A Tea family of six is now homeless after a devastating fire Sunday morning. Fortunately, they still have each other as no one was seriously hurt in the blaze. However, Tea Volunteer Fire First Assistant Chief Steven Oberle said there was a scary moment after a firefighter fell through the floor of the burning home.
- PUB DATE: 1/18/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KDLT-TV Sioux Falls

Four children were hospitalized in critical condition Tuesday morning after being rescued from a burning home in the Vermont Knolls neighborhood of South Los Angeles. Firefighters found the front of the home in the 800 block of West Manchester Avenue heavily involved with flames when they arrived about 10:51 p.
- PUB DATE: 1/18/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTLA-TV WB 5 Los Angeles

Great Smoky Mountains National Park Superintendent Cassius Cash said a team that will review the forest fires that spread from the park into Gatlinburg and beyond has been activated and “should be here in the next week or two.” Fed by near-hurricane-force winds, the flames swept through Sevier County on Nov.
- PUB DATE: 1/18/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Knoxville News Sentinel

The final judgment in a long-awaited civil lawsuit against the Trenton Fire Department was released last week, ordering the city to pay nearly $1 million in damages and fees, according to the court document. The judgment stems from a 2014 lawsuit filed by former firefighter Jesse Diaz, who alleged that he overheard a racial slur made by a co-worker of his at the department in 2012.
- PUB DATE: 1/18/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Trenton Times

The Kern County Administrative Office has delayed, for now, a plan to reduce staffing at nine largely rural fire stations after the Kern County Firefighters union objected. "The union requested a 'meet and confer' on the staffing adjustment late last Friday afternoon. We've temporarily delayed implementation due to their request," County Administrative Officer Ryan Alsop said in an email Monday.
- PUB DATE: 1/18/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Bakersfield.com

The goal of the SAFER grant program is to assist local fire departments with staffing and deployment capabilities to respond to emergencies and to assure that communities have adequate protection from fire and fire-related hazards. Local fire departments accomplish this by improving staffing and deployment capabilities so they may more effectively and safely respond to emergencies.
- PUB DATE: 1/18/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1

A fire at a Sturgeon Bay law firm extinguished on its own Monday morning, but not before destroying boxes of legal records and a door. The Sturgeon Bay Fire Department received a call of smoke in the 454 Kentucky St. office building at 7:35 a.m., said Sturgeon Bay Firefighter Ethan Jorns. Upon arrival, personnel found that members of the Police Department and an employee had evacuated the building, Jorns said.
- PUB DATE: 1/17/2017 8:39:23 PM - SOURCE: Green Bay Press-Gazette

After 32 years on the job, Brussels-Union-Gardner Assistant Fire Chief Jim Wautier is getting the additional recognition he deserves. Wautier was honored last week as the Door-Kewaunee Fire Association Firefighter of the Year for Door County at a ceremony held in Algoma. The honor was unexpected by the Brussels man who also farms when he is not at the firehouse.
- PUB DATE: 1/17/2017 9:35:25 AM - SOURCE: Door County Daily News

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

On January 15, 11 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On January 12, 15 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On January 11, 16 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On January 15, 7 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On January 14, 3 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On January 13, 4 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

Bullshidders Saloon burned to the ground following an early morning fire on Monday, Jan. 16. Bullshidders Owner Denise Blader stated the saloon closed at 12:30 a.m. and by 1:30 a.m. she had received a call the bar, located at W9496 Cty. Road JJ, Wautoma, was on fire. Wautoma Area Fire District Chief Chris Wedell said the department received the call at 1:26 a.
- PUB DATE: 1/17/2017 1:45:11 AM - SOURCE: Waushara Argus

VIDEO: Just after 11 p.m. Sunday night, officers responded to a Main Street apartment building in Rice Lake. Police said they heard a man yelling and moved quickly to get other tenants to safety. Captain Tracy Hom, with the Rice Lake Police Department, said the dispatch center received a call from a disgruntled person, stating that he was going to “blow himself up”.
- PUB DATE: 1/17/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV ABC 27

The Mt. Olive Volunteer Fire Department confirms their fire chief Tracy O. Sanders, 44, has passed away following a wreck near Mudd Street and Highway 77 near Ohatchee Friday afternoon. Sanders was in a truck when she trying to turn left off of Highway 77 and her vehicle was struck from behind by a tractor trailer.
- PUB DATE: 1/17/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMC-TV Action News5

An unimaginable tragedy struck in a small community of a few dozen homes on Long Key Road in the Florida Keys Monday morning, when three workers from a private contractor tasked with fixing a roadway climbed into a hole in the ground and, ultimately, to their deaths. By the time a Key Largo firefighter climbed into the same hole near Lake Surprise in a desperate attempt to save the men, they were dead.
- PUB DATE: 1/17/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Miami Herald

The Sept. 24 fire in a Canby Park rowhome will go down in Wilmington as one of the most traumatic events in city history. The tragedy ultimately took the lives of three firefighters and injured four more, leaving the department and community reeling. In the days that followed, city officials realized they had another "very serious" problem, said Mayor Mike Purzycki.
- PUB DATE: 1/17/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: USA Today