VIDEO: Throughout the month of April, hundreds of firefighters from every department in Milwaukee County will undergo a four-hour training session on how to deal with a high-rise fire. "One of the more complex fires that we will ever right is a high rise fire," said deputy fire Chief Aaron Lipski of the Milwaukee Fire Department.
- PUB DATE: 4/4/2017 2:52:45 AM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee

La Crosse’s Police and Fire Commission selected two external candidates as finalists for the city’s next fire chief. St. Paul (Minn.) Deputy Fire Chief Leeland Gilliam, who also serves as the director of Fire and Rescue Training at Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College, and Brian Lee, who is a public safety promotional and professional assessment consultant, are vying for the position.
- PUB DATE: 4/4/2017 2:01:43 AM - SOURCE: Lacrosse Tribune

Intense heat and strain appear to put firefighters at a greater risk of heart attack, a new study finds. The physical demands of firefighting may trigger the formation of blood clots and impair blood vessel function -- two factors associated with increased risk of heart attack and stroke, researchers in Scotland report.
- PUB DATE: 4/4/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: HealthDay News

Questions loom about why a fire chief with a squeaky clean record was forced out of office last week. Action News Jax went through all 381 pages of now-former Nassau County Fire Chief Matthew Graves’ personnel record on Monday. Graves abruptly retired under pressure from county leaders on Friday. His letter of retirement said he’s had a “rewarding” career.
- PUB DATE: 4/4/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTEV-TV 47

A city councilman wants voters to approve a city charter change that would allow council to make major changes to the police and fire departments — or abolish them altogether. Mathew Davoli has proposed legislation that, if approved on the November ballot, would give council the power to scrap police and fire departments or contract with other agencies to provide those services.
- PUB DATE: 4/4/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Toledo Blade

A former Champaign-area paramedic who was set to become a fire chief in Alaska is facing criminal charges after prosecutors say he drugged and sexually assaulted a man who attended his going-away party. David J. Dunn, 43, of Savoy, was arraigned in the Champaign County Courthouse Monday for felony criminal sexual assault, according to the Champaign County state’s attorney office.
- PUB DATE: 4/4/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Chicago Tribune

Mayor Toni Harp said Monday there will be “ramifications” for her chief administrative officer after an outburst last week during a meeting with union representatives, but termination is not being considered. During her weekly radio appearance on WNHH Monday, Harp told radio host Paul Bass that there will be “ramifications” for City Administrative Officer Michael Carter following his verbal exchange last week with Local 3144 Vice President Harold Brooks.
- PUB DATE: 4/4/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New Haven Register

First responders would have to complete a one-week class to carry guns on school property during emergencies under a bill in the South Carolina House of Representatives. The legislation also calls for school responders to foot the $593 bill for the course, which would include shoot/don't shoot training, as well as instruction on school safety protection, diffusing volatile situations and communicating with law enforcement.
- PUB DATE: 4/4/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Independent Mail

On April 3, 2 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

VIDEO: It was a rare opportunity for firefighters, as departments from across Wisconsin, Michigan and Illinois, came together for hands-on training. Nearly 20 departments got the rare opportunity to practice saving lives, inside a house fire, using a simulator put on by a group called "Brew City Fools," a training group out of Milwaukee.
- PUB DATE: 4/3/2017 10:38:09 PM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison

On April 1, 14 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

One person was rescued from a downtown elevator by Madison firefighters after the elevator malfunctioned, according to a release from the Madison Fire Department. Firefighters were called at 8:20 a.m. Friday to the YWCA on East Mifflin Street when an elevator became stuck on the 6th floor. A firefighter went up to the 7th floor and opened the lobby doors there.
- PUB DATE: 4/3/2017 11:01:22 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison

On April 1, 13 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

The Brussels-Union-Gardner Fire Department responded to a trailer home fire in Gardner Sunday afternoon. The call of a trailer home engulfed in flames at 8919 County CC came in around noon, said BUG Fire Chief Curt Vandertie. The fire department also received a call about the trailer’s propane tank being on fire.
- PUB DATE: 4/3/2017 5:53:01 AM - SOURCE: Green Bay Press-Gazette

Fire investigators are trying to figure out what caused an early- morning house fire Sunday at 2408 Carmel Ave. According to a press release issued by the Racine Fire Department, neighbors heard a noise, then saw an orange glow at the home at about 12:40 a.m. when the call for help was made. The blaze coming from the first-floor bedroom was quickly put out by responding firefighters but not before $40,000 in damage was done to the home.
- PUB DATE: 4/3/2017 2:27:10 AM - SOURCE: Racine Journal Times

Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings says he cannot support a bill intended to rescue the failing Dallas Police and Fire Pension Fund because in its current form it amounts to a massive taxpayer bailout. He announced his opposition one day before the bill was slated to be considered in front of the committee headed by State Rep.
- PUB DATE: 4/3/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFAA-TV ABC 8 Dallas - Fort Worth

You’re 39 and you’ve got a big-shot job in public service with the clout, good salary, and benefits that go with it. Best of all, you’re next in line for a fat promotion. So what do you do? If you’re Linda Long, you take a hefty pay cut and start a new career at grunt level. And you ignore critics who think you're demented for letting go of a sure thing.
- PUB DATE: 4/3/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Philadelphia Daily News

The community of Spearfish awoke to tragedy Saturday morning, when an early morning house fire claimed the lives of five children, ages 6-11. The fire was reported at 4:23 a.m. at a multifamily residence at 1135 Ames St., on the corner of Ames and Oliver streets. Neighbors and authorities describe the structure as a two-story house, with an apartment attached at the back, where multiple families lived.
- PUB DATE: 4/3/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Rapid City Journal

A Spokane Valley firefighter trying to get his job back since he was fired in 2012 will argue his case against the Spokane Valley Fire Department before the Washington State Supreme Court later this year. Capt. Jon Sprague said he’s not surprised that the Supreme Court decided to review his case. “I’ve known all along that we’ve had a solid case,” he said.
- PUB DATE: 4/3/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Spokesman-Review

Embarrassed by a series of shocking hazing complaints — including one in which a rookie claimed he was sexually abused — the FDNY has quietly overhauled its anti-hazing policy, The Post has learned. Without any public announcement, Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro on March 21 issued a new five-page policy.
- PUB DATE: 4/3/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Post