Dealing with difficult people just goes with the territory in emergency response. Events that precipitate a 911 call often do not bring out the best in people. Every firefighter has had to deal with the obnoxious drunk at closing time, the angry person with mental health issues, or the entitled person who demands to know: why did this happen to me? All emergency responders have slightly different ways of dealing with such people.
- PUB DATE: 8/10/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1

A Downtown resident escaped with only minor injuries early Wednesday morning when her bed caught fire because of a lit candle on a windowsill. The incident was reported at 1:10 a.m. in the 600 block of North Frances Street, the Madison Fire Department said. The woman was awakened by a smoke alarm and she called 911.
- PUB DATE: 8/9/2017 7:54:51 PM - SOURCE: Madison

Concerned that first responders could encounter gunfire on an emergency call, the Appleton Fire Department is looking to buy additional protection equipment for its members. In a memo to Appleton's Safety and Licensing Committee, Fire Chief Len Vander Wyst asked to redirect an unused $10,440 toward the purchase of about 20 sets of "ballistic personal protective equipment," including vests, helmets, pouches and headlamps.
- PUB DATE: 8/9/2017 1:04:23 PM - SOURCE: Appleton Post-Gazette & Post Crescent.com

It’s been nearly a year, since a home explosion in Fitchburg. Before the August 25 anniversary, first responders are looking to give the community some closure, by providing the latest on the investigation during a meeting Wednesday night. “We promised that to the community, that we would get information out as soon as possible,” said Fitchburg Fire Chief Joe Pulvermacher.
- PUB DATE: 8/9/2017 9:47:14 AM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison

Milwaukee firefighters rushed out early Wednesday morning to a house fire near 24th Place and Concordia Avenue. Neighbors say they heard two loud booms just before flames broke out a little before 4:00 AM. Fire Chief Dan Lipski confirms investigators found evidence of an explosion, but he says they don’t know what caused it yet.
- PUB DATE: 8/9/2017 7:42:15 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

On August 7, 5 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

VIDEO - A passerby captured the moment a St. Paul firefighter and two St. Paul police officers rescued a woman standing on the edge of a bridge on Tuesday. District Fire Chief Conrad Ertz pulled the woman off the ledge. He told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS helping people in their times of need is just part of the job.
- PUB DATE: 8/9/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSTP-TV ABC 5 Minneapolis/St. Paul

Despite serving a city with fewer than 100,000 people, the Brockton Fire Department is one of the busiest in the country. Brockton’s Squad A Rescue Unit responded to more calls in 2016 than any other heavy rescue unit in the country, according to Firehouse Magazine’s 2016 national run survey of 248 departments.
- PUB DATE: 8/9/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Brockton Enterprise

Houston firefighters may be stymied in their push to achieve a voter-approved pay raise this November in part by a competing referendum petition that even its organizers no longer view as crucial. The fire union again accused Mayor Sylvester Turner in a Monday press conference of failing to ensure a petition they submitted last month seeking "parity" in pay with police officers of corresponding rank is certified in time to appear on the ballot this fall.
- PUB DATE: 8/9/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Houston Chronicle

Dan Miller works in a big city, but he knows all about small-town life. “I really like small-town Nebraska values,” Miller said. That’s part of what drew him to the fire chief position in Columbus. Miller grew up in rural Nebraska and still enjoys camping, fishing and hunting in his free time. Although he’s worked for the Omaha Fire Department since 1998, serving as a captain, chief of training and special operations and battalion chief, Miller still resides in Yutan, where he got his start in firefighting.
- PUB DATE: 8/9/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Columbus Telegram

A 23-year-old man, who was once part of a fire department explorer program, has been charged with multiple counts of arson in connection with eight different fires in San Bernardino County. The San Bernardino County District Attorney's Office filed the charges against Jarrod Anthony Samra, of Highland, on Monday.
- PUB DATE: 8/9/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: abclocal.go

A semitrailer truck that had just filled its two 150-gallon tanks with diesel fuel caught fire Tuesday afternoon at the TA Express, 3222 Highway 14. No one was injured. The driver had pulled forward and left the truck idling, with the trailer's back end at the edge of the pump area, and he went in to pay for the fuel and buy some items, which is customary practice, said Lt.
- PUB DATE: 8/8/2017 10:37:47 PM - SOURCE: Walworth County Today

Officials have confirmed that two people have died after an ultralight aircraft crashed into the river near Ft. Atkinson's municipal airport around 8 p.m. Tuesday evening, Aug. 8, 2017. The victims are a 61-year-old male and his 16-year-old son, authorities say. Officials currently are updating the media.
- PUB DATE: 8/8/2017 9:53:35 PM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV 27 ABC

On August 8, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

San Antonio firefighters rescued a driver who was stuck on top of an SUV in high, rapid waters on the city's west side Monday morning. The incident happened on Pinn Road near Highway 151. The young man, who was on his way to work, ended up stranded on top of his SUV for 45 minutes. Firefighters attempted to extend a unit ladder to the young man.
- PUB DATE: 8/8/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KENS5.com San Antonio

Chicago Fire Department battalion chief saw one of his firefighters fall to his death seconds after the chief radioed crews to be on the lookout for openings in the floor that weren't secured or covered, according to a federal safety report. Daniel Capuano, 42 years old and a 15-year veteran of the department, fell through a 7-foot-square elevator shaft while fighting a fire in a former slaughterhouse in the 9200 block of South Baltimore Avenue in December 2015.
- PUB DATE: 8/8/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Chicago Tribune

American Medical Response, the Colorado-headquartered ambulance business of Envision Healthcare Corp., will be sold to New York buyout firm KKR & Co. LP in an all-cash deal worth $2.4 billion, Envision said today. KKR plans to combine Greenwood Village-based AMR with its Texas-based portfolio company, Air Medical Group Holdings (AMGH).
- PUB DATE: 8/8/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Denver Business Journal

Tensions between Fayetteville City Councilman Chalmers McDougald and the city fire chief flared Monday night in a council work session when Ben Major appeared to update council members on progress to increase firefighter diversity in his department. “It seems as though this department is really not willing to reach people,” McDougald said.
- PUB DATE: 8/8/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Fayetteville Observer

At 10 a.m. on Monday, South Zanesville Fire Chief Russell Taylor met with engineers at the Owens-Illinois glass plant on State Street to discuss the possibility of a tank rupture. A few hours later, the bottom of a tank ruptured. "Basically like a volcano," Taylor said. Three hundred thousand tons of molten glass spilled into the facility, he said.
- PUB DATE: 8/8/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Cincinnati Enquirer & Cincinnati.com

On August 7, 3 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.