On January 2, 5 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

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

A woman and three dogs escaped without injury from a fire in an Oneida County Tuesday morning. Firefighters were called at about 8:30 to Poplar Drive, just off Highway 17 north of Rhinelander. The fire started in the living room and left heat and smoke damage to the home. Firefighters aren't sure what caused the fire, but they say it's nothing suspicious.
- PUB DATE: 1/3/2017 9:37:07 AM - SOURCE: WJFW-TV NBC 12 Rhinelander-Wausau

On January 2, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

They’re supposed to be fighting blazes, not starting them — especially in their own firehouse. Members of the Goldens Bridge Fire Department in Westchester accidentally ignited a 2014 fire that wiped out their headquarters, a Manhattan federal lawsuit says. Their insurer filed the suit to force them to foot the bill for the damages to the tune of $9 million.
- PUB DATE: 1/3/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Post

Four children died after someone at their home sprayed water on a previously applied pesticide, causing a reaction that produced toxic phosphine gas, officials in Amarillo, Texas, said. At least five other people were hospitalized in Monday's incident. Fire Capt. Larry Davis said a family member had used water in an attempt to wash away the pesticide -- aluminum phosphide -- which had been applied under the home.
- PUB DATE: 1/3/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNN

Billy Burns has been the fire chief in Stuttgart for the last four years, but Burns said he’s spent the last two years trying to find a way to retire early. Burns claims working for Mayor J.W. Green is insufferable, saying he’s had no control of his department. Friday was Burns’s last day on the job at the Stuttgart Fire Department.
- PUB DATE: 1/3/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KATV-TV ABC 7 Little Rock

The biggest barrier to solving Dallas’ multibillion-dollar pension crisis isn’t just the money, it’s also the troubled relationship City Hall has long had with its own police and firefighters. The two sides have never been so far apart at a time when it’s never been more critical they come together. Any deal to fix the public safety workers' deeply troubled pension system must go to the state Legislature for approval, and lawmakers have consistently insisted on one thing: cooperation.
- PUB DATE: 1/3/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Dallas Morning News

It’s been more than three and a half years since 19 firefighters were killed battling the Yarnell Hill fire, and their families still have lingering questions. “We don't know why the Granite Mountain Hotshots weren't provided with proper communications equipment,” said attorney David Abney. “We don't know why they weren't equipped with proper fire shelters that were rated to deal with a wildfire.
- PUB DATE: 1/3/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPHO-TV CBS 5 Phoenix

On January 1, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

PHOTOS - Police are investigating a crash involving a Seattle fire engine and a ladder truck that sent eight firefighters to the hospital Sunday morning, damaged the storefront of a massage business and smashed the ladder truck so badly that it’s out of service. Alice Kim, spokeswoman for the Seattle Fire Department, said the trucks were responding to an automatic fire alarm when the crash occurred just before 8 a.
- PUB DATE: 1/2/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Seattle Times

It wasn’t the fire alarm, but rather thieves that brought Fire Station 9 to life early New Year’s Eve morning. Albuquerque police said a trio had been cruising around in two stolen Ford F350 trucks, and they had their eyes on another one that belonged to a firefighter who works at the station near Menaul and Eubank NE.
- PUB DATE: 1/2/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Albuquerque Journal

The mother of one of the firefighters killed in the Yarnell Hill blaze has no right to sue the state for her son's death, the state Court of Appeals ruled Friday. In a unanimous opinion, the judges said Marcia McKee presented no evidence that the actions of the state that 2013 day amounted to "willful misconduct'' by anyone involved.
- PUB DATE: 1/2/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: YourWestValley.com

When Marc Behrend was “on the nozzle” with the lead hose at a fire during his 28-year career with the Madison Fire Department, his fellow crew members marveled at his calm, confident demeanor and lightning-quick reactions as he worked his way through a burning building. Behrend, who will retire Friday just one day shy of his 56th birthday, earned the most coveted job among firefighters because he snuffed out fires like he stopped hockey pucks as a goalie for the University of Wisconsin men’s hockey team, leading the Badgers to two NCAA titles in the 1980s.
- PUB DATE: 1/2/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Wisconsin State Journal

VIDEO - TV host Ryan Seacrest says he and about five other people got stuck in a Times Square elevator before an appearance on ABC's "Good Morning America" and were rescued by firefighters. The host of "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest" was heading up to the crystal ball on Friday morning when the elevator got stuck.
- PUB DATE: 1/2/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1

VIDEO: Fire destroyed a bowling alley in Waukesha late Sunday night. Emergency crews were called to Fracaro’s Lanes shortly after 9:00 p.m. The family-owned business is located on the corner of Whiterock Avenue and Moreland Boulevard. The business started as a tavern in 1933, according to its website.
- PUB DATE: 1/1/2017 11:07:53 PM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee

VIDEO: Firefighters on Sunday night, January 1st were on the scene of a house fire near 28th and Meinecke. Officials with the American Red Cross said they were assisting 12 people after this fire. We're told everyone was able to get out safely -- and no injuries were reported. FOX6 News was told there were pets inside this home -- and we watched as officials took a pet snake from the house.
- PUB DATE: 1/1/2017 7:38:05 PM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6

VIDEO: A small garage fire erupted outside a Wausau home around 1:30 p.m. Sunday. It happened in an alley between Fairmount and Emerson Streets. According to Lt. Ted Tautges with the Wausau Fire Department, a firefighter sustained minor injuries when responding to the fire. No one else was hurt. Tautges said a neighboring home also was damaged.
- PUB DATE: 1/1/2017 2:39:30 PM - SOURCE: WAOW-TV ABC 9-Wausau

On December 31, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On December 30, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.