Beaver Dam Police and Fire Commission unanimously approved purchase of a new rescue boat for the Beaver Dam Fire Department Tuesday night. Fire Chief Alan Mannel is recommending a 24-foot aluminum boat made by Kann Manufacturing with a low bid of $61,000. Mannel said in an email that the boat will have a semi-v bottom, trailer and a Mercury outboard motor.
- PUB DATE: 8/1/2017 6:22:14 PM - SOURCE: wisc news

Investigators have concluded that the explosion and fire that killed a 24-year-old Greenfield man at an apartment complex was caused by a buildup of gasoline fumes near a running lawnmower. Andrew J. Knutson died in the explosion and fire in a maintenance shed at the Willowick Apartments, 7020 W. Southridge Drive, shortly before 10 a.
- PUB DATE: 8/1/2017 7:10:39 AM - SOURCE: Greenfield West Allis NOW

A 24-year-old found at an area hospital with severe burns is believed to be behind an explosion and fire two weeks ago that destroyed a a Honda Ridgeline and a garage on the city's north side. According to a search warrant, a neighbor saw a man running from the fire at North 29th and West Center streets on July 17 while tearing off his two burning shirts.
- PUB DATE: 8/1/2017 6:46:54 AM - SOURCE: WAOW-TV ABC 9-Wausau

A compass that would direct firefighters through unfamiliar and treacherous burning buildings started as a seed of an idea thought up by veteran firefighter Jeff Dykes. In three years, the Eau Claire fire captain’s idea turned into his own business, Northern Star Fire, which gained international interest and propelled Dykes to the national stage, where today he is one of 100 small-business owners who will participate in a roundtable with President Donald Trump at the White House.
- PUB DATE: 8/1/2017 2:14:28 AM - SOURCE: Eau Claire Leader-Telegram

A retired New Jersey firefighter will receive full honors as a line-of-duty death after succumbing to injuries he sustained 24 years earlier. Former Perth Amboy firefighter Richard W. Leonard, 70, died Sunday from complications of toxic smoke he inhaled while battling a fire on April 19, 1993. Leonard was operating a pumper on State Street in Perth Amboy during efforts to contain a blaze at a plastics recycling facility and spent hours taking in the smoke and fumes without any breathing equipment.
- PUB DATE: 8/1/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Firehouse

Lack of training, command presence and a failure to appreciate an extremely hazardous situation severely sickened and almost killed a firefighter trying to save three utility workers who were overcome by toxic fumes in a drainage hole 15 feet beneath a Key Largo street in January. Those workers died, and Key Largo Volunteer Fire Department firefighter Leonardo Moreno almost became the fourth fatality as he, too, was immediately hit with a deadly mixture of high levels of hydrogen sulfide and carbon monoxide as he entered the manhole on Long Key Road in the Lake Surprise Estates subdivision the morning of Jan.
- PUB DATE: 8/1/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FlKeysnews.com

A compass that would direct firefighters through unfamiliar and treacherous burning buildings started as a seed of an idea thought up by veteran firefighter Jeff Dykes. In three years, the Eau Claire fire captain’s idea turned into his own business, Northern Star Fire, which gained international interest and propelled Dykes to the national stage, where today he is one of 100 small-business owners who will participate in a roundtable with President Donald Trump at the White House.
- PUB DATE: 8/1/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Eau Claire Leader-Telegram

The chief of the Hopkins Airport fire department was a no-show Monday at a pre-disciplinary hearing that could have led to his firing. For now, Chief Roosevelt Davis remains in charge of the department while an investigation into his conduct and bogus overtime payments to firefighters continues. The findings of overtime abuse were uncovered in an internal audit and it was Davis who signed off on the payments.
- PUB DATE: 8/1/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKYC-TV NBC 3 Cleveland

Firefighters in Bethesda, Maryland, are in court after an argument over one firefighter's Confederate flag license plate. A Montgomery County firefighter with 10 years service says he spoke out against racism after seeing a fellow firefighter had the flag affixed to the front of his pickup truck. Fellow firefighters say in court documents requesting protective orders that the firefighter, Idris Debruhl, threatened them.
- PUB DATE: 8/1/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC Washington

Frank Doolittle leans against the rack of helmets, coats, coveralls and boots along the wall in the Summitville firehouse. The simple building sits along a flat stretch of Route 209 about eight miles south of Ellenville. Doolittle’s bald pate is offset by a bristly, brown beard that juts from his chin.
- PUB DATE: 8/1/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Middletown Times Herald-Record

VIDEO: A lightning strike may have started a fire that destroyed a garage Monday afternoon in the town of Hull. The fire was reported shortly before 4 p.m. near North Reserve Drive, a few miles north of Stevens Point. The garage was engulfed in flames and the roof had already collapsed by the time firefighters arrived on the scene, according to Hull Fire Chief Mark Kluck.
- PUB DATE: 7/31/2017 4:58:02 PM - SOURCE: Stevens Point Journal

On July 30, 2 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On July 30, 1 residential fire fatality was reported by the Nation's news media.

VIDEO: An early morning fire destroyed a home in Hales Corners early Monday morning. The home is located at 124th Street and Edgerton Avenue. It was engulfed in flames when fire crews arrived around 4:45 a.m. The fire caused the roof and portions of the second floor to collapse. An official with the fire department said no injuries have been reported.
- PUB DATE: 7/31/2017 4:43:42 AM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee

VIDEO: The Marathon County Solid Waste Department has listed three possible causes for a fire that broke out at the landfill Sunday afternoon. Authorities responded to the scene at around 2:00 p.m. after receiving calls from neighbors and drivers on Highway 29 about smoke billowing into the air. Department Director Meleesa Johnson said landfill fires are not unusual, and are usually caused by batteries, charcoals, or fireworks.
- PUB DATE: 7/31/2017 2:42:54 AM - SOURCE: WQOW-TV ABC 18 Eau Claire

The growth in Holmen and the surrounding area has meant an increased need to expand public safety services to residents and businesses. To meet the need, the Holmen Police Department and the Holmen Area Fire Department have added new hires to their rosters. Officer Tyler Franks started with the Holmen Police Department June 26 and has been undergoing six weeks of field training with another officer.
- PUB DATE: 7/31/2017 2:42:07 AM - SOURCE: Onalaska Holmen Courier Life

He enjoyed coming to work every day, loved the comradery of the fire house, and preferred to stay with a busy company even as his seniority might have allowed him to go elsewhere. Detroit Firefighter Kevin Ramsey, a 20-year veteran, was a Detroit boy, raised on the east side, and had a sense pride, a feeling of obligation to contribute to his community.
- PUB DATE: 7/31/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: MLive.com

Cops versus firefighters is one of the oldest rivalries in the books. When it comes to overtime between the two public safety agencies in Trenton, that’s a feud that’s been brewing the past few years. For the city’s fiscal year 2017 that ended on June 30, the fire department spent $1.04 million more than police in overtime, according to budget documents obtained by The Trentonian through a public records request.
- PUB DATE: 7/31/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Trentonian

A four-vehicle accident in Hood County Saturday afternoon left seven people injured including three firefighters. Hood County Fire Marshal Ray Wilson confirmed the injuries in the accident along Highway 51, and he says they are all doing okay. Two people including a female firefighter from the North Hood County Fire Department were transported hospitals via air ambulance.
- PUB DATE: 7/31/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CBS Dallas/Fort Worth

If you’re in need of immediate medical attention in New York state and a less qualified first responder appears on your doorstep, you may have to wait for someone more qualified to transport you to the hospital. But there are some people in Niagara County — and elsewhere in the state — who are trying to change that.
- PUB DATE: 7/31/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Lockport Journal