VIDEO: A home and attached garage are destroyed after a fire in Chippewa county. It happened in the 15- thousand block of state highway 27. According to chief Dennis Klass with the Cornell area fire department. The call came in from a passerby just after 12:30 this morning. Klass says the buildings had a steel roof, which made it hard to fight the fire because water couldn't get in.
- PUB DATE: 4/2/2017 8:57:40 PM - SOURCE: WLAX & WEUX-TV Fox 25 & 48

VIDEO: One person is dead following a house fire in Black River falls early Sunday morning. According to the Black River Falls Fire Department, it received a call shortly after midnight for a report of a fully engulfed apartment fire at 1256 Harrison Street. Upon arriving on scene, crews observed heavy fire venting out a large window and the doorway of the one-story multi family wood frame apartment complex.
- PUB DATE: 4/2/2017 3:46:51 PM - SOURCE: WXOW-TV ABC 19 LaCrosse

On April 1, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On March 31, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On March 30, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On March 29, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On March 28, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On March 27, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On March 29, 4 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On March 24, 12 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

Three candidates are expected to interview for the Altoona fire chief position. This will be the community's first, full-time fire chief. Right now, Jesse James serves as both the police and the fire chief. President of the Altoona Police and Fire Commission Michael Wall said there were nine applicants for the position.
- PUB DATE: 3/31/2017 7:04:21 AM - SOURCE: WEAU-TV 13 News

VIDEO: A local fire station opened its doors for the first time at its new location. The Chippewa Falls Fire and Emergency services department hosted a door-opening ceremony Thursday afternoon. The new station is located in the 1300 hundred block of Chippewa Crossing Boulevard in Chippewa Falls. The fire chief says there are many benefits to the new station, including a training facility for firefighters and additional space.
- PUB DATE: 3/31/2017 6:18:24 AM - SOURCE: WEAU-TV 13 News

Eau Claire firefighters quickly doused a house fire Thursday evening in the Princeton Valley development on the city’s northeast side. The fire at 4118 Liberty Court was reported at about 6:30 p.m., and the back side of the home was totally involved with flames when firefighters arrived, said Eau Claire fire Battalion Chief Matt Jaggar.
- PUB DATE: 3/31/2017 5:36:21 AM - SOURCE: Eau Claire Leader-Telegram

VIDEO: The city’s fire department could come under staffing scrutiny, though with far less intensity than several Common Council members would prefer. The council could consider at an upcoming meeting asking the fire chief and the head of the city’s human resources department to work together to review department workers’ job descriptions and then come back with a report on the matter to the city.
- PUB DATE: 3/31/2017 5:24:31 AM - SOURCE: Sheboygan Press

A firefighter from the Riverview Fire Protection District was shot in Ferguson Thursday evening. Shots rang out in the 1500 block of Norlakes Drive in Ferguson around 7:30 p.m., firefighters said. The fire crews had just put out an electrical fire at the Norlake Apartment Complex when a firefighter said it felt like his head was burning.
- PUB DATE: 3/31/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KMOV-TV CBS 4 St. Louis

After pleading guilty to manslaughter in the shooting death of a volunteer firefighter who was coming to his assistance, a North Little Rock man apologized to the victim's family. Mark Eugene Pruitt, 49, pleaded guilty Thursday morning in Pulaski County Circuit Judge Barry Sims’ courtroom Thursday morning.
- PUB DATE: 3/31/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette & Arkansas Online

A massive fireball collapsed a portion of Interstate 85 in Atlanta, sending motorists driving through billowing black smoke before the city shut down that section of the highway indefinitely. The fire started underneath part of the highway on Thursday evening. At about 7 p.m., an elevated section of the northbound interstate collapsed, forcing frantic motorists to seek alternative routes.
- PUB DATE: 3/31/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNN

The United States on Thursday awarded a contract to AT&T Inc to build a nationwide wireless broadband network to better equip first responders, years after a federal commission recommended setting up such a system following the 9/11 attacks. FirstNet, an independent arm of the Department of Commerce, will provide No.
- PUB DATE: 3/31/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Reuters

Three members of the Fairview Volunteer Fire Department have been arrested after allegedly covering up a vehicle accident. According to information gathered by Deputy Brian Hawkins with the Marion County Sheriff's Department and filed in a criminal complaint, events began at 1:18 a.m. Saturday at 4405 Crossroads Rd.
- PUB DATE: 3/31/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Time West Virginia

Residents of Yarnell who lost their homes in the 2013 blaze have no legal right to sue the state for failing to save their homes, the Arizona Court of Appeals ruled Thursday. In an extensive decision, the court rejected the contention of the homeowners' attorney that the state, which was trying to contain the wildfire that started on public lands, had some duty to also protect the structures.
- PUB DATE: 3/31/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Daily Courier