On February 18, 4 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On February 16, 1 residential fire fatality was reported by the Nation's news media.

Sun Prairie Fire Chief Chris Garrison joined other fire chiefs on Monday, Feb. 13 in calling on Gov. Scott Walker to expand the use of circuit interrupters in new Wisconsin homes -- just days after teaming up with his fellow chiefs to oppose changes to state fire sprinkler standards. “Anything under 20 units didn’t require sprinklers, which to me, is a huge step back,” Garrison said, referring to the proposed legislation that would have changed sprinkler regulations for multi-unit dwellings.
- PUB DATE: 2/21/2017 3:17:41 AM - SOURCE: Sun Prairie Star

VIDEO: The majority of fire departments across the nation and Central Wisconsin have very few women on the force. It's a tough job, but the women who are employed or volunteer for area departments believe anyone, no matter their gender, can do it. Wausau Fire Chief Tracey Kujawa worked her way up from the bottom.
- PUB DATE: 2/21/2017 2:24:42 AM - SOURCE: WQOW-TV ABC 18 Eau Claire

On February 20, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

Gunfire struck a Milwaukee Fire Department fire station on the west side Friday afternoon, forcing the station to close, fire department officials said. Multiple shots were fired into Engine Co. 13 at 2901 N. 30th St. about 1 p.m., a news release from the department said. No department members were injured.
- PUB DATE: 2/21/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

The Brown County Sheriff’s Office has identified two people found dead following a house fire in the Town of Pittsfield. Investigators say the victims were 49-year-old Allen J. Renier, and 41-year-old Molly B. Brochman. On Friday, firefighters were called to a home on Tamarack Drive between Oak Hill Drive and Westline Road, between Pulaski and Green Bay.
- PUB DATE: 2/21/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2

A statewide fire group says the longtime chief of the Greybull Fire Department died Thursday. Worland Fire Chief Chris Kocher of the Wyoming Local State Assistance Team says Chief Paul Murdoch died at home on Thursday after he had spent the day helping to remove ice jams from the Big Horn River. Kocher says Murdoch, 53, was found unresponsive at his home.
- PUB DATE: 2/21/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Casper Star-Tribune

A Phoenix fire captain who suffered prolific injuries in an on-duty accident almost 8 years ago died Saturday after "amazing display of courage," fire officials say. "This is really a difficult day for us because it marks the end of a 7 or 8-year battle," says Phoenix Fire Capt. P.J. Dean. On Aug. 10, 2009, Crystal Rezzonico, who was aboard Engine 910 traveling near Interstate 17 and the Dunlap overpass, was ejected after a car slammed into the fire engine that was responding to an emergency call.
- PUB DATE: 2/21/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KASW-CW6 & KTVK-3TV

VIDEO - Repairing a section of the 15 Freeway that washed out in the Cajon Pass amid Friday's storm will cost about $3 million, officials said. The crumbling roadway caused first a big rig to go over the side of the freeway - and then a fire engine that was dispatched to assist the truck driver also tumbled down over the side.
- PUB DATE: 2/21/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KABC-TV ABC 7 Los Angeles

Gunfire struck a Milwaukee Fire Department fire station on the west side Friday afternoon, forcing the station to close, fire department officials said. Multiple shots were fired into Engine Co. 13 at 2901 N. 30th St. about 1 p.m., a news release from the department said. No department members were injured.
- PUB DATE: 2/21/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Journal Sentinel

Three firefighters were hurt and a family of four displaced during a fire in Conewago Township Sunday afternoon. Emergency crews found a fully involved fire when they responded to a call at 2:30 p.m. Sunday on Buck Road in Conewago Township. Photos from the fire show a home completely engulfed in flames.
- PUB DATE: 2/21/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: York Dispatch

On February 19, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On February 18, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On February 17, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

PHOTO: One person is dead after two vehicles collided and hit a house in Kronenwetter Friday, sparking a small fire, according the Marathon County Sheriff's Department. The crash closed all lanes of Highway 153 in both directions just east of Pioneer Road, according to a news release from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.
- PUB DATE: 2/17/2017 9:24:32 AM - SOURCE: WAOW-TV ABC 9-Wausau

On February 14, 13 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

An adult and three children escaped a fire at a rental property southwest of downtown Oconomowoc on Thursday night. Firefighters were called to 621 Highland Ave. at 9:54 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 16 for a structure fire and found black smoke billowing out of the home, according to a news release from Oconomowoc Deputy Fire Chief Glenn Leidel.
- PUB DATE: 2/17/2017 3:10:53 AM - SOURCE: Lake Country News

VIDEO: Firefighters are trying to determine if anyone was home during an early morning house fire in Brown County. Pulaski Fire Chief James Styczymski tells NBC26 that right now crews are investigating who lived at the home on Tamarack Drive in the Town of Pittsfield. Chief Styczymski says they are working to contact relatives at this time.
- PUB DATE: 2/17/2017 3:08:58 AM - SOURCE: WGBA-TV NBC 26 Green Bay

On February 16, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.