Video that shows girls in bikinis twerking on a Detroit firetruck has caused a stir on the internet, but some say it's not what it seems. It probably seemed like a good idea at the time. Detroit firefighters stopped their firetruck at a car wash to support a locally owned business. The Jet Spa and Ultra Wash on Second and Clairmount avenues is a vehicle detail shop with a grill next door.
- PUB DATE: 9/22/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDIV-TV NBC 4 Detroit

Top officials with the city of Houston said the Fire Department needs a major shakeup on addressing hazardous materials. A Houston Chronicle investigation reported Sunday the city doesn't know where most dangerous chemicals are, hasn't inspected more than three-quarters of the ones it does know about, and is still relying on paper records despite a sophisticated database.
- PUB DATE: 9/22/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Houston Chronicle

VIDEO: Crews are called to a barn fire Wednesday in Chippewa County. Firefighters responded to the structure located on 320th Street in the Town of Delmar, which is northeast of Boyd, earlier Wednesday evening. The barn, located across the street from the house, is fully engulfed. Several cows were housed inside, but Sheriff Jim Kowalczyk, tells us they all got out safely.
- PUB DATE: 9/21/2016 11:27:20 PM - SOURCE: WEAU-TV 13 News

On September 20, 2 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On September 17, 11 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

A family was displaced by a fire at a mobile home Tuesday in Stevens Point, but no one was hurt. Firefighters were called at 5 p.m. to a mobile home near Torun Road, according to Stevens Point Fire Capt. Dennis Zvara. Two people were inside the home when the fire started, but both made it out safely, Zvara said.
- PUB DATE: 9/21/2016 7:46:25 AM - SOURCE: Stevens Point Journal

While responding to a medical emergency at Madison College on North Carroll Street, the Madison Fire Department found themselves in the midst of a robbery scene. According to a Madison Police Department incident report, a criminal grabbed the backpack of a 24-year-old woman, who was seated on a beach in a second floor hallway.
- PUB DATE: 9/21/2016 1:46:09 AM - SOURCE: Badger Herald

On September 20, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

VIDEO: Severe weather season is slowly coming to an end, but that didn't stop the city of Green Bay from installing a new tornado siren last week in the Red Smith neighborhood. The two mile radius siren is the strongest of it's kind and cost the city $17000 dollars to install, but according to its neighbors, that was worth every penny.
- PUB DATE: 9/21/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV and WJMN-TV Green Bay

PHOTO - Authorities say a Ventura County firefighter has died after the truck he was in rolled over multiple times Wednesday morning. Ventura County Fire Chief Mike Lindbery announced the tragic loss of Fire Engineer Ryan Osler in line of duty vehicle accident just moments ago. The accident happened around 6:20 a.
- PUB DATE: 9/21/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KEYT-TV ABC 3 Santa Barbara

A federal appeals court is considering whether authorities violated the constitutional rights of two Unified Firefighters whose prescription drug history was accessed during a criminal investigation. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments Tuesday in Marlon Jones and Ryan Pyle’s lawsuit against Cottonwood Heights, who accuse authorities there of violating their Fourth Amendment rights against search and seizure.
- PUB DATE: 9/21/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSTU-TV Fox 13 Now Salt Lake City

Lebanon has fired its embattled fire chief after the city manager said the chief again failed to follow policies and procedures. Capt. Steven Johnson was named acting chief, replacing Perry Gerome on Monday. Gerome was replaced after investigation of an accident involving one of the Lebanon Fire Department’s engines, according to a statement issued Tuesday.
- PUB DATE: 9/21/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Hamilton Journal-News

There's a unique relationship among the Milwaukee Fire Department's staff that we want to share with you. Two co-workers were brought together for a unique opportunity. Inside any firehouse, you'll find firefighters with a close connection -- but this relationship is deeper than most. "I'm standing next to my daughter, Maria Gaenslen," said Steve Gaenslen, MFD heavy equipment operator.
- PUB DATE: 9/21/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6

The North Carolina Department of Labor has fined Sherills Ford-Terrell Fire & Rescue in connection to the death of a rescue diver. Newton firefighter, Bradley Long, died in early-June while searching for the body of a drowning victim in Lake Norman. Long was working as part of the dive team at Lake Norman through Sherills Ford-Terrell Fire and Rescue to recover the body of Isaiah Cruz, who had drowned in the lake.
- PUB DATE: 9/21/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCNC-TV NBC 6 Charlotte

In another in a long line of hiring discrimination rulings against the Chicago Fire Department, a federal appeals court on Monday ruled in favor of female paramedics in striking down a physical performance test used by the city to hire paramedics for over a decade. The decision in the sex discrimination lawsuit, Ernst v.
- PUB DATE: 9/21/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times

VIDEO: The City of Milwaukee is taking steps to tear down a home that some people have called a "hoarder house", which caught fire this weekend. Paul Hettwer, a retired sanitation worker, has owned the home for 25 years. He says he doesn't consider himself to be a hoarder, he just stashed things in hopes of someday giving them away.
- PUB DATE: 9/20/2016 8:42:34 PM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV 27 ABC

Members of the fire department need to be ready for whatever situation they might encounter, but how do you practice the skills necessary for high risk situations? The Sparta Fire Department honed those skills with a mock search and rescue in a scenario where a large fire trapped several students inside.
- PUB DATE: 9/20/2016 9:48:06 AM - SOURCE: WXOW-TV ABC 19 LaCrosse

On September 17, 10 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On September 15, 5 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

A Monday afternoon fire destroyed a 98-year-old barn at N101 Highway 59, in the town of Cold Spring, according to a Whitewater Fire Department news release. Estimated loss is $400,000, the release stated. All animals were out of the building when the first firefighters arrived on scene at 3:05 p.m. Ten fire departments provided assistance in battling the blaze while Whitewater police and Jefferson County deputies handled traffic control.
- PUB DATE: 9/20/2016 4:48:39 AM - SOURCE: Walworth County Today