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

A volunteer fireman is facing driving under the influence charges in connection with an incident that ended with a damaged fire truck, a crash into a telephone pole and a small geyser of water from a fire hydrant. At 11:51 a.m. Saturday, Sharon police officers M. Paul Lehman and Adam Zazado were dispatched to South Dock and Budd streets in response to a call regarding a disabled West Middlesex Volunteer Fire Department fire truck.
- PUB DATE: 5/15/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Sharon Herald

Five weeks after Ohio made it easier for Ohio firefighters diagnosed with cancer to qualify for workers’ compensation and pension benefits, House Republicans are proposing more restrictions. Firefighters, trial attorneys and Democrats oppose the amendment added this week to the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation budget bill.
- PUB DATE: 5/15/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Columbus Dispatch

Competitive tension between volunteer and career firefighters, which boiled over at the scene of a fire and landed inside a Prince George’s County courtroom, has been resolved. Two Maryland firefighters charged with attacking two colleagues at a house fire in 2015 have been acquitted by a jury of all charges.
- PUB DATE: 5/15/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTOP-AM 1500 Washington

Utica fire Chief Russell Brooks says he was “blindsided” when he was placed on paid, indeterminate, nondisciplinary leave by the city of Utica Friday morning. Brooks, who has been chief for 13 out of the 41 years he has been with the Utica Fire Department, said he was told of the decision during a meeting with Mayor Robert Palmeri and two city legal representatives.
- PUB DATE: 5/15/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Utica Observer-Dispatch

VIDEO: Construction projects are proving to be a major roadblock for the Edgerton Fire Department when responding to crashes on the roadways. Sunday's three-car-crash on the interstate in Rock County proved to be an example of just that. Four people suffered non-life threatening injuries. Edgerton's Fire Chief says it's been difficult, dealing with the eight miles of construction with concrete barriers on both sides.
- PUB DATE: 5/14/2017 11:56:27 PM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison

First responders have been increasingly strained as changes in peoples’ mobility, living and work habits undercut the framework that has made this system possible. “There’s a problem and we’re looking for people,” said Endeavor Moundville Fire Chief Mike Bordeau. “We put a thing out on our Facebook page looking for recruits and we got one recruit out of it, but getting word out is one of the hardest parts.
- PUB DATE: 5/14/2017 7:31:47 PM - SOURCE: wisc news

James Knowles III is the new Assistant Fire Chief of Training and Safety after a meeting of the Police and Fire Commission of the City of Fond du Lac Thursday. According to a release from the commission, the appointment was made unanimously. Knowles is a 20-year veteran of the fire service and has risen up through the ranks, previously serving as a lieutenant and captain.
- PUB DATE: 5/13/2017 10:56:57 AM - SOURCE: Fond du Lac Reporter