VIDEO: Milwaukee Alderman Bob Donovan and others reacted with anger and concern after a Milwaukee Fire Department station near Teutonia and Locust was shot at on Sunday, April 23rd. A bullet penetrated the window of Station 30 during the shots fired incident. It happened around 6:45 p.m. as the firefighters at Station 30 were getting dispatched to a car fire.
- PUB DATE: 4/24/2017 11:11:05 AM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6

VIDEO: For the second time this year, a Milwaukee fire station has been hit by gunfire. The most recent case happened around 7:00 p.m. Sunday at Station 30 near Teutonia Avenue and Locust Street. An official with the fire department said firefighters heard a loud noise and breaking glass as they were heading out to a call.
- PUB DATE: 4/24/2017 6:14:12 AM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee

The discovery of apparent pieces of military ordinance following a garage fire in Ashland led to the evacuation of part of an Ashland neighborhood Friday afternoon before it was later determined that they were both inert mortar training rounds. According to a statement issued by Ashland Mayor Debra Lewis, the discovery came when an Ashland firefighter, conducting a post fire investigation, discovered what state officials tentatively identified as an M69 mortar round.
- PUB DATE: 4/24/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Ashland daily Press

Boston Fire Commissioner Joseph E. Finn was recognized as the Fire Chief of the Year, an honor “richly deserved” for the veteran firefighter who has placed a premium on educating his firefighters on the risks of cancer while on duty, an agency spokesman said. “It’s richly deserved. He’s been on the job for 33 years.
- PUB DATE: 4/24/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Boston Herald

A catastrophic fire killed four children and one adult who were trapped in a Queens house Sunday as devastated neighbors watched helplessly. Orange flames licked out from the windows of the two-story house on 208th St. near 112th Ave. in Queens Village when the first 911 call came in at 2:36 p.m. Firefighters battled valiantly, officials and witnesses said, but despite their best efforts, every victim they brought out was dead, including 2-year-old Chayce Green, 9-year-old Rayshawn Matthews and 14-year-old Jada Foxworth.
- PUB DATE: 4/24/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Daily News

An Arkansas volunteer firefighter came to the rescue after a little girl fell out of the back of a bus. His dash camera, running the entire time. In the video, you can see the little girl, and the quick actions he took to save her. The dash camera video from Ryan Ciampoli, a licensed emt and volunteer firefighter for Crawford County.
- PUB DATE: 4/24/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKRG.com

PHOTO - Garland firefighters narrowly avoided injury early Saturday when a drunken driving suspect barreled into their ambulance — but they ran to the man's rescue just the same. Authorities say the brand-new ambulance was parked along Interstate 30 about 2 a.m. after responding to an earlier crash near the Bobtown Road exit, police said.
- PUB DATE: 4/24/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Dallas Morning News

FDNY investigators are focusing on whether a city firefighter from Bethpage who fell five stories to his death in Queens was jolted from a raised fire truck bucket, an official said Friday afternoon. William Tolley, 42, was getting in the bucket or had just gotten in it when the accident occurred, said the official, who was briefed on the preliminary findings of the investigation.
- PUB DATE: 4/24/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Newsday

As mass shootings become more common, more fire departments are using body armor so crews can more quickly reach people in dangerous situations. East Pierce Fire & Rescue is the latest local agency to order ballistic vests to better protect its firefighters and paramedics. Tacoma Fire has used the vests since the 1990s, and West Pierce Fire & Rescue ordered them in 2013.
- PUB DATE: 4/24/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The News-Tribune

VIDEO: Madison Fire Department officials are trying to figure out what started a fire that sent three people to the hospital early Sunday morning. An MFD spokesperson tells 27 News, the injuries were minor, and the three should be okay. The fire started a little after 3:00 a.m. at a home on N Roby Rd.
- PUB DATE: 4/23/2017 10:35:04 AM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV 27 ABC

VIDEO: Firefighters in Marathon County are improving their already tough job by training in a real life situation. A training burn held in the Town of Maine, just north of Wausau, helped firefighters Saturday. The Maine Fire Chief Joe Bozinski said the department has been using the unoccupied home after a party offered it to the fire department to use for training.
- PUB DATE: 4/23/2017 7:30:30 AM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau

VIDEO: Closing arguments are being held Friday in the trial of a Milwaukee man accused of fatally stabbing his girlfriend and her daughter and then setting the house on fire in order to cover up the crime. Patrick Fowler took the stand Thursday in his defense and told jurors that someone else stabbed the victims.
- PUB DATE: 4/21/2017 8:37:16 AM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee

Every year the West Salem and Bangor-Burns annual fire department dances attract hundreds of area residents to come out and support their local fire departments, and enjoy some good music, food and refreshments. The Pat Watters Band will perform during the Bangor-Burns Fire Department dance on Friday, April 28, starting at 8 p.
- PUB DATE: 4/21/2017 7:34:22 AM - SOURCE: Coulee News

VIDEO: Sirens across the state sounded Thursday during Wisconsin's annual tornado drill that marks the start of the severe weather season. Sirens are strategically placed all across the state to warn people if a tornado is coming. But now that most people have smartphones and weather radios, are the sirens necessary? At Edgerton Elementary in Greenfield, principal Christopher D'Acquisto made the announcement: "The National Weather Service has issued a tornado warning.
- PUB DATE: 4/21/2017 5:52:15 AM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee

It was a routine call like so many others across William Tolley’s 14 years with the FDNY, a two-alarm apartment fire — until something went horribly, inexplicably wrong. Tolley, 42, the married father of an 8-year-old girl, died after a bizarre five-story plunge while working on the roof of a Queens building hit by a small blaze three floors below, officials said.
- PUB DATE: 4/21/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Daily News

A plan to eliminate Deal's three paid firefighter positions, which cost as much as $500,000 a year, comes about a month after the borough settled a claim that it did not pay the men overtime, the firefighters' attorney confirmed. Labor attorney Jim Mets, who represents the firefighters, said he is considering a retaliation lawsuit against the borough.
- PUB DATE: 4/21/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Asbury Park Press

Two town firefighters are leaving their department to work in other towns because they say a local taxpayer group has made them concerned their jobs are in jeopardy. Firefighters Adam Mills and Corey Greaney accepted jobs in other communities, citing calls from the taxpayer group We Are 03862 Strong to cut spending on police and fire services as a prominent reason.
- PUB DATE: 4/21/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Firehouse

An arbitrator has awarded raises of more than 2 percent for each of the next two years to Hawaii firefighters in a binding decision that may be the bellwether of ongoing contract negotiations with all of the state and county public worker unions this year. Hawaii Fire Fighters Association President Robert “Bobby” Lee said the decision earlier this week also continues with salary step movement salary increases every three years for fire fighters based on their employment anniversaries.
- PUB DATE: 4/21/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Star Advertiser

City officials are being forced to turn to some unlikely heroes to make sure the city’s fire and EMS services receive much needed new vehicles. Because of the city’s financial crisis, officials are making a deal with private citizens who can front the cost for new emergency vehicles. In an interesting twist, the city is also willing to put up city hall as collateral for the deal, as an assurance to the lenders that they will get paid back.
- PUB DATE: 4/21/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Progress-Index

The Town of Pine River Fire Department, in conjunction with the SAFER Fire District, are hosting a 70-hour Emergency First Responder Course at the Pine River Fire Station. The class allows students to complete a training course in emergency care and be licensed by the State of Wisconsin Department of Health.
- PUB DATE: 4/20/2017 11:48:02 PM - SOURCE: Merrill Foto News