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1 dog killed, 2 others survive New London house fire

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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

Merrill Fire Department looks to improve supply of EMTs through mentorship opportunities

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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

No one injured in Town of Sheboygan house fire

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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

Sun Prairie Fire Department’s Mark Mlekush earns Wisconsin Fire Inspector of the Year Award

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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

Families displaced by Kenosha fire

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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

Body of missing Washington firefighter found

National Fire 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

13 killed when California tour bus hits truck

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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

10 years later: How the Esperanza fire became a raging inferno that killed 5 California firefighters

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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

Boston Fire Department targeting cancer risks for firefighters

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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

FDNY firefighters disciplined for hazing African-American member

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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

Search continues for bogus Florida fire department chief

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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

Six families displaced after Menomonee Falls apartment fire

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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

Beaver Dam Fire Department learning and teaching with person of varying abilities

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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

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