A 2009 Ford pickup truck and 2002 toy-hauler camper were destroyed by fire Thursday evening in the driveway of a Black River Falls home. When firefighters arrived after 7 p.m. to the blaze in front of 1038 Laura Lane, heavy fire was coming from the camper and spreading to the attached truck. The vehicles are a total loss and heat from the fire melted some vinyl siding on the home and garage, according to a Black River Falls Fire Department news release.
- PUB DATE: 6/9/2017 3:19:32 AM - SOURCE: Eau Claire Leader-Telegram

Two people were injured when a gas-fired hot water heater exploded at the James Papanek residence at 6521W Hazel Street in the village of Winter at approximately 3:15 p.m. Thursday, June 8. The explosion blew out several windows and scattered insulation and other debris across the lawn in front of and behind the single-story house.
- PUB DATE: 6/9/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Sawyer County Record

The U.S. Fire Administration confirmed that the April death of North Courtland Volunteer Fire Department Fire Chief Eddie Harris was a line-of-duty death. Harris, 47, reported that he was feeling ill while he took part in live fire training on April 20, according to a release from the USFA. In April, Mayor Riely Evans told the Decatur Daily that Harris suffered an apparent heart attack and was transported to Helen Keller Hospital where he died April 21.
- PUB DATE: 6/9/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Firehouse.com

Perspectives on the state of the Meadville Central Fire Department are opposed along predictable party lines as Meadville enters the sixth month since City Council voted to cut departmental staffing levels. City Manager Andy Walker acknowledged the opposing views as he explained the city’s position on the changes.
- PUB DATE: 6/9/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Meadville Tribune

It served for decades, a firefighting powerhouse that lent equipment to local towns and training to area departments. But then times for the Meadowood County Area Fire Department changed, and fortunes slipped. On Wednesday, a small group of general members and board members voted to bring the 64-year-old department to an end, a long-anticipated move following years of financial losses.
- PUB DATE: 6/9/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Keene Sentinel

An off-duty firefighter happened to be driving through a Sandy neighborhood Tuesday when several shots were fired. Salt Lake City Fire Captain Tony Allred recounted the moments he sprang into action. He was driving his 8-year-old daughter to gymnastics when traffic got backed up on Alta Canyon Drive.
- PUB DATE: 6/9/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Fox13.com

Fidget spinners have become a must-have toy for many central Indiana children, but they may be more dangerous than parents realize. Some of the parts are very small and could pose a choking hazard if they pop off, as a Decatur Township firefighter discovered this week. The firefighter shared his story on the department’s Facebook page Thursday.
- PUB DATE: 6/9/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Fox59.com

A Milwaukee man is accused of setting his wheelchair-bound sister on fire, and killing her, according to a criminal complaint. Nasif Salaan Hibbler, 30, is charged with first-degree intentional homicide in the death of his sister, Sgakira Hicks. Police said Hibbler walked into a Milwaukee police station on Saturday and told officers, “I just set my sister on fire.
- PUB DATE: 6/8/2017 1:53:27 PM - SOURCE: WMSN-TV Fox 47 Madison

Crews responded to a report of a fire at a facility in DeForest Thursday morning, a Dane County dispatcher said. Dispatch said the DeForest Fire Department responded to a report of a fire at 9:16 a.m. at 605 Bassett St., which is the Sanimax plant building. Dane County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Elise Schaffer said deputies also responded to the fire scene to assist DeForest crews.
- PUB DATE: 6/8/2017 8:27:01 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison

On June 6, 2 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

Three firefighters were injured while battling a house fire in Liberty. Officials say the fire broke out shortly before 9 a.m. Wednesday, at a home on Markean Rd. When fire crews arrived, they saw smoke and flames coming from the home. 14 fire departments responded to the fire. Three firefighters were injured and taken to the hospital.
- PUB DATE: 6/8/2017 3:34:40 AM - SOURCE: WNCY-FM Y100

Firefighters were called to a mechanic shop Wednesday after the property owner spotted a blaze but was unable to stop the flames from spreading. The call for help came at 5:26 p.m. from Carr Auto and Truck Repair, 1824 Charles St. Racine Fire Capt. Mark Villalpando said the man was checking out a motion alarm that was activated when he discovered the fire in the shop owned by Brad Carr.
- PUB DATE: 6/8/2017 2:18:37 AM - SOURCE: Racine Journal Times

Northern Star Fire, an Eau Claire startup with a device to help firefighters find their way out of a burning building, is the grand prize winner in the 2017 Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest. Jeff Dykes, a captain in the Eau Claire Fire Department and a firefighter for 20 years, has developed an electronic, eight-direction compass that fits inside a firefighter’s face mask and lights up, showing the direction.
- PUB DATE: 6/8/2017 12:32:21 AM - SOURCE: Madison

Neil Svetanics, former chief of the St. Louis Fire Department and the Lemay Fire Protection District, died Wednesday (June 7, 2017) after a brief lung illness. He was 77 and lived in St. Louis Hills. Mr. Svetanics joined the St. Louis Fire Department in 1962 and moved up in ranks, serving as chief from 1986 to 1999.
- PUB DATE: 6/8/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: St. Louis Post Dispatch

Warren firefighters, digging with their bare hands and metal shovels, rescued a Howell man trapped in a collapsed trench on Tuesday, Warren Mayor Jim Fouts said. The 37-year-old man was rushed to Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, where he was in serious condition, the mayor wrote on his Facebook page Tuesday.
- PUB DATE: 6/8/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Detroit Free Press

The risk firefighters face for developing job-related cancers was well known in the fire service long before elected officials and the national news media started taking more notice in recent years and cast a brighter light on the issue. There are 37 states that have passed cancer presumption laws for firefighters, which provide workers' compensation benefits for those with certain types of cancers directly attributed to the job.
- PUB DATE: 6/8/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Firehouse.com

The Tulsa Fire Department is removing blue stripes from fire trucks. The chief thinks the stripes may send the wrong message to some people. "It hit me in my heart that this was the right thing to do for the City of Tulsa and for the citizens," Chief Ray Driskell said. TFD added the stripe after the Dallas police shooting as a symbol of solidarity with law enforcement, but Driskell said he's following his heart and taking the stripes off.
- PUB DATE: 6/8/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: newson6.com

Fire Chief Dale C. Herman and Deputy Chief Russell J. Randall were the only members of the city’s management team not to receive 2 percent salary increases in the newly adopted budget. The two top fire departments officials have been criticized for not taking the city’s side in a nearly three-year contract dispute with the firefighters’ union.
- PUB DATE: 6/8/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Watertown Daily News

The Red Wing Solid Waste Campus sustained significant damage due to a fire Wednesday night, June 7, according to Red Wing Fire Department. The blaze was reported around 7:45 p.m. inside the facility. No injuries were reported. The scene remained active as of a 9:34 p.m. update Wednesday, and residents were asked to avoid the area around 1873 Bench St.
- PUB DATE: 6/7/2017 10:32:48 PM - SOURCE: Rivertowns

On June 7, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.