On April 7, 9 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

VIDEO: Firefighters battled an electrical fire at Deluxe Plastics on Sunday night. The call came in around 10:00 p.m. for the Industrial Avenue business. When the fire department arrived on scene, they found smoky conditions inside the building. “With anything electrical related primarily to shut off power sources for safety purposes.
- PUB DATE: 4/10/2017 6:18:42 AM - SOURCE: WGBA-TV NBC 26 Green Bay

VIDEO: Firefighters from the Mosinee Fire District are warning residents to burn with caution after a vehicle sparked a small grass fire in the Town of Knowlton. A vehicle traveling north on Highway 51 started on fire just after 5:00 p.m. Sunday night. The fire cause a small patch of grass on the side of the highway to burn.
- PUB DATE: 4/10/2017 6:06:53 AM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau

On April 8, 1 residential fire fatality was reported by the Nation's news media.

Tragedy has struck Montgomery County's firefighting community this weekend. Fire and rescue officials confirmed that Burtonsville Volunteer Fire Fighter Charles Gentilcore passed away suddenly yesterday while on-duty at his fire house. CPR was performed on the 52 year old and he was rushed to Holy Cross Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
- PUB DATE: 4/10/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHAG-TV NBC 25 Hagerstown

The one thing he’s not going to miss is his pager. For the past 42 years, whether it was a scanner or pager, it was either on or close by to Rochester Fire Chief Norm Sanborn Jr., unless he was on vacation. Whether it was in the middle of a cold winter night or a warm summer holiday, the unpredictable life of the firefighter was always just a tone away.
- PUB DATE: 4/10/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Seacoast Online

Kinloch firefighters say they won’t show up for work until the district board is overhauled. Assistant Fire Chief Tim Rhodus said 19 volunteer firefighters went on strike Saturday because they say they have been disregarded by board leadership. “The entire district, all of its members, have just taken a leave of absence today as a strike against the administration and their blatant disregard, lack of respect and racial discrimination for the firefighters.
- PUB DATE: 4/10/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A city firefighter was met with gunfire after stopping to help a driver who crashed Saturday afternoon in South Baltimore, police said. The fire department commander was not hit, and the driver — a 38-year-old whom police said stole the car — ran away. He was arrested by police after a short foot chase.
- PUB DATE: 4/10/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Baltimore Sun

After a 2011 civil grand jury report excoriated Oakland’s building services division, concluding that some inspectors were keeping property records in their desk drawers rather than a central database, the city purchased a multimillion-dollar software system to bring the department into the 21st century.
- PUB DATE: 4/10/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle

On April 9, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

VIDEO: No one was hurt but two families have been displaced after a fire at an east side duplex Sunday afternoon. Janesville Battalion Chief Chris Lukas tells Channel 27 News firefighters responded to the house at 634 South Main around 12:30 to find a lot of smoke coming from the back of the building.
- PUB DATE: 4/9/2017 7:34:33 PM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV 27 ABC

VIDEO: A Saturday night fire in a portion of the Peck School of the Arts on the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee campus caused an estimated $1 million in damage and prompted officials to cancel classes in the art, music and theater buildings for both Monday and Tuesday. Crews were called to the complex on the 2400 block of East Kenwood Boulevard at about 10 p.
- PUB DATE: 4/9/2017 1:38:43 PM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee

With the help of community partners, Northern Door fire departments are preparing for the worst when it comes to their training. On Saturday, members of the Sister Bay/Liberty Grove, Gibraltar, Ephraim, and Egg Harbor Fire Departments worked on their school bus and vehicle extrication skills thanks to Five Star Training out of Idaho.
- PUB DATE: 4/9/2017 12:32:24 PM - SOURCE: Door County Daily News

On April 6, 2 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

Three people were rescued Friday morning from a fire in a duplex in La Crosse. The La Crosse Fire Department received a call at 7:07 a.m. about a fire at 1714 Ferry St. Heavy smoke was coming from the second floor of the duplex and three people were at the windows when firefighters arrived. The fire department used a ladder to get them all to safety and extinguished fire quickly.
- PUB DATE: 4/7/2017 9:00:16 AM - SOURCE: WKBT-TV CBS 8 La Crosse

Lynn Fraser watched Thursday as Eau Claire firefighters extinguished a blaze that engulfed the home of her employee, Nou Thao. “She has worked so hard to better herself and was doing so well,” said Fraser, owner of Lynn’s Chatterbox Cafe, where Thao is the manager. Fraser said she expects to do something to help Thao, who lost not only her home but her vehicle and other personal belongings in the fire.
- PUB DATE: 4/7/2017 6:17:47 AM - SOURCE: Eau Claire Leader-Telegram

The Racine Fire Department responded to the report late Thursday night of a “tanning bed on fire” at a residence at 16th and Russet Streets. The owner of the home reported the fire around 10:30 PM and said the three occupants tried to put the fire out themselves but could not. Firefighters were able to extinguish the fire quickly.
- PUB DATE: 4/7/2017 4:51:10 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

The Black River Falls Fire Department received a new fire truck Thursday. According to Fire Chief Steve Schreiber the new truck will replace the 1993 freightliner. He says it cost $489,000 and the department was able to raise $198,000 through fundraisers and grants. Schreiber says the rest of the money came from taxpayers, the Rural Fire Department, and EMS.
- PUB DATE: 4/7/2017 3:21:49 AM - SOURCE: WEAU-TV 13 News

The state can cut city firefighters’ pay and benefits while a legal case against a state takeover of the city advances, an appellate panel ruled Thursday. In a written order, Appellate Division Judge Carmen Messano said a trial judge correctly ruled state-imposed cuts in compensation are not “irreparable harm” because money for lost wages or benefits would be available if the union succeeds in its case.
- PUB DATE: 4/7/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Press of Atlantic City

The reckless homicide conviction of a semitrailer truck driver accused of killing Hudson firefighter Chris Brown in a 2013 crash has been reversed by the 4th District Appellate Court. In its ruling issued Wednesday, the court found that the state's evidence against Mansur Shakirov fell far short of proving beyond a reasonable doubt that he caused the death of the 39-year-old Brown.
- PUB DATE: 4/7/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Bloomington-Normal Pantagraph