VIDEO: The Milwaukee Fire Department is investigating after a fire destroyed multiple garages on the city's southside. The fire broke out around 4 am on Saturday morning near 25th and Mitchell. Fire crews at the scene tell 12 News say when they arrived two garages were fully engulfed. The fire quickly spread to four other garages.
- PUB DATE: 5/13/2017 9:17:30 AM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee

The Holmen Area Fire Department gave residents in the fire district a chance May 6 to see the improvements the emergency service has made in recent years during it’s first Family Fun Day event. “We’re trained, equipped and proud,” said Mike Durkin, HAFD firefighter and organizer of the event. The department decided to hold the event in lieu of its annual dance fundraiser.
- PUB DATE: 5/12/2017 2:45:35 AM - SOURCE: Onalaska Holmen Courier Life

Keys and dollar bills changed hands in the Enbridge parking lot Wednesday. Four of the energy company's retired fleet vehicles were donated to Douglas County fire departments and a Superior High School mentoring program, for $1 apiece. "Our long-term goal is to turn it into a brush truck," said Lakeside Fire Chief Nova Nordrum of the donated 2008 Chevy Silverado extended cab.
- PUB DATE: 5/12/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Superior Telegram

In an embarrassing verdict for the city of Charlotte, a jury Thursday found the Fire Department retaliated against former fire investigator Crystal Eschert for raising questions about the safety of construction work at a new office building, awarding her $1.5 million. The jury rejected Charlotte’s claims that Eschert’s firing wasn’t retaliation.
- PUB DATE: 5/12/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Charlotte Observer

Three children died as multiple homes burned in Montgomery County early Friday, fire officials say. Another child, a 10 year old, was critically hurt along with other family members. The fire appeared to start at the back of one home before spreading to another. Search and rescue efforts were underway along Tamina Road at Johnson Road before 4 a.
- PUB DATE: 5/12/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KHOU-TV CBS 11 Houston

A heated legal battle is still simmering between two high-ranking city firefighters. The lawsuit, filed by Plainfield Deputy Fire Chief Jeffrey Courtney, is claiming that Chief Frank Tidwell racially discriminated against him because he is white. The lawsuit also names the City of Plainfield and the Plainfield Fire Department as defendants.
- PUB DATE: 5/12/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: MyCentralJersey.com

Kevin Brame (DHS-FEMA-USFA-NFA) contacted the Daily Dispatch and wanted to make the following correction and clarification to Thursday's 'Key the Mic' column on the NFA Leadership in Supervision Class: "In my position, I serve as the Training Specialist-Curriculum Manager for the Leadership and Executive Development Curriculum.
- PUB DATE: 5/12/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Daily Dispatch

On the surface, it may not look like a 12-year-old boy and a firefighter would have much in common. But this heartwarming video showed Logan, a 12-year-old boy from Gilbert, and Mase Mattingly, a Gilbert firefighter, bonding over their shared prosthetic legs. Candy Carson, Logan’s mom, said in the video that five years ago, Logan had strep throat, which sent him into septic shock.
- PUB DATE: 5/12/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTAR 620 - Newsradio

The town of Necedah is still looking for a new emergency management director. Town officials are looking to replace Gerry Ganther, who resigned from the position in early March. Juneau County does have an emergency management director who oversees the entire county, but with severe weather season in full swing, if the town would get hit with a tornado or wildfire breakout, it could be in trouble.
- PUB DATE: 5/11/2017 10:27:50 PM - SOURCE: wisc news

VIDEO: It took firefighters about 7 hours to put out a fire at a business in the Town of Seneca in Wood County. The Vesper Fire Department received the call just after 1:30 p.m. Thursday of a fire at TJ's Auto. When they arrived they found fire in the ventilation system, walls and ceiling of the building.
- PUB DATE: 5/11/2017 8:51:36 PM - SOURCE: WAOW-TV ABC 9-Wausau

VIDEO: Heroics come in all forms and Greenfield firefighters were ready to answer the call of some stuck ducks. Some ducklings had fallen into the sewer but there's a twist to the story we never anticipated. This all unfolded along Honey Creek Driver near Elm Dale Elementary School. Firefighters were able to scoop up several of the baby ducks, but there was one that was just too far away.
- PUB DATE: 5/11/2017 4:35:09 PM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

One person died in a fire at an apartment complex in Manitowoc. It broke out shortly before 4:00 p.m. Wednesday at Parkview Haven on N. 8th Street. Firefighters needed to break windows to get excess smoke out of the building. Manitowoc fire chief, Todd Blaser, tells WLUK the amount of smoke made it difficult to fight this fire.
- PUB DATE: 5/11/2017 6:55:39 AM - SOURCE: WNCY-FM Y100

Fire departments across the Northern Door County received a boost in recruits recently when 23 students graduated from Emergency Medical Response training. As volunteer fire departments across the country struggle with staffing, the program held in Northern Door County addressed the critical shortage of first responders in the area.
- PUB DATE: 5/11/2017 5:20:18 AM - SOURCE: Door County Daily News

A Lodi Area emergency services building may be inching closer to fruition, but the current Lodi Fire Department needs unavoidable repairs, according to a report at a Fire/EMS April 24 meeting. The future of the fire department was on the table at a special joint midterm meeting of the town boards of Lodi and West Point, the city of Lodi council, the Lodi Area Fire Commission and the Lodi Area Emergency Medical Service (EMS) Commission.
- PUB DATE: 5/11/2017 2:02:09 AM - SOURCE: Lodi Enterprise

A Lucas County Common Pleas Court judge ordered today that a man convicted of setting a fire that killed two Toledo firefighters spend a maximum of 20 years in prison. The defendant’s plea, conviction, and sentencing came just after Judge Stacy Cook declared a mistrial in the case because jurors heard testimony that was considered incriminating toward the suspect.
- PUB DATE: 5/11/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Toledo Blade

Alameda County supervisors extended their ambulance contract with Paramedics Plus by three years despite fierce criticism by firefighters complaining the process wasn’t open for competitive bids and changes in service delivery were not included. Supervisors voted in favor 3 to 1, with one recusal, extending the contract until June 1, 2020.
- PUB DATE: 5/11/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: East Bay Times

A fire in Brooklyn Criminal Court injured eight state court officers and five firefighters and forced an early recess Wednesday afternoon. The 4:04 p.m. blaze on the sixth floor generated heavy smoke that led to the evacuation of the 10-story building in downtown Brooklyn. "There was a lot of smoke in the hallway," said one court staffer who declined to give his name.
- PUB DATE: 5/11/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Daily News

VIDEO - A Fort Madison fire engine rolled into a slough along the Mississippi River on Wednesday night while responding to an accident. Thursday morning Fort Madison Fire Chief Joey Herren said that he was planning to get a crane to move the truck and the road will be closed until further notice. Chief Herren says the truck was headed down 35th Street when it slid off the edge of the gravel road.
- PUB DATE: 5/11/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WGEM-TV Quincy

Burton Fire District Capt. Ralph Neiderhiser celebrated his 80th birthday Tuesday. Sixty five of those years have been spent in fire service. “If you do what you enjoy, it ain’t (like) going to work,” he said Wednesday. Neiderhiser began his career as a volunteer with his father in Pennsylvania when he was 16, he said.
- PUB DATE: 5/11/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Island Packet

VIDEO: Gov. Scott Walker signed Executive Order #242 Wednesday declaring a State of Emergency in response to elevated wildfire conditions. Wisconsin is experiencing above average fire occurrence levels leading to a statewide wildfire threat. “This is a precautionary measure we’re taking to help protect the people of our state,” Walker said.
- PUB DATE: 5/10/2017 5:33:04 PM - SOURCE: WEAU-TV 13 News