PHOTO: Width-wise, it’s comparable to a medium-sized bathroom. Compared to the three acres of land the Chippewa Falls Fire Department’s new station sits on, that isn’t very much. But the training tower is Chief Mike Hepfler’s favorite place on the whole lot, which is located at 1301 Chippewa Crossing Boulevard.
- PUB DATE: 11/21/2016 4:11:56 AM - SOURCE: Chippewa Herald

On November 20, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

A firefighter has died after attempting to save several people who fell from a collapsed ramp into the Savannah River on Saturday. The incident happened off of River Street where, WSAV reports, a ramp collapsed into the water. As many as 55 people were involved and 30 injuries reported. Of those 13 were hospitalized.
- PUB DATE: 11/21/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WXIA-TV NBC 11 Atlanta

An air-ambulance plane taking a heart-disease patient to a Utah hospital crashed in a parking lot in northern Nevada, killing all four people aboard and sending up explosions and flames. Three crew members and a patient were killed in the Friday night crash in Elko, American Medflight said Saturday in a statement.
- PUB DATE: 11/21/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC News

Firefighters in a firetruck pick up a drunken, off-duty fellow fireman who was walking from Columbia’s St. Pat’s Festival. They ferry him to a nearby fire station that has a frat house reputation, where he causes trouble. A fire captain gooses a young firefighter and dismisses it as typical horseplay.
- PUB DATE: 11/21/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The State

Officials in West Texas are investigating whether procedures were followed after a 3-year-old girl was found in the back of a smashed vehicle hours after she was injured in a car accident. A tow truck driver found the girl Monday while taking the vehicle to a wrecking yard after the accident in Odessa, KOSA-TV (CBS 7) reported.
- PUB DATE: 11/21/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Dallas Morning News

The newly-minted class of FDNY probationary firefighters includes an unprecedented nine rookie Bravest with felony convictions, including one who did jail time for gun possession, insiders told The Post. The nine ex-felons, all minorities, were among 295 probies who graduated from the Fire Academy on Nov.
- PUB DATE: 11/21/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Post

A pole barn fire killed more than 20 sheep and cost $125,000 in damages Friday night. At approximately 9:54 p.m. Darien and Sharon Fire departments responded to a fire at W8694 Kilkinney Road. Additional assistance came from city of Delavan firefighters, according to a Darien Fire Department news release.
- PUB DATE: 11/20/2016 4:35:48 AM - SOURCE: Janesville Gazette

A Saturday morning fire destroyed a multi-tenant residence at 3420 N. 21st St. and displaced three residents. One firefighter experienced medical difficulties and had to exit the structure, according to a release from Battalion Chief Scott Gordon with the Superior Fire Department. The firefighter was taken by ambulance to St.
- PUB DATE: 11/20/2016 1:44:18 AM - SOURCE: Daily Telegram-Superior

On November 19, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

VIDEO: The home of two elderly residents in Harshaw caught on fire Saturday afternoon. Officials say the fire started somewhere in the garage. Town of Cassian Fire Chief Ed Tadych says the department got the call around 1:19 p.m. Tadych did not say what may have caused the fire, but says the structure on Lakewood Road may be a total loss because of the holes crews had to cut, in order to find the heat.
- PUB DATE: 11/19/2016 8:55:21 PM - SOURCE: WJFW-TV NBC 12 Rhinelander-Wausau

A Madison firefighter returned home Friday from his tour of duty with the Wisconsin Army National Guard, and his colleagues from Madison Fire Department Station 7 were at the airport to welcome him. Wong spent eight months in Baghdad, MFD said. "His families (at home and at the firehouse) are thrilled to have him back.
- PUB DATE: 11/19/2016 4:29:13 PM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison

On November 13, 7 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

VIDEO: It took hours, but a storage unit fire in Little Chute was finally brought under control. Nobody was hurt as a building at Apple Storage on Sanatorium road in Little Chute caught fire last night. The Little Chute, Kimberly, And Combined Locks fire departments all responded to smoke and flames that were in several units in the back end of the the storage complex.
- PUB DATE: 11/18/2016 8:26:35 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV and WJMN-TV Green Bay

The Red Cross is assisting 3 families following an apartment fire in South Milwaukee overnight. According to the South Milwaukee Fire Department, ten people were displaced by the 11:30 PM fire. The fire started in a kitchen in one of the units in the multi-family home at 13th and Manistique Avenues. The fire then extended into the attic of the building.
- PUB DATE: 11/18/2016 4:01:00 AM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

El Paso Fire Chief Samuel Peña has been tapped as Houston's new fire chief, replacing Interim Fire Chief Rodney West, sources said Thursday. Peña, 45, has led El Paso's fire department for three years. If approved by City Council, he would come to Houston in the midst of a contentious fire pension negotiation and as firefighters continue to voice concern about aging facilities and calls for new equipment.
- PUB DATE: 11/18/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Houston Chronicle

Phoenix Fire Department crews were on the scene of a large debris fire at a metal recycling plant near 35th Avenue and Broadway Road Thursday afternoon. Capt. Rob McDade said this was a defensive fire. McDade said crews were able to set up ladder trucks on two sides of the fire to get water on it. The scrapyard crane operators moved large pieces of metal so firefighters could reach the core of the fire.
- PUB DATE: 11/18/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CBS 5 AZ KPHO

It was standing room only Monday night as Slatington Borough residents and fire department supporters spilled into the borough council’s meeting room’s hallway. Over three quarters of the Slatington Volunteer Fire Department showed up to the council meeting to request former chief Keith Weaver be reinstatedafter being removed last month.
- PUB DATE: 11/18/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Times News

A good deed goes wrong after an off-duty firefighter was held at gunpoint and had his car stolen while helping car crash victims. "I was kind of awestruck that someone would actually pull a gun or a weapon on our person," said Mark Lawson, Merced Co. Fire Division Chief. The Merced County Sheriff's Department said the collision occurred a little after 8 a.
- PUB DATE: 11/18/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KFSN-TV ABC 30 Frenso/Visalia

When a couple got married last week, they had the most unexpected wedding crashers: firefighters. Newlyweds Allison Russoniello and Kevin Duffy were celebrating their wedding last Friday when they were told the building had to be evacuated due to a strange burning smell. It was later discovered the smell was from a faulty refrigerator compressor.
- PUB DATE: 11/18/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1