminder of what can happen in high wind situations.
- PUB DATE: 8/29/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Seguin Gazette

A New Orleans firefighter killed Saturday (Aug. 26) after authorities say he was the unintended target of a shooting outside a Memphis-area nightclub had accomplished everything he was supposed to by age 37, his cousin said. "He found somebody, they fell in love, they had kids," said Hope Howard, 46, of her younger cousin, Gregory Howard.
- PUB DATE: 8/29/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New Orleans Times-Picayune & Nola.com

City officials have submitted a plan to the state to layoff Trenton firefighters if federal grant money is not awarded to the city, officials confirmed Monday. Details of the plan were not immediately known Monday evening, but a city official confirmed that a layoff plan was sent to the state Civil Service Commission last week.
- PUB DATE: 8/29/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NJ.com

When Brian Schaeffer was chosen to be the new Spokane Fire Chief, he set out to diversify the department in a way that extends beyond numbers. Schaeffer's role follows a family tradition. He joined the Spokane Fire Department 12 years ago and his dad worked as a firefighter in Illinois. He is now three months in as the new Spokane Fire Chief and is leading his department into brand new territory.
- PUB DATE: 8/29/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KREM-TV CBS 2

AUDIO: Members from every mainland Door County fire department convened Thursday to rehash the good and the bad from Sunday’s fire that destroyed Egg Harbor’s Shipwrecked Brewpub and Inn. Egg Harbor Fire Department traditionally holds the meeting after their major fires, but Sunday marked the first time a fire in the area reached Box 5 status on the Mutual Aid Box Alarm System and new rehab procedures were used to cycle firefighters in and out.
- PUB DATE: 8/28/2017 5:41:30 PM - SOURCE: Door County Daily News