Firefighters on Monday morning, November 7th were called out to the scene of a fire at an abandoned warehouse in Milwaukee. It happened near 15th and St. Paul shortly before 1:00 a.m. The fire caused $100,000 in damage to the building. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
- PUB DATE: 11/7/2016 4:49:00 AM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6

On November 6, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

The Milton Fire Department, like many other fire and rescue squads across Rock and Walworth counties, faces chronic staffing issues and budget shortfalls. Despite those challenges, Milton is exploring how to enhance its EMS services. Doing so would come with an undetermined cost at a time when finances are already tight, interim Fire Chief Chris Lukas said.
- PUB DATE: 11/7/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Fire Rescue 1

A volunteer firefighter died Sunday after becoming entangled in a fallen ladder. USFA reported that Alfred A. Stewart, 79, with the West Milford Volunteer Fire Company #6, reported to the station for a company drill. He stayed at the station to perform maintenance duties while other members attended the drill.
- PUB DATE: 11/7/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1

It's a follow up to a story FOX10 News told you Thursday night about the controversial and confusing shut down of fire stations in Semmes. Mayor Judy Hale has broken her silence. At a news conference Friday afternoon, Hale blamed the Semmes City Council for what she's calling a "bad move." She explained that now, the city fire department and the volunteer fire department will be separate.
- PUB DATE: 11/7/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSFA-TV NBC 12 Montgomery

A retrial of a man accused in state charges of setting a 1995 fire that killed three Pittsburgh firefighters could be moving to federal court now that a grand jury has indicted Gregory Brown Jr. The federal grand jury indictment, returned Nov. 1 and unsealed Friday, charged Brown, 39, with malicious destruction of property by fire resulting in death.
- PUB DATE: 11/7/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

With less than a week before final votes are cast in what is the most bizarre election I remember, I was pretty sure I'd seen and heard it all. There were certainly no surprises left. Then along came this gem out of Wiscasset, Maine. On Nov. 8, those voters will decide a referendum issue on whether or not to allow their volunteer firefighters to continue to wash their personal vehicles at the fire station.
- PUB DATE: 11/7/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireChief.com

James Williams, the 2016 Safety Officer of the Year, believes the role of safety officers is not just about keeping firefighters safe on the fireground, but includes improving firefighters’ physical and mental health and being proactive in cancer prevention and hearing conservation. “Think ‘big picture’,” said Williams.
- PUB DATE: 11/7/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Firehouse

VIDEO: The State Fire Marshal is investigating a house fire where a body of a man was found inside. According to Owen Police Chief Andrew Schade, a neighbor reported a home on fire around 3 a.m. Saturday on the 400 block of Bjornstad Street in Owen. Several area departments responded to the scene including the Owen-Withee-Curtiss Fire District, Thorp Fire Department, Abbotsford Fire Department, Colby Fire Department, Clark County Sheriff’s Office and Owen Police Department.
- PUB DATE: 11/6/2016 5:01:53 PM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau

VIDEO: The Waupaca County Sheriff’s Office says neighbors came to the rescue on Sunday after a single-engine plane crashed in the Town of Mukwa. It happened at 4:22 p.m. on the N4100 block of Faskell Road, near the runway at Poppy’s Flying Acres, a private airport. The pilot was flying a new, home-built plane with less than 50 hours of flight time when it crashed.
- PUB DATE: 11/6/2016 2:48:50 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

On November 5, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

VIDEO: Local firefighters 311 and the Madison Professional Police Officers Association are holding a black tie ball to raise money for the community. WKOW is a sponsor of the second annual Madison Area Police and Fire Charity Ball held Saturday night. 27 News anchor Amber Noggle was emcee. Firefighters say they like hosting the ball because it shows unity between the police and fire departments.
- PUB DATE: 11/5/2016 8:35:14 PM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV 27 ABC

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

VIDEO: West Allis Police are asking for the public's help in tracking down an arsonist who injured a small child. Police say someone appeared to have intentionally set a fire to a first floor unit in the Lincoln Crest Apartments last weekend. Kuldeep Batanick and other neighbors said they heard a lot of noise coming from the unit, but did not know what was going on.
- PUB DATE: 11/4/2016 6:46:47 AM - SOURCE: The Morning Blend

The Westby-Christiana Fire Department won a grain bin rescue tube and hands-on rescue training as part of Nationwide’s 2016 Nominate Your Fire Department Contest held in conjunction with Grain Bin Safety Week held annually in February. Grain Bin Safety Week is an annual observance that occurs the third full week of February to promote grain bin safety on farms and commercial grain handling facilities.
- PUB DATE: 11/4/2016 1:46:41 AM - SOURCE: Westby Times

On November 3, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

Volunteer firefighters in Semmes are worried about protecting the community after they say the city locked them out of their stations without warning. They say they now don’t have access to the millions of dollars’ worth of equipment inside. Former Volunteer Fire Chief Mickey Dearmon, along with several volunteer firefighters and council members, gathered outside the volunteer station on Wulff Rd.
- PUB DATE: 11/4/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WAFB.com

The first female battalion chief for the Salt Lake City Fire Department has filed a whistleblower lawsuit in 3rd District Court against the municipality, claiming workplace retaliation for highlighting practices by top brass that include alleged fraud, state fire-code violations and cover-ups. Martha Ellis, a 21-year veteran firefighter, was demoted May 3 to captain from her previous position of division chief of logistics.
- PUB DATE: 11/4/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Salt Lake Tribune

A 22-year-old Baltimore man has been ordered to pay $1 million in restitution and serve 250 community service hours for puncturing a fire hose during the April 27 riots, prosecutors announced Thursday. Gregory Lee Butler, Jr. (a/k/a Greg Baly) will also serve three years of supervised release, after a judge gave him credit for five weeks served.
- PUB DATE: 11/4/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBFF-TV Fox 45 Baltimore

The San Antonio Fire Department has placed on paid administrative leave the head of the agency’s training academy, city and department officials said. “We can confirm that Assistant Chief Joe Jones has been placed on leave,” said city spokesman Jeff Coyle. “But it’s an ongoing personnel matter so we will have no further comment.
- PUB DATE: 11/4/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: MySanAntonio.com