A Kenosha man faces 19 charges, including three arsons, after allegedly stealing property in New Lisbon in the spring of 2015. Arthur E. Sagel, 34, was charged with the alleged crimes on April 25. For the three arson of building charges, Sagel could be fined $100,000 or be imprisoned no more than 40 years, or both, for each offense.
- PUB DATE: 5/17/2017 1:45:10 AM - SOURCE: Juneau County-Star Times

VIDEO: Life jacket? Check. Engine running? Check. Ability to see under water? Scott Gomoll now has that too. The 360 Side Sonar mounts in two portions on the Merrill Fire Department's search and rescue boat. Monday morning, firefighter/paramedic Gomall took the new tool out for practice and training.
- PUB DATE: 5/17/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJFW-TV NBC 12 Rhinelander-Wausau

U.S. Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., introduced legislation today that could help local fire departments promote part-time personnel with federal grant funding rather than being forced to hire new employees and train them. Peters introduced the legislation along with U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, as a way to help save money and hire and promote first responders who have already been trained.
- PUB DATE: 5/17/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Detroit Free Press

All 11 members of Newburgh’s volunteer fire department quit their jobs after the town selectmen refused to reinstate the former chief, officials said. The selectmen met Monday to vote whether to reinstate former Chief Glen Williamson, who officially resigned in August. He worked for the department for more than 20 years, the last 10 as chief earning $4,000 a year, he said.
- PUB DATE: 5/17/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Bangor Daily News

In this, the second episode of After Action Video, we explore the Berkeley Fire’s mayday event on September 30th 2016. The event occurred at a commercial fire while crews were engaged in transitioning from offensive to defensive in their approach. This episode looks at the firefighters' mindset both before and during the event as well as highlighting the “chain” of events that contributed to the need for a mayday.
- PUB DATE: 5/17/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Cahill Multimedia

A Seattle firefighter who says he was knocked out by the force of the Greenwood natural-gas explosion last year is suing Puget Sound Energy (PSE) and its contractor over the blast. In the lawsuit filed Friday, Jeff Markoff said he was about 90 feet from the epicenter of the alleyway explosion that leveled two buildings and damaged dozens more.
- PUB DATE: 5/17/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Seattle Times

Jones County Volunteer Fire Department (JCVFD) battled a Mother's Day duplex fire Sunday, where the fire completely destroyed the building. During Sunday's call JCVFD requested back-up from Laurel city firefighters, but they did not get the response it needed. The fire happened on Redbud Drive off Highway 11 around 11 a.
- PUB DATE: 5/17/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: My Fox 23 Hattiesburg

A woman and her dog were rescued after jumping from a window of an upstairs apartment that was on fire Monday evening on North Main Street, authorities said. The Oshkosh Fire Department responded about 5 p.m. to a report of a fire in the 400 block of North Main Street, according to a news release from department spokesman John Holland.
- PUB DATE: 5/16/2017 6:32:40 AM - SOURCE: Oshkosh Northwestern

With early studies showing that firefighters are three times as likely as the general population to develop cancer, Greenfield Fire Chief Jon Cohn decided it was time to try something. That something is a sauna where it is hoped that firefighters can sweat out the toxins carried by smoke that get into their bodies through their skin.
- PUB DATE: 5/16/2017 2:01:37 AM - SOURCE: Greenfield West Allis NOW

VIDEO: A retired fire department boat from New York City has found a home in Baileys Harbor in Door County. The vessel, called the Kevin C. Kane, has a rich history as well, serving on 9/11 and what's commonly known as the "Miracle on the Hudson." From the silver search lights to the fire engine red hull, the Kevin C.
- PUB DATE: 5/16/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLUK TV Fox 11

Three years after Kansas City settled claims that it had failed to pay certain overtime wages, Fire Department medical staff are back in court saying the city is circumventing the court’s ruling. A lawsuit filed Thursday in Jackson County Circuit Court on behalf of certain emergency medical technicians and paramedics says the city has lowered some pay scales — so that the plaintiffs continue to work overtime hours but haven’t seen higher wages.
- PUB DATE: 5/16/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Kansas City Star

A federal judge has found that the town of Sandwich was within the law when it terminated former firefighter Andrew Davison, but has left open the question of whether his immediate superiors intended to restrict his free speech when reprimanding him for other misconduct. Davison alleges the town fired him in April 2014 in retaliation for a sign he posted on his Quaker Meetinghouse Road property objecting to a proposal for a public safety complex.
- PUB DATE: 5/16/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Firehouse

The Houston Fire Department has resorted to shuttling firefighters to emergencies in SUVs because reliable fire trucks are increasingly becoming a rarity. The fire department internal memo, describing the policy, was first released in 2013, but highlights a growing problem that poses a threat to public safety: not enough reliable equipment to outfit the city's fire department.
- PUB DATE: 5/16/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPRC-TV NBC 2 Houston

An effort by the union representing Fairfax County firefighters to reassure the community that bullying and workplace harassment aren’t commonplace struck a painful nerve for Steve Mittendorff — the husband of a former county firefighter who was the victim of online bullying and who died by suicide last year.
- PUB DATE: 5/16/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTOP-AM 1500 Washington

An East Liverpool patrolman was recently rushed to the hospital after becoming exposed to fentanyl and carfentanil. Chris Greene was obtaining evidence during a traffic stop when fentanyl attached to his shirt. Police say driver Justin Buckle and passenger Cortez Collins had tried to get rid of evidence in the car.
- PUB DATE: 5/16/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ToledoNewsNow

VIDEO: A new area fire department officially welcomes its leader, according to Everest Metro Police. Chief Kelly Hanink was sworn in as chief of the Riverside Fire District around 9:30 a.m. Monday, according to a post on Facebook. Hanink comes from Eden Prairie Fire Department in Minnesota. She has formal education, fire technical training and management experience.
- PUB DATE: 5/15/2017 3:08:20 PM - SOURCE: WAOW-TV ABC 9-Wausau

Three people are without a home after a Monday morning fire at a duplex in Green Bay. The Green Bay Metro Fire Dept. says it was called to 2582 Wildflower Row around 10:15 a.m. A neighbor was reporting smoke and charring on the windows. When crews arrived, the tenant of the other side of the duplex was outside and told firefighters the people who lived in the other half were probably not home.
- PUB DATE: 5/15/2017 11:33:25 AM - SOURCE: WLUK TV Fox 11

A 25-year-old Mount Calvary firefighter was injured while fighting a house fire Sunday afternoon. At 3:23 p.m. Sunday, the Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office and the Mount Calvary Fire Department were dispatched to W977 South Shore Lane for a house fire. The residence sustained significant damage in the kitchen area of the house.
- PUB DATE: 5/15/2017 9:39:18 AM - SOURCE: Fond du Lac Reporter

For years, Tucson-area fire departments have been working with a local health-care program to create a comprehensive medical plan that addresses stress and mental health in first responders. April was a difficult month for the Tucson Fire Department, with a murder-suicide perpetrated by one of its own taking place days before the sentencing of a former captain for three murders.
- PUB DATE: 5/15/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Tucson Arizona Daily Star

The former city manager wanted to fire Charlotte Fire Department Chief Jon Hannan last year, but the City Council blocked the move, according to a deposition from this week’s whistleblower trial that ended with a $1.5 million verdict against the city. Ron Carlee wanted to fire Hannan because of the chief’s “lying” to him over leaking part of a personnel file to retaliate against a firefighter union leader, according to his deposition.
- PUB DATE: 5/15/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Charlotte Observer