Two females were pulled from the Chippewa River by Eau Claire fire department personnel Saturday. The fire department received a report at 4:44 p.m. of two females nearly in the middle of the river behind the city shops at 910 Forest St. The department launched two boats and a firefighter in a cold-water rescue suit entered the water.
- PUB DATE: 9/25/2016 2:12:18 AM - SOURCE: Eau Claire Leader-Telegram

VIDEO: It's a tense waiting game for people facing flood threats from swollen rivers and creeks in parts of Iowa and Wisconsin. Flooding already claimed two lives this week in western Wisconsin's Vernon County. One man was killed Thursday after a mudslide destroyed his home. A second man died Thursday while trying to drive through floodwaters near his home, the station reported.
- PUB DATE: 9/24/2016 9:28:22 PM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison

VIDEO: Members of the Granton Fire Department pulled a man out of more than six feet of flooding water Wednesday night. The Granton Fire Chief said the man's vehicle was swept off the road after he drove through a closed road that was covered in water. The driver eventually got out of his vehicle and was taken away by the strong current.
- PUB DATE: 9/24/2016 4:05:21 PM - SOURCE: WSAW-TV CBS 7 Wausau

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

More than 350 of people gathered in West Salem for the first ever Tunnel to Towers walk/run earlier this month to remember the men and woman who gave their lives in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 World Trade Center terrorist attacks. At 8:46 a.m., the very moment when in 2001 the first plane struck the the first tower, the wail of a fire engine signaled the start.
- PUB DATE: 9/23/2016 7:08:23 AM - SOURCE: Coulee News

VIDEO: An elderly couple had to be rescued late Thursday night after their house was surrounded by a swelling Eau Claire River. Augusta Fire Chief Ken Zich told News 18 the call came in around 8:30 Thursday night, but due to the long driveway and rising river, they couldn't get to the home off Channey Road north of Augusta.
- PUB DATE: 9/23/2016 6:19:06 AM - SOURCE: WQOW-TV ABC 18 Eau Claire

The paramedic driving a LifeStar Ambulance died around 12:30 Friday morning after a two vehicle crash at the intersection of County Road 197 and Ohio 19 in Green Creek Township just before 7:30 Thursday evening. Sandra L. Cline, 45, of Holland, suffered what would be fatal injuries after William A. Bluethmann, driving a 2013 Dodge Journey SUV, failed to stop at a stop sign and struck the ambulance, said Sgt.
- PUB DATE: 9/23/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Sandusky Register

Exactly one year after firefighter Rob Rochette found himself consumed by a massive fireball while battling an East Main Street blaze that left him seriously burned, he returned to work Thursday for his first shift since the fire. It’s been a tough year of recovery, but for Rochette, 34, there’s no place he would rather be than with his brothers from Engine 2.
- PUB DATE: 9/23/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: My Record Journal

Eight Russian firefighters were killed as they battled a blaze at a warehouse in eastern Moscow, authorities said Friday, in the latest deadly fire to hit the capital. Their bodies were discovered after contact was lost as they fought to extinguish a huge blaze that started Thursday evening at a plastics depot, the emergency services ministry said in a statement.
- PUB DATE: 9/23/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Yahoo News

When a female firefighter scored a choice spot at a station in San Francisco’s Chinatown, she was immediately met with resistance by her new male colleagues, including one who asked her an intimidating question: “Do you know how difficult your time is going to be?” A document obtained by The Chronicle outlines details from an independent investigation into just how miserable her life was made in the “male-dominated” culture of Station 2 at 1340 Powell St.
- PUB DATE: 9/23/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: SFGate.com

VIDEO - At least one person was seriously injured after a fire truck was rear-ended in Cinnaminson, Burlington County. It happened around 8:20 p.m. Thursday at Broad Street and Union Landing Road. Chopper 6 captured the scene that showed a car slammed into the rear of a Riverton fire truck. Fire officials say they took the driver of the car to Cooper University Hospital for care.
- PUB DATE: 9/23/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPVI-TV 6 ABC.com

VIDEO - A Dalmatian in a firehouse — what could be a more perfect scene? Firefighters said Chico, the Dalmatian mix puppy, snuck into a Florida fire house early Tuesday morning and immediately became one of the guys. "There's nothing more American than a Dalmatian in a firehouse," said Corey Dierdorff, public information officer at the Hillsborough County Fire Rescue.
- PUB DATE: 9/23/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Inside Edition

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

Former Green Bay Metro Fire Department Lt. Michael Miller will be honored during the annual National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service on Oct. 9. Miller, 45, was on duty at Station 3 on Shawano Avenue on June 20, 2015, when his fellow firefighters found him unresponsive. Known as "Peanut," Miller had been with the fire department for 18 years and was remembered by firefighters and friends for his quick wit and warm smile.
- PUB DATE: 9/22/2016 4:39:46 PM - SOURCE: Green Bay Press-Gazette

VIDEO: North Shore Fire & Rescue crews were dispatched to an apartment building near the intersection of Oakland and Kensington in Shorewood on Thursday afternoon, September 22nd. Officials say when they arrived on the scene, they found a haze in the building. The fire crews determined it was exhaust from carpet cleaning equipment -- and carbon monoxide (CO).
- PUB DATE: 9/22/2016 1:36:53 PM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6

A Madison man is facing an arson charge in connection with a fire that displaced four people last month, police said. The Madison Fire Department responded to a report of a fire at the home on Aug. 27 at 4:54 a.m. Officials said someone called 911 to report the fire but hung up before providing further information.
- PUB DATE: 9/22/2016 9:18:46 AM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison

A Town of Burlington man who perished in a vehicle fire last week was a dedicated employee who worked for more than 23 years at Best Bargains Inc. in Wheatland, an employer said Wednesday. “He was an absolutely indispensable cog in our machine. One of the most dedicated men and employees I have ever seen,” Doug Helnore, an owner of Best Bargains, said of Paul H.
- PUB DATE: 9/22/2016 2:13:12 AM - SOURCE: Racine Journal Times

He married his high school sweetheart and joined the same fire department his beloved father devoted his professional life to for more than two decades. But Ryan Osler’s life was cut short early Wednesday when the fire rig he was riding in overturned on a dark highway in Lompoc as the Ventura County Fire Department engineer helped battle the Canyon Fire near Vandenberg Air Force Base.
- PUB DATE: 9/22/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Ventura County Star

A North Belle Vernon firefighter died two days after he sustained serious injuries enroute to call. Charles E. Horan, 61, was preparing to leave his home to assist law enforcement access the roof of a building when he tripped and fell just before 11 a.m. on Sept. 19. Horan was transported to the hospital.
- PUB DATE: 9/22/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Firehouse

After experimenting with individual bedrooms, the Hutchinson Fire Department is returning to what works best for it with a new fire station at the intersection of Avenue E and Walnut Street. The new Fire Station No. 3 will have bunk rooms, with beds for multiple firefighters. Deputy Chief Doug Hanen said Tuesday that the department has found bunk rooms for multiple firefighters help team cohesion.
- PUB DATE: 9/22/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Hutchinson News