Darien Fire/EMS Department recently placed five personal thermal imaging cameras in service for crew members. The thermal imaging cameras where purchased using funds donated by Thelma Meyer in memory of her late husband, Darien Fire Department Captain Richard Sawyer. During the years that Captain Sawyer served with the Darien Fire Department no one would have dreamed of being able to see through smoke, but today that is a reality for every firefighter responding on the fire engine in Darien, said Darien Fire Chief Justin Schuenke.
- PUB DATE: 3/2/2017 12:19:06 PM - SOURCE: Janesville Gazette - Metered Site

VIDEO: While the shores of Lake Winnebago see ice shoves annually, massive ice mounds and strong winds this week are providing a stark reminder of just how powerful those shoves can be. State Senator Roger Roth witnessed it first hand, as he watched an ice shove destroy his boathouse Wednesday afternoon.
- PUB DATE: 3/2/2017 9:20:17 AM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau

At most businesses, 144 applicants for eight job openings would be an embarrassment of riches. But for the Kenosha Fire Department, that number of applicants is a steep decline from years past, leaving department leaders wondering how they can encourage more to consider careers as firefighters. Chief Charles Leipzig said they would have 400 applicants for job openings 10 years ago.
- PUB DATE: 3/2/2017 6:19:54 AM - SOURCE: Kenosha News

On March 1, 5 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

A long-time U.S. Fire Administration educator died unexpectedly Wednesday. Dr. Cortez Lawrence was transported to the hospital after falling ill, where he later died, according to FirefighterCloseCalls.com. Dr. Lawrence, a fire educator specialist, has worked at numerous public safety and fire organizations.
- PUB DATE: 3/2/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1

The fire commanders at the scene of the airplane crash Monday in Riverside had to make a decision: Did rescuers have a realistic chance of safely entering the home the plane hit and saving anyone as the flames burned fiercely? Fire Chief Michael Moore said the flames initially were burning on the exterior of the house, so after a quick assessment, the answer was yes.
- PUB DATE: 3/2/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Los Angeles Daily News

A house fire in Riddle killed four children early Wednesday morning, the Douglas County Sheriff's Office said. Another child and two adults were taken to a Portland hospital for treatment of serious injuries. The fire broke out shortly after 2 a.m. in the 700 block of East Third Avenue, deputies said.
- PUB DATE: 3/2/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Oregonian

Volunteer firefighters from the Salisbury Fire Department threatened to separate from the city last week to form their own company. The threat highlighted a long history of tension between volunteers and career firefighters in the city, but similar struggles are common to any fire department that incorporates career and volunteer firefighters.
- PUB DATE: 3/2/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Delmarva Now

The city of Springfield lowered the passing grade on a written exam to become a firefighter, a change that concerns union leadership. Every prospective firefighter for the Springfield Fire Division must pass a written exam. Before, the minimum score was 70. Now, the passing grade is 66, which the city said is to expand its pool of potential candidates.
- PUB DATE: 3/2/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHIO-TV Dayton

VIDEO: Between fire alarms and rushing out to emergency calls, firefighters see plenty of action every day. But on Wednesday, Merrill firefighters did a lot of sitting in a classroom. "Back to school," battalion chief Mike Drury said with a laugh. All 23 members of the crew sat through lessons on sentence structure and writing in the active voice.
- PUB DATE: 3/1/2017 5:11:49 PM - SOURCE: WJFW-TV NBC 12 Rhinelander-Wausau

PHOTO: No one was injured after a car was found hanging off the Veterans Memorial Bridge Wednesday afternoon. Rescue crews say they were called to the bridge at 1:15 p.m. Upon arrival, one of the passengers was able to get out of the car. Another person was unable to due to the position of the car. Firefighters used a 9,000-pound side winch to stabilize the car and safely extricate the driver.
- PUB DATE: 3/1/2017 2:40:52 PM - SOURCE: WLUK TV Fox 11

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

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

On February 24, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On February 23, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On February 22, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

There is a gaping hole in the fabric of the Spring Valley community after the unexpected death of longtime Fire Chief Terry Shafer, who died Saturday, Feb. 25 while on a weekend trip with his brothers. He was 62. Shafer joined Spring Valley Fire in 1979 and began wearing the white chief’s helmet in 1986.
- PUB DATE: 3/1/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Rivertowns

A Superior Court judge said he will decide soon whether to block the state’s overseers from cutting the city’s Fire Department to save the city money. The city’s firefighters are suing the state and met for the first time Tuesday in court before Superior Court Judge Julio Mendez. Attorneys for both the city’s firefighters and state overseers predicted dire outcomes if the judge doesn’t rule in their respective favor, with the union raising public-safety concerns and the state invoking bankruptcy.
- PUB DATE: 3/1/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Press of Atlantic City

The parents of a University of Connecticut student who was killed in October after being run over by a campus fire department vehicle are suing the driver and the state over "the negligence and carelessness" that led to the young woman's death. Abraham and Shiny Chemmarappally, of West Hartford, filed the suit Feb.
- PUB DATE: 3/1/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Hartford Courant

When the weather’s nice on the weekends, Jennifer Chisholm watches children flock to the end of her street in the Chimney Hill neighborhood. Two antique fire trucks are often parked in front of the house at the corner of Rosemont and Bunyan roads. “It’s a main street, so everybody’s like ‘Wow,’ ” she said.
- PUB DATE: 3/1/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Norfolk Virginian-Pilot/HamptonRoads.com