A Toledo firefighter who had been inside the Magnolia Street building where two of his fellow firefighters would die from the intense heat and smoke broke down on the witness stand today as he recounted the rescue efforts. Lt. Aaron Hague told the jury hearing the trial of Ray Abou-Arab that the turnout gear of both Pvts.
- PUB DATE: 5/3/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Toledo Blade

An overdose victim tried to kill the first responders who had just saved his life Monday, according to the O’Fallon Fire Protection District. Two O’Fallon, Mo., firefighters and a St. Charles County Ambulance District paramedic went to a man’s home about 10 a.m. Monday, O’Fallon Fire Chief Tom Vineyard said.
- PUB DATE: 5/3/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Amid questions why an ambulance driver passed two hospitals before taking a wounded officer to Beaumont Hospital, Oakwood, on Sunday, the city’s fire commissioner said the emergency technician did the right thing. The officer, a 14-year veteran, was with his partner responding to a domestic violence call when he knocked on the door of Oakman Apartments on the city's west side.
- PUB DATE: 5/3/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Detroit News

A firefighter's kung-fu style video has gone viral. The Decatur Fire Department posted the video on Facebook of the rookie firefighter dancing to Carl Douglas' "Kung Fu Fighting" disco song. "After a long day of closing roads and directing traffic, the rookie gets a little bored but knows how to boost the moods of all the firefighters," the post read.
- PUB DATE: 5/3/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1

Beaver Dam Police and Fire Commission gave Fire Chief Alan Mannel permission to move ahead with preliminary planning for a second fire station and staffing. “I think things will change about 100 times,” Mannel said. In order to possibly cover a second fire station, Mannel wants to hire nine more firefighters.
- PUB DATE: 5/2/2017 7:26:57 PM - SOURCE: wisc news

Instead of allowing the bank to foreclose on her home, a Portage County woman is accused of trying to burn it to the ground. 53-year-old Barbara Maslowski-Day is charged with felony arson in connection with the fire from 2011. A criminal complaint says fire investigators found an accelerant near the source of the fire.
- PUB DATE: 5/2/2017 7:42:58 AM - SOURCE: WDEZ-FM 101.9

A Janesville man is dead and a Whitewater woman in critical but stable condition after a two-car, head-on traffic crash Monday on Highway 59, near East Gould Road in the town of Lima, according to a Rock County Sheriff’s Office news release. The 59-year-old man was driving east on Highway 59 at 5:43 p.
- PUB DATE: 5/2/2017 5:05:09 AM - SOURCE: Walworth County Today

Fairfield Fire Chief Kevin Sutton was killed in a Sunday afternoon crash with an 18-wheeler in Birmingham that injured his wife, and critically injured his daughter. "It is a loss of a great man and a great leader that will be felt for years to come,'' said Fairfield Police Chief Nick Dyer. "This is truly an awful day.
- PUB DATE: 5/2/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: AL.com

The gunman suspected of opening fire on and critically wounding a Dallas paramedic providing aid to a shooting victim Monday morning has been found dead inside a home along with another deceased person, Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings confirmed Monday afternoon. The injured Dallas Fire-Rescue paramedic is in critical but stable condition and has been moved to the ICU after undergoing surgery.
- PUB DATE: 5/2/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC Dallas Fort Worth

A Providence Fire Department captain who was seriously injured in a huge blaze last March has filed a grievance after he was denied a promotion, despite scoring well on the written exam. But Public Safety Commissioner Steven Paré said it was a policy decision to deny a promotion to a firefighter who is expected to receive a disability pension.
- PUB DATE: 5/2/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPRI-TV Providence 12

At Inver Grove Heights Fire Department in the city of Inver Grove Heights, Minn., Fire Chief Judy Thill has devised a 24-hour, year-round rotating schedule to make the workload more manageable for her on-call firefighters. “We were receiving over 1,000 calls per year,” she said. “It got to be a lot on the volunteers.
- PUB DATE: 5/2/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Municipal

Fire departments around metro Atlanta are making drastic security changes after several break-ins of on-duty firefighters’ vehicles. One local fire chief’s proposal would allow firefighters to bring handguns into fire stations. Morrow Fire Chief Roger Swint presented the policy to Morrow City Council on April 25.
- PUB DATE: 5/2/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WXIA-TV NBC 11 Atlanta

The bodies of two people were found Monday inside a house that was destroyed by a fire late Sunday night, officials said. Firefighters were called at 11:31 p.m. Sunday to a house on Highway 82 east of Elroy. Deputies said a family member of the two people who lived in the home attempted unsuccessfully to get them out.
- PUB DATE: 5/1/2017 5:54:46 PM - SOURCE: WMSN-TV Fox 47 Madison

A fire that broke out Sunday, April 30 in the basement of a mixed-use building was quickly contained by the Wauwatosa Fire Department. At 10:21 a.m. firefighters responded to a call reporting a fire had broke out in the building at 7463 Harwood Ave. in Wauwatosa. According to a news release from the Wauwatosa Fire Department, the exact cause of the fire is undetermined but is suspected to be related to a light fixture in the basement laundry room.
- PUB DATE: 5/1/2017 1:03:45 PM - SOURCE: WauwatosaNOW

VIDEO: Each year on May 4th many around celebrate International Firefighters' Day by thanking those who help to protect our communities. Monday morning on Sunrise 7, we celebrated a little bit early. S.A.F.E.R Fire Department in Rib Mountain invited us into their station for a 'morning in the life' segment.
- PUB DATE: 5/1/2017 7:50:51 AM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau

The Janesville Fire Department has upgraded its technology and equipment to better help overweight patients and reduce the risk of injury to emergency responders. The Janesville Gazette reports that Janesville ambulances are equipped with power-assisted stretchers that lower and lift. They can be attached to devices in ambulance beds that make helping patients into the vehicles less strenuous.
- PUB DATE: 5/1/2017 6:39:25 AM - SOURCE: WKBT-TV CBS 8 La Crosse

VIDEO: A Milwaukee Fire Captain is behind bars after being charged with beating, strangling and stalking his girlfriend. The girlfriend told police she is afraid her boyfriend will kill her after Leon Butts allegedly beat her and said he'd bury her by a shed. Milwaukee Fire Department confirms Leon Butts was a captain.
- PUB DATE: 5/1/2017 1:47:48 AM - SOURCE: Telemundo Milwaukee,WI

At least one firefighter was shot when a gunman opened fire on paramedics in East Dallas late Monday morning. Dallas Police are currently searching for an active shooter in the neighborhood east of the Dallas Fire Rescue Training Academy. The shooting happened at about 11:30 a.m. at the facility which is near Dolphin Road near Interstate 30.
- PUB DATE: 5/1/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFAA-TV ABC 8 Dallas - Fort Worth

Cove Creek Pearson Volunteer Fire Chief Doug Deckard died after being struck by a car while checking water lines early Sunday during severe storms. The Arkansas State Police says Deckard, 51, was working along Highway 25 just west of the Faulkner-Cleburne County line near Quitman. He was outside of his vehicle checking doing work when he was hit.
- PUB DATE: 5/1/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KNWA-TV & KFTA-TV NWAHomepage

An 83-year-old Austinburg firefighter died Friday evening from injuries he sustained when he was struck by a vehicle late Thursday, according to firefighters from around the area. Austinburg firefighter Dave Lemponen was with the Austinburg department for about 60 years, said fire Chief William Wilms.
- PUB DATE: 5/1/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Ashtabula Star Beacon