The jail sentence handed down Wednesday to the township fire chief’s son is the latest black eye for a department riddled with controversy the past decade. With the township still reeling from a theft scandal that sent the former chief to prison, the current chief’s son, Richard Hart Jr., 19, is now behind bars for an arson that destroyed a home.
- PUB DATE: 4/14/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Wilkes-Barre Citizens' Voice

A volunteer firefighter who was shot four times while trying to help a man says he still relives the shooting that killed his partner a year later. "I remember a flash. I didn't hear it and then it was like slow-mo and then...you just kept hearing the bangs," Morningside Volunteer Firefighter Kevin Swain told News4.
- PUB DATE: 4/14/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC Washington

A group of black Tacoma firefighters said they won’t allow department leadership to blame minority applicants and the city’s hiring policy for what happened with Ramsey Mueller, the son of a deputy chief and a probationary firefighter who died of a heroin overdose days after showing up late to work and nearly hitting another vehicle while driving a firetruck.
- PUB DATE: 4/14/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The News Tribune

Two people are in the hospital after a house fire on Madison's north side. Crews were called to the fire at 1401 Nevada Rd. around 10:30 p.m. Thursday. As of 12:45 a.m. Friday, Madison Fire said firefighters had the fire under control and were working to put out hot spots. There is no word on the extent of the injuries.
- PUB DATE: 4/13/2017 11:20:08 PM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison

On April 13, 3 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

Town of Wilson fire chief called it quits Tuesday and was followed out the door by several firefighters. The now former fire chief's tenure with the department has been a point of contention since the fire department switched from a private corporation to a municipal fire department on Jan. 1 of this year.
- PUB DATE: 4/13/2017 5:06:34 AM - SOURCE: Sheboygan Press

On April 12, 4 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

The FDNY has beefed up its preparedness for mass casualty incidents by creating special EMS units equipped to enter “hot zones” and triage victims on the spot — even if police haven’t yet secured the area, the Daily News has learned. The 25-member task force units came about as a result of the Nov. 13, 2015 atrocities in Paris, the Fire Department said.
- PUB DATE: 4/13/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Daily News

Town of Wilson fire chief called it quits Tuesday and was followed out the door by several firefighters. The now former fire chief's tenure with the department has been a point of contention since the fire department switched from a private corporation to a municipal fire department on Jan. 1 of this year.
- PUB DATE: 4/13/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Sheboygan Press

This iconic call at the conclusion of the 1980 U.S. hockey team’s “Miracle on Ice” victory against a heavily favored Soviet squad—one that some consider to be the sport’s best team of all time—continues to resonate today, even for those who were not yet born when the game was played. Personally, Al Michaels’ words from that moment have been ringing in my ears for weeks.
- PUB DATE: 4/13/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Urgent Communications

Four members of the Billerica Fire Department have been placed on leave while the town conducts an investigation into “sexual misconduct,” officials said. “There is a great concern that alleged activities of certain employees within the fire department may compromise the town’s ability to deliver the highest and best level of public safety service to the town and its residents,” Town Manager John Curran said.
- PUB DATE: 4/13/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Boston Herald

Let's say you think you're having a stroke and you call 911 for an ambulance. In a lot of cities across the country there's a good chance that a firetruck — with a full fire crew including a paramedic — will race to your door. But that doesn't mean they can deliver the emergency care you might need.
- PUB DATE: 4/13/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NPR.org

A carbon monoxide leak prompted an evacuation Tuesday night of a downtown Madison restaurant, according to a news release. The Madison Fire Department said a crew responded at 10:26 p.m. to Zandru's Tapas Bar at 419 State Street on a report of a CO leak in the basement. Everyone inside had already evacuated when firefighters arrived.
- PUB DATE: 4/12/2017 1:49:46 PM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison

A 29-year-old man has been charged with First Degree Intentional Homicide for shooting his girlfriend to death and setting their Princeton home on fire to destroy evidence, according to a newly released criminal. On March 13, Princeton Police were called to a fire at 103 South Farmer Street. They arrived to find heavy smoke and flames coming from the upstairs of the home.
- PUB DATE: 4/12/2017 9:42:47 AM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison

On April 11, 2 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On April 7, 11 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

VIDEO: After two people have turned down the job to become Altoona's first, full-time fire chief, a decision is made to extend the offer to a third candidate. In February, the job was offered to Chad Peterson. He turned it down citing family obligations. On April 5th, the commission decided to offer the job to James Cleveland.
- PUB DATE: 4/12/2017 7:19:44 AM - SOURCE: WEAU-TV 13 News

A Wisconsin State Patrol officer was killed early Tuesday near Wisconsin Dells when his patrol car crashed on Interstate 90/94 near mile marker 89. The trooper was identified late Tuesday morning as Anthony J. Borostowski of Tomah. Borostowski reportedly lost control of his patrol car and it veered off the highway into a ditch, hitting a nearby tree.
- PUB DATE: 4/12/2017 2:12:11 AM - SOURCE: Wisconsin Dells-Events

The La Crosse Common Council heard recommendations on improvements to and rebuilding of the four existing fire stations and a possible new fifth station Tuesday night from the design team Five Bugles during the council’s planning meeting. Owner and principal Steve Gausman and senior emergency services specialist Ed Mishefske with Five Bugles, a design company with Architectural Design Group in Eau Claire, Wis.
- PUB DATE: 4/12/2017 1:42:51 AM - SOURCE: Lacrosse Tribune

A St. Louis police union official has issued a clarification after an editorial in a union newspaper angered city firefighters. Jeff Roorda, St. Louis Police Officers Association business manager, penned a front-page editorial in the April edition of the union paper Gendarme lauding officers for their promptness and bravery, but criticizing city firefighters for the lack thereof.
- PUB DATE: 4/12/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: St. Louis Post-Dispatch