The mayday came minutes after firefighters arrived at a 3-alarm blaze that’s believed to have started about 9 p.m. Thursday with an overloaded extension cord in the bedroom of a second-floor apartment at 11 Ashton Place in Methuen. One of them was trapped — and running out of air. A rapid intervention team trained specifically to rescue firefighters was en route from Salem, N.
- PUB DATE: 12/27/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Boston Herald

On December 25, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

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

On December 23, 5 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On December 22, 15 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On December 22, 7 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On December 21, 4 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On December 20, 6 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On December 19, 17 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

Wednesday afternoon at approximately 4:54 PM, the Bayside Communications Center received a 911 call from the resident at 695 W. Calumet Road in River Hills reporting a fire on the second floor of his home. When firefighters arrived, crews found heavy smoke coming from one side of the structure. They quickly confirmed all occupants of the home had evacuated safely and then initiated an aggressive interior attack on a fire in a second floor bedroom.
- PUB DATE: 12/22/2016 6:43:33 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

The Lake Delton Police Department says a boy has died after falling from an outdoor water slide at Mt. Olympus Water and Theme Park. Police said the boy and two others entered the park Wednesday night. The outdoor portion of the park is closed for the season. The area is fenced and all gates were locked, according to Lake Delton Police.
- PUB DATE: 12/22/2016 6:35:46 AM - SOURCE: WAOW-TV ABC 9-Wausau

On December 21, 3 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

A 12-year-old local boy was honored by the Racine Fire Department Wednesday with an Outstanding Citizen Award for the way he responded last month after his grandfather fell down a long flight of steps. Three Racine firefighters honored seventh-grader Lucas Condill at Mitchell Middle School, 2701 Drexel Ave.
- PUB DATE: 12/22/2016 2:17:03 AM - SOURCE: Racine Journal Times

Women firefighters in Vancouver faced greater scrutiny because of their gender and were criticized when they raised concerns about adult magazines left in the workplace and a lack of privacy in the restrooms, according to an investigation obtained by The Columbian. The report highlighted the difficulty the women faced when trying to speak freely about their work environment.
- PUB DATE: 12/22/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Columbian

Steven Wilson escaped a serious crash on Sunday morning involving a tractor-trailer and a fire truck with only a few cuts and scrapes, but he could have been hurt much worse. The Smiths Grove Volunteer Fire Department responded to three collisions on Interstate 65 that morning, which had occurred due to icy road conditions.
- PUB DATE: 12/22/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Glasgow Daily Times

About a week after 36 people died in a fire at an underground music party in Oakland, inspectors acting on a complaint discovered a makeshift nightclub and unpermitted living quarters concealed in a warehouse near Los Angeles International Airport. Authorities searching the drab, two-story building found an illegally constructed dance floor, paired with a bar and DJ booth.
- PUB DATE: 12/22/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Modesto Bee

The neighborhood surrounding Kennedy Furniture was quiet for most of yesterday morning until flames and heavy smoke began to pour out of the Kennedy Boulevard business, creating a chaotic scene on the Union City border. A five-alarm fire tore through the furniture store at the 13th Street intersection sometime around 11:30 a.
- PUB DATE: 12/22/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NJ.com

The Common Council voted Wednesday to ask the Fire Board to allow the city to hire new firefighters who are emergency medical technicians, not more highly trained paramedics. For many years, Lockport has hired only paramedics to join the Fire Department. However, after the current crop of nine candidates for the department went through agility tests, only one paramedic was left on the eligible list.
- PUB DATE: 12/22/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Buffalo News

On December 21, 1 residential fire fatality was reported by the Nation's news media.

VIDEO: Three best friends putting out an ice fishing shelter isn't an uncommon sight in Northcentral Wisconsin, but it's something angler Jared Kiepke knows can turn dangerous quickly. He doesn't like fishing alone because "It's pretty boring alone and it's a lot more dangerous," said Kiepke. That's why the Wausau Fire Department trained for hours Wednesday afternoon in the cold waters of the Wisconsin River.
- PUB DATE: 12/21/2016 8:34:17 PM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau