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

Officials from three fire agencies surrounding Santa Rosa who envision becoming a single firefighting agency were among scores of fire officials who met Saturday to hammer out a vision for improving Sonoma County’s complex and uneven firefighting delivery service. There is a fall deadline from Sonoma County supervisors to come up with a long-range plan streamlining the county’s nearly 40 fire agencies.
- PUB DATE: 7/5/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Santa Rosa Press Democrat

In theory, no one should ever be injured or killed during fire service training exercises. Training, by definition, should take place in a controlled environment, with specific goals, objectives and outcomes. Of course, this is a fallacy. Training fires are still fires. Creating training scenarios that mimic actual fire response will necessitate also including some of the risk associated with emergency response.
- PUB DATE: 7/5/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1

VIDEO: Verona firefighters and police, along with several other agencies, are investigating a fire in an abandoned house at the corner of County M and Shady Bend Road. Verona Fire Chief Joe Giver says the call came in around 4:00 p.m. Tuesday. No one was living in the home at the time of the fire. Chief Giver says all utilities to the home were turned off at the time of the blaze.
- PUB DATE: 7/4/2017 10:42:23 PM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV 27 ABC

VIDEO: Milwaukee's lakefront was a busy place Monday, July 3rd ahead of the big U.S. Bank Fireworks Show, and officials with the Milwaukee Fire Department will be patrolling the water and the surrounding area in an effort its a fun and safe celebration for all. Every Fourth of July, the water draws people in.
- PUB DATE: 7/3/2017 5:07:43 PM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6

VIDEO: A driver accidentally hit the gas pedal instead of the brake pedal as she was parking her vehicle, causing it to crash through a window at a bank, the Kaukauna Fire Department said Monday, July 3rd. The crash happened just before 1:00 p.m. at Huntington Bank on E. 4th Street near Crooks Avenue.
- PUB DATE: 7/3/2017 3:00:52 PM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6

VIDEO: National Transportation Safety Board investigators said Sunday there was a discussion between the pilot of a Cessna airplane and air traffic controllers about “local weather phenomenon.” Soon after, the aircraft dropped off radar and crashed, killing six. "We're dealing with things that people just don't want to talk about or see," Price County Sheriff Brian Schmidt told local media.
- PUB DATE: 7/3/2017 7:00:40 AM - SOURCE: Sheboygan Press

VIDEO: An investigation is underway after a fatal fire early Monday morning, July 3rd on Milwaukee's south side. It happened at a duplex near 28th and Becher around 2:30 a.m. Police say a 70-year-old man was found dead inside the home. At this time, the death is being treated as a homicide. The Red Cross is assisting a family of three after the fire.
- PUB DATE: 7/3/2017 5:40:36 AM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6