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

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