A trail that will lead visitors to the site where 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots died fighting the 2013 Yarnell Hill Fire is now nearly complete. Arizona State Parks officials reported this week that the Yarnell park that will honor the fallen Hotshots is expected to be finished and open to the public by late November.
- PUB DATE: 10/25/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Daily Courier

An investigative team with the Nebraska State Fire Marshal's Office says a living room fireplace is what started a fire that killed all six members of the Speer family on October 20th. Mike and Michelle Speer, with their four children all died in the blaze. A family member said firefighters found each of their bodies in beds.
- PUB DATE: 10/25/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KETV-TV ABC 7 Omaha

A heartbroken dad whose son was killed in a fiery head-on collision on Interstate 495 in Middleboro said "I love them all" as he spoke of his boy and three college buddies who died in a midnight crash police said was caused by a wrong-way driver. State police said the Sable was struck head-on by a 31-year-old woman behind the wheel of a 2011 Infiniti G37 headed southbound on northbound I-495 just after midnight yesterday.
- PUB DATE: 10/25/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Firehouse

On October 24, 2 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

PHOTO: One dog died in a house fire while paramedics and first responders revived two others during a late-morning fire on Quincy Street Monday, Oct. 24. A passerby reported the fire at 639 E. Quincy St. near Ridgeway Drive before 10 a.m. The house is also home to Kuether Services, a lawn care and snow removal business run by Kelly and Kim Kuether.
- PUB DATE: 10/24/2016 4:50:11 PM - SOURCE: Waupaca Now

VIDEO: The Merrill Fire Department sees the need for more, younger EMTs to get into the business. Like other area departments, it wants to ensure its staff will stay strong for years into the future. People like Dylan Schielke can help make that happen. Schielke is a Northcentral Technical College EMT student.
- PUB DATE: 10/24/2016 4:45:08 PM - SOURCE: WJFW-TV NBC 12 Rhinelander-Wausau

Firefighters battled a house fire in the Town of Sheboygan on Monday afternoon. Firefighters responding to the structure fire at approximately 11 a.m. on Monday saw smoke billowing from the home. All residents of the home, which is located on County Road Y, were accounted for and were not in the home at the time of the fire, according to the Sheboygan County Sheriff's Office.
- PUB DATE: 10/24/2016 12:45:49 PM - SOURCE: Sheboygan Press

On October 22, 6 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On October 21, 3 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On October 23, 20 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On October 21, 1 residential fire fatality was reported by the Nation's news media.

The Sun Prairie Fire Department announced that SPFD Fire Inspector Mark Mlekush has been selected as this year’s Fire Inspector of the Year by the Wisconsin State Fire Inspector Association. Mlekush has been the lead inspector for the department for over seven years and has completed 17,741 inspections.
- PUB DATE: 10/24/2016 3:13:52 AM - SOURCE: Sun Prairie Star

Fire broke out in an upper unit of a two-level residence in the Uptown area of the city late Sunday. Firefighters were called to the scene at 9:45 p.m. for the fire at 2106 61st St., where smoke and flames could be seen emanating from the top of the building. Residents looked on as firefighters took an ax to the roof, which was still smoking half an hour later, to vent the smoke and flames.
- PUB DATE: 10/24/2016 1:58:38 AM - SOURCE: Kenosha News

A body recovered Saturday in western Grant County was identified as the King County firefighter missing since last Saturday, authorities said. There were no signs of foul play, sheriff’s deputies said. Ken Ward, 43, was last seen October 15 in Roslyn, Wash. Dozens of people joined the statewide search.
- PUB DATE: 10/24/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7

A tour bus returning from a casino crashed into the rear of a semi-tractor trailer on Sunday near Palm Springs, California, killing 13 people and injuring 31 others, according to state police. The bus driver was among those killed and the truck driver was injured, California Highway Patrol division Chief Jim Abele said at a press conference.
- PUB DATE: 10/24/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNN

The call woke Jess McLean about 2:30 a.m. His boss wanted to know whether he could help with a fire, even though it was his day off. It’s a big one, Capt. Mark Loutzenhiser told McLean, Engine 57’s fire engine operator. McLean, always eager to help, turned to his wife, Karen. “Can I go?” he asked.
- PUB DATE: 10/24/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Redlands Daily Facts

A Boston firefighter is diagnosed with cancer every three weeks, the city’s fire commissioner, Joseph E. Finn, said in a keynote address at a conference in Nashville. Speaking at the annual Firehouse Expo on Thursday, Finn said the Fire Department is working hard to reduce cancer risks among firefighters, according to Firehouse.
- PUB DATE: 10/24/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Boston Globe

Seven Midtown firefighters have been disciplined for violating the FDNY’s “zero tolerance” hazing policy, The Post has learned. Five firefighters and two officers at Engine 40-Ladder 35 near Lincoln Center — a firehouse that goes by the nickname “The Cavemen” — allegedly ridiculed an African-American member, sources said.
- PUB DATE: 10/24/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Post

Will the real, um, no, the fake Chief Don Bock please stand up? Commissioners on the Key Largo Fire-Rescue and Emergency Medical Services District want to know who has been calling the U.S. Department of Labor pretending to be the chief and telling the feds that the handful of paid members on the volunteer fire department are breaking the law by covering some volunteer shifts.
- PUB DATE: 10/24/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Keys Reporter

On October 23, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.