The International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) and Pierce Manufacturing Inc., an Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE: OSK) company, today announced the 2017 winners of the annual “IAFC Fire Chief of the Year” awards at Fire-Rescue International (FRI) in Charlotte, N.C. Career Fire Chief Marvin Riggins of the Macon-Bibb County Fire Department in Macon, Georgia and Volunteer Fire Chief Brian Wade of the North Lenoir Fire & Rescue Department in Kinston, N.
- PUB DATE: 7/26/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: International Association of Fire Chiefs

On July 25, 2 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

VIDEO: After decades away, a piece of history returned to central Wisconsin Tuesday morning. Ellis Construction donated a 1936 fire truck to the Wausau Fire Department. "It was a little bitter sweet, but for us to be able to give it back to the city that it served for so many years is uniquely special for Ellis," said Andrew Halverson, executive vice president of Ellis Construction.
- PUB DATE: 7/25/2017 4:43:46 PM - SOURCE: WAOW-TV ABC 9-Wausau

A financial analysis shows the North Shore Fire Department would need a 2.5 percent increase from its seven North Shore communities to maintain staffing levels, service response time and operations at its five fire stations. FD staff has dropped 20 percent since 2004, but in that same time period, the emergency call volume has increased 150 percent.
- PUB DATE: 7/25/2017 1:05:02 PM - SOURCE: North Shore Now

On July 24, 4 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

Considering how much waterfront Milwaukee has – between the lake, the rivers and the canals – it makes perfect sense that there's a history of fireboats here. According to the Wisconsin Historical Society, "The first fireboat was launched in 1889 and by the early 1900s four stations were in operation, two of which were positioned near the numerous highly-combustible structures lining the Menomonee and lower Milwaukee Rivers – the coal docks, hay and feed sheds, grain elevators and warehouses.
- PUB DATE: 7/25/2017 7:48:03 AM - SOURCE: OnMilwaukee.com

Family, police, firefighters and others continued searching along the Rock River on Monday for Dakota R. Giese, the 21-year-old Janesville man who reportedly fell into the river Saturday. Police said Monday morning they were treating the incident as a missing-person case and asked for the public's help.
- PUB DATE: 7/25/2017 7:09:40 AM - SOURCE: Janesville Gazette

On July 23, 10 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

A vintage military plane on its way to an Air Force exercise in Washington state crashed Monday in Henderson, but the pilot survived with minor injuries and no one on the ground was injured, authorities said. The BAC-167 Strikemaster jet crashed around noon, half a mile south of Volunteer Boulevard, shortly after taking off from the Henderson Executive Airport and caught fire, Clark County Department of Aviation spokeswoman Christine Crews said.
- PUB DATE: 7/25/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Las Vegas Review-Journal

At least two Detroit firefighters were diagnosed with pertussis - better known as whooping cough. Detroit Police Department officials say both were treated and cleared, but the problem is - FOX 2 learned the fire fighters were exposed on June 28 and continued to work with the public, and several other firefighters within the department.
- PUB DATE: 7/25/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FOX43.com

A proliferation of lightweight engineered wood in flooring and ceiling structures in residential developments in the Boston area poses more risks and challenges for fire departments, according to fire experts and fire officials. Two large apartment buildings that have burned in the last month — one in Dorchester in June and the other in Waltham on Sunday — used the material in their structures.
- PUB DATE: 7/25/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NECN

The Bethel Twp. Fire Department wants to put an emergency five-year, 2-mill levy on the November ballot, the first time it’s asked for new tax money since 2002. Bethel Twp. trustees are expected to vote tonight on putting the issue on the ballot. If approved by voters, it would generate about $398,000 a year.
- PUB DATE: 7/25/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Springfield News-Sun

On March 24, less than 72 hours before a blaze killed four people at a San Pablo Avenue halfway house, a fire inspector ordered immediate service and certification of the building’s fire sprinkler system, among 11 severe fire hazards he documented. But that sprinkler system was not fixed in time. It failed to operate because of damaged components, allowing the early morning inferno to grow unchecked and eventually destroy the entire four-story building, firefighters determined in their post-fire report obtained exclusively by this news organization.
- PUB DATE: 7/25/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Mercury News

VIDEO: Climbing ladders and practicing emergency service situations are exactly what a group of campers are doing this week. The Owen Withee Curtiss Fire District is in it's second year of putting on a firefighting and EMS camp for boys and girls at UW-Eau Claire's Ropes Course, and it's highly interactive.
- PUB DATE: 7/24/2017 10:46:02 PM - SOURCE: WQOW-TV ABC 18 Eau Claire

VIDEO: Three people are now charged in connection with the death of 70-year-old Robert Piotrowski on Milwaukee's south side, which happened on July 3rd. The suspects include Ladarius Boyce, Quincy Qualls and Ebone Spencer. The three persons face the following charges: Felony murder (all three suspects) Arson of building, party to a crime (Boyce and Spencer) Mutilating a corpse (Boyce and Spencer) Piotrowski was found dead inside a home near 28th and Becher early on that Monday.
- PUB DATE: 7/24/2017 1:13:07 PM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6

A burner left on a kitchen stove is thought to be the reason for an early morning fire at a Wrightstown home Monday morning. Fire crews were called to the 4000 block of Lost Dauphin Rd. around 2 a.m. They were able to enter the home while the homeowner slept inside. "He appears to be okay. He will not be staying here this evening, just due to residual smoke that's left over inside," said Assistant Fire Chief Mark DeCleene for Greenleaf Fire Department.
- PUB DATE: 7/24/2017 6:00:52 AM - SOURCE: WGBA-TV NBC 26 Green Bay

On July 21, 2 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

The Greenfield Fire Department responded to a basement fire in a single family home at in the 3100 block of W Cold Spring Road, around 9:35 PM Sunday night. Firefighters were able to contain the fire to the basement and had it extinguished within 10 minutes of arriving on scene. The amount of damage from the fire has yet to be determined and the cause of the fire is under investigation.
- PUB DATE: 7/24/2017 3:04:10 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

The Sheboygan Fire Department receives nearly $100,000 to help with wellness initiatives for firefighters. A press release from the department says the federal grand money should pay for physicals, equipment, and training equipment to help members improve their health, wellness and fitness. Police Chief Michael Romas: The primary goal of the AFG is to enhance the safety of the public and firefighters with respect to fire-related hazards by providing direct financial assistance to eligible fire departments.
- PUB DATE: 7/24/2017 2:50:11 AM - SOURCE: WXER-FM 104.5 & 96.1 The Point

Brooklyn Park’s fire chief is stepping down from a position he has held since 2008, driven out by what some city leaders have described as a “culture of hostility.” In a memo sent Thursday to city staffers, City Manager Jay Stroebel cited the “unique dynamic” between Fire Chief Ken Prillaman and some City Council members, and said it would benefit the city’s “overall culture” to accept Prillaman’s resignation at Monday’s council meeting.
- PUB DATE: 7/24/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Minneapolis Star Tribune