VIDEO: Along the Lakeshore, it was a close call for four ice fishermen. The men needed to be rescued. The ice they were fishing on, broke loose, and began to float into the waters of Green Bay. It happened Sunday afternoon in Door County. They were near Circle Ridge Road, in the Town of Gardner. "We did see the individuals that were in need of rescue about 400-450 yards off shore," said Tim Dietman, Sturgeon Bay, Fire Chief.
- PUB DATE: 1/9/2017 3:36:58 PM - SOURCE: WLUK TV Fox 11

On January 8, 9 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

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

Four people are homeless following an early Monday morning duplex fire. Firefighters received a call at 4:25 a.m. for the fire at 1719 Beech Tree Drive, according to a Green Bay Metro Fire Department news release. The fire started when a truck in the driveway burst into flames. It quickly spread to the duplex and into both attics, partially collapsing the roof.
- PUB DATE: 1/9/2017 7:37:01 AM - SOURCE: Green Bay Press-Gazette

On January 8, 6 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On January 7, 8 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On January 6, 7 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

A firefighter with the Houston Fire Department could lose one of his eyes after he was stabbed by a man he was trying to rescue on Friday. Capt. Kenneth Willingham was responding to a fire at a business on Highway 6 when he found a man unresponsive inside. A Houston Police officer forced entry with a sledgehammer and when Willingham tried to pull the man out, the man stabbed him in the eye with a pocket knife.
- PUB DATE: 1/9/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KHOU-TV CBS 11 Houston

Ramsey Mueller dreamed of saving others, but he couldn’t save himself. A year ago, he took the first steps toward his lifelong dream of becoming a Tacoma firefighter. Seven months later, he died in his Tacoma home of a heroin overdose at the age of 27, a day after resigning from the department, two days after coming late to a morning shift, slurring his words and nearly hitting another vehicle while briefly taking the wheel of a firetruck.
- PUB DATE: 1/9/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The News Tribune

The victims of the deadly shooting rampage at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport came from all walks of life. No official list of the victims has been released, but loved ones have started to talk about them to media outlets. Virginia resident Terry Andres was identified Saturday by a volunteer fire department as a victim in the Fort Lauderdale airport shooting.
- PUB DATE: 1/9/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: USA Today

When Lackawanna hired Jason Szpara and eight others to be firefighters in 2014, the cash-strapped city issued them old used breathing masks that had been turned in by retirees. The safety equipment was tattered, Szpara recalled. Now, on occasion, when there's a large fire in Lackawanna, there aren't enough self contained breathing apparatus – the masks and related equipment – to equip every firefighter, Lackawanna Fire Chief Ralph Galanti admitted.
- PUB DATE: 1/9/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Buffalo News

A second arrest has been made in the arson fire that killed a Hamilton firefighter. William “Billy” Tucker, 46, was arrested Friday in Richmond, Ky., on an indictment from Butler County for aggravated arson and murder for allegedly starting the fire that killed firefighter Patrick Wolterman in December 2015.
- PUB DATE: 1/9/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Hamilton Journal-News

On January 8, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

VIDEO: On Saturday January 7, 2017 at 8:54am the Barron County Sheriff’s Department received a call of a possible missing person that may be on a snowmobile. Deputies responded to the residence of the missing person just north of Rice Lake and did not locate the subject but the snowmobile was missing.
- PUB DATE: 1/8/2017 5:21:49 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

A firefighter was hurt Sunday afternoon putting out a fire on Milwaukee's south side. The fire started 4 p.m. in a second-floor unit of a two-story apartment building near Howell and Holt avenues. The Red Cross is helping the 10 to 15 people who live there. The Milwaukee Fire Department told WISN 12 News the firefighter's injuries are minor.
- PUB DATE: 1/8/2017 3:35:27 PM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee

PHOTO: Fire destroyed a garage and two vehicles in a Fond du lac neighborhood early Sunday, January 8th. Firefighters were dispatched to the location on Cotton St. just before 2:00 a.m. They found a fully-involved detached garage. There were two automobiles destroyed; one inside the garage and one parked next to it.
- PUB DATE: 1/8/2017 5:27:32 AM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6

The Beloit Fire Department bid one of their own a happy retirement after more than 28 years of service. Assistant Chief Tim Curtis retired Friday after 28 years, four months and four days serving as a firefighter, relief motor pump operator, motor pump operator, fire investigator, paramedic, acting lieutenant, deputy chief and assistant fire chief.
- PUB DATE: 1/8/2017 1:43:07 AM - SOURCE: Beloit Daily News

On January 7, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On January 6, 2 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On January 5, 3 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.