A firefighter was killed while working the Lolo Peak fire Wednesday afternoon — the second firefighter death in Montana this fire season. Missoula County Sheriff T.J. McDermott said an official investigation to determine the cause of death is still underway. Dispatchers at the Lolo Peak fire said the man was given CPR after apparently being struck by a falling snag.
- PUB DATE: 8/3/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Missoula Missoulian

Authorities pulled a second body from the rubble Wednesday night, after a building exploded and collapsed at Minnehaha Academy earlier in the day. At just before 10 p.m., Fire Chief John Fruetel announced that searchers had been able to locate and remove the body of the missing male victim, who had been identified by the school as 81-year-old school custodian John Carlson, at about 8 p.
- PUB DATE: 8/3/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KARE-TV NBC 11

A D.C. firefighter was critically injured after he was struck by another fire department vehicle late Wednesday night. The accident happened as firefighters were responding to a rowhouse fire on the 800 block of F Street NE at 11:30 p.m. Fire officials say 28-year-old Dane Smothers Jr. was preparing hose lines and other equipment when he was struck by a ladder truck arriving at the scene.
- PUB DATE: 8/3/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC Washington

The Orange County Fire Rescue Department is attempting to reduce response times with a new GPS technology that uses locations of its vehicles to dispatch firefightersThe department started using Automatic Vehicle Location for dispatch in June to make its operations more efficient, Fire Rescue Chief Otto Drozd III said.
- PUB DATE: 8/3/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Orlando Sentinel

The St. Paul fire chief recently suspended a captain for five days, saying he “engaged in fraudulent and deceptive conduct related to requests and use of sick leave with pay.” The city said Mike Hamburger’s use of sick time cost it $14,000. The figure doesn’t include the cost of having firefighters fill the open posts, which is frequently at overtime rates.
- PUB DATE: 8/3/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: St. Paul Pioneer Press - Twin Cities.com

On August 2, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

VIDEO: It's a donation that is sure to save lives. The Milwaukee Fire Department (MFD) received on Wednesday, August 2nd a generous gift from one of its own. When Paul Conway first suited up more than 30 years ago, thermal imaging wasn't around. It would be years before the technology was developed for firefighters.
- PUB DATE: 8/2/2017 3:20:14 PM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6

VIDEO: Crews said they believe a fire near Augusta may have been caused by sparks while work was being done on a grinder machine. Ken Zich, the fire chief of Augusta-Bridge Creek Fire Department, said they responded around 11 a.m. Wednesday to a fire at a property on County Road M in the Town of Bridge Creek, southeast of Augusta.
- PUB DATE: 8/2/2017 10:48:14 AM - SOURCE: WQOW-TV ABC 18 Eau Claire

On August 1, 1 residential fire fatality was reported by the Nation's news media.

Jeff Dykes told Ivanka Trump and U.S. Small Business Administration leader Linda McMahon on Tuesday that he has been a firefighter for more than 20 years and knows the job inside and out. Given the opportunity to ask a question on a visit to the White House during a discussion about small businesses that in part celebrated the 64th anniversary of the SBA, the Eau Claire fire captain asked for advice to finding success after President Donald Trump remarked that the nation is “on the verge of a golden age for small business.
- PUB DATE: 8/2/2017 2:14:37 AM - SOURCE: Eau Claire Leader-Telegram

Two people remain unaccounted for after a gas leak caused building to explode and catch fire at Minnehaha Academy Wednesday morning, CBS Minneapolis reports. One person who was previously missing was found uninjured, the Minneapolis Fire Chief Bryan Tanner said in a press conference several hours after the blast, which occurred just after 10:30 a.
- PUB DATE: 8/2/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CBS News

When the ATF held a press conference in West, Texas more than a year ago to announce a big finding in the 2013 fertilizer plant explosion, there was a lot riding on it. Hundreds of lawsuits had been filed against the fertilizer manufacturer. Much further reaching, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was working on a rewrite of one of two major sets of federal rules governing chemical plant safety.
- PUB DATE: 8/2/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Houston Chronicle

People tell their doctors about family history of cancer, heart disease and other common conditions that have a genetic link. But when Dr. Matilde Castiel, Worcester’s commissioner of health and human services, asked seven city firefighters attending a training on opioid addiction Tuesday whether any of their relatives had an addiction, none raised his hand.
- PUB DATE: 8/2/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Worcester Telegram & Gazette

It's been nearly two months since Anchorage firefighter, Ben Schultz, was critically injured after falling off a ladder at AFD and Monday his family witnessed a long awaited moment. According to his father, Jeff Schultz, Ben spoke a few words Monday which are the first words he has spoken since his fall on June 5.
- PUB DATE: 8/2/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTUU-TV NBC 2 Anchorage

A Stop & Shop in Dobbs Ferry is under fire after being accused of not giving out water to firefighters battling a blaze across the street from the store. The firefighters were allegedly told they had to pay right away and couldn't come back after the fire was out to settle the tab. In a published letter by a former fire chief, he said the firefighters asked for several cases of water for which the store could later bill them.
- PUB DATE: 8/2/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: News 12 Westchester

VIDEO - A near-tragedy avoided thanks to the quick actions of the Florence Fire Department on Sunday. A video shows a man and his dog trapped in an SUV as rushing water filled a creek bed. The man tells 11 News he was adjusting flow valves for irrigation ditches when the water hit. "I looked down and I had 6 inches of water on my feet, and I looked up and all I seen was logs and water coming at me," explained David Rooks.
- PUB DATE: 8/2/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KKTV-TV CBS 11 Colorado Springs

VIDEO: Rhinelander firefighters filled plenty of boots with cash and change in July. Tuesday, Newswatch 12 learned those firefighters brought in one of their highest totals ever. The fire department presented the Muscular Dystrophy Association with a check for $14,856. Firefighters spent several days working a busy Rhinelander intersection collecting money for the annual MDA campaign during Hodag Country Fest.
- PUB DATE: 8/1/2017 10:21:10 PM - SOURCE: WJFW-TV NBC 12 Rhinelander-Wausau

On August 1, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

Fire has caused an unknown amount of damage at an Oshkosh business. Investigators say the blaze at Bedding Specialists was caused by a torch that an asphalt company was using to clear weeds in the parking lot. The fire started at 12:23 pm Tuesday and was under control within ten minutes. Upon arrival, firefighters reported heavy smoke coming from the building's south side.
- PUB DATE: 8/1/2017 7:11:12 PM - SOURCE: WNFL SPORT REDIO

One person was hurt in a laboratory at the UW-Madison Animal Science building Monday afternoon after a bottle of chemicals broke on the floor. The incident happened at about 1:40 p.m. on the 10th floor of the building on campus at 1675 Observatory Drive, the Madison Fire Department said. The victim reported eye irritation after a bottle containing chloroform and methanol was dropped on the floor.
- PUB DATE: 8/1/2017 6:26:38 PM - SOURCE: Madison