On July 26, 5 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On July 25, 5 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

One person was found dead when firefighters responded to a house fire in Beloit early Thursday morning. According to the Beloit Police Department, crews responded to a home in the 2500 block of Shopiere Road just after 5:30 a.m. Police said there was a fire found in the basement level of the house. Fire crews entered the home and found a person in the house with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
- PUB DATE: 7/27/2017 9:15:09 AM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison

On July 26, 6 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

Authorities are investigating a possible arson that happened early Thursday morning, July 27th on Milwaukee’s northwest side. The fire broke out around midnight at a home near 22nd and Melvina. Officials say the house is vacant — and is owned by a company in California. No one was hurt as a result of the fire.
- PUB DATE: 7/27/2017 4:39:10 AM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6

Sun Prairie EMS Director James “Kep” Anderson, who resigned in April, admitted to wrestling with a female employee, destroying city property and not following controlled substance policies, during a city investigation interview. In documents The Star obtained through a public records request, City of Sun Prairie staff verified six allegations made by the International Association of Firefighters (IAFF) union Local 311.
- PUB DATE: 7/27/2017 4:37:24 AM - SOURCE: Sun Prairie Star

Firefighters responding to a crash in the South Shore neighborhood found themselves under fire early Thursday, and their fire truck was struck by a bullet. Neighbors near 79th and Yates were drawn out of their homes by intense arguing around 2:30 a.m., and then they became witnesses to a crime. Police said the incident began with a two-car crash.
- PUB DATE: 7/27/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CBS Chicago

The city's fire commissioner blasted construction workers for taking 90 minutes to report a fire that destroyed a six-story building in Dorchester last month and said city officials are working on new safety standards for buildings under construction -- particularly those with highly flammable wood frames.
- PUB DATE: 7/27/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Boston Herald

On the stormy evening of Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016, multiple lightning strikes ignited the roof of the Mount Pleasant Place retirement complex in Monroe, Ohio. Monroe Fire Department’s first responding crew acted with courage and expertise to save the lives of senior citizens trapped on the top floor, directly under the burning roof.
- PUB DATE: 7/27/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: International Association of Fire Chiefs

Richmond firefighters and police officers anticipating that long-promised raises would appear in their paychecks this week were told Tuesday that they may have to wait until September. They will still receive the additional money as back pay, but union officials say they’re worried that some employees may have been counting on receiving the raises as planned.
- PUB DATE: 7/27/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Richmond Times-Dispatch

One person is dead and seven others injured -- three of whom are in critical condition -- after the Fire Ball ride at the Ohio State Fair broke apart in mid-air Wednesday night, the Ohio State Highway Patrol said. The deceased is an 18-year-old male, according to fire department officials. The Grant Medical Center in Columbus has admitted three patients, hospital spokesperson Mark Hopkins told ABC News.
- PUB DATE: 7/27/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ABC News

A fire in an attached garage at a home on the city's Far East Side caused an estimated $150,000 in damage, with nobody hurt in the blaze. The fire was reported at 5:15 p.m. Tuesday in the 900 block of Inwood Way, the Madison Fire Department said. "Several people called 911 after they noticed their neighbor's garage was on fire," said spokeswoman Bernadette Galvez.
- PUB DATE: 7/26/2017 10:34:57 PM - SOURCE: Madison

A man suffered burns in Rock County after an appliance exploded Wednesday morning, officials said. The Clinton Police Department said first responders were called at 9:10 a.m. to a home in the 400 block of Highland Park for a report of an injured man and possible fire. Officers found a person with burn injuries from an explosion caused by a water heater, police said.
- PUB DATE: 7/26/2017 10:10:21 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison

Increased wildfire activity in the northwest and Canadian province of British Columbia has prompted a request to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources fire control program to assist in suppression and protection efforts. Three Type 6 fire engines (four-wheel drive truck carrying 270 plus gallons of water) staffed with three operators per unit, are headed to Lame Deer, Montana near the Cheyenne Indian Reservation and will be assisting in initial attack operations while local resources continue to be exhausted with steady fire activity.
- PUB DATE: 7/26/2017 9:05:38 AM - SOURCE: Wisconsin State Farmer

A fire that started in a garage caused $150,000 in damage to an east side home Tuesday afternoon. Firefighters were called to the home in the 900 block of Inwood Way around 5:15 p.m. Tuesday. According to the fire department, several people called 911 after they noticed their neighbor’s garage was on fire.
- PUB DATE: 7/26/2017 5:01:35 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison

The Holmen Area Fire District Association Board took immediate action last week to replace a non-functioning generator after the fire station lost power during the storms. Assistant Chief Bill Bulawa told the board during its regular July 20 meeting that the fire station was one of the buildings on a section of the power grid that lost power during the severe weather that hit the Coulee Region July 19 and 20.
- PUB DATE: 7/26/2017 2:13:56 AM - SOURCE: Onalaska Holmen Courier Life

Each day, police and firefighters set out to keep their communities safe, and the response during a recent fire displayed the courage and unselfishness of the city's first responders. Several were honored during a recent City Council meeting for their heroic actions to save the lives of numerous people during a large apartment fire at the Lake in the Woods complex.
- PUB DATE: 7/26/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: nwi.com

The IAFC Board of Directors has issued a call to action for fire service leaders to urge governors in their states to opt into FirstNet. “We urge IAFC members and state fire chiefs associations to make their voices heard and participate in the process to recommend to governors that they should allow FirstNet to build out the radio access network (RAN) in the state and to not opt-out and build out their own RANs,” the board said in a statement adopted July 24 in Charlotte, N.
- PUB DATE: 7/26/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: International Association of Fire Chiefs

A teenager came into the firehouse at 6500 Michigan Avenue on Monday night looking for a soda, and walked out with a paramedic’s purse and keys to a firefighter’s pickup. The burglary happened around 7:30 p.m. during a shift change as emergency medical crews were talking outside the station in the Carondelet neighborhood.
- PUB DATE: 7/26/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Concord Fire Chief Mark Cotreau will become the next fire chief in Rye, New Hampshire. Selectmen in the seacoast community approved a three-year contract July 24 paying Cotreau $83,200 annually, according to Rye Town Administrator Michael Magnant. His first day on the job is Sept. 11. “The two words we kept hearing were ‘integrity’ and ‘honesty,’” Magnant said of responses from people the town interviewed during a background check on Cotreau.
- PUB DATE: 7/26/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Wickedlocal.com