On October 30, 7 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.
On October 29, 7 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.
On October 28, 4 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.
VIDEO: About one dozen patients were taken to a hospital following a carbon monoxide incident in Manitowoc. The Manitowoc Fire Chief says 12-16 patients were transported to the hospital. “This was a mass casualty incident for the city of Manitowoc. Meaning that our local resources were tasked and we had additional agencies from Two Rivers and Mishicot EMS that came to assist with this incident,” said Chief Todd Blaser.
- PUB DATE: 10/31/2016 8:40:47 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay
On October 30, 5 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.
On October 28, 3 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.
On October 26, 13 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.
On October 24, 9 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.
VIDEO: No one was hurt after an early morning apartment fire. Bellevue firefighters were called to an apartment on Verlin Road early Monday morning for a kitchen fire. When they arrived, they say everyone in the building had evacuated on their own. Fire fighters said they saw flames on and around the stove top in one apartment.
- PUB DATE: 10/31/2016 5:48:22 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV and WJMN-TV Green Bay
The Cimarron Hills Fire Department announced the sudden passing of one of their own Sunday.
Officials say 31-year-old Jermaine Frye was found in cardiac arrest at his home early Saturday afternoon. Lifesaving efforts to revive him were unsuccessful.
Frye’s cause of death has yet to be determined. An autopsy is scheduled for Monday.
- PUB DATE: 10/31/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FOX21News.com
The St. Paul Fire Department is struggling to respond to fires and medical emergencies quickly, and the fire chief said they do not have the money to add enough staff to keep up with an increased demand for services.
Meanwhile, fire district and deputy chiefs are among the highest paid employees in the city.
- PUB DATE: 10/31/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune
As a firefighter prepared to enter a burning home in Modesto's airport neighborhood, flames burst through the window he stood next to. A flash of white fire hit him and embers whirled around his face.
The firefighter didn't know at the time what caused the surge, but when he returned, uninjured, to the station after the incident, he reviewed the video from his helmet camera.
- PUB DATE: 10/31/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Firehouse
When Paul Pokorski was diagnosed with leukemia in 2008, his wife couldn’t help but wonder if the 34 years he spent working as a firefighter might have led to it.
“I’m a nurse and I kind of knew it was a possibility,” Ann Pokorski said. “But even the oncologists were iffy as to whether it had anything to do with it.
- PUB DATE: 10/31/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Virginian-Pilot
A former Cleveland, Tenn., firefighter who was unlawfully fired can't collect on lost pay because he didn't try hard enough to find another job, a Bradley County chancellor says.
"This court is left with this case in a strange posture," Chancellor Jerri Bryant wrote in her Oct. 11 ruling against Joshua Keller.
- PUB DATE: 10/31/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Times Free Press
On October 30, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.
About 30 residents had to be evacuated early Sunday morning because of a fire at an apartment complex. Denmark Fire Chief Dave Bielinski said the entire building in the 300 block of Danish Way was evacuated after crews responded shortly after 4 a.m. to a fire that started in the kitchen area of one of the apartment units.
- PUB DATE: 10/30/2016 7:38:38 AM - SOURCE: Green Bay Press-Gazette
After years of study, the town of Minocqua will have a new fire station to replace its main station in use since the early 1970s. At a special meeting of town electors Thursday attended by several Minocqua firefighters, voters approved the station's construction, 63-0, on land the town purchased next to the Minocqua chamber of commerce office last fall.
- PUB DATE: 10/29/2016 11:17:05 PM - SOURCE: Lakeland Times Minocqua
VIDEO: With multiple calls a day, first responders need the best equipment and training possible to try and save lives. FOX6 takes a look into how many get the training needed to force entry into a building. When seconds matter, the first responders rely on their equipment and training to do their job.
- PUB DATE: 10/29/2016 7:17:47 PM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6
On October 28, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.
On October 26, 12 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.
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