Public safety providers in central Ohio had the chance to experience the future of broadband for managing emergency incidents. Using a dedicated public safety 700 MHz LTE broadband network — FirstNet — constructed exclusively for this event, public safety personnel from fire, law enforcement, EMS, public safety telecommunications and other agencies came together to learn what a dedicated high-speed data will mean for public safety agencies in the United States.
- PUB DATE: 10/27/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1

Firefighters performed a dramatic rescue dozens of feet above the ground, pulling a man from the window of a burning building in New York City's Upper East Side. The New York Fire Department responded to the six-alarm blaze the started around 3:30 a.m. on Thursday, reports WABC, a local affiliate. The fire quickly ripped through all five floors of an apartment building and burst through the roof, killing one person and leaving another in critical condition.
- PUB DATE: 10/27/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WABC-TV 7online.com

VIDEO: “Just how effective would Personal Flotation Devices (PFD) be if a Firefighter were to fall through the ice while in full gear?” “Once in the water, how long would it take the rather heavy turnout gear Firefighters wear during fire fighting operations, to become saturated with water to the point of causing the fire fighter to begin sinking below the surface of the water?” Those were the two questions members of the Merrill Fire Department sought to answer on Tuesday afternoon, during an exercise at Riverside Athletic Club.
- PUB DATE: 10/26/2016 11:11:11 PM - SOURCE: Merrill Foto News

VIDEO: No one was injured after a Fond du Lac business caught fire Wednesday morning. Crews responded to the fire at The Other Place on Main Street around 7:30 a.m. Firefighters on scene says that there was no one inside the business at the time of the fire. Most of the fire was contained to the rear of the building.
- PUB DATE: 10/26/2016 7:35:37 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV and WJMN-TV Green Bay

On October 24, 7 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

A fire destroyed a former auto repair shop early Wednesday morning near downtown Stevens Point. The fire was reported shortly after 1:45 a.m. at the former site of Jerry’s Auto Service near the intersection of Second Street and Centerpoint Drive, according to Stevens Point Fire Capt. Jodi Baganz. The building was already engulfed in smoke and flames when the first firefighters arrived at the scene, Baganz said.
- PUB DATE: 10/26/2016 6:37:44 AM - SOURCE: Stevens Point Journal

Mayor Patrick Madden was looking to cut the proposed 28.2 percent property tax increase as the City Council reviewed the proposed 2017 budgets for the fire and police departments Tuesday night. The two departments account for nearly half of the city's tentative $72.3 million budget, drawing the council's attention particularly on overtime costs.
- PUB DATE: 10/26/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Times Union

VIDEO - An Albany Firefighter earned the department's highest honor after saving a fellow worker's life. Tawanna Maples was honored as the Albany Firefighter of the Year at Tuesday night's city commission meeting. In June, she quickly administered the Heimlich maneuver when another firefighter began chocking at a firehouse.
- PUB DATE: 10/26/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTOC-TV CBS 11 Savannah

Two Contra Costa firefighters and their companions were arrested early Sunday morning in a hotel room after a drunken attack that injured two Walnut Creek police officers, police said Tuesday. The melee happened around 5 a.m., just hours after the Second Annual Firefighters Ball at the Marriott Walnut Creek hotel had ended.
- PUB DATE: 10/26/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: East Bay Times

Switzerland is easing an alcohol ban for volunteer firefighters and other emergency workers using heavy vehicles, saying it had led to staffing shortages when crises demanded quick action, especially in smaller towns lacking professional personnel. Starting on Jan. 1, slightly tipsy volunteer firefighters and off-duty members of so-called professional "blue light" organizations responding to urgent situations will be no longer face punishment - provided their blood-alcohol level does not exceed 0.
- PUB DATE: 10/26/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Reuters.com

New disciplinary actions issued at the Austin Fire Department last week have brought the total of fire personnel who were suspended over traffic incidents this month to 16, a number the union president described as part of an “over-punishing environment” at the department. Each suspension has been for only a matter of hours.
- PUB DATE: 10/26/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Austin American-Statesman

On October 25, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

Grab your costume and a non-perishable food item — the Thiensville Fire Department will be hosting its 3rd annual “Truck or Treat So Others Can Eat” event on Sunday, October 30th. The annual event will take place at the Thiensville Fire Department during Sunday’s trick or treating in the village from 3:00 – 6:00 p.
- PUB DATE: 10/25/2016 7:29:54 PM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6

VIDEO: A firefighter who has served the Fond du Lac community for the past nine years is preparing to serve his country in a third deployment overseas. But, before Lt. Shawn Kneeland leaves, his department wanted to give him a proper sendoff. Fond du Lac Fire Department Lieutenant Shawn Kneeland knew this day was coming.
- PUB DATE: 10/25/2016 4:35:52 PM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2 Green Bay

On October 24, 5 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On October 22, 8 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

The Real McCoy's tavern was destroyed in an early Tuesday morning fire. “It is a total loss,” Whitewater Fire Chief Don Gregoire said. Damage is estimated at $400,000 damage, he said. When Walworth County sheriff's deputies arrived at the tavern, W8632 County A, they found flames shooting out of the windows of the 2,000-square-foot establishment, he said.
- PUB DATE: 10/25/2016 5:11:29 AM - SOURCE: Janesville Gazette - Metered Site

Alderpersons in Beaver Dam’s Administrative Committee felt confident moving forward with the 2017 preliminary budget after Monday night, which include a drug detective position, full time paramedic and an off-leash dog area. The proposed net tax levy is a 1.5 percent increase amounting to a more than $147,000 bump over this year.
- PUB DATE: 10/25/2016 1:43:51 AM - SOURCE: Beaver Dam Daily Citizen

VIDEO - Riding in a ladder truck bucket 67 feet in the air, Newberry Township volunteer firefighter Cody Zinn kept repeating the same thing. "Holy crap," said the 21-year-old as smoke from the home below reached high above his head. Zinn, who has cerebral palsy, was surprised with the ride in the ladder truck by Don Young, the assistant chief of the department.
- PUB DATE: 10/25/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: USA Today

A black Boston Fire Department inspector filed a lawsuit against the Boston Red Sox on Friday, six months after a black co-worker sued the team over an incident in which both men allege they were denied entry to Fenway Park to perform a safety inspection because of their race. Rhoan Dalmar, a city fire marshal, filed the civil complaint in Suffolk Superior Court.
- PUB DATE: 10/25/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Boston Globe