VIDEO: Six families were displaced Sunday after a morning fire at a 36-unit apartment complex in Menomonee Falls. Crews from nine fire department responded to the Cameron Heights Apartments, near Appleton Avenue and White Oak Circle, south of County Line Road, shortly after 10 a.m. No injuries were reported.
- PUB DATE: 10/23/2016 2:44:56 PM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee

On October 22, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

Beaver Dam Fire Department members have been seeing a new person shining up things around the garage. He’s Matthew Crook, 21. He and job coach Mary Fitzgerald have been handling upkeep in the fire department building for about month and will continue into December. Fitzgerald is from Bright Futures of Wisconsin where she works in employment and transition services.
- PUB DATE: 10/22/2016 7:45:33 PM - SOURCE: wisc news

VIDEO: Nearby Fire Departments often rely on each other when they need extra man power. On Saturday firefighters from around the Northwoods came together as one. "It's vital to have that community bond between the fire departments," said Arbor Vitae Fire and Rescue Chief Mike VanMeter. The bond between local departments led to a rare training opportunity.
- PUB DATE: 10/22/2016 7:37:59 PM - SOURCE: WJFW-TV NBC 12 Rhinelander-Wausau

On October 21, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On October 20, 8 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

Minocqua voters approved building a new fire station Thursday to replace an aging station that has served the Minocqua volunteer firefighters for over four decades. A heavy contingent of Minocqua Fire & Rescue Department members and their supporters carried the day with 63 electors voting approval and none voting against.
- PUB DATE: 10/21/2016 8:35:30 AM - SOURCE: WXPR-FM 91.7 Public Radio

Projected growth and changes in demographics in the Holmen Area Fire District has the fire department’s officers and board taking a look at what future needs will be. Holmen Area Fire Department Chief Paul Menches presented a needs assessment draft to the Holmen Area Fire District Association Board its Sept.
- PUB DATE: 10/21/2016 3:20:44 AM - SOURCE: Onalaska Holmen Courier Life

VIDEO: A mother and her two children are being treated for breathing in too much smoke after their home caught fire around midnight Friday. The Beloit Fire Department says police officers reported heavy fire and smoke coming from the back of the building at 622 East Grand Avenue when they got there. The people inside were out because they had been alerted by smoke detectors.
- PUB DATE: 10/21/2016 3:19:02 AM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV 27 ABC

Thomas Graydon says he must have fought back for his firefighters one too many times. The South Weber fire chief was forced out Monday night by Mayor Tammy Long after a conflict between Graydon and City Manager Tom Smith over the handling of a firefighter disciplinary case. In an interview Wednesday evening, Graydon unleashed a series of complaints about Long, Smith and city council member Marlene Poore and described the South Weber City work environment as “toxic” under its current leadership.
- PUB DATE: 10/21/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Ogden Standard-Examiner

As a member of the volunteer fire department in the tiny northwestern Minnesota town of Ada, Randy Peterson has a routine when his pager goes off. He checks to see if his kids are at home. At 10 p.m. Sunday, when he was called to a two-vehicle crash with one car on fire in the neighboring town of Borup, Peterson had a sinking feeling.
- PUB DATE: 10/21/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Star Tribune

Edward Hutchinson wants to make a fitting exit after more than six decades as fire chief. “I want to get on a horse and ride off like John Wayne into the sunset, and wave,” said Hutchinson, who will turn 95 in November. “I want a little humor.” The man popularly known as “Hutch” will not run for a 22nd term, leaving the fire department to find another leader for the first time since 1953.
- PUB DATE: 10/21/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Casper Fire Chief Kenneth King announced his retirement Wednesday, hours after apologizing for sending an email asking an investigator to delete “bad parts” from video evidence of the Cole Creek Fire. King will step down Jan. 2, 2018, the city announced. City Manager V.H. McDonald received and accepted his retirement letter Wednesday.
- PUB DATE: 10/21/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Casper Star-Tribune

The International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) has received a significant grant award as part of the Motorola Solutions Foundation’s public safety grant award program. The grant will make it possible for the IAFC to provide a fifth year of the highly successful Fire Service Executive Development Institute (FSEDI).
- PUB DATE: 10/21/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: International Association of Fire Chiefs

On October 20, 1 residential fire fatality was reported by the Nation's news media.

Several firefighters have threatened to leave after the town board moved forward with establishing a municipal fire department without the current fire chief. The Town of Wilson Board on Monday passed an ordinance and set of bylaws establishing the municipal fire department, but did not approve an amendment that would allow current Fire Chief Brian Schmitt to retain his job when the department switches from a corporation to a municipal entity.
- PUB DATE: 10/20/2016 4:44:52 PM - SOURCE: Sheboygan Press

On October 19, 6 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

VIDEO: The State Fire Marshal is expected to arrive in downtown Clintonville this morning to help investigate a fire that injured three people late Wednesday. Fire gutted two apartments above Doesn’t Compute, a computer store, and Main Street Tattoos, at 49 S. Main Street. The fire department says a man and a woman who were in the apartments were airlifted to a Milwaukee hospital.
- PUB DATE: 10/20/2016 5:06:27 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2

PHOTO: Chippewa Falls fire Chief Mike Hepfler could barely contain his excitement Wednesday as he gave a tour of the new fire station in the city’s southeast corner. “I still pinch myself every once in a while, just to make sure I’m not dreaming,” Hepfler said as he stepped through the construction area.
- PUB DATE: 10/20/2016 2:13:27 AM - SOURCE: Eau Claire Leader-Telegram

Coon Creek Fire & Rescue is hoping the generosity of people in the Coulee Region continues to shine as they reach out to the public to fulfill a financial challenge, which will allow the organization to purchase a new first responder vehicle. Chief Russ Cornford said over the past three years of fundraising the organization has already raise $40,000 toward the vehicle purchase price of $80,000.
- PUB DATE: 10/20/2016 2:08:14 AM - SOURCE: Westby Times