On February 12, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

VIDEO: The Milwaukee Division of the FBI has announced an investigation into Milwaukee Fire Department Station 29 on the city's south side. As a result of this, MFD officials are launching their own investigation -- looking into any possible employee misconduct. Officials are remaining very tight-lipped as to the circumstances surrounding the investigation -- leaving many with more questions than answers.
- PUB DATE: 2/13/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FOX 6 Now

On Saturday, the Des Moines Professional Fire Fighters Association IAFF Local 4 President Joe VanHaalen announced that a 29-year-veteran of the Des Moines Fire Department died Saturday morning after having a medical emergency while on duty Friday. Fire Engineer Douglas McCauley, 58, died because of an unknown medical problem.
- PUB DATE: 2/13/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Des Moines Registeer

The Washington Supreme Court moved this week in favor of two Bellevue firefighters battling melanoma whose insurance benefits were rescinded by the city and state Department of Labor. “I thought [the verdict] was great. The fact that skin cancer is a presumptive disease for firefighters, there’s kind of this promise made to us… When it was denied, it was a hard deal.
- PUB DATE: 2/13/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Bellevue Reporter

The Milwaukee Division of the FBI has announced an investigation into Milwaukee Fire Department Station 29 on the city's south side. As a result of this, MFD officials are launching their own investigation -- looking into any possible employee Officials are remaining very tight-lipped as to the circumstances surrounding the investigation -- leaving many with more questions than answers.
- PUB DATE: 2/13/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6

PHOTO - A firefighter with the Southeastern Randolph Fire Protection District was seriously injured in a crash while heading to a fire Saturday afternoon. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, the crash happened on Business Highway 63 near Renick. Troopers said the Kenneth McCune, 57, was driving eastbound when he went off the side of the road, hit a culvert and the firetruck overturned.
- PUB DATE: 2/13/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KMIZ-TV ABC 17 Columbia/Jefferson City

Another FDNY rookie has come forward to complain he was hazed on his first day in a firehouse — and viciously bullied on many occasions afterward. Former probationary firefighter Michael Troina, 24, was fired while his alleged tormenters at Tribeca’s Ladder 1/Engine 7 firehouse escaped punishment. “At first I sloughed it off as ‘I’m the new guy.
- PUB DATE: 2/13/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Post

The way emergency responders search for missing persons is changing in Dane County. "In the past, traditional search, methods would be where they line up to do a grid search," says Middleton firefighter Josh Larson. But Middleton Fire Department wants to be ahead of the curve when it comes to locating missing persons.
- PUB DATE: 2/12/2017 9:48:31 PM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison

VIDEO: Fire departments from across Wisconsin are remembering one of their own. Waldo volunteer firefighter, Ryan Moyer, died one week ago in a single-car accident. Two other members of the Waldo department were injured. The streets surrounding Blessed Trinity Parish were packed with fire trucks as firefighters throughout Wisconsin mourned the loss of Moyer.
- PUB DATE: 2/12/2017 2:33:40 AM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6

Ongoing negotiations regarding the purchase of property that would be home to a new Eau Claire fire station have delayed the proposed timeline for that project. City officials continue to negotiate the possible purchase of two adjacent lots at the intersection of Birch Street and Malden Avenue on Eau Claire’s north side.
- PUB DATE: 2/12/2017 2:13:31 AM - SOURCE: Eau Claire Leader-Telegram

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

A firefighter was hurt Friday night while battling a fire in an apartment building in Kewaskum. The Kewaskum Fire Department was called to the eight-unit building at 222 Brantz Drive just after 7:30 p.m. Friday. Heavy smoke and fire was coming from the second floor of the northeast corner of the building.
- PUB DATE: 2/11/2017 5:43:48 PM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee

On February 9, 11 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On February 7, 9 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On February 9, 7 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

VIDEO: A forklift overheated and caught fire at the Georgia Pacific Paper Mill early Friday morning. The Green Bay Metro Fire Department was called to the mill on Broadway Street at about 2 a.m. The fire broke out in a paper storage area, where bales of scrap paper and cardboard caught fire. Firefighters encountered thick smoke, and had zero visibility at times while battling the blaze.
- PUB DATE: 2/10/2017 3:10:15 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

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

VIDEO: Firefighters spent just more than an hour battling flames at a vacant building at 2612 W. State St. on Thursday evening. The two-alarm fire gutted what once was the State Theater (1915-1955) and eventually a well-known music club where several big names started their careers in the late 70s and early 80s.
- PUB DATE: 2/10/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12

At first, Jason Hamilton's death seemed like a tragic accident. The 12-year veteran Houston firefighter was eastbound on I-10 near Brookshire just after the morning rush hour on Jan.27 when suddenly his truck swerved across the median into oncoming traffic, striking another vehicle. At first, authorities thought it might have been a tire problem that sparked the crash that also killed Shelley McKay, 61.
- PUB DATE: 2/10/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Houston Chronicle

The union representing Atlantic City Fire Fighters says the state is resorting to "delay and intimidation" to avoid a date in state court that could block them from unilaterally imposing contract changes. The International Association of Fire Fighters Local 198 has challenged the state of New Jersey's authority under the recently adopted Atlantic City rescue and takeover law that gives the state vast powers, including the right to ignore or rewrite collective bargaining agreements.
- PUB DATE: 2/10/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Philly.com