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

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