On September 14, 4 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

A judge entered a not guilty plea for a woman charged with arson and felony murder in connection with a man found dead after a fire at his home. Roni Anderson is charged with arson for allegedly setting the fire that killed Harold Ambrosius on June 12, 2015. She stood mute at her arraignment Monday, so Judge Tim Hinkfuss entered a not guilty plea for her, according to court records.
- PUB DATE: 9/14/2016 9:32:38 AM - SOURCE: WLUK TV Fox 11

At exactly 8:46 a.m. on Sunday, the ringing of the fire bell echoed through the air. A hundred people sat in the shade with a cool morning breeze blowing in front of the Kilbourn Fire Department in downtown Wisconsin Dells. Fire Inspector Jerry Wolfram rang the bell, a solid nine times with a pause before ringing it one more time and then one last solid toll.
- PUB DATE: 9/14/2016 2:11:21 AM - SOURCE: Wisconsin Dells-Events

The city of Kenosha could get a “super fire station” next year. Two fire stations would close and be merged into a “super” station on the site of the shuttered Bain Elementary School, 2210 52nd St. The two stations considered for closure: Station 3, 2121 Roosevelt Road, and Station 5, 2125 Washington Road.
- PUB DATE: 9/14/2016 1:50:39 AM - SOURCE: Kenosha News

A firefighter received the state’s Medal of Valor Monday for intervening in an assault on a colleague. Alex Wallbrett came to the aid of coworker Ben Vernon June 24, 2015. The crew was treating a sick and drunk man in downtown San Diego, when a bystander began to stab Vernon repeatedly. The wounds left Vernon with a punctured lung and other injuries.
- PUB DATE: 9/14/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1

Dallas Fire-Rescue officials are sick of ever-increasing ambulance runs. But they say they have two remedies coming: a new dispatch system and an expansion of a program in which the department's paramedics make house calls. Fire officials told members of the City Council's Public Safety Committee on Monday that they are nearly ready to buy new dispatch software that will help separate true emergencies such as heart attacks from routine medical issues such as stubbed toes.
- PUB DATE: 9/14/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Dallas Morning News

A headhunter hired by the city to help find a new fire chief has referred more than 12 candidates, according to Public Safety Commissioner Steven M. Pare. But 14 months after the departure of Fire Chief Clarence A. Cunha, the search continues. “The process of identifying and recruiting the right fire chief is still underway,” Pare said.
- PUB DATE: 9/14/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Providence Journal

The city of Vancouver hired an outside investigator earlier this year to look into issues of gender-based discrimination within the Vancouver Fire Department. That inquiry is ongoing now. Emails obtained by The Columbian raise questions about how female firefighters are treated in Vancouver. In April, a firefighter was using the women’s restroom at Station 10 when her male boss walked in on her.
- PUB DATE: 9/14/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Columbian

PHOTO - The Rock Hill Fire Co. had to deal with an emergency right at its own headquarters Tuesday after, the fire chief said, a fire company member, pulling a fire truck out to get it ready for Saturday’s parade, hit the main support beam on one of the company’s equipment bays, and the roof collapsed.
- PUB DATE: 9/14/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Middletown Times Herald-Record

Sheriff's deputies who pulled over an assistant fire marshal in East Texas for swerving allegedly found him watching porn on the county-owned vehicle's computer while drinking alcohol. Smith County deputies pulled over Oren Hale on Aug. 20, KLTV reports. The incident occurred about 9:20 p.m. on West Northwest Loop 323, near North Broadway Avenue, in Tyler, The Tyler Morning Telegraph reports.
- PUB DATE: 9/14/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Dallas Morning News

VIDEO: A Milwaukee woman found a couple passed out, possibly dying, in their running car. Their toddler was trapped inside. The woman reached out to WISN 12 News after seeing a viral photo from Ohio last week showing a similar situation. Firefighters and police officers are finding similar situations on an almost daily basis.
- PUB DATE: 9/13/2016 4:42:32 PM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee

VIDEO: Firefighters typically don't dive in and out of trenches often. Rhinelander's Fire Department wanted to make sure they can rescue anyone in that type of situation. The department has never had to save someone from a trench, but this two day training helps the squad feel prepared. "It's kind of invigorating, it's a good work out and we always have a couple of laughs during training so that helps a lot," said firefighter paramedic, Andrea Boos.
- PUB DATE: 9/13/2016 4:41:49 PM - SOURCE: WJFW-TV NBC 12 Rhinelander-Wausau

On September 12, 13 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On September 11, 1 residential fire fatality was reported by the Nation's news media.

On September 10, 6 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

In 125 years, Sun Prairie has transformed – and Sun Prairie’s fire department right along with it. The boundaries have expanded, changing from a rural town to a bustling suburb. The population has exploded. Businesses have closed, or opened and grown. But through it all, one piece has been a constant: the steadfast Sun Prairie Volunteer Fire Department (SPVFD).
- PUB DATE: 9/13/2016 3:18:50 AM - SOURCE: Sun Prairie Star

Overdoses have overtaken car crashes as the leading cause of accidental death in Wisconsin. And in a growing number of cases, local overdoses are becoming the cause of crashes, according to local authorities. The Union Grove-Yorkville Fire Department has seen multiple crashes on Interstate 94 in the past six months that involved overdoses, according to assistant chief of EMS Dan Russell, although he did not have exact figures readily available.
- PUB DATE: 9/13/2016 2:12:18 AM - SOURCE: Racine Journal Times

The Marshall Fire Department provided mutual assistance Sunday night at a tobacco barn fire in the Dane County Town of Vienna. A large tobacco barn and three additional outbuildings at 7026 Patton Road in the Town of Vienna were destroyed by the spreading fire that was reported at 7:10 p.m. Sunday, Sept.
- PUB DATE: 9/13/2016 1:41:06 AM - SOURCE: Waterloo / Marshall Courier

On September 12, 12 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

A longtime member of the Dakota City Fire Department died early Sunday morning after suffering a heart attack in the line of duty. Lowell Satterwhite, 67, sustained a heart attack around 12:30 a.m. Sunday, approximately 12 hours after responding to a medical call the previous day. Dakota City Fire Chief Clint Rasmussen said Satterwhite, who also worked for the city of Dakota City as a maintenance worker, had been a member of the department for 41 years.
- PUB DATE: 9/13/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Sioux City Journal