A volunteer firefighter accused a career firefighter of an assault when they should have been fighting a house fire Sunday afternoon. Firefighters quickly controlled a smoky blaze on Ruatan Street in Berwyn Heights, Maryland, but afterward, a volunteer complained about being pushed by a Prince George's County Fire and EMS officer during an argument.
- PUB DATE: 7/7/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC Washington

PHOTOS - A massive four-alarm fire broke out early Friday at a huge apartment complex under construction in Oakland, engulfing the six-story, mixed-use building and raising concerns about a teetering crane that appears to be on the verge of collapsing. Crews responded when the fire broke out around 4:30 a.
- PUB DATE: 7/7/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: East Bay Times

PHOTO: An firehouse in Oshkosh has been gifted a unique piece of art: an American flag fashioned from an old fire hose. Firefighters said they couldn't be more proud to have it hanging in the firehouse. It'll be put on permanent display at Station #14, at 2050 Knapp Street. One of the artists who made the flag said the hose is 38 years old and was the most interesting material he'd ever worked with.
- PUB DATE: 7/6/2017 11:33:10 AM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee

Village of Pound Fire Chief Turner Gross will be resigning, effective July 12, he announced to the Village Board at their board meeting Monday, July 3. Gross said he would like to focus on his personal goals, and said "I believe it's a good move to let another great member lead this department into their next step as the prior goals we have set had been met and I would like to see a fresh mind set new goals and achieve them, especially with the hard-working group that is currently serving the department.
- PUB DATE: 7/6/2017 1:48:01 AM - SOURCE: Peshtigo Times

A firefighter was lowered down a 200-foot elevator shaft Wednesday — six times the distance of any practice run — to help rescue four men trapped in an elevator at a Brooklyn Con Edison plant. Firefighter James Dowdell, 32, was lowered to the top of the elevator inside the Hudson Ave. building in Vinegar Hill about 7:40 a.
- PUB DATE: 7/6/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Daily News

Fires sparked by illegal fireworks Tuesday night forced Fresno Fire Department crews to suspend responses to medical emergencies, as Fresno, Clovis and Fresno County reported a 65 percent increase in fire responses this year compared to 2016. In assessing a Fourth of July weekend that strained fire departments, officials said firefighters from the three agencies received 325 calls for service and responded to 98 vegetation fires, two vehicle fires, two apartment fires and three residential fires.
- PUB DATE: 7/6/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Fresno Bee

Detroit firefighters and emergency technicians are being fitted for body armor, although union officials say the ballistic vests that were purchased last month aren’t right for the job because they don’t protect against stabbings. Detroit Fire Commissioner Eric Jones told The Detroit News in May he had secured funding to outfit his employees with the protective gear.
- PUB DATE: 7/6/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Detroit News

An Indianapolis firefighter accused of shooting his neighbor during an altercation in Johnson County last month will not be charged. Dean Keller, 49, was accused of shooting his neighbor, Jeffery Weigle, 59, four times in the chest, sending him to the hospital in critical condition. In a release sent out Wednesday, the Johnson County Prosecutor’s Office said Keller had acted in self-defense and would not be charged in the shooting.
- PUB DATE: 7/6/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WRTV-TV ABC 6 Indianapolis (The Indy Channel)

A volunteer firefighter has been released from a La Porte jail after slamming his pickup truck into a child's bedroom Tuesday night. Blake Stevens was suspended from duty from the La Porte Fire Department, and said he is going to resign. Stevens also offered an apology to the family whose home he crashed into, and to any firefighter he said he's embarrassed by the crash.
- PUB DATE: 7/6/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: abc13.com

The Theresa Fire Department responded to a home on Tuesday morning after a dehumidifier exploded in a home at W1458 Allen Road. The Theresa Fire Department responded to the call of an explosion in a residence at 6:23 a.m. Theresa Fire Department Second Assistant Fire Chief Andy Wolf said there was very little damage to the home and one person evacuated before the fire department responded to the scene.
- PUB DATE: 7/5/2017 9:05:22 PM - SOURCE: wisc news

VIDEO: An attorney on Wednesday entered not guilty pleas in all seven charges facing a Sheboygan man accused in a string of criminal damage incidents targeting the same woman, including an arson case last month that involved a vehicle fire and spray-painted swastikas on a west-side property. The pleas came in a preliminary hearing for Chee Moua Lee, 37, who is facing felony charges of possessing, distributing or exhibiting an intimate representation; stalking; arson of property other than a building (as a party to a crime); and criminal damage to property over $2,500 (as party to a crime).
- PUB DATE: 7/5/2017 8:13:39 PM - SOURCE: Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter

A woman who was able to get out of her car after it went into the Rock River in Janesville was rescued from the water by firefighters. The incident happened at about 6:50 p.m. Tuesday in the 3300 block of South River Road in the town of Rock, the Janesville Fire Department said. "When units arrived on scene the lone occupant was out of her car, floating down river," said Battalion Chief Ron Bomkamp of the fire department.
- PUB DATE: 7/5/2017 6:17:24 PM - SOURCE: Madison

On July 4, 7 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On July 1, 4 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

The Beloit fire department is investigating a late night fire Tuesday at the Stateline YMCA building. The fire chief posted on Facebook that the fire was contained quickly and that no one was hurt. Damage was limited to the exterior of the building and some playground equipment. The Stateline YMCA is set to open a new downtown location next month.
- PUB DATE: 7/5/2017 2:04:58 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison

The Wisconsin State Fire Chief’s Association annual meeting was recently held at the KI Center in Green Bay, two Legislator of the Year awards were bestowed. Representative Amy Loudenbeck representing Wisconsin’s 31st Assembly District and Representative Katrina Shankland representing Wisconsin’s 71st Assembly District received the Legislator of the Year awards.
- PUB DATE: 7/5/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Wisconsin State Fire Chiefs' Association

Four firefighters in Martin County, Kentucky, were injured when a shell exploded on the ground. It was all caught on camera. Everyone said they're lucky the damage wasn't any worse. The second annual Inez Independence Day Celebration had been off to a high-flying start Sunday night until the accident.
- PUB DATE: 7/5/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSAZ-TV NBC 3

PHOTO/VIDEO - A new Richland fire truck’s engine blew up destroying the truck and sparking a blaze along Interstate 82 Monday afternoon. The city purchased the truck about a month and a half ago, Battalion Chief Ron Duncan said. Before the fire department started using it, a firefighter drove it to a Dodge dealership in Hermiston for service.
- PUB DATE: 7/5/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Tri-City Herald - Metered Site

Grace Cuenin isn’t usually part of the Henrico Division of Fire’s Engine 13 unit. However, when the team needed to temporarily fill a space on a recent shift, it happened to be her turn to join. Cuenin worked with fellow firefighters Michelle Greep and Nichole Beall for the entirety of their 24-hour shift two weeks ago.
- PUB DATE: 7/5/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Richmond.com

Justin Sticker motions toward his right cheek and forehead, parts of his face that were replaced with titanium plates after a car accident almost took his life 21/2 years ago. He can recall the date - Nov. 12, 2014 - but little else from a night that put him in a coma for 16 days and left him with a collapsed lung, a bleeding brain and a catalog of broken bones.
- PUB DATE: 7/5/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Beaumont Enterprise