A Columbus firefighter was taken to the hospital after being hit by a vehicle while participating in a “Fill the Boot” event. According to the Columbus Division of Fire, the firefighter suffered a broken leg after being hit by a vehicle at High Street and North Broadway while standing in the road participating in the “Fill the Boot” campaign.
- PUB DATE: 9/2/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCMH-TV NBC 4 Columbus

Firefighters are pushing back against the possible closure of one of Petersburg’s four fire stations, calling it a threat to public safety that eventually will cost lives. “The impact of staffing reduction and a proposed station closure would reduce the department of the firefighting force by approximately 25 percent,” said Andrew Pantelis, district vice president of the International Association of Fire Fighters, during a news conference Thursday in Petersburg.
- PUB DATE: 9/2/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Richmond Times-Dispatch

Analysis by a team from Drexel University found that firefighters may shun safety gear due to the pressure of living up to their risk-taker image. Jennifer Taylor, PhD, associate professor in Drexel’s Dornsife School of Public Health, and her team used data from 123 firefighters interviews across the country to determine why they often refrain from using personal protective equipment (PPE) in dangerous situations.
- PUB DATE: 9/2/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Drexel University

It's been almost four years since first responders to a fire in Webster, outside Rochester were ambushed as they arrived to help. Four firefighters were shot and two of them killed. Since then, we've seen attacks on other first responders including police officers in cities all over the country. Now, one fire department in Central New York is taking new action by wearing bullet proof vests capable of stopping a high powered rifle.
- PUB DATE: 9/2/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSTM-TV NBC3-CNY Central

The board of the Greater Eagle Fire Protection District terminated its jailed Chief Kurt Vogel on Thursday. Vogel was arrested last month on charges he stole more than $120,000 from his former fire department in Sterling. Vogel, who was hired by the Eagle district in April, was placed on unpaid leave following his Aug.
- PUB DATE: 9/2/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Denver Post

The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency announced that the 2016 Assistance to Firefighters Grant application period will open Tuesday, Oct. 11. Since 2001, AFG has funded firefighter and other first-responder equipment, protective gear, emergency vehicles, training and other resources needed to protect the public and emergency personnel from fire and related hazards.
- PUB DATE: 9/2/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1

VIDEO: A popular Gilman business went up in flames Thursday afternoon. Pirate's Cove, which was formerly known as the Gilman Bowl, caught fire just after 1:30 PM Thursday. Witnesses say it appeared as though the fire started in the basement and quickly spread throughout the building. Firefighters from Gilman and six nearby towns fought the flames all afternoon, but the business appears to be a total loss.
- PUB DATE: 9/1/2016 2:29:43 PM - SOURCE: WQOW-TV ABC 18 Eau Claire

A big rig slammed into a firetruck bringing traffic on Interstate 95 to a screeching halt for hours early Thursday and leaving five Philadelphia firefighters hurt. The tractor-trailer crossed lanes and slammed into the stopped firetruck in the southbound left-hand shoulder around 3 a.m. under the Chestnut Street overpass/Penn's Landing Tunnel in Old City.
- PUB DATE: 9/1/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCAU-TV NBC 10 Philadelphia

Two of the six San Antonio Fire Department cadets dismissed from the academy earlier this month broke their silence Tuesday, in a lengthy sit-down interview with the KENS 5 I-Team. "It's like your whole world is taken away from you," said one of the cadets, during the interview at the headquarters of the San Antonio Professional Firefighters Association.
- PUB DATE: 9/1/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KENS5.com San Antonio

The Metropolitan “Metro” Fire Chiefs Association, a Section of the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) and the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), named Ernest Mitchell, Jr. an Honorary Member of the Metro. Chief Mitchell, the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) U.S. Fire Administrator for the U.
- PUB DATE: 9/1/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: National Fire Protection Association

Members of the Greater New Haven Clergy Association said they are “appalled” by the fire union’s use of “fearful tactics” in its efforts to stop a new city emergency plan. In a press release, the clergy said there is a lack of professionalism displayed by the executive leadership of the fire union, International Association of Firefighters, Local 825, specifically naming its president, Frank Ricci.
- PUB DATE: 9/1/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New Haven Register

Philadelphia firefighter Gabriel Lee, who died during a night shift in North Philadelphia in July, succumbed to heart disease, the Medical Examiner's Office said Wednesday. Lee, 42, a 17-year veteran of the department, died July 23 after being found unresponsive in the basement of the Ladder 12 firehouse, 1325 W.
- PUB DATE: 9/1/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Philly.com

On August 31, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On August 30, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On August 29, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

Nobody was hurt, but a shed is a total loss after catching fire this afternoon. The abandoned workshop caught fire just after 4 in the afternoon. Several nearby fire departments responded to the call for assistance at 7808 Dickinson Road in the town of Morrison. They were able to extinguish the blaze.
- PUB DATE: 8/31/2016 10:16:48 PM - SOURCE: WGBA-TV NBC 26 Green Bay

Officials with the Milwaukee Fire Department on Wednesday afternoon, August 31st were called out to a fire at the Veolia facility on Jones Street near Lincoln Memorial Drive in Milwaukee. It happened around 3:00 p.m. Officials say the fire took place in an overheated conveyor belt motor, causing the conveyor belt to catch on fire.
- PUB DATE: 8/31/2016 8:53:43 PM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6

On August 30, 5 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On August 28, 3 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

The Finance Committee for the city of Clintonville has recently held two special meetings to discuss the future path the city takes regarding the city’s capital improvement projects and city debt. The meetings come on the heels of the city’s debt dominating the discussion at several meetings over the past couple months.
- PUB DATE: 8/31/2016 12:13:42 PM - SOURCE: Waupaca Now