Finding a few good men and women to join the ranks is not a new challenge for the Grafton Volunteer Fire Department. But as he and his staff continue to grapple with ways to attract members, Fire Chief William Rice would like the search to spark a more serious discussion about staffing needs. Recruiting firefighters and emergency medical technicians “has been a huge problem for a long time,” Rice said.
- PUB DATE: 12/28/2016 1:03:34 PM - SOURCE: Ozaukee Press

On December 27, 8 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On December 27, 7 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

The Brown County Sheriff’s Office has a message for drivers after a close call almost crushed a deputy and tow truck driver last week. The accident happened around 10:30 p.m. Friday night as that band of snow was wrapping up in northeast Wisconsin. A Brown County Deputy and tow truck driver were responding to a vehicle in the ditch on I-41, just north of County S in the Town of Lawrence.
- PUB DATE: 12/28/2016 7:44:30 AM - SOURCE: WAOW-TV ABC 9-Wausau

On December 27, 6 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On December 25, 6 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On December 23, 11 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

The four families who lost their homes because of an apartment-building fire in Southern Door County on Dec. 18 were on hand for an event where a teenage girl was hailed as a hero. The fire in a building — converted to living quarters from a tavern/dance hall/bowling alley on Rocky Road in the Town of Union — was discovered as one family sat down for a later supper.
- PUB DATE: 12/28/2016 2:47:51 AM - SOURCE: Green Bay Press-Gazette

Two groups of ice fishermen, 10 individuals in all, have been given the greatest day-after Christmas presents it is possible to receive — their lives. The anglers, in two groups of five each, were stranded on ice floes that pulled away from the west shore of Chequamegon Bay and began drifting in the direction of Long Island.
- PUB DATE: 12/28/2016 1:41:44 AM - SOURCE: Rice Lake Chronotype

A Henrico firefighter has been suspended without pay from work over comments he allegedly made on Facebook. NBC12 is choosing not to identify the firefighter because he has not been charged with a crime. In part, the comments posted read that a woman was "trying to find her black baby daddy...so she can get an EBT card and a check.
- PUB DATE: 12/28/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC12.com

A town firefighter who was also the freshman boys basketball coach at St. Joseph High School in Trumbull died suddenly at home on Monday, as firefighters and medics worked to save him. Jason “Jay’’ Carrafiello, 38, “was an outstanding firefighter and was held in high regard by all of the officers and firefighters,’’ town Fire Chief Robert McGrath said.
- PUB DATE: 12/28/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CTPOST.com

VIDEO: Minneapolis fire crews rescued a man in his 30s after his car went careening down a 200-yard embankment along the Mississippi River. Responders say the crash happened around 5:15 a.m. Tuesday. It wasn't until about 8:15 a.m. when two Minneapolis Public Works employees spotted the car near the water.
- PUB DATE: 12/28/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: kare11.com

Some Allegany County legislators are seeking to have federal officials make it a federal capital offense to murder local police and first responders. The Allegany County Board of Legislators will consider a resolution today asking the area’s federal representatives in Congress to introduce and support a law setting a mandatory death penalty for anyone convicted of targeting and murdering state and local law enforcement or first responders.
- PUB DATE: 12/28/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Olean Times Herald

Three years ago, the Gardiner Ambulance Service was struggling to pay its bills. “We were facing a financial situation where we just weren’t taking in enough cash each year,” Scott Morelli, Gardiner city manager, said. The Gardiner Ambulance Service, staffed by the Gardiner Fire Department, provides emergency medical transportation services to Gardiner and its surrounding towns, and the towns pay to support the service.
- PUB DATE: 12/28/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: centralmaine.com

VIDEO: A stretch of Highway 57 in De Pere has reopened, after being closed due to an overturned cattle truck, according to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation. The northbound and southbound lanes were closed between Old Plank Road and Rockland Road until 5 p.m. Tuesday night. “When he left the roadway, he hit a small driveway, which forced the vehicle onto its side.
- PUB DATE: 12/27/2016 9:11:09 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

The 59-year-old man found dead at an apartment fire Monday died from smoke inhalation, according to a preliminary finding by an autopsy, according to the county coroner. The cause of death won't be confirmed until the toxicology reports come back from an autopsy done Tuesday at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wood County Coroner Dara Hammsaid.
- PUB DATE: 12/27/2016 2:43:29 PM - SOURCE: Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune

On December 26, 2 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On December 25, 4 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On December 24, 14 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On December 23, 14 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.