The man accused of killing East Pulaski firefighter Lt. Jason Adams in January had a high level of cocaine in his system, according to a toxicology report. Mark Pruitt, 48, is charged with manslaughter for allegedly shooting and killing Adams after Adams responded to a call of a seizure at Pruitt's home.
- PUB DATE: 11/16/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KATV.com

The FDNY has ordered firefighters to not hang pictures of President-elect Donald Trump in firehouses or on their trucks, angering some members of the department. “Only [the] FDNY wouldn’t want the democratically elected president of America hanging in a firehouse,” said one firefighter, who asked to remain anonymous.
- PUB DATE: 11/16/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Post

FOX 2 has exclusively learned that three Detroit fire chiefs have resigned for their role in the injury of a firefighter two months ago. On October 13, Detroit Fire Engine 40 responded to a mutual aid call at a house in Highland Park. According to department officials, Lt. David Webster was signed in as the officer in charge of the crew - but it was an inexperienced firefighter in his place.
- PUB DATE: 11/16/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Fox2detroit.com

There were three standing ovations in the unusually crowded chambers at Greensburg City Hall during Monday night's council meeting. The first came as Thomas Bell took the oath of office to become the city's first new fire chief since 1953. “Every kid, growing up, wants to be a firefighter,” Bell said.
- PUB DATE: 11/16/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Researchers at N.C. State are working to find better ways to protect firefighters fighting wildfires. They received a grant from FEMA after a group of firefighters was killed three years ago. In 2013, 19 wildland firefighters died after becoming trapped by flames in Arizona. Some of those who died had deployed fire shelters.
- PUB DATE: 11/16/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: wncn.com

On November 15, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

A Janesville homeowner who forgot to turn off his gas grill Monday night woke Tuesday morning to a fire on his wooden deck. Tom Kuerschner heard a noise, woke and looked out the upstairs window of his home at 2629 Arbor Ridge Way to see the grill on fire on his deck, said Chris Lukas, Janesville Fire Department battalion chief.
- PUB DATE: 11/15/2016 6:43:06 AM - SOURCE: Janesville Gazette

On November 13, 6 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On November 9, 5 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

Talk about narrow escapes. Rescuers managed to squeeze a fall victim out of an O'Hara Township water tower through what amounts to a large wire and tubing conduit. The man, who was part of a cleaning crew preparing the tower for painting, tumbled 35 to 40 feet into the tank when his scaffolding failed, according to officials.
- PUB DATE: 11/15/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

To better understand what impacts the fire service may see from a Trump administration and Republican controlled Congress, we reached out to several key fire service leaders for their perspectives. We asked them to identify what they saw as the biggest opportunities and threats the coming year will bring.
- PUB DATE: 11/15/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireChief.com

Finally, they put a helmet on that marker. St. Louis firefighters, about a battalion's worth, assembled Monday morning at Bellefontaine Cemetery to literally cap off a firefighters' monument that has gone topless since the 1910s. "The fire department is all about tradition," St. Louis Fire Chief Dennis Jenkerson said.
- PUB DATE: 11/15/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: St. Louis Post-Dispatch

When it comes to fire forensics, 33-year Vallejo resident John DeHaan, literally wrote the book — the textbook that is most used nationwide by those going into the field of arson investigations. Basically, DeHaan is a real Sherlock Holmes, surrounded by books, pamphlets and plaques, in his unassuming offices on Georgia Street downtown Vallejo.
- PUB DATE: 11/15/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Vallejo Times-Herald

First responders who worked on the dusty, smoldering pile of debris in the aftermath of the Twin Towers’ collapse 15 years ago have begun showing signs of debilitating nerve damage, a team of Long Island doctors has found for the first time. The research, led by Dr. Marc Wilkenfeld at Winthrop-University Hospital in Mineola, is the third of his investigations to link World Trade Center dust to nerve damage, but it is the first beyond his statistical studies to confirm it in a small group of patients.
- PUB DATE: 11/15/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Newsday

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

On November 13, 5 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On November 12, 6 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

VIDEO: The men and women of the Milwaukee Fire Department are making sure every kid who needs a winter coat gets one. The Milwaukee firefighters raised $130,000 for the cause this year. They exceeded their goal of $120,000. For 3 days this summer, firefighters stood on street corners to collect donations.
- PUB DATE: 11/14/2016 4:36:11 PM - SOURCE: WDJT-TV CBS 58 Milwaukee

On November 12, 4 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On November 11, 3 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.