The Hartford released its ranking of the 100 U.S. cities with the highest home fire risk this week. According to The Hartford Home Fire Index, the top five cities are: Detroit, Michigan; Shreveport, Louisiana; Boston, Massachusetts; Flint, Michigan and Richmond, Virginia. The index is based on an analysis of the U.
- PUB DATE: 3/13/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1

VIDEO: No one expects it to happen to them, but unfortunately, sometimes homes start on fire. Many times, the only hope is getting everyone out alive. For one family from Blair, that has never been more true. Firefighters Justin Huseboe and Steve Osborn are being called heroes after saving the lives of four children stuck inside a burning house at 312 Immell Street in Blair on March 15, 2016.
- PUB DATE: 3/12/2017 4:39:45 PM - SOURCE: WQOW-TV ABC 18 Eau Claire

VIDEO: A farm family is looking for answers after fire tore through one of their dairy barns Saturday night, killing several animals. No people were injured in the blaze, but that barn is considered a total loss. The Sprangers Family Dairy is located in the Town of Oneida, near the intersection of Bain Road and McCabe Road.
- PUB DATE: 3/12/2017 1:43:19 PM - SOURCE: WLUK TV Fox 11

On March 11, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

A Randolph Fire Department truck was struck by a Ford Fiesta Friday morning while the truck was responding to a fire on Highway 33. The collision took place at the intersection of Pleasant Road and Highway P. Randolph fire chief Bruce Miller said neither of the firefighters in the truck was injured. “The driver of the vehicle was transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries,” Miller said.
- PUB DATE: 3/11/2017 6:16:08 PM - SOURCE: Madison

On March 10, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On March 9, 1 residential fire fatality was reported by the Nation's news media.

On March 8, 5 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

Flight for Life was called to the Glenbeulah Fire Department in Sheboygan County Wednesday evening. According to the fire chief someone fell off a truck at the fire department. It is unknown if that person is a firefighter and the current condition of the person is unknown.
- PUB DATE: 3/10/2017 6:38:57 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

Five members of the McFarland Fire Department are preparing to climb more than 1,000 stairs while wearing full turnout gear. The quintet will walk up the stairs at the U.S. Bank Building in Milwaukee on March 18 as part of the Fight for Air Climb to raise funds and awareness for the American Lung Association.
- PUB DATE: 3/10/2017 2:09:39 AM - SOURCE: McFarland Thistle

The need for a larger fire station in Wheatland was discussed at the Town Board meeting Monday in an effort to begin long-range facility planning. “We have outgrown the existing building,” Fire Chief Lou Denko said. Denko said the station houses five trucks and the all-terrain vehicle used to fight grass fires.
- PUB DATE: 3/10/2017 2:06:45 AM - SOURCE: Kenosha News

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

A specialized team is credited with rescuing a DeKalb firefighter after he fell through the floor while battling a two alarm blaze in Panthersville. The fire happened at Hidden Villas apartments in the 2900 block of Panthersville Road late Thursday night. Fire crews at the scene initially attempted an "offensive attack" of the flames but backed off as the fire grew.
- PUB DATE: 3/10/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WXIA-TV NBC 11 Atlanta

Stationing firefighters and medics 24 hours a day at Trump Tower costs New York City taxpayers $4.5 million a year — none of which has been reimbursed to the FDNY, agency officials said Thursday at the City Council. A pair of firefighters constantly monitors the alarm panel of President Donald Trump’s namesake building and investigates alerts, said FDNY chief of department James E.
- PUB DATE: 3/10/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NewsDay

The widow of a volunteer fire chief has won another shot at securing workers compensation benefits on a claim that her husband contracted fatal cancer from the smoke and diesel fumes he inhaled during decades on duty. Cheryl Steele got that second chance Wednesday when a state Commonwealth Court panel ordered the state Workers Compensation Appeals Board to reconsider its refusal to award her benefits for the August 2011 death of her husband, Roy.
- PUB DATE: 3/10/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: PennLIve

Mass-casualty training at Keesler Air Force Base two months ago gave Biloxi firefighters and police the chance to practice responding to a train crash. The first-responders couldn’t know they would soon be responding to an actual train-charter bus crash that killed four people and critically injured eight of the 49 passengers.
- PUB DATE: 3/10/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Sun Herald

Nearly a year after the village cut all eight of its paid firefighters, officials finally released documentation that drove that controversial decision — kind of. When the village voted to go to an all-volunteer department last May, it claimed to have 300 volunteer firefighters, a number that was cited to justify the change.
- PUB DATE: 3/10/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NY Journal News (Lohud.com)

The two areas of greatest impact on the fire service are going to come in personnel management and professional development. We are about to face the biggest transition in personnel in the past 25 years. As we all know, firefighters retire in bunches; the difference now is in the type of employees our officers will be tasked with managing.
- PUB DATE: 3/10/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1

When firefighters report to duty every day, they know they're putting their lives on the line, but besides smoke and flames, there's a silent killer lurking: Cancer. According to recent studies from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, firefighters are more likely than the general population to be diagnosed with or die from cancer.
- PUB DATE: 3/9/2017 8:38:45 PM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison

On March 8, 3 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.