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

On July 7, 6 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

The driver of a street sweeper was injured early Monday morning when the large vehicle tipped on its side, according to a release from the Madison Fire Department. Firefighters were called at 3:51 a.m. to South Stoughton Road and Buckeye Road after multiple reports of a large vehicle tipped over with the driver trapped inside.
- PUB DATE: 7/10/2017 7:15:24 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison

VIDEO: An elderly couple is dead after their house went up in flames in Suamico. Just after 11 P.M. Sunday night, Suamico first responders were called to a home on Woodsdale Street when neighbors saw smoke coming from the house. While putting out the fire, firefighters found two people dead, one outside the home, and one just inside the doorway.
- PUB DATE: 7/10/2017 3:32:15 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV and WJMN-TV Green Bay

A lit candle that tipped over and ignited items in a room, including a mattress, caused a fire that destroyed the upper floor of a home at 7417 36th Ave. early Sunday. A resident who lives next door to the home called the Kenosha Fire Department just after midnight on Sunday reporting smoke coming from the upper unit of the building.
- PUB DATE: 7/10/2017 1:46:57 AM - SOURCE: Kenosha News

The city’s fire chief will have the final determination on whether the department’s new state-ordered 56-hour workweek compromises public safety, according to a ruling by Superior Court Judge Julio Mendez. According to the Thursday ruling, the state’s creation of the new work schedule was not done in retaliation against the union.
- PUB DATE: 7/10/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Press of Atlantic City

State firefighter and police union leaders on Thursday hailed a new state law that provides first responders with workers’ compensation coverage for mental illnesses. Vermont is the first state to pass such a law, according to the International Association of Firefighters. Bradley Reed, president of Professional Firefighters of Vermont, thanked lawmakers for helping the bill reach the finish line.
- PUB DATE: 7/10/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: VTDigger.com

PHOTOS - Davidson Fire Department Engine 1 rolled over on June Washam Road on the way to a fire alarm call Saturday morning in Davidson, North Carolina according to Davidson officials, injuring two firefighters. The two firefighters were transported to the hospital by Medic with non life threatening injuries.
- PUB DATE: 7/10/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFMY-TV CBS 2 Greensboro

A Hartford firefighter, who was shot in April after a drug deal went bad, was terminated on Friday, according to a department spokesman. After an investigation by the department, Jimmy Ngo, who has no criminal record and was with the Hartford Fire Department for six years, was fired effective immediately, Captain Raul Ortiz said.
- PUB DATE: 7/10/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFSB-TV CBS Channel 3

Clarence Edward Wilburn II, a longtime firefighter and paramedic who traveled to Ground Zero and served as a first responder in the wake of 9/11, died Wednesday in Hospice of Northwest Ohio in South Tole- do. He was 58. He had pulminary fibrosis, thought to be a result of breathing the dust, smoke, and ash at Ground Zero, his younger brother, Jim, said.
- PUB DATE: 7/10/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Toledo Blade

VIDEO: Fire crews in Alma are still working to determine what caused an explosion at a mill that led to a large fire. It happened at Dairyland Power Cooperative in Alma late Saturday night. The Alma fire chief says six departments were sent to the John P. Madgett Station in Alma. The fire ranged from the fourth to the sixth floor of the building.
- PUB DATE: 7/9/2017 9:39:22 PM - SOURCE: WLAX & WEUX-TV Fox 25 & 48

A local fire department is looking to expand and recruit more members. The Holmen Fire Department is launching a new multi-year recruitment plan. The goal of the five -phase plan is to get staffing levels up to 11 full time and 22 part time firefighters. Currently the department only has four full time firefighters.
- PUB DATE: 7/9/2017 8:36:24 PM - SOURCE: WKBT-TV CBS 8 La Crosse

The Holmen Area Fire Department is continuing to assess its response vehicles and is taking steps to upgrade its fleet. The assessment showed a 1995 mini-pumper should be replaced because of its age and limitations. At the Holmen Area Fire District Association Board’s June 22 meeting, the department asked to approve the sale of the mini-pumper and use the proceeds toward the purchase of a new rescue squad.
- PUB DATE: 7/7/2017 6:27:41 AM - SOURCE: Onalaska Holmen Courier Life

Authorities in suburban Milwaukee say several coal train cars have derailed but there is no threat to public safety. West Allis Police Chief Patrick Mitchell said at a news conference that the derailment occurred early Thursday evening. He says two workers were on the train at the time and neither was injured.
- PUB DATE: 7/7/2017 6:19:36 AM - SOURCE: Lacrosse Tribune

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

On July 4, 8 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

Kewaunee’s new fire museum is nearly complete. The building, which will house the city’s four historic fire apparatuses, should be completed sometime in early August. Kewaunee Fire Department Captain James Kleiman says community had a sneak peek of how it will look last weekend. The new fire museum will include an 1884 fire truck, a 1927 American La France engine that is still operational, an 1870 chemical fire truck pumper, and a 1908 hose cart.
- PUB DATE: 7/7/2017 4:53:16 AM - SOURCE: Door County Daily News

With California expecting a surge in oil transports by rail, San Diego firefighters will soon receive a new hazardous materials vehicle specially designed for oil tanker derailments, explosions, leaks and potential terrorist acts. San Diego is among 12 areas of California scheduled to receive one of the vehicles this fall from the state, which will also pay to train the city’s 17-member hazardous materials team to use the vehicle.
- PUB DATE: 7/7/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: San Diego Union-Tribune

Local, state and federal agencies are preparing for the worst this August, as peak fire season coincides with one of the biggest tourism events Oregon has ever seen. The 2017 total solar eclipse - an event that won't return to Oregon until 2169 - is coming on Aug. 21, typically a dangerous time for wildfires.
- PUB DATE: 7/7/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Oregonian

Jay Redmond said it was the longest minute and a half in his life. Redmond is a captain in the Concord Fire Department, and those 90 seconds happened while he was on duty in the early morning of Jan. 4. Redmond used the department's radio system that night to contact three firefighters in the West Concord Fire Station, and when there was no answer, he was concerned.
- PUB DATE: 7/7/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Concord.WickedLocal.com