A woman has settled a lawsuit with the City of Palo Alto for $250,000 in a lawsuit she filed in December 2015 after receiving significant injuries caused by a motorcycle crash with a city fire truck, according to court documents supplied by the city City Attorney's office. The city does not admit any wrongdoing, according to the settlement.
- PUB DATE: 6/13/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Palo Alto Weekly

A contract between Medina and Medina Township to dissolve the township's fire department is expected to be approved this week, leaving township firefighters and residents confused. Township officials cite cost savings but firefighters say there has been little information and the merger is not necessary.
- PUB DATE: 6/13/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Cleveland Plain Dealer & Cleveland.com

Clarkston City Councilor Belinda Campbell was visibly upset Monday when city officials were not allowed to talk openly with the Clarkston Fire Department about the future. The Public Safety Committee and several firefighters had finally gathered around the same table, but several minutes prior to the special meeting, city attorney Todd Richardson advised the council to say absolutely nothing.
- PUB DATE: 6/13/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Firehouse

VIDEO: Justin Steinbrinck talked to the Suring Village President. He's says losing the bar is devastating. Every time you lose a small business in a small community, it hurts everybody. "We struggle the way it is, now you have a vacant building. Will they rebuild, I don't know. Everything is up in the air right now, " said Jay Tousey, Suring Village President.
- PUB DATE: 6/12/2017 11:36:08 PM - SOURCE: WLUK TV Fox 11

VIDEO: The small town of Cambria has an all-volunteer fire department and thought the 23 firefighters work full-time jobs they are on call 24 hours a day for emergencies, including the night of the deadly explosion at the Didion Milling plant. On May 31, the emergency call about the explosion at the plant woke the volunteer firefighters out of bed.
- PUB DATE: 6/12/2017 10:34:06 PM - SOURCE: Today's TMJ4

A tree coming down in a Near West Side neighborhood on Saturday fell onto power lines, with the subsequent arcing causing damage to multiple trees and a wooden deck. The fire happened at about 4:15 p.m. in the 3900 block of Plymouth Circle, the Madison Fire Department said. Firefighters saw a moderate amount of smoke approaching the residence, with two firefighters bringing water lines around the back of the house and two more assessing the downed wires.
- PUB DATE: 6/12/2017 7:37:51 PM - SOURCE: Madison

For years, Jerry Jacobson has been taking the self-guided sculpture tour in Eau Claire. But it wasn’t until this year that the Northwestern Bank president saw a work of art that was perfectly suited for a special spot in Chippewa Falls. Mike Hepfler, Chippewa Falls Fire and Emergency Services chief agrees, and now the statue will have a permanent home in the newly opened Fire Station No.
- PUB DATE: 6/12/2017 1:27:41 PM - SOURCE: Chippewa Herald

Firefighters from departments across the Northwoods experienced a different kind of training this weekend. "This is going to be a situation that we never usually run across," said Woodruff's Assistant Fire Chief Victor Gee. Several firefighters spent part of their weekend preparing for a situation that isn't seen often in the Northwoods.
- PUB DATE: 6/12/2017 7:41:22 AM - SOURCE: WJFW-TV NBC 12 Rhinelander-Wausau

Six western Racine County fire and rescue agencies received automatic CPR device donations Wednesday. The devices were provided by the Memorial Hospital of Burlington Community Foundation. The Lund University Cardiac Arrest System, or LUCAS, helps take the load off first responders in cardiac arrest scenarios by performing 102 chest compressions per minute.
- PUB DATE: 6/12/2017 7:09:01 AM - SOURCE: Racine Journal Times

On June 10, 2 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

The Fitchburg Fire Department has begun moving into its new station on Marketplace Drive, but it isn’t expected to be operating out of there for another few weeks. Fire chief Joe Pulvermacher told the Star in an email he hopes to have the transition finished by July 1 “at the latest,” and that the construction of the station was on schedule to be finished other than minor items by June 8.
- PUB DATE: 6/12/2017 4:35:33 AM - SOURCE: Fitchburg Star

State overseers have informed the city’s Fire Department it will start its new 56-hour workweek schedule Sunday. Bill DiLorenzo, president of International Association of Fire Fighters Local 198, said the union was notified of the change late Friday afternoon. The department had worked 42 hours in a week.
- PUB DATE: 6/12/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Press of Atlantic CIty

A firefighter died after collapsing at a blaze in south suburban Harvey on Saturday afternoon. Around 1:30 p.m., the Harvey Fire Department responded to a report of multiple mobile homes on fire near W. 150th St. and Rockwell Ave., according to Harvey police spokesman Sean Howard. The Harvey Fire Department then called for backup from the neighboring Dolton Fire Department, Howard said.
- PUB DATE: 6/12/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBCChicago.com

Miami-Dade’s requirement that David Beckham hire only county police and paramedics for his planned Miami soccer stadium drew more heat on Friday — including an indirect swipe from the county’s own fire chief. David Downey, head of Miami-Dade Fire and Rescue, signed a letter from a countywide chiefs association opposing any efforts by the county to “dictate” how rescue services are delivered within municipal jurisdictions.
- PUB DATE: 6/12/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Miami Herald

The Avon Volunteer Fire Department helped a bride and groom make it to their wedding reception on Saturday after their trolley’s engine caught fire. Shortly after Maria Leonardi and Justin Stone exchanged vows at the West Avon Congregational Church, the wedding party’s trolley bus caught on fire. The fire was extinguished by the bus driver who used an extinguisher from the bus.
- PUB DATE: 6/12/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: wtnh.com

Pasco County Fire Rescue is temporarily closing Fire Station 39 due to a bat colony taking up residence in the building. The fire chief tells ABC Action News, bats have been living on their property for years, but recently have become brazen and now pose a serious health risk to firefighters. According to the chief, they've spotted bats flying in living quarters, including bunk rooms, bathrooms and the weight room.
- PUB DATE: 6/12/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ABC Action News

Three people were injured by a tractor at a Darlington parade Sunday, the police department said. A 69-year-old man with the most serious injuries was taken to a Madison hospital by helicopter. Two others -- a 39-year-old man and a 64-year-old man -- were taken to a Lafayette County hospital with minor or moderate injuries, said Darlington Police Department Chief Jason King.
- PUB DATE: 6/11/2017 6:19:19 PM - SOURCE: Madison

On June 10, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

A Bayliner boat was destroyed by fire Thursday afternoon while docked at a pier at a boat launch on Lake Kegonsa, with the boat owner getting burned in the blaze. The fire was reported at about 5:50 p.m. at the Fish Camp County Park boat launch on the north side of the lake, the Dane County Sheriff's Office said.
- PUB DATE: 6/9/2017 7:06:12 AM - SOURCE: Madison.com-Wisconsin State Journal-Capital Times

Authorities in Milwaukee are treating multiple early-morning fires on the city's south side as possible arson. The fire department received reports of at least eight trash fires between 3:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m. Some of those fires spread to nearby homes, garages and parked vehicles. Many of the reports were along Orchard Street, Lapham Boulevard and Hayes Avenue.
- PUB DATE: 6/9/2017 5:10:22 AM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee