Nineteen times, the silver bell rang. It was a hot summer day in Arizona's Prescott Valley, at a ceremony to honor the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots who died 10 days earlier fighting the Yarnell Hill Fire. The bell rang as the names of the firefighters were read in a crowded arena, and the silence between each weighed heavier than the last.
- PUB DATE: 6/30/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: USA Today

Charlotte Fire Chief Jon Hannan said Thursday that he plans to retire on Aug. 31, after 38 years with the department. “It has been a pleasure and honor to be part of this great fire department,” Hannan said in a memo to his staff. “I am continuously amazed by what you can accomplish, every division in this organization is the best at what it does.
- PUB DATE: 6/30/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Charlotte Observer

A deputy fire chief has filed an age discrimination lawsuit against the town, citing policies that stripped him of benefits because he didn’t retire when he reached his maximum pension, The Patriot Ledger reported. The suit was filed in U.S. District Court in Boston last week by Deputy Fire Chief Alan Predella, 56, of Marshfield, who marked his 34th anniversary as a Braintree firefighter this month.
- PUB DATE: 6/30/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCVB-TV ABC 5 Boston

Every year an average of 10 volunteer firefighters quit the West Barnstable, Mass., Fire Department, about 27 percent of the department’s total. Fire Chief Joseph Maruca never finds out why half of those department members leave, but does know that about one-third of his crew leaves for career firefighting positions at larger, nearby fire departments, typically after serving in West Barnstable fewer than four years.
- PUB DATE: 6/30/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: GovTech.com

Early Thursday morning as a group of firefighters slept and read in the cozy confines of their Little Haiti firehouse, someone outside was making their lives a little more miserable. Behind a locked gate at the firehouse, broken glass from the shattered windows of 10 vehicles covered the parking lot.
- PUB DATE: 6/30/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Miami Herald

News 18 has shared West Lafayette Firefighter Curtis Shidler’s story before. How he lost his eye playing with fireworks while off-duty. It’s a safety story worth telling every summer, but a recent reunion makes it news you have not yet heard. Fireworks should go up in the air. “This is where the fireworks should have happened,” Shidler said while high up on a fire engine ladder.
- PUB DATE: 6/30/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WISHTV.com Channel 8

The Portage Fire Department is coming to the end of a very long month and hoping for the best going into the 4th of July weekend. As of Thursday morning the department responded to 58 calls in June, compared with 34 in May. “It has been a taxing month for us. This is going to be a record month for us,” said Fire Chief Clayton Simonson, Jr.
- PUB DATE: 6/29/2017 6:17:34 PM - SOURCE: wisc news

Beginning Monday,July 3, the North Fond du Lac Fire Department will be providing ambulance transportation for patients being released from either a hospital to a nursing home or to another hospital for additional specialty care services. “While the department has received an increasing number of requests to provide non-emergency transports in Fond du Lac County, we have unfortunately had to turn down those requests in the past,” said Eric Butler, assistant fire chief.
- PUB DATE: 6/29/2017 11:40:46 AM - SOURCE: Fond du Lac Reporter

VIDEO: The 37-year-old Sheboygan man arrested in an arson case involving racist graffiti was allegedly obsessed with the woman whose car was targeted in the attack last week, a man who knew him told police. Chee Moua Lee is facing multiple felony and misdemeanor charges after his arrest this week in connection with the June 21 vehicle fire.
- PUB DATE: 6/29/2017 6:49:07 AM - SOURCE: Wausau Daily Herald

One Sun Prairie alder wants to delay expanding 24/7 fire service at a west side station because of high costs and few fires on that side of the city. While daytime firefighters will be staffed at the Westside Community Service Building (WCSB) starting in July, District 4 Alder and City Council President Al Guyant wants to delay a proposal calling for nighttime firefighters at that location by 2022.
- PUB DATE: 6/29/2017 3:12:47 AM - SOURCE: Sun Prairie Star

Area emergency responders trained for a catastrophic motor-vehicle accident last weekend. The mock disaster, hosted by the Kickapoo Valley Rescue Squad, simulated a three-vehicle crash with multiple injuries. The three vehicles were placed at the corner of North Washington and York Street near the playground and softball diamond.
- PUB DATE: 6/29/2017 2:57:40 AM - SOURCE: Vernon Broadcaster

VIDEO: An emergency official says one person was injured when a tornado touched down in western Wisconsin, damaging 25 to 30 homes and farm buildings. Gary Brown, emergency manager for Pierce County, says the person was in a barn when the storm hit and part of the building collapsed. The person was taken to a local hospital but no condition was available.
- PUB DATE: 6/29/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FOX 6 Now

The Houston Firefighters Union is suing the City of Houston as their dispute over a new contract drags on. Hundreds of frustrated firefighters also rallied outside City Hall on Wednesday. The lawsuit accuses the city of breaking a state law that directs cities to pay firefighters on par with what they’d make at a similar private sector job.
- PUB DATE: 6/29/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KHOU-TV CBS 11 Houston

VIDEO - Four people, including two firefighters, were injured Wednesday morning in a violent crash involving an LAFD ambulance and a civilian vehicle in Pacoima, officials said. The collision occurred shortly before 11 a.m. in the 12000 block of Osborne Street, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.
- PUB DATE: 6/29/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: abclocal.go

With more than a hundred firefighters from across the state watching, Syracuse's fire chief Wednesday rejected a state union's decision to censure him. Firefighters from Buffalo, New York City, Syracuse and beyond lined up to watch Syracuse Fire Chief Paul Linnertz speak Wednesday morning during a news conference outside the South State Street fire station.
- PUB DATE: 6/29/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Syracuse Post-Standard & Syracuse.com

Reducing the amount of paid time off for Muskegon firefighters and cutting back retiree benefits will be the city's top priorities at the bargaining table now that nearly $700,000 in cuts have been approved. High overtime costs, prompted by the level of vacation and sick time, and skyrocketing pension and retiree health costs are the primary problems facing the department's budget, according to City Manager Frank Peterson.
- PUB DATE: 6/29/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: MLive

Two months before 36 people died in the Ghost Ship fire, an Oakland Fire Department employee entered the warehouse and observed exposed electrical wiring, recommending tenants fix the hazard, according to an amended lawsuit filed Wednesday by attorneys representing victim families. The 179-page amended lawsuit adds the city of Oakland, Alameda County and state of California to a growing list of defendents, and alleges the agencies failed in their duties to shut down the crowded fire trap and its illegal parties.
- PUB DATE: 6/29/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: East Bay Times

On June 28, 2 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On June 27, 6 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On June 22, 4 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.