Seven experimental series with over 100 configurations using two structures reveal the impact of hose stream patterns and nozzle movements on air flow inside structures. (NIST photos) The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Fire Research Division released the findings from their experiments on hose streams, nozzle movement and air flow inside a structure.
- PUB DATE: 11/4/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Fire Engineering

The lingering issue of hiring a new paid fire chief in Lake Wylie grew heated at the firehouse Wednesday night with a makeshift public forum. The five-member Bethel Rural Fire Tax Board set up to oversee spending in the special tax district went behind closed doors to meet with the York County attorney as about 40 people awaited word on whether a new chief would be hired during the board meeting at Station 1 on Oakridge Road.
- PUB DATE: 11/4/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Herald Online

During last week's Boulder Junction Town Board meeting, local firefighters Mykyl Hensley and John Titel were honored for their service and dedication to the fire department. "They have served for more years than I'm sure they want me to disclose here this evening," fire chief Matt Reuss said. "They have numerous achievements and accolades on their records and both served as chief as the department and EMT providers.
- PUB DATE: 11/3/2016 11:59:31 PM - SOURCE: Lakeland Times Minocqua

The Merrill Fire Department is honoring veterans and active military personnel by wearing a specially designed duty shirt. The MFD members are wearing these shirts in honor of the brave men and women who have and are selflessly defending our freedoms. The idea for the shirts came from crew members trying to find a creative way to show support for the new Northwoods Veterans Post soon to be constructed in Merrill.
- PUB DATE: 11/3/2016 11:41:09 PM - SOURCE: Merrill Foto News

VIDEO: The Mount Horeb Area Joint Fire Department and EMS are pushing for a referendum to get a new building that they say they desperately need. The department serves two villages and six townships totalling up to nearly 13,000 residents. The voters in those municipalities will have the chance to vote for a referendum on Election Day.
- PUB DATE: 11/3/2016 9:44:44 PM - SOURCE: WMTV-TV NBC 15 Madison

On November 2, 4 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

Firefighters extinguished a roof fire at Nemak in Sheboygan Wednesday night. Fire crews responding to Nemak, 4243 Gateway Drive, just before 11:30 p.m. on Wednesday found flames coming from a vent duct on the roof. The vent stack contained aluminum dust, so water could not be used to extinguish it. Firefighters used a collection of portable CO2 and Dry Chemical extinguishers from their rigs and Nemak to extinguish the fire.
- PUB DATE: 11/3/2016 9:03:36 AM - SOURCE: Sheboygan Press

Firefighters were called at 11:24 p.m. to 2226 Jackson Street where they found a small fire on the outside the front of the home and burning its way up the side toward the roof. The homeowner told firefighters that he saw a flickering outside and when he went out he saw flames from the bottom of the home moving toward the roof.
- PUB DATE: 11/3/2016 5:37:04 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison

A landmark home in the village sustained heavy damage in a fire Wednesday afternoon. The South Shore Fire Department was dispatched at about 1:50 p.m. to a report of smoke coming from the residence at 3128 Lathrop Ave. Within 10 to 15 minutes, South Shore Battalion Chief John Radewan requested assistance from neighboring departments.
- PUB DATE: 11/3/2016 2:12:14 AM - SOURCE: Racine Journal Times

Firefighters battled a stubborn fire late Wednesday night in the upper floor of a two-story home at 1653 Edgewood Avenue. Fire crews were dispatched at 10 p.m. to a report of an active fire in the home, located between St. Patrick Street and Rapids Drive on the city's north side. There were no immediate reports of injuries.
- PUB DATE: 11/3/2016 2:11:54 AM - SOURCE: Racine Journal Times

On November 2, 3 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

Portland police emergency and crisis teams have taken a suspect into custody after after a man barricaded himself inside a burning Southeast Portland home Wednesday morning. Portland police spokesman Sgt. Pete Simpson at a news conference just before noon said police initially responded to reports of a disturbance near Southeast 127th Avenue and Rhone Street about 10 a.
- PUB DATE: 11/3/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Firehouse

Harold B. Hairston, 76, Philadelphia's first African American fire commissioner, died Tuesday, Nov. 1, at his West Mount Airy home. Circumstances of his death were not available late Tuesday. Commissioner Hairston was appointed head of the Fire Department in 1992 by Mayor Ed Rendell and served for 12 years until he retired in 2004.
- PUB DATE: 11/3/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Philadelphia Inquirer

A firefighter was seriously injured Wednesday morning after he fell out of a building during a training exercise. According to Largo Fire Rescue, the firefighter was rappelling out of a second-story window at the department's training grounds at 751 16th Ave. SE when his equipment failed about 9:30 a.
- PUB DATE: 11/3/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Tampa Bay Times

The former treasurer for the Patterson Fire Department has pleaded guilty to federal charges he stole more than $1.1 million from the department to support his personal businesses and live a lavish lifestyle. U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara announced the plea by Albert Melin on Wednesday. Melin's plea concludes a nearly year-long investigation that included Bharara's office, state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli's office, the Internal Revenue Service's criminal investigation division, the FBI and New York State Police.
- PUB DATE: 11/3/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NY Journal News

Teresita Peralta tried to sleep. But there was that chirping. Again and again. “They cried all night,” Peralta said of the baby sparrows that hatched in her bathroom’s exhaust fan. She tried calling her building manager. She was told no help until after the weekend. Two days away? Maddening. Chirp-chirp-chirp! Sanity in the balance, she called the fire department.
- PUB DATE: 11/3/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Miami Herald

Internal accounting errors led to a $1.15 million budget shortfall for the Boulder Rural Fire Protection District in 2015, a gap district officials knew about but didn't understand — or disclose — when they asked voters to approve a $1 million tax increase last year. Those are the findings of a report by financial investigator James Davis, who was retained by the fire district's board of directors to investigate the budget shortfall.
- PUB DATE: 11/3/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Boulder Daily Camera

On November 1, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

The City of Lockport violated the law and its contract with the city firefighters' union by privatizing ambulance service in 2014, a state administrative law judge ruled Monday. Judge Lynn Fitzgerald of the Public Employment Relations Board ordered the city to return the ambulance duties to the fire department.
- PUB DATE: 11/2/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Buffalo News

A driver has been cited for failing to stop for a fire engine in a domino-effect crash in the Back Bay Monday morning that sent four firefighters to the hospital and damaged numerous parked luxury cars, police said. Witnesses told police the driver of a Chevrolet Equinox failed to stop for the fire engine flashing its lights and sounding its siren in the crash at Dartmouth Street and Commonwealth Avenue Monday.
- PUB DATE: 11/2/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Boston Herald