VIDEO: Milwaukee is currently projecting a loss of 84 police officers and 75 firefighters under next years budget. But, they say they are actively working to reduce both of those numbers. Residents are invited to the city municipal building to go over the situation during a public budget hearing. Estimates show that the loss could reduce the fire department to meeting mandated response times 90% of the time.
- PUB DATE: 8/15/2017 12:57:28 PM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

Fitchburg firefighters said no one was hurt during a fire early Tuesday. Firefighters said a compressor for one of the machines used at a manufacturing plant for the Placon Corporation exploded Tuesday morning, causing a fire. The building's sprinklers were able to put the fire out before causing any real damage.
- PUB DATE: 8/15/2017 8:54:53 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison

On August 14, 3 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

VIDEO: No one was injured Tuesday in an early-morning fire in the 200 block of Merritt Avenue. Oshkosh Fire Chief Tim Franz said authorities responded to a fire in a duplex at 1:51 a.m. About 80 percent of the roof and attic were burning upon their arrival. Five companies responded to the scene. The flames were as high as 20 feet, Franz said.
- PUB DATE: 8/15/2017 8:19:34 AM - SOURCE: Oshkosh Northwestern

The city fire department Monday denied a petition to posthumously promote a Bronx EMT who was killed in the line of duty in March. An FDNY spokesperson said Yadira Arroyo was not on a civil service promotional list at the time she died, and no other "legal or administrative process" exists for her posthumous promotion.
- PUB DATE: 8/15/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NY1.com

Firefighters responding to the Lufthansa hangar at the Auburn-Lewiston Municipal Airport on Monday morning walked into a wall of foam over their heads after a malfunction in the fire suppression system filled the building with foam and briefly trapped four people inside. "Apparently, they were working on the system when there was an error," Fire Chief Geoff Low said.
- PUB DATE: 8/15/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Sun Journal

A DC firefighter who was allegedly assaulted while responding to a call has been accused of being intoxicated while on the job, according to officials. DC Fire and EMS officials said the firefighter was responding to a call Sunday afternoon for a 3-year-old girl who suffered an injury after falling from her bed in the 200 block of 37th Street, SE.
- PUB DATE: 8/15/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Foxdc.com

Medical first responders in Northville Township have dramatically improved their ability to revive victims of cardiac arrest and help them return to normal lives. In the past 12 months, Northville Township Fire Department paramedics have restored pulses to 19 of 28 patients who were in full cardiac arrest — that is, who had no pulse and were not breathing.
- PUB DATE: 8/15/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: hometownlife.com

A picture taken of a Philadelphia firefighter is causing controversy. Tonight, while some are calling the photo insensitive and racist the firefighter himself is apologizing for what he calls a very bad joke. "I am very disappointed in myself and I'm very sorry." John Deluisi says he was drunk when he snapped a photo and tagged an African American co-worker at the Philadelphia Fire Department.
- PUB DATE: 8/15/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: fox29.com

What probably sounded like a fun idea on Lake Monona Friday night brought out the lake rescue team, when a boat was seen on fire, but the fire turned out to be in a fire pit in a canoe, used to help celebrate a lighted paddle cruise. Nobody was hurt in the incident, which was reported at 9:18 p.m., the Madison Fire Department said.
- PUB DATE: 8/14/2017 6:26:17 PM - SOURCE: Madison

VIDEO: The city has taken another step toward addressing physical conditions of the La Crosse Fire Department stations.Last Thursday, Common Council approved the formation of a Fire Station Planning Task Force. The task force consists of Fire Chief Ken Gilliam along with numerous city officials and council members.
- PUB DATE: 8/14/2017 4:55:23 PM - SOURCE: WXOW-TV ABC 19 LaCrosse

On August 13, 2 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On August 10, 3 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

Robert Palmieri serves as the city of Utica’s mayor and its public safety commissioner. But in light of the situation involving Utica fire Chief Russell Brooks being placed on leave, some have questioned if Palmieri can adequately handle both positions. The public safety commissioner oversees the police and fire departments and interacts with each department’s leadership.
- PUB DATE: 8/14/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Observer-Dispatch

Quick action by neighbors and firefighters -- and a little luck -- saved three infants trapped inside a burning apartment on Friday that police say was set on fire by their father after a domestic dispute with the children’s 19-year-old mother. Using hammers, chairs and whatever they could grab to smash through hurricane windows, neighbors entered a burning second-floor unit at the Stonybrook Apartments.
- PUB DATE: 8/14/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: PalmBeachPost.com

The most dramatic images of firefighters often depict them emerging from a building engulfed in flames, a person draped across their arms, or making their way down a ladder high in the air, a child held tightly to their chest. Rescues from burning buildings happen, but are rare. In fact, firefighters with the Stanislaus Consolidated Fire Protection District more commonly conduct water rescues, having averaged nearly three per week this spring and summer.
- PUB DATE: 8/14/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Modesto Bee

Eight Firestorm firefighters were injured Friday morning after the crew truck they were riding in rolled over while traveling on Highway 299E near McKenney Road, west of Cedarville. According to Firestorm, all eight members who were injured were passengers. CHP reported that all eight were taken to the hospital.
- PUB DATE: 8/14/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: krcr.com

Almost all of the 2,000 Portuguese firefighters at a weeklong wildfire that killed 64 people this summer had something in common apart from the acute danger they faced: they were doing it for no pay and with equipment bought with public donations. More than 90 percent of Portugal’s around 30,000 firefighters are volunteers.
- PUB DATE: 8/14/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Washington Post

Crews from multiple fire departments converged on a Clinton neighborhood Sunday morning to put out a house fire, Rock County dispatchers said. The call came in just after 8:30 a.m. for a structure fire at a vacant house at 314 Church Street, officials said. The back third of the more than 100-year-old house is a total loss, Clinton Fire Department Assistant Chief Larry London said.
- PUB DATE: 8/13/2017 1:46:32 PM - SOURCE: WMSN-TV Fox 47 Madison

Leaking gas sent four people to the hospital Sunday morning and forced the evacuation of 30 to 40 people from a downtown commercial building. Firefighters traced the leak to the Koko Sushi Bar & Lounge, on the first floor at 301 N. Adams St. Steve Sellin, a Green Bay Metro Fire Department battalion chief, said the gas supply to a grill was on, but the pilot light was out.
- PUB DATE: 8/13/2017 12:53:24 PM - SOURCE: Green Bay Press-Gazette