Youngstown police confirmed that a Youngstown firefighter was shot Monday after responding to a fire. It began when crews were called about 9 p.m. to a house fire at Halleck and Elm streets. As crews were leaving the scene around 10:30 p.m., shots were fired and bullets came through the fire truck, hitting a firefighter in the leg.
- PUB DATE: 12/6/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKBN-TV (Youngstown)

Derick Almena, the manager of the Oakland, California warehouse that went up in flames during a weekend party and killed at least 36 people, defended his role as landlord for the building which was used as a residential artist community. “I’m only here to say one thing: I’m incredibly sorry and that everything that I did was to make this a stronger and more beautiful community and to bring people together,” he said Tuesday on TODAY during an emotional interview.
- PUB DATE: 12/6/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Today.com

A hatch on the side of the single-engine Pilatus plane opened, exposing the flag-draped casket to the small crowd of family, friends and officials huddled in the biting wind outside Missoula’s smokejumper hangar Sunday afternoon. Four honor guards, two full-dressed representatives each from the Bureau of Land Management and the U.
- PUB DATE: 12/6/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Missoulian

Schriever Fire Chief Ken Pitre remembers when a truckload of about 1,500 butane bottles caught fire, causing U.S. 90 to shut down. "We watched the fireworks," he said. "All these bottles started exploding. It really caught me off guard in a way. It was in the middle of the night, and I remember coming out the door and all I heard was 'boom.
- PUB DATE: 12/6/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Thibodaux Daily Comet

Manuel Jimenez was four miles short of finishing a charity marathon in Memphis, Tennessee, on Saturday when a doctor pulled him from the race after noticing the paramedic firefighter from Northport was struggling to stay on his feet. No one could fault Jimenez for being fatigued -- he'd just run 22 miles wearing his full, 60-pound set of firefighting gear in an effort to raise money for St.
- PUB DATE: 12/6/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Firehouse

On December 5, 1 residential fire fatality was reported by the Nation's news media.

VIDEO: The Crescent Fire Department spent years trying to find a good place for a town pavilion. It turns out the best spot was right in its own backyard. The department plans to build that pavilion right behind the Crescent Town Hall off Golf Course Road just west of Rhinelander. The Town Board swapped land with a homeowner to get several acres of wooded property.
- PUB DATE: 12/5/2016 6:40:05 PM - SOURCE: WJFW-TV NBC 12 Rhinelander-Wausau

VIDEO: Madison firefighters are using more and more of the anti-heroin overdose drug Narcan as overdose calls go up, according newly released statistics from the Madison Fire Department. Firefighters have responded to 427 suspected opioid overdose calls, which is nearly double the 222 calls they handled through last November.
- PUB DATE: 12/5/2016 5:16:52 PM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison

On December 4, 3 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

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

On December 3, 13 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On December 1, 4 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

Cheryl Weill, 50, decided not to go grocery shopping. Though her Friday after-work routine typically included such a trip, she decided not to Aug. 26. All but one of her five children were home that night. Weill has been a foster parent since 2002 and has two of her own from previous relationships. She has taken care of as many as seven children at once as a single, working mother.
- PUB DATE: 12/5/2016 2:20:37 AM - SOURCE: Racine Journal Times

The death toll in the devastating Oakland warehouse fire climbed to 36 early Monday as officials said the search for more bodies had to halted due to precarious conditions just after they found what they suspect is the area where the blaze started. The number of victims recovered from the gutted building grew by three overnight, but work on recovering more bodies was stopped just after midnight due to a “wobbly” wall that was leaning inward and making the situation too dangerous for firefighters to continue, said Battalion Chief Melinda Drayton of the Oakland Fire Department.
- PUB DATE: 12/5/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: SFGate.com

Firefighters battled a 10-alarm fire Saturday in Cambridge that started in the afternoon and raged on into the night. The fire was reported just before 3 p.m. on Berkshire Street and reached nine alarms about 30 minutes later, and eventually hit 10 alarms. The flames were lessened but still burning as of 11 p.
- PUB DATE: 12/5/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CBS Boston

An Oak Lawn firefighter who was dismissed in February after being accused of dialing phone sex providers while on duty has reached a six-figure settlement agreement with the village over his termination, officials said. Robert Lanz, a 15-year veteran of the Oak Lawn Fire Department, will receive a combined $100,000 — $42,040 for his accrued paid time-off benefits and an additional sum of $57,960 — and have all records of being disciplined over the phone sex allegations rescinded and removed from his personnel file, according to the terms of the agreement.
- PUB DATE: 12/5/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Chicago Tribune

Rivada Mercury is protesting its elimination from consideration to become FirstNet’s contractor to build and operate the much-anticipated nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN)—an action that points to AT&T as the selected bidder, although court documents indicate that the award likely will be delayed until at least March.
- PUB DATE: 12/5/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Urgent Communications

PHOTOS - Seventeen years ago, Crystal Jackson stood outside the Worcester Cold Storage and Warehouse Co. fire certain that her brother, Tim, had gone into the building to help find fellow Worcester firefighters trapped inside. Ms. Jackson and hundreds of others returned to the scene Saturday night, remembering Lt.
- PUB DATE: 12/5/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Worcester Telegram & Gazette

The City of Mesa has hired a new fire chief, a trailblazer for individuals in her department. Mary Cameli was among the first women firefighters hired by Mesa 33 years ago, and now she is the new chief of the Fire and Medical Department. She was appointed the interim chief on Oct 4 to replace retired Chief Harry Beck, and her permanent position as chief became official on Thursday.
- PUB DATE: 12/5/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KNXV-TV Channel 15 ABC

On December 4, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.