A helicopter pilot suffered critical injuries Sunday after his aircraft crash at about 4:30 p.m. at Kenosha Regional Airport. The pilot, an unidentified male, was the only one on board, Kenosha Fire Department Chief Charles Leipzig said. A Flight for Life medical helicopter was called to transport the man, most likely to Froedtert Hospital in Wauwatosa, Leipzig said.
- PUB DATE: 6/5/2017 1:55:41 AM - SOURCE: Kenosha News

A 29-year-old Los Angeles Fire Department firefighter died Monday, two days after he fell from an aerial ladder during a training exercise in downtown, officials said. "The LAFD is heartbroken to announce the loss of one of our members, Firefighter Kelly Wong," a two-year veteran of the department, according to a news release.
- PUB DATE: 6/5/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: abclocal.go

A firefighter was critically injured Saturday morning when he fell from an aerial ladder during a training exercise in downtown, the Los Angeles Fire Department said. The incident occurred about 9:43 a.m. in the 300 block of Main Street, said Amy Bastman, a spokeswoman for the department. The injured firefighter was treated by his colleagues at the scene and transported to a nearby trauma center, Bastman said.
- PUB DATE: 6/5/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: abclocal.go

Investigators in Fort Worth and Grapevine are still trying to determine what caused overnight fires at a warehouse and a vacant restaurant. Firefighters responding to a warehouse fire in Fort Worth were pulled out of harms way before the structure’s roof collapsed, according to a Fort Worth fire official.
- PUB DATE: 6/5/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Star-Telegram

In the history of the Ulah Fire Department, there has only been one fire chief: Jerry Dickinson. Now, after almost 50 years at the helm, health problems have made it clear to Dickinson that it is time for this dedicated firefighter to retire. “I’ve worked all my life,” Dickinson said. “My uncle owned a salvage yard — a junk yard — in Ulah and I started working there when I was 12 years old.
- PUB DATE: 6/5/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Courier-Tribune

Nearly half of all Americans have not developed a home fire escape plan. Of those that have, one-quarter have never practiced it. These and other findings from a recent survey conducted by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) prompted the official theme for this year’s Fire Prevention Week campaign, October 8-14, 2017: “Every Second Counts: Plan Two Ways Out™” “The results from our most recent survey show we still have a lot of work to do in educating the public about home fires, escape planning and practice.
- PUB DATE: 6/5/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Firehouse

When word came about a month ago that Stephen Johnson, former chief of training for the Detroit Fire Department, was dying of kidney cancer, his family and friends quickly planned a June 25 tribute party complete with live music. But earlier this week, his condition worsened and they knew they needed to move quickly.
- PUB DATE: 6/5/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Detroit Free Press

VIDEO: Didion Milling released a statement Sunday afternoon that the local fire department and Columbia County Sheriff's Office have recovered the body of a worker killed in the plant explosion Wednesday night. Didion Milling said safety engineers recovered the body of 21-year-old Pawel Tordoff. His body was originally found Friday morning, but authorities delayed sending rescue personnel into the site until it was safe to make the recovery, the company said.
- PUB DATE: 6/4/2017 1:36:33 PM - SOURCE: WMSN-TV Fox 47 Madison

According to the Madison Fire Department, one person was taken to UW Hospital with non-life threatening injuries, after hitting Ella's Deli. Firefighters responded to the 2000 block of E. Washington Avenue, Ella's Deli around 12:00 noon. They found a vehicle had hit the entryway of Ella's Deli. Crews found no damage to the main structure of the restaurant.
- PUB DATE: 6/4/2017 6:21:17 AM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison

One person was injured in a Saturday morning fire in an apartment above Murphy’s Pub, 123 Main St. The man, who had been in the apartment that caught fire, was found on the roof over the pub, suffering from an injured arm. He was treated on the scene by paramedics and then transported to Black River Memorial Hospital for further treatment.
- PUB DATE: 6/4/2017 4:45:41 AM - SOURCE: Eau Claire Leader-Telegram

On June 3, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

VIDEO: A Friday morning fire in the Town of Merton damaged a home and destroyed a garage and the vehicles that were parked inside. Firefighters from the Merton Fire Department were called to the home on the County Highway E near Trumpet Lane at about 5:45 a.m. Additional help was later received from crews from the Village of Sussex, the Town of Lisbon, and the Village of Hartland, Lt.
- PUB DATE: 6/2/2017 8:28:23 AM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee

A Wisconsin corn mill that exploded late Wednesday night was reprimanded by federal safety inspectors six years ago for not taking precautions against dust explosions, a major hazard in handling grain, records show. Firefighters also had responded to a fire at the facility two days before the blast, although it’s too soon to know whether the two incidents are related.
- PUB DATE: 6/2/2017 4:24:16 AM - SOURCE: Chippewa Herald

VIDEO: Two people were killed and several others injured in a late Wednesday explosion and fire at a corn milling plant in Columbia County. One of two employees who had been missing was found dead about 5:50 p.m. Thursday. A search and rescue mission continued Thursday night for the other employee who had been on shift at the Didion Milling plant on Highway 146 in Cambria who was still missing as of 7:45 p.
- PUB DATE: 6/2/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee

Jupiter police said two EMT paramedics were killed in a rollover crash involving a car early Thursday morning at Indiantown Road near Military Trail in Jupiter. The EMTs were employed by American Medical Response and identified as caregivers, Lahiri Garcia, 51, and critical care paramedic and supervisor, Paul Besaw, 36.
- PUB DATE: 6/2/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPTV-TV NBC 5 West Palm Beach

It was their first big call — and they saved two little lives. Two rookie firefighters, one of them fighting the first blaze of his career, saved a mom and two small boys trapped in a burning Brooklyn basement apartment early Thursday, officials said. Firefighters from Ladder Co. 149 rushed to the blaze on 64th St.
- PUB DATE: 6/2/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Daily News

As fire swept through a Hartford home in the early evening of Oct. 7, 2014, five firefighters inside the second-floor living room heard a commander's desperate radio call to "bail out." "All units out of the building now." Engine 16 Lt. John Moree would later tell investigators he searched for, but couldn't find, his partner, firefighter Kevin Bell, who was manning a hose inside the room.
- PUB DATE: 6/2/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Hartford Courant

Former State Fire Marshal Tonya Hoover was named superintendent of the U.S. Fire Administration’s National Fire Academy (NFA) in May. As superintendent, Hoover will provides leadership for the NFA, which focuses on enhancing the ability of fire and emergency services and allied professionals to deal more effectively with fire and related emergencies.
- PUB DATE: 6/2/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Firehouse

Almost 300 state firefighters whose promotions were suspended after Cal Fire discovered suspected cheating on a November 2016 exam can move up the ranks as long their individual results are vetted one more time, according to a Thursday decision from the State Personnel Board. The board voted to allow Cal Fire to promote from an exam that it dismissed last month when it reported that it found “irregularities” on a test that captains must pass before advancing to battalion chief.
- PUB DATE: 6/2/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Sacramento Bee

PHOTOS - Sixty people are without a home today after a seven-alarm blaze tore through a Reading condo complex, where about 100 firefighters were called to help contain the fire. Abby Brennan, who lives on the fourth floor, said she heard a fire alarm go off, opened her door and made her way down through the smoke with her 4-year-old son.
- PUB DATE: 6/2/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Boston Herald